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THEPRESSSept. 28, 2012 VOICE OF SAIT JOURNALISM Volume 13 Issue 01

Driving:Toll roads?Page 2

Cooking:In the corePage 3

Art:In the darkPage 7

Film:CIFF guidePage 6

Hockey:No fun?Page 8

By Thomas DeBrocke

Riding a huge wave of enthu-siasm, Calgary’s newest car sharing program is posed to expand its service to the city’s post-secondary campuses.

With soaring membership numbers and an excited user base, car2go has become a hit in Calgary, surpassing even the company’s own projec-tions.

“We’ve gotten an incred-ible response from people in

Calgary,” says Katie Stafford, car2go Communications Manager for North America.

“And I know that a lot of these people are also students and hoping to have car2go on their campuses,” she said in an interview from the com-pany’s base in Austin, Texas.

Stafford said that the com-pany is currently in discus-sions with several Calgary post-secondary campuses, including SAIT, regarding the use of parking space.

these are the types of servic-es we’re looking to bring to our customers.”

Some SAIT students, who are already car2go members, welcome the plans.

“I got hooked on car2go this summer,” said SAIT cu-linary arts student Eric Mi-chaud.

“It beats the hell out of packing into a train every morning.”

Michaud said that while he uses his U-pass to com-

mute most days, it’s nice to have another option avail-able.

“Sometimes when I get to the train, it’s too packed and I have to wait for the next one,” he said, “This way I can just grab a car and drive to school.”

The program has also gained popularity with many Calgarians who work and live in the inner city and are

“I think it’s a great service for students,” she said.

“It gives you the freedom to use the car when you need it, and you’re only charged for the amount of time that you use the car.”:KLOH�DQ�RI¿FLDO� WLPHOLQH�

has not yet been released, Stafford said that the compa-ny is committed to expand-ing its services in the coming months.

“We’re still just in our ¿UVW��GD\V�RI�EXVLQHVV��EXW�

Calgary success drives car2go expansion Calgarians gather around the “CLOUD” an art piece on display at Nuit Blanche, a contemporary art show at Olympic Plaza. Story on page 5.

Photo by Casey Knoll

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X�sick of being left with few options when it

comes to their commute.“It costs me about $3 to get

to work in a car2go, or $2.75 by bus,” said Patrick Mckillop, a Bankview resident and car-2go member.

“And if I drove to work I’d

have to pay $25 a day for park-ing,” he said.

Mckillop recently moved to Calgary from B.C. and put off buying a car because he didn’t see the point in paying insur-ance and upkeep on a car he would rarely use.

“Most of my friends either

live downtown, or hang out here, so I really only need a car to grab groceries and go to work,” said Mckillop.

The program allows mem-EHUV� WR� DFFHVV� WR� LWV� ÀHHW� RI�Smart Cars, which are parked within a range dubbed the “home area,” for a fee of 35 cents per minute.

The user can then drive the car to their destination and park it at any Park-Plus curb-side parking spot, or lot, and leave the car for the next user.

The car2go “home area”

VWUHWFKHV�IURP��WK�$YHQXH�LQ�the north, to Glenmore Trail in the south, and from Deerfoot Trail in the east to Sarcee Trail in the west.

The area covers not only the downtown area and all of Cal-gary’s inner city neighbour-hoods, but the SAIT, Mount Royal, U of C and Bow Valley College campuses.

A smartphone application locates all of the available cars in the area and will even list the vehicle’s condition and fuel level.

Users simply scan their membership card on a card reader on the dashboard, and punch a pin into a touchscreen inside the vehicle, which re-leases the keys.

The fee of 35 cents per min-ute includes insurance, park-ing and fuel.

Members also have the ben-H¿W� RI� EHLQJ� DEOH� WR� XVH� WKH�program in any of the 17 cities throughout North America and Europe that also have the pro-gram, including Toronto and Vancouver.

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By Carl BR Johnson

Toll roads may become a part of Calgary’s transportation landscape to help raise funds, says Calgary’s Transportation GM Mac Logan.

“We need to implement a user-pay system to increase our funding,” Logan said in an interview Sept. 15, at a public information session on trans-portation at Chinook Centre.

