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t ast y treats
New Year’s eve has an aura of excitement • Place pork in very large zip lock bag • Fold these into the mixture
as we promise ourselves to be better and • Pour the mixture into the baggie, over the • Optional creativity; place the potato
bolder, to try new things or reinvent the sink so to avoid spillage in oiled tea cup or small bowl and tap
old. It is a superstition that to serve pork • Press out the air, seal and rest your bag it out for a moulding
for the New Year will bring prosperity, in the bowl • Best to do this on a baking sheet in
as its stubborn stance and its fat content • Refrigerate for as little as two hours or single serving sizes and place back
signifies wealth, in comparison to the overnight into the oven
chicken that scratches in a backward • Preheat oven to 400F, place on shallow
motion and the lobster that moves slowly roasting dish or rack BALSAMIC GLAZED BEETS
along the bottom . So in our craving for • 15 minutes later turn oven down Ingredients:
decadence let’s recreate a favourite and to 325F and bake until internal • 6 to 8 beets
be surprised by these subtle yet modern temperature reaches 160F • 3 tbsp. of balsamic vinegar
flavours. After all Grandma didn’t put jala- • 1 tsp. of mint tea leaves or fresh herb
peño in her mashed potatoes. Cheers to JALAPENO MASHED YUKON BAKE How to prepare:
all of our resolutions. Ingredients: • Steam or boil the beets for 40 to 60
• 4 to 6 Yukon gold potatoes min; till tender
VANILLA ESSENCE PORK ROAST • 2 jalapeño peppers • It’s almost best to steam them the night
Ingredients: • 1 cup of milk before
• 1 cup brown sugar • 2 tbsp. of butter • Preheat oiled skillet to med just before
• 1litre of cold water • ½ cup of sour cream serving
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• 3tbsp. of thyme • Steam or boil potatoes till tender mint and cook for 10 min
• 4 vanilla stems or 2 tsp.extract • Add milk to large bowl so it reaches
• 20 smashed pepper corns room temperature DRINK OR DESSERT
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bowl, minus the pork • Satay minced jalapeño in pan with seeds finishes the evening nice
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clients and more friends. We continue hosting them for the same reasons as we are Alternative Trends partnered with The
all too busy today and these events give us a chance to keep in touch and to catch up University of Alberta and The Artist Guild of
with friends old and new. Edmonton to celebrate the arts with a free
In recent years we have partnered up with organizations such as TU Gallery, Sacred – family friendly art show. New Asian Village
Diva Healing Centre, The Edmonton Valley Zoo Society, The City of Edmonton, The once again set-up a tantalizing buffet for all to
Italian Centre Shop, The Artist Guild of Edmonton and most recently the University of enjoy while Erick’s Bartending School show-
Alberta to co-host events. cased the artistry of bartending. And DJ Chris
The events have always been very different as we’ve never chosen the same venue provided the art of sound.
twice but the commonality is the people. In the past five years our attendance has Quarterly Connections takes great pride in
grown from hundreds to thousands. Thank you for your continued support and for not being your everyday corporate event. We
always attending a celebration of arts, culture and entertainment. encourage people to build new relationships,
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THE ARTISTRY OF WORDSMITHS

We asked the members of Writers Beyond Borders,
“The importance of writing is more than just creative expression it is ...?”
The importance of writing to share their experiences via the spoken and Writing is more than creative
Writing is much more than just creative ex- written word. Some phrasing is melodious, expression
pression. Before I had my writing, there was some is more guttural, and some is harsh like Writing is more than creative expression. It
my father’s voice, a rich baritone who would the land it comes from, while some is airy like communicates one’s feelings, thoughts, and
make me savour the nuances and riches of the sky above, no matter the harshness of the transfers knowledge. The difference between
the French language. Whenever he would land. Some texts bring tears to our eyes, oth- humans and other animals is that we can
welcome our midnight mass congregation ers make us giggle like school children, and communicate well through speech. Above
with Les anges dans nos campagnes/Angels others make us taste the spicing that flavours all, it can go beyond borders to other coun-
on high, the little girl that I was knew that it daily meals, while others cause us to reflect, tries, and even to the future generations.
was really Christmas. His voice and the lan- imagine other realities, and to imagine our- Many famous and important writings are
guage he used so skilfully were coloured by selves in different contexts, on different con- translated and preserved in human history,
an ancestral past rich with heady promises; tinents, leading different lives. with some of the most common and impor-
it was also a language riddled with many If ever we are to live in peace, learning
dangers. about others through their writing is of pri-
Writing allows me to tap into my ances- mordial importance, for how can we build
tors’ past, to write about the present or the bridges between peoples if we do not know
past, and also to imagine what is yet to come. where the other is from, what matters to him
Writing makes it possible for me to explain
who I am and to discover others through
or her, what has shaped our neighbour, what
has nourished his heart and soul as well as
Polish your
their words and their worlds whereby the im-
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tant examples being religious books like the Bible and the Koran. Due to modern technologies in transportation, the world is much
Other good literary examples are Shakespeare’s dramas. They rep- smaller and closer knit than ever before. Doctors Across Borders is
resent the highest level of literately excellence. They are translated the first cross-border exchange of knowledge through medical co-
into many languages and inspire people not only of their own coun- operation. My brother-in-law is a US medical doctor who volunteers
tries; they cross borders to other countries and future generations. his time in operating on the poor children in rural China to correct
The famous British detective stories of Sherlock Holmes should birth defects like cleft-lip. In so doing he learns the technique of using
be well read by police forces all over the world. He is a fictional char- acupuncture in operations.
acter, but the stories teach the magical use of good logic in order to The world has also seen many teachers across borders lately.
solve criminal cases. Many North American teachers are teaching English in the oriental
Another example is the “Art of War”, a book written by ancient countries and many Chinese teachers are teaching the Chinese lan-
Chinese war strategist Sun Tzu. It is not just good logic about fighting guage in African countries, for instance. It is important to the world
war, but has also been adopted by the western world in business that more people can speak the language of other countries so they
field. Smart strategy like concentrating all soldiers at one point dur- can communicate, do business, exchange ideas, co-operate and live
ing an attack is analogous to concentrating all capital on one good together in harmony.
project rather than doing a few less profitable projects at the same In modern China, they choose the way of peaceful development.
time. Another superior strategy of fighting a war is to run away. It does In disputes with other countries about their borders, they instead join
not mean to flee or to give up, rather it means that it is more profitable efforts to do business such as drilling off-shore for oil. With these
to solve problems by negotiation than by fighting. good examples, many countries are encouraging doctors, teachers
Because of writing, all these wisdoms can be preserved in all and writers to work beyond their borders.
countries of the human civilization. Writers Beyond Borders (WBB) has the same idea where writers
from all different cultures share their knowledge . In Canada, in old
Residential Schools, they wanted to wipe out the native culture and
taught Native children “the Canadian way”. Their methods are under
strong criticism. Now they change to better tactics. They encourage
more people from The First Nation to write so that others can under-
stand their culture and their difficulties. It is also incumbent upon us
to let indigenous people to know that we do not intend to wipe out
their culture but to respect and to learn what they have to offer.
WBB also serves another important function which is to provide an
ample supply of translators who can translate influential writings from
one language to another. Another important job is to train writers that
are good in one language to be fluent to write in another language.
With immerse support and help, they produce good results because
these writers have the intensive passion, good habit and keen hobby
to write. They write not for the sake of writing, but because they have
so much in their hearts and minds to share with others.
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Alberta’s Top
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Alternative Trends is proud to profile Alberta’s rising young singer/songwriter talent.
Jeff Morris
Who is Jeff Morris?
Jeff Morris is your friendly neighbourhood
singer-songwriter. He enjoys a cold pint of
Guinness, family, friends, Oilers hockey, and
writing music. He’s the guy next door, if the
guy next door had CDs for sale.
How would you best describe your style of

music?
I usually describe it as Acoustic Pop-Folk,
although I like to think there’s more to it
than that. I don’t play with a pick so there’s a
percussive element to my guitar style that is
not common for folk musicians.
Who or what inspired you?

Starting out, I was definitely influenced by How did you get into music?
guys like Jack Johnson and John Mayer, I was surrounded by a lot of music growing
but recently I have become more and more up. My family is Irish so anytime we hosted a
inspired by the music of people like Andy party it was not unusual for there to be five or
Shauf or Aidan Knight. Any singer-songwriter six guitars, fiddles, mandolins or accordions
who creates engaging music using his or her in the room. I took piano and drum lessons
own unique sound inspires me. growing up, but I didn’t pick up a guitar until
I was 18. My brother and father both play the
Do you have a mentor? guitar though, so I think it was only a matter
I am still relatively new to the music scene, so of time before I caught up.
the position of mentor is still open.
What do you want others to know about
How long have you been performing? you? What were some of the challenges you
I started learning how to play the guitar I think there are a lot of misconceptions out faced?
in 2001 but it took a while before I had the there as to why musicians do what they do. I Gaining exposure seems to be the toughest
confidence to play in front of an audience. write, record and play music because I love part for me. As an independent musician, it’s
My first few performances were in front of my it. I love the process: taking an idea for a difficult to get people to notice you. It’s like
friends at about 5am over some pizza and a song, trying to turn that into something worth I’m running an all-Pakistani restaurant in
few empty beer bottles, but nothing in public listening to, and then performing it in front of New York City (did I mention I love watching
until last year. In fact, it was January 11, 2009 family and friends. It’s creating something Seinfeld?). It’s true though; music is similar
at an open mic on Whyte Ave. from nothing. That’s what is most rewarding to politics in that sense. No matter how hard
for me. you try, you can’t make people care about it.
Where have you performed? What is your is simply to communicate. “The biggest sways. Wrapping up the album is the final
favourite type of performance? aspect of it is just being able to give a song track, Divine Immaculate Night; a haunting
I play somewhat regularly at venues like to people that they may relate to in their own composition that narrates the story of a
Axis Café or On the Rocks. I also played at lives.” homeless man in Mumbai.
SOSFest, the Heart of the City Festival and the She is a young artist on the rise with over As a pianist and guitarist, Carrie has spent
2010 Open Sky Music Festival at Hawrelak 100 performance dates in the past two years, a great deal of time perfecting her craft.
Park. I love playing at outdoor music festivals. such as: Canadian Finals Rodeo, WPCA Attention to dynamics and organic sounds
You meet tons of cool people and everyone Dodge Chuck Wagon Championships, has become her trademark. With a style of
always seems to be in a great mood. Paramount Canada’s Wonderland, Canadian her own, Carrie’s sound may be described as
College Rodeo, Tootsies (Nashville TN), CBC, a cross between Joni Mitchell and Cat Power.
What are your other interests? CTV, Kids Help Phone, Kids Kottage, World She is an emotionally charged artist with an
Well first of all, I love watching Seinfeld. I FM, CASA for Kids, Miss Rodeo Canada, and exuberant stage presence, and a keen ability
am also currently splitting Edmonton Oilers high profile events, including fourth year at to capture listeners, make them chuckle, and
season seats with five friends. If I’m not Big Valley Jamboree, opening act for Six West warm their hearts.
watching Seinfeld or the Oil, I’m probably at Carlton Trail Jamboree, performing on the She is a poet, a singer, a songwriter and a
going to a show at one of the many live music Winspear stage with celebrity David Foster’s storyteller. As audience member and music
venues in the city. band, Nashville showcases and 5-time award writer, Fraser Wareham has said: “when you
winner at NACMAI (North American Country get the chance to hear Carrie sing live, you
Any advice you would like to share with Music Association International) awards in truly appreciate the power and depth of this
performers that are just starting out? Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. voice. Carrie belongs in large concert halls.”
Well I am just starting out, so I can’t offer a
lot of wisdom. However, I adopted a rule to www.gottabealee.com Kessler Douglas
never turn down a gig and it seems to have City/Province: Edmonton, Alberta
served me well so far. I think it is a mistake to Carrie Day Genre: Blues rock
turn down absolutely any level of exposure, City/Province: Edmonton, Alberta
and the truth is some of the shows that I was Genre: Folk/Pop
most worried about turned out to be the
most rewarding. If you combine
classical
Alee components
City/Province: Edmonton, Alberta with acoustic
Genre: New Country/Pop/Rock root s, well-
crafted lyrics
Seventeen- with melodies
year-old singer- that soar; you describe the sounds of Carrie Singer/songwriter Kessler Douglas, 12, has
songwriter Day. been playing guitar for over five years and
Alee is an ‘all or T he Edmonton- ba sed per for ming performing his own songs with U22 for
nothing kinda songwriter is about to embark on an exciting over two years. Armed with a guitar and
girl’, as she sings new journey with the release of her third full microphone, he enjoys singing, playing, and
in her song length album, Immaculate Night. In 2009 talking with his audiences, engaging them
“Dream Come Carrie was a recipient of the RAWLCO 10K20 with the stories behind his songs and the
Tr ue”. With a grant which enabled her to record, mix and music that inspired them.
great love of all master Immaculate Night at Sound Extractor He writes about themes that seem well
genres of music, Studio with Stew Kirkwood. beyond his years and has stolen the hearts
Alexandra, The album contains all the elements that of audiences at cafes and halls alike, not
is able to transcend her musicality across make a record both commercially appealing missing a beat as they clap along to the
several of them successfully. However with and artistically enchanting. catchy beats and contemplative blues
a passion for ‘modern country’, her sound It opens with the catchy, get-up-and-dance riffs. Kessler began experimenting with
is a rich unique blend that comes to her number called, Good Day, and takes the songwriting when he was 10, which is fast
naturally. listener on a musical journey of stories becoming a strong habit. He is building a
Alee’s ultimate goal as a singer-songwriter that evoke smiles and toe taps, tears and continue on page 21
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repertoire of songs he has performed on A talented performer with impressive

