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• Edmonton Savages win gold at National Ball Hockey Championships

  19-08-2017 23:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Savages went into the Canadian Ball Hockey National Championships last weekend with a shot at making history — they ended up doing it twice.
  No team from Edmonton has ever won gold in the 40-year history of the tournament. The closest came in 1996 when the Edmonton Playboys took home the silver medal.
  But this year, the team came into the tournament in Saint John, N.B, full of confidence as the returning bronze medal winners.
  “We were excited to create some history,&rdqu
  
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• Fringe review: My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice

  19-08-2017 23:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice 
  • 5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 3, Walterdale Theatre
  “The last thing that freezes is the heart.”
  It’s a somewhat terrifying line from the beginning of a show about Arctic explorers, making you wonder if it’s foreshadowing or just a creepy line describing exploration of the far north.
  Three explorers prepare for the adventure of a lifetime, packing up their balloon to travel to the farthest reaches of the world: the North Pole. So
  
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• Fringe review: The Ballad of Frank Allen

  19-08-2017 22:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Ballad of Frank Allen
  • 3.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 13, Old Strathcona Public Library
  You don’t get much more high concept than this show about a tiny man living in another man’s beard, which even the actors admit is a weird idea for a play.
  But this two-hander overcomes that potentially irritating concept to provide a surprisingly funny look at janitor Frank Allen’s miniaturized (a science experiment gone wrong, of course) 521 days giving direction to aimless Al&r
  
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• Man's body found after boat capsized on Sylvan Lake

  19-08-2017 22:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man’s body has been recovered after the boat he was in capsized on Sylvan Lake a week ago.
  On Aug. 13, just after 4 p.m., three adults and a 10-year-old child left Sunbreaker Cove in a boat. Ten minutes later, a storm hit the lake.
  According to Sylvan Lake RCMP, the boat flipped and all four were tossed from the boat.
  Two adults and the child were able to stay with the boat using floatation devices before eventually swimming to shore.
  The third adult, a 43-year-old man, was last seen in
  
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• Fringe review: Laser Kiwi

  19-08-2017 20:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Laser Kiwi
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 1, Westbury Theatre
  If you are not an avid follower of news from south of the equator, Laser Kiwi probably won’t mean a helluva lot to you.
  Basically, back in 2015 New Zealand held a referendum about whether or not the country should ditch its Union Jack heavy flag and replace it with something new.
  The public was encouraged to send in designs and resident James Gray came up with a flag that had — you guessed it — a kiwi bird with
  
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• City seeks remedy after view blocked for Metallica fans in wheelchairs

  19-08-2017 19:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two concertgoers whose complaints about their view from wheelchair-accessible seats being blocked due to a standing crowd has prompted the city to look at how to remedy the situation at future concerts.
  Derrick Jones posted about his experience at Wednesday’s Metallica concert, including a photo of the crowd obstructing his view, on the Reddit website where it went viral.
  Jones, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, had travelled for seven hours from Fort St. John, B.C., to see the band. On
  
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• Fringe review: A Song of Bucephalus

  19-08-2017 19:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Song of Bucephalus
  • 3 stars out of 5
  • Stage 4, King Edward Academy
  Things are about to get heated at the headquarters for the Two-Person Horse Costume society.
  Once word filters to them about how Red Phone Theatre are messing with the vaunted, ages-old tradition of having one horse head, one horse ass per costume, that is. The Calgary-based company have been dispensing entirely with the head portion of the costume for their Fringe play A Song of Bucephalus, though admittedly due to
  
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• Fringe review: Naked Girls Reading

  19-08-2017 19:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Naked Girls Reading Presents…
  • 3 stars out of 5
  • Stage 34, John Walter Room Varscona Hotel
  I wonder how quickly the talented team from Naked Girls Reading Presents… will get sick of hearing the words Trump and impeachment floated out as suggestions for their word substitution show.
  This year’s Fringe show is a good time for word nerds and fans of musicals, and if you love some good crowd participation, this show is for you.
  Set in a school room, the teacher asks t
  
