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Rooting for the underdog creates a rainbow of emotions. In Paul Kane High’s winter musical, Once Upon a Mattress, opening Thursday at the Arden Theatre, there are two very unusual underdogs that generate cheers.

Kane Conlan’s book The Manipulators features a story set in the political hot zone of Calgary. While the subject matter may be topical, it still seems kind of silly to me.

No one loves to party on New Year's Eve quite like hardy northerners. No matter how low temperatures dip, several thousand partygoers always show up at New Year's Eve Downtown, ready to boogie and sing Auld Lang Syne.

Looking ahead to what the next year has in store for us, there’s the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, St. Albert will have its municipal election and hopefully peace and sanity will finally reign over the Earth.

McDougall United Church ends the millennium’s first decade with an event they hope turns into an annual tradition.

With New Year’s Eve a day away, everyone is ready to ring in a new decade, likely in the traditional way with friends, music, merriment and a few drinks.

I’m uncertain why this novel originally appealed to me, calling out from the stacks of other unread books. Maybe it was random; maybe it was fate. Maybe I didn’t realize how little time I actually have to read.

Get out the long johns and warm, woolly socks because tomorrow night promises a few sparks of brilliance to blast out the old year and herald in the new. For the sixth year, the Victory Life Church is the major sponsor of St.

Every since the touring Much More Munsch exhibit arrived at the Royal Alberta Museum in September, kids have invented new ways of using the interactive activities.

It’s been 12 years of anticipation, waiting for James Cameron to deliver his technological wonder called Avatar to theatres, and the show clocks in at more than two and a half hours.