his own or with his band. He doesn’t really vocal range, agility, and musicianship beyond
know what made him start writing lyrics and her young years. Lauren plays piano, drums
tunes, but thinks it has something to do with and guitar, effortlessly. Vocal harmonies
his love for music, ideas, and history. And it are second nature to her. A natural born
might have something to do with the many entertainer, Lauren has been commended
concerts and festivals he has attended since for her engaging stage performance.
he was born, the musicians he’s talked to Her genre is a unique blend of pop and
(ranging from Ron Rault to Ruthie Foster and R&B with modern country undertones.
the whole gang in the Big Rubber Band), Currently her music has felt the influence or
and the countless hours of music his parents as she puts it, “recent obsession”, with pop
have subjected him to on CKUA and lots of sensation Justin Bieber! Quoted as a “preteen
other places. prodigy” (Metro Magazine), as well as “a
Kessler’s songs are about many different gifted songwriter and a young lady who has
ideas and often tell a story about someone’s a good chance of becoming a professional
life - past or present. His music incorporates a artist/entertainer” (Hicks on 6) in October
number of genres including folk, blues, rock, 2008, it is not surprising that she has already
and punk. He plays acoustic and electric enjoyed many musical accomplishments
guitar and sings both his own music and with her original songs as the junior winner
covers of the likes of John Lee Hooker, the of Country Vocal Spotlight, Northern Star
Beatles, and the Ramones with influences Talent Search and 5 awards at the 2009
such as Johnny Cash, BB King, the Lost Dogs, North American Country Music Association Classical singing since I was 12 years old
Jimi Hendrix, and Bob Marley. International awards in Tennessee. and have only recently been involved with
Lauren has also enjoyed and been writing/recording my own music. I have
Lauren Adamoski honoured to be a part of numerous charity enjoyed and learned a lot about music while
City/Province: Edmonton, Alberta and gala events including her performance recording my first EP, “Pretty Words.”
Genre: Pop/R&B/New Country at the Winspear Theatre, backed by the
famed David Foster band, performances at Marissa Rae
Big Valley Jamboree 2007-2010, Carlton Trail City/Province: Edmonton, Alberta
Jamboree 2010. Genre: Country
Also the 2010 songwriter finalist with
the Calgary FolkFest. She did a very special
performance of her original song in front of
17,000 rodeo fans for the Canadian Finals
Rodeo at Rexall Place. Her acclaim in 2009 as
a Top 16 finalist in YTV’s NEXT STAR, selected
from 700 auditions in Edmonton and over
3,000 across Canada, provided her with an
exciting and eye opening experience to the
world of music and film as well with a spot
in several episodes of the Next Star national
television series in Toronto, Canada.
www.laurenadamoski.com
Ashley Sacha
City/Province: Edmonton, Alberta Marissa entered the world at the tender age
Genre: Pop of zero on the sixth of May, 1987. The second
Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, child of entrepreneurial parents, she grew
Lauren Adamoski is the 12 year old girl next I am a 19 year old singer/songwriter from up in Westlock with two sisters and one
door. Daysland, Alberta. I have studied Opera and brother. She started taking guitar lessons
from a buddy at eighteen. Always a singer, the festival was cancelled. With her family and lyrics onto his soul. His music is an
she began taking it seriously in grade twelve, and best friends as her biggest word-of- expression of his identity and allows him
studying opera for one year. She started mouth promoters, many people expect the to create beauty and meaning from a chord
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the opportunity to sing it twice, opening landscape and it’s inhabitance, emerges to her life. She loves to create new and
for Johnny Reid, and missing out on the Matthew Robertson. Growing up in a house exciting melodies to complement the lyrics
opportunity to open for Tim McGraw after surrounded by music has stamped melodies she writes.
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I grew up on Ian Tyson. The background
IAN TYSON
music in my memories is a Cowboyography
vinyl in the living room, and the Old Corrals
and Sagebrush cassette in the van. As a
seven year old, my best friend was a little
bay horse, and my favourite song was
Adelita Rose, a lullaby Tyson wrote for his
The many faces of

daughter and an ode to the magic and
mysticism of horses.
I drifted away from Tyson’s music,
as most teenagers would. Yet when my
a Canadian icon
adolescent angst receded, when I began to
recognize the nu-metal and punk bands for
the cynical imposters that they were, I found
myself longing once more for the old songs,
By Kolya Witko for the real warmth and the understated
pain. For feelings and stories, songs that
didn’t need an accompanying million dollar
music video and a spot on the latest super
A limp hobbling his trademark cow- “Okay pilgrims. Let’s get ‘er done.” hero movie soundtrack to elaborate their
boy saunter, Ian Tyson slowly makes his way His Sunday afternoon performance went meaning.
to thehot seat. The 76 year old legendary well. He closed with the aforementioned
songwriter behind Canadian staples like Four Strong Winds to a long, heartfelt stand- Tyson’s career has been as unique
Four Strong Winds and Someday Soon has ing ovation. I had never seen Tyson live be- as it has been Canadian. Born to British im-
just finished his set at the 2010 Edmonton Folk fore, and forgetting I was supposed to be migrants in Victoria in 1933,hegrew up in
Festival, and with a look both wry and weary, there in the capacity of a journalist, I found Duncan B.C., and spent his boyhood spell-
he addresses the assembled reporters. myself cheering louder than most. bound by the tales of the cowboy imposter
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Will James, thegun fighting and the horses. one had ever heard of Bob Dylan. In 1959, he It’s a life I have chosen and one that I enjoy
It was the cowboy life he was interested in- met Sylvia Fricker, and soon the two began mostly, but I can never stay too long. After a
back then, not music. performing in Toronto coffee houses as Ian couple of weeks the city seems to itch, and
“When you’re a kid in BC in the fifties you & Sylvia. Within a few years, they had shifted I find myself longing for air and space. You
can’t imagine performing with the people their base to Greenwich Village in New York, can’t sit on a tailgate with a case of beer
that I admired. People like Roy Acuff and quickly rising to the top of the booming folk here, or really howl at the moon. It some-
Johnny Cash. We didn’t dream of being able wave, in the class of Dylan, Peter, Paul, and times seems you can’t do much of anything
to do that. It was too far off- it was in another Mary, Joan Baez, and Pete Seeger. They without a permit. And still the neighbours
galaxy. But it happened.” played Newport, and sold out Carnegie Hall will complain
For a time, Tyson pursued his cowboy (twice), winning over crowds with classics
dreams and chased the rodeos. He cut his like Someday Soon. Popular folk music was dying. Dylan
teeth riding broncos on the B.C. rodeo cir- One of the headliners at this year’s festival had famously gone electric and moved to
“This is going to sound rather Steinbeck, but we’re the children of