“If we do a toll road sys-tem, we’d have to be careful because we don’t want the money gained to only fund the toll system itself. We would have to organize it so it actu-ally give us a measurable gain for the entire transportation department.”

He re-iterated that a toll road system, if implemented, would most likely be in ser-vice for Calgary roadways such as Stoney Trail or Deer-foot Trail.

Logan and his staff have been trotting around the city from mall to mall touting their Route Ahead transportation program.

With this program they have been outlining their depart-ment’s gains for Calgarians as

controlled by the province; we have no control over that.”

“Premier Redford’s elec-tion platform has stated that there will be no new taxes for Albertans,” said McIver.

Logan says that his de-partment has $2.5 billion to VSHQG� XQWLO� �� EHIRUH� KLV�department starts to feel the pinch when the province cuts off Calgary’s major funding.

With that pinch will come a delay in some much needed capital projects which Logan says will be next to impos-sible without a renewed VRXUFH�RI�IXQGV��VSHFL¿FDOO\�for the south-east LRT line.

EH�¿OOHG�LQ�VRPHKRZ�DQG�ZLWK-out additional funding from the province, we’ll barely be able to make our maintenance costs; let alone funding new projects.”

Alberta’s Minister of Trans-portation Ric McIver said, “The budget time line for Cal-JDU\�LQ��WR��LV�DV�\HW�undetermined.”

“We calculate the vari-ous transportation grants for Alberta’s municipalities on a three year rolling budget; so there may be more funding for Calgary, or there may not be. It’s all based on Alberta’s fu-ture revenue stream.”

Logan said that the fuel tax system that has been in place since 1997 hasn’t kept up with LQÀDWLRQ� DQG� QHHGV� WR� EH� LQ-creased.

In his opinion, a consider-able increase in that tax is needed but that system is con-trolled by the province.³7KH�¿YH�FHQW�SHU�OLWUH�IXHO�

tax was introduced in ’97 and it hasn’t changed,” he said.³$V�D�UHVXOW�� WKDW�¿YH�FHQWV�

isn’t worth as much in today’s dollars, so in my opinion, it should be much higher. Unfor-tunately the fuel tax system is

well as some of its potential future losses.

Future losses will include D� VLJQL¿FDQW� GURS� LQ� IXQGLQJ�from the province for Cal-gary’s Transportation division, VSHFL¿FDOO\�IURP��WR��which Logan refers to as the “drop of doom.”

This shortfall will amount to D�VWDJJHULQJ��PLOOLRQ�

“I need to be the rain-maker for this department,” said Lo-gan.

“I need to get the cash for my staff so they can start de-signing and building trans-portation advantages for &DOJDULDQV�� 7KH� ��PLOOLRQ�VKRUWIDOO�LQ��WR��KDV�WR�

“The southeast LRT line is, at this point, way off in the distance without a major increase in funds. Right now we can only afford to plan the route, to say nothing of appropriating the necessary land or actually building it.”

He said that the projected cost of the southeast LRT line megaproject is almost $3 billion.7R�SXW�WKDW�¿JXUH�LQWR�SHU-

spective, the entire city of Calgary’s operating budget is approx. $3 billion.

If the go ahead is given, it will be Calgary’s single most expensive public works project in its history.

City eyes toll roads to raise extra revenue

Calgary city roads like this one may soon see tolls if new funding cannot be found.

Tories, Greens nominate former journalists in what looks to be a close City Centre by-election raceBy Daniel Rodriguez

All the major federal parties are preparing for what could be one of the closest by-elec-tion races in the history of Calgary Centre.

The Conservative Party and the Green Party have found their candidates for the race, which must be called by Prime Minister Stephen Harper by early December.

The New Democratic Party and the Liberal Party have yet to decide on candidates.

So far, the by-election is shaping up a battle of former journalists.

The Tories nominated Joan Crockatt, former managing editor of the Calgary Herald and occasional commenta-tor for the Sun Network, in August.

The Green Party has picked

Chris Turner, a journalist and writer of the best seller Planet Simpson.

The Liberals’ nomination meeting was set for Sept. 22 at the Kahanoff Conference Centre on 11th Avenue S.E. in the Beltline.

