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News  Archives | Editor  Pack up the paints 2008-10-09 Federal Election 2008 - Often in Canadian politics, culture and arts takes a back seat to other issues. However, recent cuts to funding have caused a great deal of indignation in the Canadian arts community and has pushed the question of fiscal support of culture to the front of the debate this election. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has minimized the issue and called it a fringe topic that does not affect the average Canadian. "I think when ordinary working people come home, turn on the TV and see a gala of a bunch of people, you know, at a rich gala all subsidized by taxpayers claiming their subsidies aren't high enough when they know those subsidies have actually gone up, I'm not sure that's something that resonates with ordinary people," Harper told the National Post, Oct. 6. More...   In News • Pack up the paints • More money needed for post-secondary students • Military spending versus reconstruction • Canada's Northern frontier in a war of words • Health care in need of improvement • Green research and development a common goal • Alberta's precious resource gets a second look • Helping those in need • Self-regulation insufficient • Polling on campus a bittersweet victory • Student apathy on the rise • 10 Year Plan to end homelessness underway • The Alberta-China trade • EnCana's pipes crossed a line • Calgary's ridings in brief Opinions  Archives | Editor  The rise of bleeding heart conservatism Stephen Harper's dubious shift towards green policy 2008-10-09 Editorial - In an attempt to connect with the ever-greening Canadian electorate, Stephen Harper has decided to try his hand at bleeding heart conservatism. At a campaign stop in Calgary on Sept. 26, Harper promised that, if elected, the Conservative government would ban the export of bitumen to nations whose environmental laws weren't as stringent as those in Canada. The immediate reaction to this statement was the provincial government's concerns that the feds, in applying such a policy, would be stepping into their jurisdiction. This may be, but there are other reasons this proposal falls flat. More...   In Opinions • The rise of bleeding heart conservatism • Letter: In defence of housing policy • Letter: Urban dreaming • Mind Fights: How should we govern ourselves • Letter: Conservative disappointment • Voting blind • You have no excuse • No complaints here • The failure of Canada's New Left • Of cash and owls • The return of freak power • SU View • Disturbing deficit • Sex swings • Quit hatin' dem Rhinos • Topplin' trees • Politics and Quebec Sports  Archives | Editor  Soccersaurs down and out in doubleheader Fraser Valley and Trinity Western hold Dinos scoreless over the weekend 2008-10-09 Soccer - Coming off their most dominant offensive performance of the year-- a 4-0 drubbing of the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns-- the University of Calgary Dinos men's soccer team looked to carry their momentum forward against two tough opponents last weekend. First up for the Dinos was an afternoon match against the Trinity Western University Spartans, who entered play Saturday sporting a record of 4-2-1 in Canadian Interuniversity Sport Canada West competition. More...   In Sports • Soccersaurs down and out in doubleheader • Goyette guides women's hockey squad into new ACAC season • Roberto Luongo: O captain, my captain! • Women's soccer team in last playoff spot with four games left • Dinos pressure not enough to thwart strong T-Birds • Sport shorts: football returns, athletes of the week Entertainment  Archives | Editor  Festival highlights the importance of words 2008-10-09 literature - Words are a connecting fibre among a plethora of art forms. In celebration of the artistic staple, WordFest: the Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival, is preparing for its 13th instalment. Organizers hope to present a variable buffet of word-centred art and continue to dispel some long-held myths about literature. "A lot of people still have an image of going to school and reading being nerdy or related to studying and we don't think about it as much when we're adults," festival director Anne Green says. "I think that the festival is a fantastic way to break their pre-conceptions. Books are very cool and the written word is just about at the heart of everything we do. The festival is a great opportunity to hear the words in the writers' own voice." More...   In Entertainment • Festival highlights the importance of words • From audience to author • Artist breaks down preconceptions • Rockers Shai Hulud weather the career storm • Porpoises canít talk • Calgary singer takes overseas success back home • A veritable visual feast fit for a king • Beverly Hills Chihuahua chokes • Spun: Metallica • Spun: Night Flowers • Spun: Tori Amos • Comeback Kid takes an unconventional yet hardcore approach AP  Archives | Editor  The 40th Federal Election Drinking Game 2008-10-09 Federal Election 2008 - Canadian federal politics are boring. You know it. We know it. But you have to find out who won, right? Well, the people that brought you the Sarah Palin-to-English Translator, Russian Federal "Election" Bingo and Where in the World is Walter Mondale? are back with a way to make enduring TV coverage of the federal election fun- a drinking game! Simply drink when a phrase is used or a person appears and you can be a winner, just like the Non-Partisan League! [Editor's Note: The Gauntlet does not endorse the Non-Partisan League. We're very partisan. Go Revolutionary Worker's Social Credit League of Western Canada!] More...   In AP • The 40th Federal Election Drinking Game

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