the Alberta sod. And it’s important that we do what we do.
I do what I do. I do my job the best I know how to.
I know how to write songs...”
cuit. He taught himself how to play guitar is Bob’s son Jakob Dylan. Tyson took some Nashville. The prolific, tragic Gram Parsons
while recuperating from a broken ankle in- time to share tales of his father in the sixties. had introduced the Byrds and, more signifi-
curred in a fall from a horse. Deciding that “I think Bob Dylan’s a genius. He’s been cantly, the Rolling Stones to western twang
painting was his true calling, in his twenties an influence on me. I mean, when we were and country-rock was born. Tyson, stepping
he enrolled at the Vancouver School of Art. all together in Greenwich Village, he was just tentatively toward a return to his western
It was here that he began his music career, a little shit from Minnesota. He was a pain in roots, wanted in. Along with Sylvia and some
briefly playing in a Vancouver rock band the ass. But he didn’t care. Looking back, he established Nashville musicians, he formed
called The Sensational Stripes. knew how to do it. He had it all figured out. The Great Speckled Bird. They produced
“Elvis changed everything. And Buddy He just went for it.” two albums, still well regarded but commer-
Holly and those guys. I played a date with By the mid sixties, Tyson and Fricker’s re- cial failures nonetheless. The Great Speckled
them in Vancouver – you had to have a local lationship had developed from professional Bird never did find its feet.
union band. It blew me away. It was the loud- to personal, and they married in 1964. But By 1969 he was hosting a television show
est music I’d ever heard in my life. It was folk was stagnating and Tyson found himself for CTV. Originally billed “Nashville North,” it
great, but we didn’t know the whole world becoming disillusioned with the increas- quickly became “The Ian Tyson Show,” and
was gonna change.” ingly fervent political element of the scene, Tyson used it as a forum to promote country
He graduatedfrom art school in 1958 and and growing disinterested in the music itself. music and keep his struggling band going.
hitch hiked to Toronto where he accepted a By the time the Beatles invaded in 1964, the His marriage effectively over, unhappy with
job as a commercial artist.The painting ca- writing was on the wall, and he slowly began his career, and increasingly bitter toward the
reer faded as his music blossomed but the to withdraw. industry, he would retreat to his farm, to his
desire to paint remains. Crowded city life and the business as- cattle, and even more so, his horses.
“Many years after art school, when I got pects of music brought about a longing for He abruptly quit the television show after
my ranch, I painted and I’m going to go back respite. He bought a farm, some horses and three years, and with some difficulty due to
to it,” he says,“I like Maynard Dixon, Charlie cattle outside Toronto, and started spending an earlier marijuana conviction, moved to
Russell, all the great cowboys. I’m going to less time touring. Sylvia gave birth to a son, Nashville for one last kick at mainstream
paint mountain ram skulls, like Georgia Clay, and the disintinigration of their careers country. He didn’t stay long. The “Outlaw”
O’Keefe. Which is strange because I’m not a before the new rock n’ roll onslaught, cou- country movement wasn’t so outlaw. He
fan of Georgia O’Keefe. She was a weird lady. pled with bringing a young child on tour, never could schmooze, didn’t fit in, and no-
But we’re all weird. I’m going to do the Ian began to take a toll on the marriage. body was interested. He returned to Toronto,
Tyson version of Georgia O’Keefe. It’ll prob- but only briefly.
ably never happen – I don’t have enough I have lived in the city for eight years now, “I think you’ve gotta be ready to sell pieces of
time left.” in apartments in the downtown core for the your soul,” he says,“If you’re a solo act, that can
Tyson broke into the fledgling folk music last four. I doubt I look much like a country be a lonely, lonely gig. You’ve either gotta be
scene in Toronto in the late fifties, before any- boy anymore, and only rarely act like one. super strong, or nuts. Most of them are nuts.”
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Tyson was in his forties and seemingly By the early 1980s, Tyson was feeling That same year, Tyson and Twylla wed,
washed up as an artist. He was tired of the prickling need to write. He shifted away following the birth of their daughter, Adelita.
Toronto and resolved to transplant to either from the tenor of his folk singing days to a Around this time Tyson became involved in
Texas or Alberta. Immigration difficulties more natural baritone, developing the clear, the “cowboy poetry” community, the centre
ruled out Texas (a fact for which he was later ringing voice he would become known and of which was the Cowboy Poetry Gathering
grateful) so he sold his farm and headed to praised for. in Elko, Nevada. A traditional western revival
Calgary. “If you write a couple of lines that are re- or “Cowboy Renaissance,” with Tyson help-
Besides the odd show in Alberta or ally powerful, the music will attach itself to ing to lead it, was well underway.
Saskatchewan, he was out of the music busi- that. “ He released two more albums, I Outgrew
ness. He made a weak comeback attempt He recorded the O ld Cor rals and the Wagon and And Stood There Amazed,
fronting a band called Northwest Rebellion Sagebrush album in his house with no though was developing a small, creeping re-
that never amounted to much. He and Sylvia expectations. He called it western music, sentment toward the movement. He had set
divorced. cowboy music, eschewing the eastern hill- out to write songs for cowboys, and now vari-
In 1978 Neil Young recorded Four Strong billy roots of modern country. The record ous bagmen and posers were trying to horn
Winds. Tyson put the massive royalties into escaped widespread notice but suddenly in, tainting the authenticity.
a ranch, the T-Bar-Y, which he still owns and Tyson was again resurrecting his career.
operates today. Another record, simply titled Ian Tyson When I go home now, I can’t help but
He was playing several weeks a year at the and once again recorded at home, followed. notice with a touch of resentment all the
Ranchman’s, a Calgary club, mixing country It was released by Columbia Records, who new houses springing up along our old
standards with a sprinkling of original mate- quickly dropped him due to the album’s per- gravel roads. I tell myself that my own
rial. Calgary was in the throes of the great ceived lack of success. But something had family are recent interlopers, invaders from
seventies oil boom, and the big money led to started. The cowboys, at least, were listen- rural Manitoba and urban Ontario. It only
hard drinking and brawling, Tyson doing his ing, and Tyson felt he had finally found his barely helps.
best to hold up his end. true calling.
It was at the Ranchman’s that Tyson met In 1986 Tyson released Cowboyography But for his next album, he was once
Twylla Biblow, a teenager less than half his age. on his own label, with the financing provid- again on a label, and recording in Nashville.
Still, she was horse crazy like him, and the two ed by friends. Stony Plain Records eventually Eighteen Inches of Rain was a critical and
fell in love, inspiring his song Nobody Thought picked up distribution, and it would be his modest commercial success.
It Would. She soon joined him at the T-Bar-Y. biggest release and went platinum. Through the 1990s and most of the first
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decade of the new millennium, Tyson con- People could be forgiven for thinking I tried to sing louder, and it just shut down
tinued to produce. A greatest hits album Tyson finished. With the advent of file shar- completely. It just stopped.”
All the Good ‘Uns and a live one Live At ing, everyone was in trouble, though this “I didn’t know what to do. I just said, ‘I
Longview complimented two records of probably wasn’t affecting his sales very gotta get a plan, I gotta figure something out.’
new material – Lost Herd (1999), and Songs much. Breaking into the mainstream was, I was coming out of a divorce, I owed big
from the Gravel Road (2005). On both and is still, a challenge. money. I went back to the ranch and tried to
albums, Tyson maintained his cowboy “I get no radio play in Alberta. If I get figure out what the options were.”
themes, though he also introduced new in- some really good songs, I guess I’ll make it A chat with his good friend Corb Lund
fluences, such as jazz. in the house. There’s got to be a way to get reassured him. Lund told him that he liked
Lost Herd and Songs from the Gravel out there. The record companies don’t know the “new” voice and Tyson resolved to keep
Road were a hit with critics, but failed to how to do it. It’s nobody’s fault – we’re just going.
move many copies. The music world was waiting for the next thing. No one knows The result was 2008’s From Yellowhead
changing again, and Tyson was finding him- what the next thing is.” to Yellowstone and Other Love Stories. The
self on the outside once more. He did score a In 2006, Tyson strained his voice at the wide, warm voice was gone, replaced by
minor hit with a 2005 duet with Alberta coun- Havelock Jamboree in Ontario. A virus a this hoarse whisper that could express the
try darling Corb Lund called The Rodeo’s year later caused further damage, causing pain, loss, and yearning of his songs like
Over. This partnership, and more important- irreversible vocal scarring and all but de- never before. Critics raved at the poignancy
ly the friendship, would prove vital. stroying his famous sound. “The Man with of his new voice and it was his best selling
Songs from the Gravel Road contained the Golden Voice” was now confined to a album in years. The title track was the story
several songs of broken love. His marriage relative whisper. of a wolf pack transplanted from Jasper to
with Twylla was collapsing, though they “It scared me big time. I tried to muscle Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. It was solid,
wouldn’t officially divorce until 2008. it, which is the worst thing you can do, and heartbreaking, vintage Tyson.
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I heard a coyote calling down in the river wandered the trails, eating lunch in a little Yet even at age 76, he feels he can con-
valley the other night and, my deadline valley and napping beneath Ponderosa tribute.
looming, thought of Ian Tyson. pine to the sound of our horses chomping “I’m not a nostalgia act, and I don’t want
grass. For a few hours, I was a kid again, to be. If they’re billing me as a nostalgia act,
One of Tyson’s many interesting free of want or worry, the lost wonder for I ain’t gonna be there,” he glares at us as
quirks – and frequent subject of his songs – is horses of so long ago recaptured. And sure though we doubt him,“I’m going to be writ-
his fondness for two of the West’s wilier mis- enough, a few days later, down the high- ing what I write until the end.”
fits- the coyote and the magpie. Mangy pests way in Cody, the town named after Buffalo “I know how to write songs. Corb Lund
to most of his farming and ranching acolytes, Bill, we found a dingy souvenir shop with knows how to write songs. This is going to
he sings of them as misunderstood- romantic, copies of Old Corrals and Sagebrush and sound rather Steinbeck, but we’re the chil-
brave, and lonely foragers in a harsh land. Cowboyography. Our old borrowed van dren of the Alberta sod. And it’s important
“I do what I do. I do my job the best I only had a tape deck, but of course it being that we do what we do.”
know how to,” he says,“I’ve been an outsider Wyoming and Ian Tyson, they stocked
my whole career. I’ll be an outsider until the cassettes. To me, Tyson represents not only a bridge
day I die.” to the romance of a vanishing, almost unat-
“People tell me ‘Tyson, you’re always Tonight Four Strong Winds, which tainable culture, but to my own past, and
longing for the old days.’ And they’re right, was voted by CBC listeners as the greatest his lonesome, yearning voice a solid re-
that’s true – I live in the past. And it was way Canadian song of the century, is slated to be minder of the fact that the tie to the ground
better.” sung by 20,000 people to close out the festi- on which I stand and live now, no matter
“My gift is that I was born in the early val. An honour certainly, but Tyson feels his how much I try to ignore it, is far weaker
1930s, and I was fortunate enough to be ownership of the song is now dubious. than the knot to the land I really know, and
raised in a time when you could be a painter, “Four Strong Winds doesn’t belong to really love.
you could be a singer. It was wonderful. Back me anymore. It’s gone somewhere else, and My apartment is hot tonight, and the street
then, if you didn’t like your job, you quit, and that’s not to denigrate it but it belongs to the bikes roaring up the hill on 105th are starting
you went 14 miles down the road and you country now. Like the Beatles’ Can’t Buy Me to seem like a constant buzz in my head. If
got another job, no problem. You could be a Love or Johnny Cash with I Walk the Line. you see me tomorrow, it will be in a pickup
painter, you could be singer, you could be a Those songs go somewhere else. They go out truck, flying down a gravel road, chased by
guitar player.” the door and they’re gone. You still get the a long trail of dust, with Ian Tyson’s Alberta’s
Judging from his matinee audience, he cheques, though.“ Child on the stereo.
isn’t the only one with a soft spot for the old Tyson has been covered by Cash, and
days. Neil Young, Sarah McLachlan, Jann Arden,
The crowd is eclectic, like most Folk Fest and Judy Collins, among many others.
shows. The interested, if uninitiated, bob “I love hearing other artists’ interpreta-
their heads and clap their hands, while the tions of my songs. As long as they go some-
diehards either sing along or sit silentl and where else with it.”
reverently, missing no sad note, no haunt- Being a singer-songwriter in
ing verse. Tyson cuts the set short at about his seventies, with an autobiogra-
45 minutes. The forgiving audience doesn’t phy, The Long Road, released in
seem to mind, cheering wildly, maybe half October, nostalgia is a topic
hoping for an encore or simply grateful for cropping up frequently .
one more chance to see and hear the lonely “Why I wrote it?
old cowboy troubadour in person. Money. I’m a ranch-
“That’s why I wanted to be here, and that’s er,” he laughs,
why I wanted to be in Calgary. I can go back “Once it got
to my little cow towns in Wyoming. I love w r it ten it
those people. You gotta bring them along, was a lot of
tell them a new story. But today is pretty spe- fun. I can’t
cial for me.” imagine any-
one wanting to read
I never rode much after that bay pony died. it. If you’re crazy about
A few years ago, I was in Jackson’s Hole, horses it’s okay, and if you want
Wyoming with my girlfriend, and on an to learn about Greenwich Village in
impulse we rented a couple of horses and the sixties it’s okay, but other than that I don’t
rode out into the mountains for the day. We know why anyone would want to read it.”
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items. In addition, withdrawals of amounts considered an “advantage” affecting either’s contribution room. You and your current or former
and any related income and gains will not be added back to your TFSA spouse or common-law partner must be living separate and apart
contribution room in the following year. An advantage is very broadly at the time of the transfer, and the transfer must be made under a
defined, so you should speak to your professional tax advisor if you decree, order or judgment of a court, or
think any transaction is questionable. under a written separation agreement to settle rights arising out
Swap transactions previously mentioned generally mean any of your relationship on or after the breakdown of your relationship.
transfer of property occurring between the TFSA and the holder of The transfer must be made directly between the TFSAs to avoid any
the TFSA or a person with whom the holder does not deal at arm’s negative tax consequences.
length, other than a transfer that is a distribution from or a contribu-
tion to a TFSA. This means that effective October 17, 2009, you will ARE THERE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN TAXES MAY BE PAY-
not be able to swap securities between your TFSA and any of your ABLE?
registered or non-registered accounts. A swap transaction is consid- Overcontributions
ered an advantage and subject to tax consequences and reporting If you contribute more than your TFSA contribution limit, you will
requirements. be subject to a penalty tax of 1% of the highest excess TFSA amount
in the month, for each month you are in an overcontribution posi-
ARE INVESTMENT INCOME AND WITHDRAWALS SUBJECT tion. For any year in which you owe tax on an excess TFSA amount
TO TAX? in your account, you are required to file a TFSA Return 20 (Form
Generally, you do not pay tax on investment income and capital gains RC243) and Schedule A — Excess TFSA Amounts (Form RC243-SCH-
earned inside your TFSA, and consequently, you cannot use losses A). The return must be filed and the taxes owing must be paid no
generated in the account to offset other income outside the TFSA. later than June 30 following the calendar year for which the tax is
However, if you have foreign investments in your TFSA, they may be payable. Under proposed changes announced on October 16, 2009,
subject to foreign withholding tax, which cannot be claimed as a for transactions after that date, any earnings and gains reasonably
foreign tax credit on your personal tax return. Another consequence attributable to deliberate excess contributions will be considered an
of the tax-free status of TFSA investment income is that if you borrow “advantage” and will be subject to a penalty tax. The penalty tax is
funds to invest in the account, you will not be able to deduct the in- calculated as the fair market value of the benefit, which in this case
terest on those borrowed funds for income tax purposes. However, would be equal to 100% of the earnings or gains.
you will be able to use the assets within your TFSA as collateral for
a loan. You can withdraw funds from the account for any reason, Non-qualified investments and prohibited investments
at any time, although timing may depend on what you are invest- If a TFSA acquires property that is either a non-qualified investment
ed in — for example non-redeemable GICs may not have matured. or a prohibited investment, there are consequences in terms of re-
Withdrawals will not be included in your taxable income. For this porting and tax payable by the TFSA trust as well as the holder of the
reason, funds accumulating in your TFSA will not have an impact TFSA. This also applies where property already in a TFSA becomes a
moneymat ters
non-qualified investment or a prohibited investment. The tax is equal “other income” and will be taxable to your beneficiary(ies) in the
to 50% of the fair market value of the property at the time it was ac- year it is received. If there is neither a successor holder nor a ben-
quired or it became nonqualified or prohibited. If you are subject eficiary named in your TFSA contract, or if you name your estate as
to this tax, you are required to file a TFSA Return 20 (Form RC243). your TFSA beneficiary, your TFSA property will be subject to probate
This tax may be refundable unless it is reasonable to expect that you tax (if applicable in your province of residence) and distributed as
knew, or should have known, at the time the property was acquired per the terms of your Will. If your spouse or common-law partner
that it was or would become a non-qualified investment or a prohib- is your sole estate beneficiary or is named the beneficiary of your
ited investment. Under proposed changes announced on October 16, TFSA, then as the survivor of your TFSA, they will have the option of
2009, for transactions after that date, the earnings or increase in value making a tax-exempt rollover of some or all of the fair market value
reasonably attributable to a prohibited investment are subject to tax of your TFSA, in addition to an “exempt period amount,” into their
at a rate of 100%. This means that the tax is equal to any income or TFSA without affecting their unused contribution room. The exempt
gains earned on prohibited investments. period amount consists of property that cannot exceed the income
earned during the exempt period, which commences the day after
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY TFSA WHEN I DIE? your death and ends on December 31 of the year following the year
The funds in your TFSA grow tax-free until the date of your death. On of death.
death, your TFSA is deemed to be disposed at its fair market value, It is important to note that this rollover must be completed
although all income earned before your death remains tax-exempt, within this exempt period, and your survivor must file Form RC240
while income earned after your death is generally taxable to your — Designation of an Exempt Contribution Tax-Free Savings Account
beneficiaries (except in the case of a spouse or common-law partner (TFSA) within 30 days of the rollover contribution date to designate
in certain circumstances as discussed later). It is not possible for your this contribution as a survivor payment. Otherwise, the tax implica-
executor to make a post-death contribution on your behalf to use up tions will be no different than if you had designated a non-spouse or
any unused TFSA contribution room. non-common-law partner, as
The TFSA contract in most provinces permits you to designate income earned in your TFSA after your death will be taxable to
either a “successor holder,” who can only be a spouse or common- your spouse or common-law partner, while income earned before
law partner, or a “beneficiary,” who can be any person(s) including your death will remain tax-exempt. After the exempt period has
a minor child (although this may not be advisable). Further, many passed, if still undistributed, your TFSA will become a taxable inter
TFSA contracts may even allow you to designate both a successor vivos trust requiring an annual T3 trust return. Any unpaid income
holder and an alternate beneficiary or several beneficiaries, but the earned after your death is taxable (at the highest personal tax rate) in
beneficiary designation would only take effect if the successor holder the trust, unless it can be allocated to a beneficiary. Finally, you may
is deceased. also name a registered charity as your beneficiary, resulting in a char-
The advantage of naming someone directly on your TFSA con- itable donation tax credit on your final tax return for the fair market
tract is that your TFSA property will bypass your Will on death, there- value of your TFSA on your date of death. The transfer of funds must
by avoiding probate tax (if applicable in your province of residence) generally occur within the 36-month period following your death.
and simplifying estate administration for your executor(s).
Before naming a minor child as your TFSA beneficiary, it is impor- HOW DOES A TFSA COMPARE TO AN RRSP?
tant to be aware that minors cannot receive an inheritance directly, Here’s a summary of the main differences between these two ac-
which may require the involvement of the Children’s Court and/or counts:
the Public Guardian and Trustee in your province. If your spouse or
common-law partner is named successor holder, they will simply
• If you contribute funds to an RRSP, they will be tax-deductible.
Funds you contribute to a TFSA are not.
step into your shoes as the new TFSA plan holder without affecting
their unused TFSA contribution room. This involves a simple name
• There are maximum age restrictions on making contributions to
an RRSP. If you are eligible, you can make contributions to a TFSA
change, and there will be no tax consequences to you or your spouse from age 18 onwards throughout your lifetime.
or common-law partner, with the exception of a potential 1% over-
contribution penalty to your spouse or common-law partner if you
• The contribution room available in an RRSP is determined ac-
cording to your eligible earned income. For a TFSA, everyone ac-
have an excess amount in your TFSA at the time of your death and crues a defined amount of annual contribution room from age 18
their own unused TFSA contribution room is insufficient to absorb it. onwards, irrespective of earned income.
If your goal is to avoid probate tax and you wish to name someone
other than your spouse or common-law partner, such as your adult
• If you make withdrawals from your RRSP, they will be included in
your income for the year in which you made the withdrawal. You
or minor child, you may designate them as your beneficiary in the will not pay tax on funds you withdraw from a TFSA.
TFSA contract. Income earned until your date of death is tax-exempt,
while income earned after your death must be reported on a T4A as
• If you withdraw funds from an RRSP, you cannot re-contribute
them unless you generate more contribution room. This is not
moneymat ters
the case with a TFSA. When you make a withdrawal from your the same as those allowed in an RRSP.
TFSA, the amount withdrawn will be automatically added to your
contribution room for the following year. You can re-contribute
• On your death, the funds in your TFSA can be transferred to your
surviving spouse on a tax-deferred basis.
funds you have withdrawn at any time after the year you made the
withdrawal.
• You could pay a penalty tax of 1% per month on TFSA contribu-
tions that exceed your contribution room.
• Funds withdrawn from your RRSP will increase your taxable in-
come for the year of withdrawal and may have an impact on any This publication is not intended as nor does it constitute tax or legal advice.
income-tested benefits or tax credits you may be receiving. In Readers should consult their own lawyer, accountant or other professional ad-
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Art as a Bridge to Conserving