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• Fringe review: Die-Nasty in A Midsummer Night's Fringe

  19-08-2017 19:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Die-Nasty in A Midsummer Night’s Fringe
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 12, Varscona Theatre
  Everyone who has seen A Midsummer Night’s Dream knows the play’s main characters — Oberon, Puck, Hermia, Mustardstain, Bob the Builder, Prius ….
  If those last three names aren’t familiar, you haven’t seen the Shakespeare classic through the cracked lens of Die-Nasty, the long-running improvised soap opera that presents a continuing story every night of the
  
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• Fringe review: Big Stupid Improv Show

  19-08-2017 19:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Big Stupid Improv Show
  • 5 stars out of 5• Stage 17, Roxy Theatre
  Well, two out of four isn’t so bad; Big Stupid Improv Show is a show and it’s improv. I wouldn’t call it stupid, and you would have to argue about big. What does big mean? How do you quantify big?
  I’m buying time here because this is amazing improv that you have to see. These are some of the best improv artists at this year’s festival. But they have literally taken the best improv actors fro
  
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• Fringe review: Instagraham

  19-08-2017 19:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Instagraham
  2.5 stars out of 5
  Stage 7, Yardbird Suite
  Somewhere at the confluence of social media and stand-up comedy, Instagraham was probably inevitable.
  Vancouver’s Graham Clark warned us at the start that his show might not seem that different than one of those occasions when your uncle gets back from vacation, packing a long slide show of his travels.
  Then he sent a laptop through a projector to thrill us with his page at Instagram.com. Dozens of photos of random pop culture detritus
  
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• Fringe review: Help! I'm American

  19-08-2017 19:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Help! I’m American
  • 3 stars out of five
  • Stage 2: Backstage Theatre
  Occupying a strange alleyway between cornball Boy Scout humour and outrageously filthy language, DM Reinemer’s one-man skit comedy show is dependably funny — though not generally gut-busting.
  Spending his opening monologue buttering Canadians up, the sharpest of Reinemer’s jokes focus on the contemporary horror of living under the orange president, where he notes, “our country’s be
  
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• Fringe review: Chase Padgett

  19-08-2017 19:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Chase Padgett: 5 Stars
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 1, Westbury Theatre
  The last time Chase Padgett was in town for the Fringe it was in the guise of a country singer.
  Before that, he toured a successful one-man, multiple character play called Six Guitars, where he showed excellent mimicry in taking on six personas while changing musical styles to suit them. Now, the Portland resident has taken perhaps the most impressive leap, appearing as simply himself.
  The comedic tunes are still the
  
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• Fringe Review: Give it Up

  19-08-2017 19:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Give it Up
  • 1 Star out of 5
  • Stage 18, Sugar Swing Ballroom: Main Floor
  Morgan Brayton is the actress you have probably seen more than a few times in your favourite movies and TV shows, but you just can’t quite remember where.
  That’s because she’s taken on such illustrious roles as “cashier number two” and “second cashier,” a character actor doomed to audition for the same bit roles over and over again.She regales us with her life story, star
  
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• Fringe review: MAN UP! has Daddy Issues

  19-08-2017 19:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  MAN UP! has Daddy Issues
  • 5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 36: L’unithéatre
  “Even the gays have been penetrated by the patriarchy, it is true!” This is the alluring Beau Creep speaking, one of the five magnetic dancer-actor-activists starring in the new Man Up! production, pretty much summing up the whole show: we all have daddy issues, whether personally or as a civilization.
  Man Up! was one of my favourites at 2015’s Fringe, a surprisingly cohesive ensemble ca
  
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• City seeking remedy after view blocked for Metallica concertgoers in wheelchairs

  19-08-2017 17:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two concertgoers whose complaints about their view from wheelchair-accessible seats being blocked due to a standing crowd has prompted the city to look at how to remedy the situation at future concerts.
  Derrick Jones posted about his experience at Wednesday’s Metallica concert, including a photo of the crowd obstructing his view, on the Reddit website where it went viral.
  The view at the Metallica concert from the wheelchair-accessible seating in Section K in Edmonton’s Commonwealth
  
