Canadians Should Celebrate Greatness On CBC List
Opinion piece urging pride in Canadian history and figures like Tommy Douglas and Lester B Pearson. Calls for education in national heritage and for CBC Greatest Canadian to be required viewing for students.
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Tommy Douglas
Lester B. Pearson
CBC
Hitler
Germany
Douglas
U.S
Southeast Asia
Sir John A MacDonald
Frederick Banting
Pierre Trudeau
Wayne Gretzky
Don Cherry
Terry Fox
David Suzuki
Stettler Votes 750 731 on No Smoking Bylaw
The Town of Stettler approved a no smoking bylaw by a margin of 750 to 731 on municipal election day. The bylaw was the town's sole decision that day as council and mayor were declared by acclamation on Sept. 20.
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Stettler
Elephant film review explores real high school life
Gus Van Sant’s Elephant examines a day in an American high school through interwoven teen stories. The reviewer notes raw dialogue and authentic casting, warns younger viewers about R rating, and discusses unsettling endings reflecting desensitization and consequences. Prose ends with a tentative prognosis of 8.5 out of 10.
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Elephant
Gus van Sant
Forrester
Good Will Hunting
America
Folger
Sant
Pauline Draper’s Halloween Poem Rehearsal and Detention Revelation
Pauline Draper dodges after lunch activities to help in a kindergarten art class on Halloween. She reads her new poem about pumpkins and costumes in language arts, reflecting detentions, truancy temptations, and a turn toward responsible finish.
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Carmen Cyr
Pauline Draper
Pauline
Carmen
Violet Rivers
Judy
Mr. Walker
Miss Draper
Miss Cyr
Miss Humphry
Red Riding Hood
Mary Contrary
Darth Vader
Skywalker
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