Local Landscapes
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Who would have thought that art could form a bridge to conserva-
tion? And who would have thought that digital technology could
help? That’s what has happened recently, thanks to the contributions
of local and regional artists to a local nature conservancy’s website.
The Edmonton and Area Land Trust Jim Visser, a noted local artist and con- THE CONCEPT BEHIND EALT’S
(EALT) has just launched its Virtual Art servationist, was the source of this inspira- VIRTUAL ART GALLERY
Gallery, which aims to link those with interest tion. Pam recollects the beginnings of the An intriguing aspect of EALT’s art gallery, is
in art, as well as in landscapes and conser- idea: “In 2008, while Jim was showing me that it supports the notion of sustainability.
vation. The Edmonton and Area Land Trust around the agricultural lands in north-east Thus all the contributing artists are local or
(EALT) is a local conservancy, the only one Edmonton, we stopped at his home and stu- regional, which supports economic sustain-
to focus entirely on the Edmonton region. dio. There, he had many paintings on disability, and all their subjects are regional.
This non-profit’s goal is to conserve natural play, some of which included Edmonton’s This means that the images contributed are
areas and rural landscapes for the benefit of River Valley and other natural areas. This from Boreal or Parkland landscapes, scenes
local residents, and to educate them about planted the seed of the idea. That night, I and species (i.e., not the Rocky Mountains,
the values of conservation. asked Jim if he’d consider allowing digital Arctic, or grasslands ecosystems).
versions of his work to be displayed on our Pam says, “The wonderful thing about
EALT’S CULTURE-CONSERVATION website – essentially a digital art gallery art is that it creates emotions, feelings, or
CONNECTION – and I was thrilled when he not only said inspiration in the eyes of the beholder, so it
Pam Wight, Executive Director of EALT, had ‘yes’, but directed me to another local artist has a different impact than facts and figures.
only been in office for a few months when interested in conservation. I’d like culturally-interested viewers to un-
she realised that information alone doesn’t By many such artists’ referrals, invitations derstand that if we don’t conserve the land,
necessarily inspire or motivate people to to their shows, and an invitation to Parkland then the sources of inspiration for artists may
work towards conservation. You need to en- County’s municipal art unveiling, Pam was very well disappear. And similarly, I’d like our
gage their emotions as well. In addition, she directed to more and more regional artists in- conservation-minded viewers to become in-
realised that there are many different com- terested in conservation. She also advertised terested in art, perhaps by seeing a painting
munities of interest in the region, and while the project in newsletters of the Edmonton that makes them feel just how they do when
people may have a driving passion (like art, Art Club and the Alberta Society of Artists, out for an early morning walk”.
or the environment) most people likely have and promoted this initiative in EALT’s news-
more than one interest. She conceived of a letter. Pam says, “soon, broad interest was LOCAL ARTISTS WERE VERY
Culture-Conservation Connection on EALT’s generated, and I was invited to the 2009 SUPPORTIVE
website, with a totally different way of com- Whyte Avenue Art Walk’s Artrepreneur work- The response to this project was very posi-
municating values to different audiences. shop sponsored by Alternative Trends, where tive. Artists thought the idea was great. They
The idea was to develop a Virtual Art Gallery invitations to participate in EALT’s Virtual realised that there was no direct financial
related to conservation. It is now available at: Art Gallery were included in the information benefit to anyone, simply a tremendous way
http://ealt.ca/culture-connection/ packages of all participating artists”. to provide appeal for conservation through
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exposure to their works, and of course, they The City of Edmonton has a rich treasure JURORS SELECTED THE FINAL WORKS
kept the rights to their originals and images. trove of landscape drawing sites... These It was when one of the artists mentioned that
Artists like Cindy Barratt already had an affin- nature sites are hidden gems, and having they expected a jury to ensure a high quality
ity for nature and the environment, as her ex- them so accessible in a big city, is wonder- of final images, that Pam realised this project
hibition: “A Conservation Portrait – Wagner ful for a visual artist. – Gordon Ramsey might be much larger than she had at first
Natural Area” shows. She wrote to say she envisaged. However, she knew the Virtual
was very supportive of the project, and the Direct contact with the environment restores Art Gallery was not a traditional Exhibition
use of artwork to help promote conservation. the soul and energizes me. By using this of works. There was a need to ensure the
Indeed all of the artists expressed such sen- energy to paint, I’m trying to express and quality of art, the appeal to viewers, the en-
timents, as well as such noted art critics as save some of this experience for the future vironmental themes, and ensuring that sub-
Gilbert Bouchard. when such locations will be even harder to jects were of regional ecosystems – which
Pam was clear that artists should not find. – Helen Davies is not the usual mandate of jurors! So a va-
only have credit for their works, but should riety of disciplines were brought together in
have the opportunity to provide an Artist’s Edmonton has one of the longest urban three jurors: John Maywood, Curator of the
Statement. Samples of these statements show stretches of River Valley Parkland in an Stony Plain Multicultural Heritage Centre;
the real concern and love that is behind the urban area in North America... I still enjoy Pardee Baydal, editor of Alternative Trends
work of many artists: exploring and painting some of these plac- Magazine, and Marg Reine, a naturalist
es as a tangible reminder that one does not and educator on the Lee Nature Sanctuary
I want to share the beauty, power and vul- need to go far in order to enjoy some great Society Management Board.
nerability of the natural world in which we parkland and scenery. – Randy Hayashi These individuals brought the right com-
are privileged to live. – Andrew Raszewski bination of perspectives to their review of 250
After traveling extensively throughout submitted images, and selected about 130,
Creating a visual and sensory body of the wilderness areas of Alberta, BC, and ensuring that there was a representative mix
work related to habitats, flora and fauna the Territories, I became alarmed by the of topics, from 22 artists. All the jurors were
is an extension of my passion for nature disturbance and impact on wildlife and delighted to be involved with the project.
and respect for creation. Areas that we can their habitat from residential, industrial and Marg said: “Conservation Connections is an
conserve from our expanding urban and recreational activities, even in the remotest innovative approach to showing how people
industrial sprawl are irreplaceable and areas. I am convinced we need to protect are involved with nature and natural areas.
immeasurable. – Cindy Barratt habitat and corridors for flora and fauna, It shows the many perspectives and feelings
and believe that organizations such as the that nature can invoke in people”. John, an
We can protect [the environment] more EALT are critical to the successful survival artist and art curator, has the view that EALT’s
effectively if we envisage maintaining of wildlife and plant species. – Raymond initiative is even more important: “Art has
bountiful nature, than imagining what we Thériault always been used to connect different com-
may loose. – Debra Hovestad munities of interest. Art and culture are the
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cohesive force – they are a gel for society. So This was a good model for how to arrange This EALT project has been a long time in
the endeavours of the Edmonton and Area the galleries for the Virtual Art Gallery. Thus coming to fruition, as the work has had to be
Land Trust are exemplary in trying to con- there are similar sub-galleries, including a done in Pam’s volunteer time, since her core
nect various groups in society through this Nature’s Patterns gallery – where artists are business is related to securing land: respond-
Culture-Conservation Connection.” Pardee essentially echoing nature’s art in their own ing to landowners, developing outreach
said, “I encourage everyone to help conserve unique way. materials, partnership activities, and public
this beautiful land many artists choose to A related long term project relates to the education. In addition, it was her intent to
replicate through many mediums from paint- City of Edmonton’s Capital City Cleanup sec- have reciprocal weblinks between EALT’s art
ings to sculptures. Together we can help fu- tion, who use mural art as a means to coun- gallery and other galleries. So each artist has
ture generations appreciate the true beauty ter graffiti on buildings. Pam suggested at a their website listed online, and it is intended
some are taking for granted today.” sustainability conference in 2009 that the that each of these will link back to EALT’s
city sponsor an environmentally-themed website. This will create mutual benefits and
ORGANISING THE ART WORK mural. This year, the decision was made awareness between different communities
EALT already had a Photo Gallery, with a to commission a mural featuring the North of interest, and shows that partnershipping
range of amazing images of local wildlife Saskatchewan River Valley, and Pam joined can create tremendous benefits.
and landscapes, all contributed by local the Jasper Place Revitalisation Committee We think that this initiative is one of great
photographers and naturalists. It has various and others, in selecting the final image. creativity and value to Edmonton and re-
themed sub-galleries such as: Rural land- This is a welcome first for the City, and gion. A quote from pop artist Andy Warhol
scapes, Riparian habitats, Wildlife, Plant-life, EALT hopes to add this image to the Virtual revealed who he really was as an artist: “I
Air photos, People appreciating or steward- Art Gallery very soon. However, it can be think having land and not ruining it is the
ing natural areas, and even Nature’s patterns viewed in person near 168th Street on 100th most beautiful art that anybody could ever
(which could be considered nature’s art!). Avenue. want to own.”
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Their experience and portfolios vary; however, artists have one thing
in common. They take great pride in their work. Some are self-taught
while others have learned from the best. Regardless of how they
learned their craft, we feel their portfolios should be highlighted. In
this section we will profile the works of artists from around the globe.
Whether they put ink on paper, apply paints to a canvas, do interior
or exterior design, dance on a stage or create tasty treats that look too
good to eat, it is all art and we want to share their creativity with you.
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Catherine Marchand success or is it a road
less travelled?
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Deano Cook
Denise Lefebvre
Don Marco
Earthworm We want to explore the world of art
Edmund Haakonson as it exists today and would love to
Eileen Harder profile your work.
Eric Grohe
Francis Tetrault
Your stories, experiences and
Gaia Orion
Gail Adams portfolios are a reflection of how
Heidi Ferguson you came to be who you are today,
James E. Pay and we would like to share these with
Jim Visser our readers.
Kathy Meaney
Laurie MacFayden
Lewis Lavoie Do you have what it takes to be highlighted
Linda Craddock in our Road to Success section? If you think so,
Lorna Kemp we would love to hear from you.
Manola Borrajo-Giner
Nancy Hall
Paddy Lamb
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Shera Street
Steve Godoy
Steven Friedman
Suzen Millodot
Sydney Lancaster
Theo Harasymiw
Tom Saunders
Vesna Jovanovic
Lewis Lavoie
MOSAIC PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
Deano Cook
PHOTOGRAPHY
Marietta, GA
Eric Grohe
PAINTING
Bellevue, WA
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Rene Grosso Denise Lefebvre