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• Fringe review: Urinetown, The Musical

  19-08-2017 16:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Urinetown, The Musical
  • 4.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 16, Sanctuary Stage 
  To clear all questions out of the way about the perhaps startling name: Yes, the title does have everything to do with the plot.
  And Grindstone Theatre’s imagination of the popular Tony Award-winning musical — which actually originated at a Fringe Festival before its long stint on Broadway — was a comedic romp before the lights even went down.
  Police officer characters searched the aisles du
  
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• Fringe review: Aim for the Heart

  19-08-2017 16:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Aim for the Heart
  • 2 stars out of 5
  • Stage 11, Studio Theatre
  Randy Rutherford’s latest one-man show explores his tumultuous love affair with beautiful Darcy, the massage therapist he thought would heal his emotional wounds who needed huge amounts of healing herself.
  The former folk singer (he had to give it up due to progressive hearing loss) has a good stage presence and can tell a tale well.
  The problem is that he tells it, and tells it and tells it. We hear every detail of
  
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• Fringe review: The Wait

  19-08-2017 16:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Wait
  • 3.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 9, Telus Phone Museum
  We spend a good part of our lives waiting for something, and Maria Colonescu’s The Wait takes place during three common times of waiting  — in a line, when someone’s late and outside a delivery room.
  The first of the three virtually unrelated scenes nicely captures the awkwardness of strangers making conversation while waiting to buy concert tickets, coming with a good opening exchange.
  “Is this th
  
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• Julia Lipscombe: Important time to talk to children about racism and prejudice

  19-08-2017 16:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The events in Charlottesville on Aug. 12 — where a 32-year-old woman, Heather Heyer, was killed while standing up to hate-spewing neo-Nazis during a Unite the Right rally — were terrifying. (Vice News’ Charlottesville: Race and Terror, is particularly eye-opening.)
  Also terrifying are U.S. President Donald Trump’s subsequent comments in which he asserted that the “alt-left” and the alt-right were equally to blame for the violent event.
  In light of this, many o
  
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• Arden Theatre announces new Family Series

  19-08-2017 15:00
  When parents think of children’s theatre, they remember some of the slapdash performances they saw as kids.
  
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• Saturday's letters: Lack of waterfront access a lost opportunity

  19-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “$10-Million Touch the Water Promenade project to be put on hold until 2019-22,” Aug. 18
  I was disappointed to read that public-access waterfront development is being placed on hold, in the same edition of the Journal that has a story of the formation of a beach on the North Saskatchewan River to the delight of residents.
  As a recent arrival to Edmonton from Winnipeg, I find the minimal access on the waterfront with promenades, cafes and shops to be rather bewildering, both from
  
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• Fringe review: 73 Seconds

  19-08-2017 08:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  73 Seconds
  3.5 stars out of 5
  Stage 18, Sugar Swing Ballroom (Main)
  That title is a reference to the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster of 1986. 73 seconds after the launch, the shuttle exploded killing all seven astronauts on board, taking many more hopes and dreams with them.
  Despite the shock that moment brought for many this is not some sort of attempt to relive the suspense of the disaster (by now everyone knows what happened anyway). We do get a basic replay in remnants of audio voice-overs
  
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• Fringe review: It's All In The Kilt, and Other Scottish Tales

  19-08-2017 08:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s All In The Kilt, and Other Scottish Tales
  • 3.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 10, Acacia Hall
  Every show is different when Calum Lykan shows up, in a kilt of course, to tell you stories and answer your questions about his native Scotland.
  His brain holds a vast archive of everything Scottish and the jovial gentleman encourages his audience to suggest subjects or bring up anything they’ve ever been curious about. Our show started with an inquiry on how that tradition of not we
  
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• Year of the Bulldogs - St. Albert Gazette

  19-08-2017 08:14
  St. Albert Gazette
  Year of the Bulldogs
  St. Albert Gazette
  SLED DAWG – Damion Kincade of the Bellerose Bulldogs hits the sled in a drill for linemen during Thursday's training camp. The Bulldogs are the only high school football team in St. Albert this year that has a senior team competing in the division one ...
  
