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 Methadone clinic seeks new home
Clinic given three months to find a welcoming community
2009-04-09
A zoning violation could drive the Second Chance Recovery centre, one of Calgary's two methadone clinics, out of its current home and negatively impact the 500 clients receiving methadone treatment for drug addiction.
Last Tuesday, the city's subdivision and development appeal board upheld a city directive ordering the clinic to relocate from the northeast Greenview Industrial Park community and giving them a three-month extension to find the new location.
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 Takingtonquin
A savage account of man's pursuit for adrenaline and the wrath nature will unleash to stop him
2009-04-09
eing lost in Jasper's Tonquin Valley wasn't something I had expected on my fourth trip here, but leaving the parking lot for a 30-kilometre backcountry ski at 1:30 p.m. didn't make this a surprising outcome.
The Astoria River route is the main way to access the Tonquin Valley by winter, as you ski on the river's ice. My friend George and I were about 100 metres to the right of the summer trail on the warden's skidoo track. We were on our way to an Alpine Club hut near the southern end of the Tonquin Valley at the opening of the Eremite Valley.
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 These Boys don't get lost on the road
2009-04-09
From Berlin to Hamilton, Ontario the Junior Boys -- Matt Didimus and Jeremy Greenspan -- are making music that's a global pop confection.
The duo is known for its dark, moody, easy-grooving electronic pop with a melancholic edge. With sexy synthesizers that evoke late night discothèques and Greenspan's Depeche Mode like pleading vocals, their music is enough to make listeners think back to loves lost on the dancefloor.
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 New Urbanism
2009-04-09
As concerns about climate and energy grow, the way we live, work and play in our communities is increasingly important. New Urbanism advocates for sustainable, diverse development, where people can choose to walk, bike or use public transit. Garrison Woods and Kensington are great examples of how NU can be applied in Calgary. Multi-family residences, buildings with storefronts on the bottom and livable streets increase quality of life by providing a setting where people are more active, engage within their community and interact with their neighbours.
Rather than focusing on the sprawling features for which Calgary is known, we walked around our communities to feature NU aspects in our own backyard and outline how we want our city to grow. More...
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 Five Stages of Academic Grief
2009-04-09
By this time of year, all students fit neatly into two categories. Either you've allocated your time well, completed your assignments and are planning to get drunk on Bermuda Shorts Day to celebrate your accomplishments or you've not done any of those things and merely wish to drink the pain away.
Here at the Gauntlet, we feel your pain. Of the dozen-or-so regular staff at the paper, the average GPA is somewhere in the vicinity of 2.4. Not only do we know how to fail, we also know how to succeed at failing. At this critical time of year, we've cracked open the vault to share our secret to dealing with failure with our readers.
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