PHOTOGRAPHY PAINTING
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Sydney Lancaster
BEESWAX
Edmonton, AB
Eileen
Harder
Ron Burns PAINTING
PAINTING Coquitlam, BC
Scottsdale, AZ and
Napa, CA
Theo Harasymiw
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
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Tom Saunders
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
Here, the challenge is:

how can I put a fresh
spin on something
that’s already been
painted a million
times?
Amarah
Gabriel
PAINTING
Salt Spring Island,
BC
Linda
Craddock
PAINTING
Cochrane, AB
Art is my way of
expressing the beauty I
find in the natural world.
Gail Adams
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
Don Marco
CRAYOLA CRAYON
Duluth, MN
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Dana
Roman
PAINTING
Canmore, AB
Edmund
Haakonson Art should stimulate
SCULPTURE our feelings, emotions,
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intellect and imagination.
Shera
Street
PAINTING
Galiano
Island, BC
Steven
Friedman
PHOTOGRAPHY
Salt Spring
Island, BC
James E. Pay
WATERCOLOUR
Bedford, NS
Nancy Hall
FIBRE ARTIST/
HOOKED RUGS
Sandy Hook, MB
Richard J.
Dechaney
PHOTOGRAPHY
Edmonton, AB
Paddy
Lamb
ABSTRACT
Edmonton,
AB
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Catherine Marchand
PAINTING
Carvel, AB
Heidi Ferguson
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
Gaia Orion
PAINTING AND JEWELLERY
Sebright, ON
roadtosuccess
Robert Bittner
PHOTOGRAPHY
Edmonton, AB
Kathy Meaney
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
Art not only enriches life, it gives us life. An often quoted-passage

from Viktor Shklovsky’s Theory of Prose reminds us that when
‘‘held accountable for nothing, life fades into nothingness...’’
Robert Dmytruk
ABSTRACT
Edmonton, AB
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Manola
Borrajo-Giner
GLASS MAKING
Edmonton, AB
Jim Visser
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
roadtosuccess
Lorna Kemp
ENCAUSTIC
WAX PAINTING
Spruce Grove, AB
Laurie MacFayden
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
Francis Tetrault
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY
Edmonton, AB
roadtosuccess
Keath Lengle
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
Kim Blair
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
Bonnie-Jean McAllister
PHOTOGRAPHY
Beaumont, AB
Italy with Debbie Travis.
roadtosuccess
Dale MacMillan and Wei Wong

PHOTOGRAPHY
Edmonton, AB
Maria Pace Wynters
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
Muhammed Salayi
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
roadtosuccess
Elliot Engley
PAINTING
Edmonton, AB
Carey Nash
PHOTOGRAPHY
Edmonton, AB
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people become much more aware of how they spend small-town merchants.
their money. They look for the best deals they can We encourage you to help maintain the diversity
find. Is the first thing you look for the lower price? and distinctive flavor of your community. Local mer-
Unfortunately it is the lower price that is putting chants build strong neighbourhoods by sustaining
many local independent owners out of busi- communities, linking neighbors, and by contributing
ness. They simply cannot compete with giant more to local festivals and causes.
stores’ bulk orders. They charge what they charge Many independent retailers carry hand-made,
to survive. If you shop at a local store and spend an unique gift ideas. Consider purchasing an original
extra fifty cents, you help a neighbour stay in busi- piece of art while at an art show, supporting your
ness. local fashion designer, and attending local commu-
Perhaps we need to look at the bigger picture – nity events. Together we can help shape our city and
the one that involves customer service. Independent together we can grow.
business owners usually know their clients by name AT’s consumer guide – a director y of our
and appreciate the business. In order to keep the partners.
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10222 – 102 Street, (780) 429-3900 Douglas Udell Gallery Calgary, (403) 262-6016
Delta Edmonton, South Hotel & 10332 – 124 Street, (780) 488-4445 TU Gallery
Conference Centre Edmonton Arts Council 10718 – 124 Street, (780) 452-9664
4404 Gateway Blvd, (780) 434-6415 www.edmontonarts.ca, (780) 424-2787 Uppercase Gallery
Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Edmonton School of Ballet Calgary, www.uppercasegallery.ca
www.fairmont.com/jasper, 1-888-270-4430 8205 – 90 Avenue, (780) 440-2100 VAAA Gallery
Fairmont Hotel MacDonald Extension Centre Gallery 10215 – 112 Street, 3rd Flr, (780) 421-1731
10065 – 100 Street, (780) 424-5181 8303 – 112 Street, 2nd Flr, University Extension West End Gallery
Fantasyland Hotel at West Edmonton, Mall Centre, (780) 492-0166 12308 Jasper Avenue, (780) 488-4892
17700 – 87 Avenue, (780) 444-3000 FAB Gallery Winspear Centre
Four Points by Sheraton Edmonton, South 3-98 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta, 9720 – 102 Avenue, (780) 401-2515
7230 Argyll Road, (780) 465-7931 (780) 492-2081 The Works Art & Design
Holiday Inn Convention Centre Gerry Thomas Gallery www.theworks.ab.ca, (780) 426-2122
4520 – 76 Avenue, (780) 468-5400 139, 10309 – 107 Street, (780) 232-7497 Zocalo Gallery Inc.
Holiday Inn Express Downtown Harcourt House 10826 – 95 Street, (780) 428-0754
10010 – 104 Street, (780) 423-2450 3rd Flr, 10215 – 112 Street, (780) 426-4180
Holiday Inn Express Airport Inspired Market Gardens ARTS – DANCE
1102 – 4 Street, (780) 955-1000 52207 RR 25 Carvel, (780) 968-4648 Alberta Ballet
Holiday Inn – The Palace Johnson Gallery 10123 – 99 Street, (780) 428-6839
4235 Gateway Blvd., (780) 438-1222 7711 – 85 Street, (780) 465-6171 Alhambra Ensemble Espanol
Mayfield Inn & Suites Kamena Gallery & Frames Ltd (780) 916-1665
16615 – 109 Avenue, (780) 484-0821 5718 Calgary Trail South, (780) 944-9497 Starball Dance
The Westin Edmonton Kohon Designs Inc 10609 – 101 Street, (780) 448-9328
10135 – 100 Street, (780) 426-3636 143, 10309 – 107 Street, (780) 428-6230
Suffolk House Lando Gallery AUTOMOTIVE
66 52343 RR 211, (780) 922-4072 11130 – 105 Avenue, (780) 990-1161 Auto Dynamics
Union Bank Inn Latitude 53 11240 – 82 Street, (780) 479-5561
10053 Jasper Avenue, (780) 423-3600 10248 – 106 Street, (780) 423-5353 Chip Chic’s – Mobile Window Repair
Liliana’s Boutique & Art Gallery (780) 231-3499
ADVERTISING 12302 Jasper Avenue, (780) 448-0714 Ericksen Nissan Ltd.
Alternative Trends Magazine Living in Unison 10982 – 101 Street, (780) 429-4611
www.alternativetrends.com www.livinginunison.com, (780) 297-8975 Man Ton Tires & Auto Service
sales@alternativetrends.com McMullen Gallery 9905 – 107 Avenue, (780) 426-0540
University of Alberta Hospital, Park Mazda
ADVERTISING AGENCY 8440 – 112 Street, (780) 407-7152 983 Fir Street, Sherwood Park, (780) 464-0668
Next Generation Consulting Inc. Multicultural Public Art Gallery Petersen Pontiac
(780) 937-ARTS (2787) 5411 – 51 Street, Stony Plain, (780) 963-2777 10 Auto Mall, Sherwood Park, (780) 467-1111
Panache Ceramic & Glass Rally Subaru
ARBORIST 10560 – 107 Street, (780) 488-5722 9404 – 34 Avenue, (780) 702-0570
Marshall’s Tree Services Ltd. Peter Robertson Gallery Subaru City
(780) 987-6230 10183 – 112 Street, (780) 452-0286 17708 – 111Avenue, (780) 702-0568
12304 Jasper Avenue, (780) 455-7479 Tire Depot & Auto Infinity
ARTS Picture This! 10620 – 98 Street, (780) 414-6665
Agnes Bugera Gallery 959 Ordze Road, Sherwood Park,
12310 Jasper Avenue, (780) 482-2854 (780) 467-3038 BAKERY
Alberta Craft Council Gallery The Portal Gallery Artisan Bakery Café
10186 – 106 Street, (780) 488-6611 9414 – 91 Street, (780) 702-7522 10732 Whyte Avenue, (780) 413-8045
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Profiles Public Art Gallery Artistic Bakeshop Ltd
10708 – 105 Avenue, (780) 427-9968 19 Perron Street, St Albert, (780) 460-4310 6820 – 104 Street, (780) 434-8686
Alberta’s Top Music Artist Pro’s Art Gallery & Framing Garden Bakery
www.albertatopmusicartist.com 101, 10604 – 178 Street, (780) 486-6661 10019 – 106 Avenue, (780) 423-7828,
info@albertatopmusicartist.com Rowles & Company Hong Kong Bakery
Art Beat Gallery 108 LeMarchand Mansion, 10649 – 97 Street, (780) 429-3838
26 St Anne Street, St Albert, (780) 459-3679 11523 – 100 Avenue, (780) 426-4035 Spinelli’s Bar Italia
Art Gallery of Alberta Royal Alberta Museum 10878 – 95 Street, (780) 424-4869
2 Sir Winston Churchill Square, 12845 – 102 Avenue, (780) 453-9133 5028 – 104A Street, (780) 989-4869
(780) 422-6223 Scott Gallery
Artist Guild of Edmonton 10411 – 124 Street, (780) 488-3619 BANK/FINANCIAL
info@artistguildofedmonton.com, Sculptors’ Association of Alberta Canadian Western Bank
Join us on facebook 1425 – 115A Street, (780) 232-1886 www.cwbank.com
Artra Art School SNAP Gallery Freedom 55
15607 – 100A Avenue, (780) 443-2462 10309 – 97 Street, (780) 423-1492 780-289-2453
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Heritage Education Funds Sandy Beach Campground Vitaly Teas