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• Gautier golden in lacrosse - St. Albert Gazette

  19-08-2017 08:14
  St. Albert Gazette
  Gautier golden in lacrosse
  St. Albert Gazette
  GOOD AS GOLD – Mathieu Gautier, 14, of St. Albert returned home from the midget A lacrosse nationals with a gold medal after Alberta finished 8-0 as the Tackaberry Trophy winner. Alberta celebrated its first midget A national championship by defeating ...
  
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• Watch your wallet – food prices on the rise again - St. Albert Gazette

  19-08-2017 08:08
  St. Albert Gazette
  Watch your wallet – food prices on the rise again
  St. Albert Gazette
  Vegetarian Bowtie Pasta with Greek Yogurt. Vegetarian fare can be delicious, tasty and meet protein needs as well. Alternative choices of healthy protein can also be a good choice for families on a budget. SUP. Vegetarian Any Day boasts more than 100 ...
  
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• Viewing solar eclipse can cause eye damage - St. Albert Gazette

  19-08-2017 08:08
  St. Albert Gazette
  Viewing solar eclipse can cause eye damage
  St. Albert Gazette
  A partial solar eclipse will be passing over the region between 10:24 a.m. and 12:50 p.m. on Monday. Optometrists are warning people to not look at the sun in order to prevent irreversible damage to the retina. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/Photo. Unless you have ...
  Reputable Vendors of Solar Filters & Viewers | Solar Eclipse Across America - August 21, 2017American Astronomical Society
  How to View the 2017 Solar Ecl
  
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• Lawn sign issue will be settled at council - St. Albert Gazette

  19-08-2017 08:08
  St. Albert Gazette
  Lawn sign issue will be settled at council
  St. Albert Gazette
  In the summer of 2016 Grandin resident Tara Seeger responded to a bylaw notice to remove her "Save Canada Post" sign by installing several other homemade signs supporting freedom of speech. St. Albert city council is set to amend its sign rules on ...
  
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• Year of the Bulldogs

  19-08-2017 08:06
  The Bellerose Bulldogs are ready to kick-off a season of huge expectations in high school senior football.
  
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• What to pick at the Fringe

  19-08-2017 08:06
  The 36th annual Edmonton International Fringe Festival has opened its doors with more than 220 show selections.
  
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• Watch your wallet – food prices on the rise again

  19-08-2017 08:06
  In addition to the two photos (in Photo Staging) please use some additional images of say: lentils, dried beans, onion and garlic, peppers and tomatoes (from a Mediterranean diet) all of which will illustrate some of the points of the story.
  
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• Viewing solar eclipse can cause eye damage

  19-08-2017 08:06
  Unless you have specialized protective gear designed to view solar events, you should keep your eyes off the sky during a partial solar eclipse on Monday.
  
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• The mayoral well is dry

  19-08-2017 08:06
  Are we to be dis-favoured and stuck with recycled – past their best before date –politicians for our next mayor?
  
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• Social justice takes to the screen again

  19-08-2017 08:06
  A documentary filmed in St. Albert is being featured in Edmonton’s second annual social justice film festival. When Justice4Reel takes place on Wednesday, attendees are going to get treated to a screening of Things Arab Men Say.
  
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• Rally today a show of love

  19-08-2017 08:06
  When today’s From Hate to Hope Rally starts this evening, one of its key messages will be given by someone who has made that kind of transformation his mission.
  
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• Province to draft new impaired driving legislation

  19-08-2017 08:06
  Albertans who have had their licences suspended while they wait for their impaired driving cases to come to court remain in limbo until new legislation is drafted.
  
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• Linguistic asset

  19-08-2017 08:06
  The number of non-English speakers in our region continues to grow.
  
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• Lawn sign issue will be settled at council

  19-08-2017 08:06
  Monday’s council meeting will introduce amended legislation to allow for residents to display their opinions on their front lawns.
  
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• Gautier golden in lacrosse

  19-08-2017 08:06
  A St. Albert lacrosse player is in distinguished company with the first Alberta team to win the midget A national championship.
  