(780) 964-0395 103 Lakeshore Drive, Sandy Beach, www.vitalyteas.com , (780) 461-3176
HSBC Bank Canada (780) 967-2173 Wild Earth Foods
Yorkton Pacific Mall #118, 9700 – 105 Avenue, Sherwood Forest Campground 8910 – 99 Street, (780) 439-4555
(780) 424-3591 23242 Highway 14, Sherwood Park, Wild Tangerine
Integrity Financial Services (780) 467-3329 10383 – 112 Street, (780) 429-3131
(780) 640-8228 Wabamum Lake Provincial Park
Royal Bank of Canada Wabamum, (780) 892-2702 DINING – DELI AND SUBS
www.royalbank.com Whispering Spruce Campground World’s Finest Donair
& RV Park 12106 Jasper Avenue, (780) 454-7771
BOOKS & GIFTS Calgary, (403) 226-0097 Spinelli’s Bar Italia
Asia Books and Gifts 10878 – 95 Street, (780) 424-4869
10655 – 97 Street, (780) 426-3452 CAR RENTAL 5028 – 104A Street, (780) 989-4869
Audrey’s Books Ltd Enterprise Rent-A-Car
10702 Jasper Avenue, (780) 423-3487 10645 – 101 Street, (780) 429-0057/ DINING – LOUNGE
Call the Kettle Black (780) 429-4883 Bank Ultra lounge
12523 – 102 Avenue, (780) 448-2861 10765 Jasper Avenue, (780) 420-9098
444 Riverbend Square, (780) 434-1622 CATERING Hudson’s Tap House
Chun Fat Trading (Video) The Cocoa Room 11248 – 104 Avenue, (780) 428-5196
10555 – 97 Street, (780) 498-1385 by Kerstin’s Chocolates Lux
Cozy Peaches 10139 – 112 Street, (780) 990-0011 10150 – 101 Street, (780) 424-0400
5706 – 111 Street, (780) 435-7711 Cooks Corner The Pint
Daily Books and Gifts. 9203 – 111th Avenue, (780) 479-8175 10125 – 109 Street, (780) 497-7468
Yorkton Pacific Mall, #127, 9700 – 105 Avenue, D’Lish Meal Assembly Studio Suede Lounge
(780) 429-9006 10418 – 124 Street, (780) 482-2242 11806 Jasper Avenue, (780) 482-0707
Earthly Goods Quilting The Passionate Plate Vintage Lounge
5848 – 111 Street, (780) 433-7179 5012 – 104A Street, (780) 430-1122 10124 – 124 Street, (780) 452-7333
Ellerslie Gift & Garden Union Bank Inn
10330 Ellerslie Road, (780) 988-6622 10053 Jasper Avenue, (780) 401-2209 DINING – RESTAURANTS
Greenwoods’ Bookshoppe Acajutla
7925 – 104 Street, (780) 439-2005 CONVENIENCE STORES 11302 – 107 Avenue, (780) 426-1308
Kamena Gallery & Frames Ltd Ho Yee Convenience Store Accent Restaurant and Lounge
5718 Calgary Trail South, (780) 944-9497 10757 – 97 Street, (780) 420-6332 8223 – 104 Street, (780) 431-0179
Mandolin Books Lucky Express Convenience Aliya’s Authentic Cuisine
6419 – 112 Avenue, (780) 479-4050 and Dollar Store Unit 8 - 41, Broadway Blvd., Sherwood Park,
Notables Stationers 9627 – 107A Avenue, (780) 428-1765 (780) 467-4600
12543 – 102 Avenue, (780) 488-4625 Mini Mart (Stadium) All Happy Family Restaurant Ltd.
When Pigs Fly 9361 – 107A Avenue, (780) 414-0243 10011 – 106 Avenue, (780) 421-8297
10470 Whyte Avenue, (780) 433-9127 Bistro Praha
COURIER SERVICE 10168 – 100A Street, (780) 424-4218
BREWING Mailboxes Etc. Blue Chair Cafe
Alley Kat Brewery 10654 Whyte Avenue, (780) 414-5800 9624 – 76 Avenue, (780) 989-2861
9929 – 60 Avenue, (780) 436-8922 Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant
DENTISTS/ 10875 – 98 Street, (780) 428-5139
CAMPSITES DENTAL PROFESSIONALS The Blue Pear
Allan Beach Resort Boyle McCauley Denture Clinic (1984) 10643 – 123 Street, (780) 482-7178
Stony Plain, (780) 963-6362 10815A – 95 Street, (780) 425-8471 Blue Plate Diner
Aspen Beach Campground Capital Ceramics Ltd. 10145 – 104 Street, (780) 429-0740
Bentley, (403) 748-4066 #3, 10730 – 95 Street, (780) 424-3101 Bua Thai
Banff/Castle Mountain Smile Zone 10049 – 113 Street, (780) 482-2277
Banff National Park, (403) 762-1550 8742 – 109 Street. (780) 989-5733 C & S Seafood Restaurant
Banff/Johnson Canyon Southgate Dental 10725 – 98 Street, (780) 429-8829
Banff National Park, (403) 762-1550 10831 – 51 Avenue, (780) 434-9566 Cafe De Ville
Banff/Lake Louise Campground 10137 – 124 Street, (780) 488-9188
Banff National Park, (403) 762-1550 DINING – CAFE Cafe des Artistes
Banff/Tunnel Mountain Village Cargo & James 30, 8627 – 91 Street, (780) 465-4637
Banff National Park, (403) 762-1550 10634 Whyte Avenue, (780) 433-8152 Café Italia
Bow Valley Campground The Carrot Community Art Coffee House 10803 – 95 Street, (780) 421-4918
Canmore, (403) 673-2163 9351 – 118 Avenue, (780) 471-1580 Cafe Mosaics
Devon Lions Park Eco Café 10844 Whyte Avenue, (780) 433-9702
Devon, (780) 987-4777 Westerose, Alberta, (780) 586-2627 Cafe Select
Dinosaur Campground MacEachern Tea House 405, 10018 – 106 Street, (780) 428-1629
Brooks, (403) 378-3700 4719 – 50th Avenue, (780) 352-0606 8404 – 109 Street, (780) 438-1812
Glowing Embers RV Park & Travel Centre Mandolin Books Century Grill
Acheson, (780) 962-8100 6419 – 112 Avenue, (780) 479-4050 3975 Calgary Trail, (780) 431-0303
KOA Hinton/Jasper Remedy Chianti Cafe
Hinton, (780) 865-5061 8631 – 109 Street, (780) 433-3096 10501 Whyte Avenue, (780) 439-9829
Kokanee Springs RV Park Sugar Bowl Café & Bar Ching’s Asian Kitchen
Seba Beach, (780) 797-3058 10724 124 Street, (780) 451-1038 & Dim Bar
Nature’s Hideaway Campground Transcend Coffee 10154 – 100 Street, (780) 428-8268
Calgary, (403) 938-8185 9869 – 62 Avenue, (780) 430-9198 Circle Ring Chinese Restaurant
Rainbow Valley Campground 9642 – 107 Avenue, (780) 421-7510
13204 – 45 Avenue, (780) 434-5531
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Co Co Di King’s Noodle & Hot Pot Inc. Park Allen

10160 – 100A Street, (780) 425-1717 10939 – 101 Street, (780) 498-0988 7018 – 109 Street, (780)436-8080
Cocoa’s Restaurant Kings Noodle House Pho Hoang Ltd. Pazzo Pazzo Italian Cuisine
10222 – 102 Street, (780) 423-9650 10613 – 97 Street, (780) 428-8983 10016 – 103 Avenue, (780) 425-7711
Continental Treat Restaurant & Martini Bar Koutouki Taverna Pho Hoa Restaurant
10560 Whyte Avenue, (780) 433-7432 10719 – 124 Street, (780) 452-5383 9727 – 106 Avenue, (780) 421-7082
The Creperie La-Dolce-Vita Café & Bar Pipestone Food Co. Ltd.
10220 – 103 Street, (780) 420-6656 10831 – 95 Street, (780) 421-0226 4911 – 50 Street, Wetaskiwin, (780) 352-9596
Culina Highlands La Ronde Revolving Restaurant Pradera Cafe & Lounge
6509 – 112 Avenue, (780) 477-2422 10111 Bellamy Hill, (780) 428-6611 10135 – 100 Street, (780) 493-8994
Culina Mill Creek La Tapa Restaurante The Quarry
9914 – 89 Avenue, (780) 437-5588 10523 – 99 Avenue, (780) 424-8272 718 Main Street, Canmore, (403)678-6088
Dadeo La Table De Renoir Red Ox Inn
10548 Whyte Avenue, (780) 433-0930 10046 – 101A Avenue, (780) 429-3386 9420 – 91 Street, (780) 465-5727
Delux Burger Langano Skies Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar Ltd.
9682 – 142 Street, (780) 420-0101 9920 Whyte Avenue, (780) 432-3334 10810 – 95 Street, (780)756-8902
Devine Le Family Vietnamese Restaurant River House Grill
579, 3rd Street SE, Medicine Hat, 10548 – 97 Street, (780) 426-7774 8 Mission Avenue, St. Albert, (780) 458-2232
(403) 580-5510 Leon’s Wonton & Noodle Riverside Bistro
Dial and Dine 10634 – 97 Street, (780) 429-8865 1 Thornton Court, (780) 423-9999
www.dialanddine.ca, (780) 944-9933 Leva The Rutherford House
The Dish 11053 – 86 Avenue, (780) 479-5382 11153 Saskatchewan Drive, (780) 427-3995
12417 Stony Plain Road, (780) 488-6641 Louisiana Purchase Saigon Garden Restaurant
Dynasty Century Palace Restaurant 10320 – 111 Street, (780) 420-6779 9711 – 107 Avenue, (780) 428-8833
Yorkton Pacific Mall, #206, 9700 – 105 Avenue, Longan Restaurant Ltd. Santos Pizza & Steak
(780) 433-2828/(780) 428-3388 10582 – 100 Street, (780) 425-2406 10821 – 95 Street, (780) 421-1507
Eastbound Bistro Los Comales Restaurant Sapporo Sushi
10177 – 99 Street, (780) 428-2448 10824 – 97 Street, (780) 423-1213 10923 – 101 Street, (780) 758-8819
Epoca Café Madison’s Grill Sicilian Pasta Kitchen
10827 – 95 Street, (780) 428-1982 10053 Jasper Avenue, (780) 401-2222 11239 Jasper Avenue, (780) 488-3838
Four Rooms Maki Maki 805 Saddleback Road, (780) 435-3888
137 Edmonton City Centre East, 8109 – 101 Street, (780) 438-8298 Sofra Authentic Turkish Cuisine
(780) 426-4767 Manor Cafe 108, 10345 – 106 Street, (780) 423-3044
Fresh Start Bistro 10109 – 125 Street, (780) 482-7577 Sorrentino Café-Bistro
484 Riverbend Square, (780) 433-9623 Marco’s Famous 10844 – 95 Street, (780) 425-0960
Gabbana 10526 Whyte Avenue. (780) 421-8932 Spago Portugese Cuisine
11223 Jasper Avenue, (780) 488-0955 Matahari 12433 – 97 Street, (780) 479-0328
Garden Bakery Restaurant 10108B – 124 Street, (780) 452-8262 Spicy Garden Restaurant
10019 – 106 Avenue, (780) 421-1228 Milan’s Yorkton Pacific Mall, #168, 9700 – 105 Avenue,
GAYA 8223 – 104 Street, (780) 431-0179 (780) 425-8888
11147 – 87 Avenue, (780) 439-4978 Milestones Grill & Bar Spinelli Café & Bar Inc.
Gini’s Restaurant 1708 - 99 Street, (780) 469-9013 10850 – 95 Street, (780) 424-8259
10706 – 142 Street, (780) 451-1169 Mill Creek Cafe Taipan Café
Glens Grill at Montgomery 9562 Whyte Avenue, (780) 439-5545 10627 – 97 Street, (780) 428-3318
Glen Golf & Country Club Murrieta’s Tea Bar Café Ltd.
Wetaskiwin, (780) 352-8623 10612 Whyte Avenue, (780) 438-4100 10640 – 98 Street, (780) 424-0696
Godining.ca New Asian Village Tea Cottage Ltd.
Golden Bird Restaurant 10149 Saskatchewan Drive, (780) 433-3804 10588 – 100 Street, (780) 425-6404
10544 – 97 Street, (780) 420-1612 10A Main Blvd, Sherwood Park, (780) 464-6662 Tesoro Cafe Bar
Hardware Grill 17507 – 100 Avenue, (780) 488-6666 11244 – 104 Avenue, (780) 42-LATTE
9698 Jasper Avenue, (780) 423-0969 320 Manning Crossing, (780) 473-7777 Thanh Thanh Oriental Noodle House
Haweli Restaurant 9308 – 34 Avenue, (780) 463-9997 10718 – 101 Street, (780) 426-5068
10220 – 103 Street, (780) 421-8100 Noodle Noodle Restaurant Trang Tung Sandwich
81Liberton Drive, St. Albert, (780) 459-4808 10008 – 106 Avenue, (780) 422-6862 9607 – 107A Avenue, (780) 969-9996
High Level Diner Normand’s Tropika
10912 – 88 Avenue, (780) 433-0993 11639A Jasper Avenue, (780) 482-2600 6004 – 104 Street, (780) 439-6699
Hoa-An Restaurant Oliveto Trattoria Twisted Fork Diner & State Lounge
9653 – 107 Avenue, (780) 425-6021 500 Riverbend Square, (780) 435-6411 11162 Whyte Avenue, (780) 761-3675
Homefire Bar & Grill OPM Asian Bistro Two Rooms Cafe
18210 – 100 Avenue, (780) 489-8086 1820 – 99 Street, (780) 989-5898 101, 10324 Whyte Avenue, (780) 439-8386
Il Forno Oriental Veggies House Ltd. Upper Crust Cafe
14981 Stony Plain Road, (780) 455-0443 10586 – 100 Street, (780) 424-0463 10909 – 86 Avenue, (780) 433-0810
Jack’s Grill Pacific Café Van Loc Submarine
5842 – 111 Street, (780) 434-1113 10876 – 97 Street, (780) 423-4779 10648 – 98 Street, (780) 413-8887
Julio’s Barrio Packrat Louis Kitchen & Bar Viet Huong Noodle House
17021 – 100 Avenue, (780) 484-5165 10335 – 83 Avenue, (780) 433-0123 10117 – 107 Avenue, (780) 424-9910
10450 Whyte Avenue, (780) 431-0774 Padmanadi Inc. Viphalay Laos & Thai Restaurant
Kids in the Hall Bistro 10626 – 97 Street, (780) 428-8899 10724 – 95 Street, (780) 423-3213
City Hall, #1 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Pad Thai Vi’s for Pies
(780) 983-3166 10159 Whyte Avenue, (780) 437-4858 13408 Stony Plain Road, (780) 454-4300
The King & I Restaurant Pagolac Restaurant Ltd. Von’s Steakhouse & Oyster Bar
8208 – 107 Street, (780) 433-2222 10566 – 97 Street, (780) 425-1540 10309 – 81 Avenue, (780) 439-0041
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Wild Tangerine FASHION – BEAUTY FASHION – SHOES

10383 – 112 Street, (780) 429-3131 Lush Handmade Cosmetics Katwalk Shoes
The Wine Cellar 10624 Whyte Avenue, (780) 437-9427 Hawkstone Plaza,
12421 – 102 Avenue, (780) 488-9463 Lux Beauty Boutique 18336 Lessard Road, (780) 481-1936
The Wokkery Restaurant 10120 – 124 Street, (780) 451-1423 Kunitz Shoes
10969 – 98 Street, (780) 424-6546 837 Saddleback Road, (780) 438-4259
Unheard of Restaurant FASHION – BRIDAL Wener Shoes
9602 Whyte Avenue, (780) 432-0480 Bridal Debut 10322 Jasper Avenue, (780) 422-2718
Upper Crust Cafe 2B-153 Pembina Road, Sherwood Park,
10909 – 86 Avenue, (780) 433-0810 (780) 467-4082 FLORISTS
Wok-King Restaurant 5916 – 104 Street, (780) 431-0539 Your flower shop listed here
10013 – 106 Avenue, (780) 423-3743 Bride International Inc. sales@alternativetrends.com
Xtreme Asian Fusion Restaurant 10744 – 101 Street, (780) 424-7684
10508 – 101 Street, (780) 413-3338 Derk’s GOLF COURSES (PUBLIC)
Yianni’s 8111 – 102 Street, (780) 433-6614 Alberta Beach Golf Course
10444 Whyte Avenue, (780) 429-3131 Little Boat 4438 – 44 Avenue, Alberta Beach,
Zen Shabu Shabu Sushi & Grill 10612 – 97 Street, (780) 420-1213 (780) 924-4653
10518 – 101 Street, (780) 428-1235 Ngoc Ding Bridal Formal Ltd. Broadmoor Public Golf Course
10632 – 98 Street, (780) 424-9800 2100 Oak Street, Sherwood Park,
EDUCATION (780) 467-7373
Artist Guild of Edmonton FASHION/CLOTHING Coloniale Golf & Country Club
artist@artistguildofedmonton.com C’est Sera 10 Country Club Drive, Beaumont,
Ging Wu Kung Fu Martial Arts 8239 – 104 Street, (780) 434-7435 (780) 929-4653
10712 – 98 Street, (780) 421-7439 Etzio Cougar Creek Golf Resort
Get Publishing Society 10338 Whyte Avenue, (780) 433-2568 359, 9768 – 170 Street, (780) 892-4545
www.getpublishing.ca Ginger Apparel Country-Side Golf Course
Grant Macewan College Writing Works 10116 – 124 Street, (780) 488-3344 51466 Rng Rd.232, Sherwood Park,
www.macewan.ca/web/artssci/writingworks/ Headcase Hats (780) 467-4653
Show International Knitting School #301, 10368 Whyte Avenue, (780) 435-6601 Devon Golf and Country Club
10823 – 98 Street, (780) 990-1016/ Kaj Clothing 1130 River Valley, Devon, (780) 987-3569
(780) 708-6088 10125 – 124 Street, (780) 702-7122 Eagle Rock Golf Course
University of Alberta School of Business Maggie Walt Design 9531 – 42 Avenue, (780) 464-4653
Alberta Business Family Institute, 11217 Jasper Avenue, (780) 482-1238 Goose Hummock Golf Resort
(780) 492-0234 Red Ribbon P.O Box 1221, Gibbons, (780) 421-7222
University of Alberta Faculty of Extension 12505 – 102 Avenue, (780) 454-4336 Ironhead Golf & Country Club
www.extension.ualberta.ca Sabrina Butterfly Designs Box 69, Wabaamun, (780) 892-4653
Writers Beyond Borders #102, 6421 – 112 Avenue, (780) 482-6460 Jagare Ridge Golf Course
www.writersbeyondborders.ca She Matters 14931 Ellerslie Road, (780) 432-4030
Writer’s Guild of Alberta 12234 – 107 Avenue, (780) 488-4043 Leduc Golf & Country Club
www.writersguild.ab.ca Thread Hill 5725 Black Gold Drive, Leduc, (780) 986-2803
10725 – 124 Street, (780) 482-1200 Legacy Ridge Golf Course
FARMS What Women Want Hwy 21 and Hwy 625, Sherwood Park,
Belle Valley Farms 5708 – 111 Street, (780) 431-2110 (780) 464-7545
RR 2 Morinville, (780) 939-2125 Who Cares Wear Legends Golf & Country Club
CityFarm 11222 Jasper Avenue, (780) 429-2273 53541 Range Rd 232, Sherwood Park,
#101, 15334 – 123 Avenue, (780) 488-2500 (780) 449-4911
Country Road Greenhouses FASHION – EYE WEAR Lewis Estates Golf Course
52043 RR 231, Sherwood Park, (780) 467-5784 Dr. Ho Optometrist 260 Suder Greens Drive, (780) 489-4653
Four Whistle Farm 10638 – 97 Street, (780) 425-3322 The Links At Spruce Grove
RR 2 Millet, (780) 387-4475 Eye Care Group Century Road and Yellowhead Trail,
Green Eggs and Ham 10724 Whyte Avenue, (780) 439-2020 Spruce Grove, (780) 962-4653
RR 2 Leduc, (780) 986-8680 The Observatory Opticians Millwoods Golf Course
Halwa Farms 10608 Whyte Avenue, (780) 438-3448 4540A – 50 Street, (780) 448-1601
Box 68 Thorsby, (780) 789-2355 Super Optical Northern Bear Golf Course
Irving Farm Fresh Meats 12316 Jasper Avenue, (780) 482-6868 51055 Range Rd. 222, Sherwood Park,
Box 58 Round Hill, (780) 672-2787 Thompson Optics (780) 922-2327
Jakubec Farms Natural Pork 11303 – 104 Avenue, (780) 425-LENS (5367) RedTail Landing Golf Club
Box 557 Viking, (780) 336-2503 Women With Vision Edmonton International Airport,
Lola Canola Honey 10515 – 109 Street, (780) 423-3937 (780) 890-7888
Box 654 Bon Accord, (780) 921-3657 Terra Pines Golf & Country Club
Ruzicka Sunrise Farm FASHION – HAIR RR 2 Stn, Main l, St. Albert, (780) 458-1122
Box 579 Killam, (780) 385-2474 Avanti Salon and Spa Victoria Golf Club
Spring Creek Ranch 12520 – 102 Avenue, (780) 482-2396 12130 River Valley Road, (780) 452-6624
Box 400 Vegreville, (780) 436-0335 bobby pin Hair Studio
Teamwork Farms 10046 – 102 Street, (780) 761-3555 GROCERIES/MART
Box 91 Viking, (780) 336-2515 Otto Hair Salon 99 Food Products
Tollara Farms Yorkton Pacific Mall, #210, 9700 – 105 Avenue, 10546 – 101 Street, (780) 420-6216
Box 748 Viking, (780) 336-2270 (780) 990-0330 99 Supermarket Ltd. (Hoa Ping Trading)
Regina Professional Skin Care & Trading 10768 – 99 Street, (780) 428-9989,
Asia Square, 10647 – 99 Street, (780) 413-9809 Blue Kettle Specialty Foods
Ricci Hair Unit 70, 20 Circle Drive St. Albert,
10020 – 101A Avenue, (780) 428-0809 (780) 418-2878
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10878 – 95 Street, (780) 424-4869 Next Generation Consulting Inc VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES
5028 – 104A Street, (780) 989-4869 (780) 937 – ARTS (2787) Candid Canine Pet Photography
Lucky 97 Market (780) 235-1605
10725 – 97 Street, (780) 424-8011 LAWYERS Ealanta Photography
Burkinshaw Law (780) 619-3582
HEALTH – ACUPUNCTURE/ #90-130 Broadway Blvd, Kiets Photo Studio
HERBALISTS Sherwood Park, (780) 449-3391 10649 – 99 Street, (780) 420-6085
AJM Acupuncture Deckert Allen Cymbaluk LLP MacAlley Studios
#44, 143 Liberton Drive, St. Albert, 301, 5201 – 51 Avenue, Wetaskiwin Hull Block, Suite 203, 9664 – 106 Avenue,
(780) 459-2788 (780) 387-5422 (780) 420-6680/(780) 233-5446
Alberta Acupuncture Clinic McLennan Ross Presto! Digital Colourgrade
10859 – 97 Street, (780) 424-9133 12220 Stony Plain Road, (780) 482-9200 Hull Block, Suite 302, 9664 – 106 Avenue,
Southeast Asia Herbs & Co. (780) 421-9980
10666 – 97 Street, (780) 426-3254 LIMOUSINES Tin Can Paparazzi
Blue Sky Limos (780) 488-0097
HEALTH – CHIROPRACTOR/ Edmonton, (780) 432-0000 Tobeinpictures.com
MASSAGE Calgary, (403) 225-0000 #2, 10026 – 102 Street, (780) 479-2831
Academy of Reflexology Red Deer, (403) 358-2200
(780) 235-3720 Prestige Limousine PILATES/YOGA
Alberta Massage Therapy Supplies (780) 463-5000 Integration Pilates Studio
www.amts.ca, 1-866-449-5165 10565 – 114 Street, (780) 421-9853
Association of Massage Therapists and LIQUOR STORE Shanti Yoga
Wholistic Practitioners 121 Jasper Liquor Store #2, 10026 – 102 Street, (780) 421-9444
www.amtwp.org 12110 Jasper Avenue, (780) 453-0003 Sublime Body Pilates Studio
Back Basics & Foot Care Aristrocrat Liquor #101, 4109 – 106 Street, (780) 239-5739
11610 – 75 Avenue, (780) 436-8059 9220 – 34 Avenue, (780) 462-6413 Lotus Soul Gym Yoga
Dickinsfield Wholistic Therapy 8120 Whyte Avenue, (780) 463-8274 10816 – 95 Street, (780) 428-5202
#1, Dickinsfield Mall, (780) 233-1116 #15, 9261 – 34 Avenue, (780) 437-9480
Edmonton Neck & Back Clinic 12068 Jasper Avenue, (780) 455-9115 PLUMBING
4249 – 97 Street, (780) 989-6008 4234 – 66 Street, (780) 448-5975 Neuman Plumbing (1979)
Me Time with Valerie Suite 109, 5001 – 30 Avenue, Beaumont, 10640 – 95 Street, (780) 429-0295
780-901-7582 (780) 929-6800
www.metimewithvalerie.com 102, 3802 – 49 Avenue, Stony Plain, PROFESSIONALS –
Pause Massage (780) 963-0100 CONSULTING SERVICES
11807 – 105 Avenue, (780) 732-2272 Bin 104 Fine Wine & Spirits Next Generation Consulting Inc
5252 Calgary Trail South, (780) 436-8850 (780) 937-ARTS (2787)
HEALTH – FITNESS/SPAS Budget Beer & Spirits Richard W. Chew (Accounting)
Athletica Sport & Fitness 4106 – 49 Street, (780) 352-5774 Bsmt, 10944 – 97 Street, (780) 424-9488
(780) 641-0888 Devine Wines & Spirits Smart Business Services Inc.
Divine Body Spa 10111 – 104 Street, (780) 421-9463 Yorkton Pacific Mall, #115, 9700 – 105 Avenue,
17026 – 95 Avenue, (780) 481-9SPA (9772) Ensante Winery (780) 483-8888
Dr. J. Y. Liao Box 110 Brosseau, (780) 657-2275 Sunny Driving School Ltd.
11516 Jasper Avenue, (780) 482-1548 Royal Imperial Liquor BMA Centre, 212, 10708 – 97 Street,
External Affairs 9647 – 107A Avenue, (780) 423-1988 (780) 424-5508
13303 – 127 Street, (780) 455-2754 Sherbrooke Liquor Store Taking Flight International Corp.
8 Mission Avenue, St.Albert, (780) 459-5520 11819 St. Albert Trail NW, (780) 455-4556 Grand Manor, 9703 – 108 Avenue,
Healing Connections (780) 473-6732/(780) 498-6722
10548 – 115 Street, (780) 488-9779 LOCKSMITH
Healing Water Spa Dial Locksmith Ltd./Safe World
10740 Whyte Avenue, (780) 988-7873 10771 – 101 Street, (780) 420-6664
Sandhar Homeopathic Clinic #ONSUMER
10704 Whyte Avenue, (780) 439-6907 MORTGAGE BROKERS