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• Dog park and playground a bad match

  19-08-2017 08:06
  After visiting with friends who live in Akinsdale, I couldn't believe my eyes. While walking in Attwood Park, two large dogs were running around with no leash, running up to people who had no idea whether they were friendly or not. Luckily, they...
  
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• Autonomous technology: the future is here

  19-08-2017 08:06
  Companies are searching for ways to reinvent the wheel when it comes to driving, delivery and security.
  
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• An alienated world

  19-08-2017 08:06
  David Merritt’s suggestions (Gazette, July 29) are worthwhile: tolerance for those of different nationalities, ethnic groups, and genders, including LGBQT, is progressive and humane, but also practical considering the immense problems facing the...
  
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• America on the path of totality

  19-08-2017 08:06
  The ‘Great American Eclipse’ will occur on Monday Aug. 21. Such astronomical events, the stuff of ancient lore and human fascination, promise to bring out the stargazer in each of us. While only a partial eclipse for our part of the world, the...
  
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• Autonomous technology: the future is here - St. Albert Gazette

  19-08-2017 08:02
  St. Albert Gazette
  Autonomous technology: the future is here
  St. Albert Gazette
  The Waymo Firefly was the first autonomous vehicle for Google's Driverless Car Project. Waymo – now an independent company – has launched a pilot project in Arizona, opening the driverless vehicles up to the general public. SUP. Starship Technologies ...
  
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• White: Council Bluffs St. Albert coach Kevin Culjat announces he will step down after season - Omaha World-Herald

  19-08-2017 06:43
  Omaha World-Herald
  White: Council Bluffs St. Albert coach Kevin Culjat announces he will step down after season
  Omaha World-Herald
  Council Bluffs St. Albert coach Kevin Culjat will step down after this season. Frustrations with facilities played a part in Culjat's decision, as players have to practice on the same field where they play games. JOE SHEARER/THE WORLD-HERALD. COUNCIL ...
  
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• Waters hurt in LC-St. Albert scrimmage - The Daily Nonpareil

  19-08-2017 06:17
  The Daily Nonpareil
  Waters hurt in LC-St. Albert scrimmage
  The Daily Nonpareil
  St. Albert quarterback Kyle Barnes, right, hands the ball off to Tyler Blaha during a scrimmage against Lewis Central on Friday, Aug. 18. Staff photo/Joe Shearer. SCRIMMAGE. Lewis Central running back Brennan Kobes (27) looks upfield during a scrimmage ...
  
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• Fringe review: Edgar Allan

  19-08-2017 06:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edgar Allan
  • 5 stars out of five
  • Stage 37, Auditorium at Campus Saint-Jean
  From the depths of insecurity running blue blooded through every terrified childhood, Edgar Allan returns to the Fringe from Brooklyn Gothic horror troupe the Coldharts — another smile-in-the-dark production from a room you prayed was empty.
  A triumph of storytelling with desperate songs and acting as ferocious as the twisted soul of social media, the play’s titular character is played as a bubbli
  
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• Press Gallery #193: The All By Himself edition

  19-08-2017 05:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  After a week of controversies, the former United Conservative Party member for Strathmore-Brooks, Derek Fildebrandt, resigned from caucus Tuesday night, leaving him all by himself as an independent MLA.
  Join Press Gallery podcast host Emma Graney with guests Graham Thomson, Dave Breakenridge and Clare Clancy about what it means for the new party and the 31-year-old politician. 
  The team also takes a look at provincial drunk driving laws the government is taking its sweet time to change, des
  
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• Fringe review: Lovely Lady Lump

  19-08-2017 05:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Lovely Lady Lump
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 7, Yardbird Suite
  Lana Schwarcz gets my admiration right off the top for having the guts to turn her experience with breast cancer into a solo comedy. The Australian standup comic and puppeteer decided it’s important to entertain and educate us, and between the laughs and moist eyes, it is.
  Once an angel alerts her to the importance of getting a mammogram, Lovely Lady Lump takes you through every part of her journey – oops, &ldquo
  
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