Sacred Diva Healing Centre for Women TMG The Mortgage Group Ensure your
10830 – 124 Street, (780) 488-3482 (780) 640-8908 location is
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IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, and enjoy so much – playing in the park without
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people become much more aware of how they parents, yellow school buses, farmers’ markets
spend their money. They look for the best deals – we need to support our small-town merchants.
they can find. Is the first thing you look for the We encourage you to help maintain the diver-
lower price? sity and distinctive flavor of your community.
5004 – 50 Street, (780) 929-6568 140 – 11 Athabascan Avenue,

Unfortunately it is the lower price that is Local merchants build strong neighbourhoods by
putting many local independent owners out of sustaining communities, linking neighbors, and
business. They simply cannot compete with giant by contributing more to local festivals and causes.
consumer
stores’ bulk orders. They charge what they charge Many independent retailers carry hand-made,
to survive. If you shop at a local store and spend unique gift ideas. Consider purchasing an origi-
Sherwood Park, (780) 449-3340

an extra fifty cents, you help a neighbour stay in nal piece of art while at an art show, supporting
business. your local fashion designer, and attending local
Perhaps we need to look at the bigger community events. Together we can help shape
picture – the one that involves customer service. our city and together we can grow.
INTERIORS – FLOORING
Independent business owners usually know their AT’s consumer guide – a directory of our
3506 B Tudor Glen Market, St.Albert,

guide!
clients by name and appreciate the business. In partners.
order to keep the small-town feel we all remember Every day could be a shop local day!
W W W. A LT E R N AT I V E T R E N D S .C O M S P R I N G 2 0 10 55
Sears Floor Covering Centres (780) 470-3340

2828 Calgary Trail South, (780) 452-6169 6282 – 199 Street NW, Hampton Market,
16307 – 111 Avenue, (780) 452-6169 (780) 756-1535
Dogs Aquatherapy Listings $150 and free with
INSURANCE 9738 – 182 Street, (780) 443-3113 display advertisement
Dyberg Insurance Fabulous Furballs
10756 Whyte Avenue, (780) 432-7595 #116, 2755 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park, sales@alternativetrends.com
J. Folk & Associates (780) 416-8266 780-937-ARTS (2787)
(780) 701-5459 Terwillegar Veterinary Clinic
MHK Insurance 14735 – 40 Avenue, (780) 435-8387
12316 – 107 Avenue, (780) 454-9363
shoplocal
PSYCHOLOGIST Insight Medical Imaging www.oldstrathconafoundation.ca,

Deb Deeter Toll Free 1-866-771-9446 (780) 433-5866
(780) 886-3496 Insight Medical Imaging – Castledowns Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative
Massiah Counselling Services 15309 Castledowns Road, (780) 669-2222 10867 – 97 Street, (780) 991-2799
#203, 10129 – 124 Street, (780) 415-5434 Insight Medical Imaging – Heritage Paddy’s Cheese Shop
2049 – 111 Street, (780) 669-2222 12509 – 102 Avenue, (780) 413-0367
RADIO Insight Medical Imaging – Hermitage Sherwood Meats
CKUA Radio Network 12779 – 50 Street, (780) 669-2222 #136, 2755 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park,
www.ckua.com, 94.9 FM Insight Medical Imaging – Meadowlark (780) 467-3385
200 Meadowlark Health Centre, Sherwood Park Rotary Club
REAL ESTATE/AGENT 87 Avenue & 156 Street, (780) 669-2222 50 Spruce Avenue, Sherwood Park
Comfree Insight Medical Imaging – Sherwood Park SOCAN
www.comfree.com, (780) 444-3131 136 Athabascan Avenue, Sherwood Park, www.socanfoundation.ca
(780) 669-2222 (780) 439-9049
REAL ESTATE – DEVELOPMENT/ Insight Medical Imaging – Spruce Grove Spinelli’s Wine Juice
HOME INSPECTION 226B McLeod Avenue, Spruce Grove, 10878 – 95 Street, (780) 424-4869
RDC Inspections (780) 669-2222 Vanguard Collection
(780) 458-0066 Insight Medical Imaging – The Breast www.vanguardcollection.com, (800) 487-1163
Regal Ridge Centre Lendrum Writers Beyond Borders
www.regalridge.com, (250) 535-0227 5814 – 111 Street, (780) 669-2222 www.writersbeyondborders.ca
Yorkton Group The X-Ray Clinic at Northgate Centre
www.yorktongroup.com, 1-866-409-8228 2018, 9499 – 137 Avenue, (780) 476-9729 TAILORS/DRY CLEANING
Eden Tailor
RETAIL SIGNAGE 10913 – 97 Street, (780) 424-1640
Carbon Environmental Boutique Fast Signs Little Boat
10184 – 104 Street, (780) 498-1900 11719 – 179 Street, 10612 – 97 Street, (780) 420-1213
Cosafina (780) 444-FAST (3278) Lucky 97 Tailors
10508 – 109 Street, (780) 428-1415 Sign Source 9643A – 107A Avenue, (780) 425-1397
Go To Your Room 10540 – 124 Street, (780) 421-1451 West Asia Tailoring
17284 Stony Plain Road 10669 – 97 Street, (780) 428-1943
Velocity Cycle SPECIALTIES
7208 – 101 Avenue, (780) 466-8133 124 Street & Area BRZ TOBACCONISTS
www.124st.ca Burlington Tobacconists
SCREENING FACILITIES, 310-FIRE 10468 Whyte Avenue,
Alberta Cancer Board – (780) 310-3473 (780) 439-8519
Screen Test Alectra Theatre Arts Company Hub Cigar & Newsstand
311, 109 Street & Princess Elizabeth Avenue, 10967 – 97 Street, (780) 462-2548 8118 Gateway Blvd, (780) 439-0144
(780) 474-4300 Architectural Clearinghouse
Amiha Diagnostic Imaging 11507 – 120 Street, (780) 436-1222 TRANSPORTATION
45 St. Thomas Street, St. Albert, (780) 458-0104 Brew for Less Westcanbulk Transport
Breast Centre Radiology 10746 – 95 Street, (403) 279-1683
Mammography & Ultrasound (780) 426-6046/(780) 422-0488 www.westcanbulktransport.com
7121 – 109 Street, (780) 434 9147 City of Edmonton
Breast Centre Radiology Mammography & www.edmonton.ca TRAVEL AGENCIES
Ultrasound – Callingwood City of Wetaskiwin Citizen Travel Ltd.
329, 6650 – 177 Street, (780) 434 9147 (780) 361-4417 10653 – 97 Street, (780) 429-3388
Breast Imaging Centres – Credit Info Canada Going Places Travel Group Inc.
Medical Imaging Consultants www.creditinfocanada.ca, 1-877-386-1183 10720 – 95 Street, (780) 414-6489
Toll Free 1-800-355-1755 Edmonton BMX Association Jolly Time Travel Service Ltd.
Breast Imaging Centres – Medical Imaging 6850 – 88 Street, (780) 485-2690 Yorkton Pacific Mall, #128, 9700 – 105 Avenue,
Consultants – Century Park Edmonton Chamber of Commerce (780) 428-8484
201, 2377 – 111 Street NW, 600, 9990 Jasper Avenue, (780) 426-4620 Messt Alberta Ltd.
(780) 461-8520/(780) 461-8524 Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival 10834 – 97 Street, (780) 424-1777
Breast Imaging Centres – Medical Imaging www.edmontondragonboatfestival.com Polonez Travel Agency Ltd.
Consultants – Hys Centre Edmonton Economic 9915 – 108 Avenue, (780) 424-0521
203, 11010 – 101 Street, (780) 450-1500 Development Corporation Skyline Connection Travel Ltd.
Breast Imaging Centres – Medical Imaging www.edmontonstories.ca 10553A – 97 Street, (780) 429-8838
Consultants – Summit Centre Employabilities
102, 200 Boudreau Road, St. Albert, 1-866-945-4633 WEDDING COMMISSIONER
(780) 450-1500 EnviroPerfect Solutions Suffolk House
Breast Imaging Centres – Medical Imaging #101, 15334 – 123 Avenue, (780) 447-9600 66 52343 RR 211, (780) 922-4072
Consultants – Tawa Centre Clinic EPCOR
2nd Flr and Lower Level, 3017 – 66 Street, www.epcor.ca
(780) 450-1500 Green Clean Squad
CML HealthCare – Athabasca Place 3519 – 109 Street, (780) 695-9851
114, 80 Chippewa Road, Sherwood Park, Keep Edmonton Original
(780) 467-2773 www.keepedmontonoriginal.com
CML HealthCare – MIRA Diagnostic Centre Off the Grid Renewable Energy
103, 11910 – 111 Avenue, (780) 452-9711 www.getoffthegrid.ca, (780) 868-6952
CML HealthCare – Northtown Mall Old Strathcona
Diagnostic Imaging www.oldstrathcona.ca
134, 9450 – 137 Avenue, (780) 478-7221 Old Strathcona Foundation
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last and thank you for subscribing.
brings us inspiration and the questions we On page 42 we share with you a sneak peek
all have about the little (and big) things that at the many artists we have profiled in past
make living interesting and exciting. We are issues of Alternative Trends. We will continue
a lifestyle magazine with a special interest in to profile four artists in every future issue. So
the arts. let us know if you are an artist we should
Thank you to my amazing team for have heard of.
ensuring each issue is better than the last 2010 also brought us the introduction of
and thank you for subscribing. a new regular feature – Alberta’s Top Music
Quarterly Connections took place on Artist. We have always profiled musicians in
September 18, 2010 in the art gallery space Rx for Music but they have been from all over
that temporarily housed Edmonton’s Art the globe and we want the world to know
Gallery of Alberta. If you have not been to about the many talented artists we have right
Live the Faculty of Extension Building downtown

you must visit this historical site.
here in Canada and more importantly, here
in Alberta. Visit page 24 where we share a
YOUR Life The Faculty of Extension had its start

in the basement of Assiniboia Hall in 1912.
child’s dream come true – a chance to speak
with Ian Tyson, legendary country singer.
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Known at that time as the Department of Our consumer guide is a list of our
We start out in life with our eyes open to the Extension, its mission was to reach out to partners. Thank you for your continued
world. We have no fears and think we are Alberta’s predominantly rural/agricultural support! Please visit page 63 for a directory
indestructible. Some people experience communities to find out what the University of local businesses you should visit.
things that cause them to grow up too fast could do for them beyond the walls of its Our advertisers would love to hear that
while others are babied and may never grow classrooms and laboratories. you saw their ad in Alternative Trends, as this
up. A child appreciates every new experience The name of the renovated HBC building helps them track their marketing initiatives.
and seniors have so many experiences to is Enterprise Square. The name was selected When you call them, please let them know
share. But what happens to us in between to reflect the various academic, commercial, you saw their ad in Alternative Trends – a
those important stages of our lives? private and cultural enterprises housed magazine that brings advertisers and readers
Remember that hard work does pay off under the one roof. The word square was together – one ad at a time.
and that you should never chase money. Do selected to correspond not only to the shape Your business, our readers – connected.
what you love and the money will follow you. of the building, but also to the open area We are all artists today and the world is
One should look forward to waking up each inside, which provides a key meeting and our canvas. What does your world look like?
and every day knowing that he/she makes gathering space. I share Alternative Trends with you –
a difference. Spend time with your children Thank you to the University of Alberta’s my canvas, my world!
– they grow up too fast. When they are older Faculty of Liberal Studies for celebrating If money were no obstacle, how would
and have time to reflect on their childhood, Alberta Arts Days with Alternative Trends; you spend your days?
what do you hope they remember? together we hosted an amazing event.
My childhood memories are fond ones Thank you to all our guests for attending; we
and too numerous to name. I thank my know you had many choices as celebrating
parents for never complaining about work the Arts is a provincial initiative and many
in front of us, for teaching us the rewards of plan events during this time. We had over
hard work and most importantly, the value 600 people walk through our doors in the Pardee, Publisher
of family. four hours we were open. Visit page 10 as we We look forward to continue being
It is with great pleasure, humility and a share our photos with you. involved in the community – our
sense of accomplishment, we share with you In Money Matters, we know discussing involvement contributes to our success.
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