In the race for the Lib-eral nomination are Harvey Locke, ex-president of the Al-berta Liberals and a lawyer, and Rahim Sajan, co-founder

May, leader of the Green Party, have already indicated that they will invest a great amount of energy and money from the national branches to ensure a victory in the rid-ing, left by Conservative MP Lee Richardson at the end of May.

Richardson resigned his post to work as the principal secretary to Alberta Premier Alison Redford.

and curator of TEDxCalgary and a high school science teacher.

The NDP have yet to schedule their nomination meeting although a potential nominee who has shown in-terest in the position is Brian Malkinson, a technician at Calgary Diesel Heavy Equipment Supply.

Thomas Mulclair, leader of the NDP, and Elizabeth

Mac Logan, General Manager for Calgary’s Transportation Department.

Photos by Carl BR Johnson


Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 3THEPRESS

By Amy Reding

A big turnout is expected for the Hillhurst-Sunnyside Har-vest Fair, says Cate Ahrens, an organizer of the event.

This prediction is fueled by advertising in FFWD maga-zine and a local musician hired, which will help the or-ganizing committee expand the fair to more of a city-wide event.

The harvest fair will be held Wednesday, Oct. 3 from 3–7 p.m. at the Hillhurst-Sunny-side Community Association.

“Last year was small. We weren’t able to get the word out,” Ahrens said in an inter-view.

“We’ve learned a lot, tried to expand the fair, make more exciting things happen.”

Expansion was possible because Ahrens applied for a Grassroots Inspired Grant (GIG) through the City of Cal-

gary this year. The fair is one of the 27 projects to receive a grant this month.

GIG’s are small grants designed to encourage Cal-garians to create grassroots inspired culture and heritage projects during Calgary’s year as the Cultural Capital of Can-ada.

“The Hillhurst community is very strong in promoting sustainability through differ-ent food events,” said Andrew Hewson.

“It doesn’t really surprise me they won, they deserve it.”

Hewson is a culinary in-structor at SAIT and has vol-unteered with the Calgary Hor-ticulture Society many times. 7KLV�ZLOO�EH�KLV�¿UVW�WLPH�DV�D�judge for the harvest fair.

Hewson and four others will judge a variety of categories, including Largest Pumpkin, Most Unusually Shaped Veg-

etable, and Best Pie. The cat-egories are similar to those of the classic fall harvest fair in the country.

“Growing within the city limits is an exciting part of having an urban harvest fair,” said Ahrens.

“There is not always a lot of focus on what kind of food we can grow in the city too”.

Ahrens views the harvest festival as a unique and excit-ing platform for “celebrating urban agriculture,” something she says sets the idea apart from a typical harvest fair.

“I think it also inspires other communities to look at what they can do to build that same community sup-port, which makes living in Calgary so great,” said Hew-son.

“Community is built in communities,” he added.

Hillhurst Sunnyside Harvest Fair set to be a popular community event

By Ariana Biagi

SAIT culinary students and the general public alike got treated this fall with the 6HSW��RSHQLQJ�RI�WKH�QHZ�Culinary Campus in the Sco-tia Centre on Stephen Av-enue downtown.

The campus not only provides students with new state-of-the-art equipment and Calgary’s only teaching-based baking and pastry-arts kitchen, it also gives them the opportunity to work di-rectly with the public.

The Market is a series of stations run by the students who serve both breakfast and lunch to hungry Calgar-ians. There, students gain experience that is truer to what they can expect in the workforce than in a typical classroom environment.

“If students get to hide in the kitchen, the transi-tion can be harder,” says teacher and award-winning chef, Michael Dekker. “Here they’re in a live setting, un-der a time crunch. It brings

customers and students to-gether.”

Since the opening, Dekker says that the campus has been experiencing very high volumes.

“It’s been crazy,” he said. “The students are really

pumped about it; it’s great to see their enthusiasm.”

Second-year Professional Cooking student Eric Mad-docks describes the experi-ence as “more intense.”

“We’re doing things right away, on the spot. We’re do-

ing it right in front of every-one,” said Maddocks.

Taste-testing student cre-ations won’t be the only rea-son for Calgarians to come through the doors.

The Culinary Campus will also offer a variety of classes to the public, and lend out the facility to businesses for corporate team-building events.

“We’ll offer an Artisan se-ries that focuses on a prod-uct like vinegar, or oil, or salt. They’ll learn about the background and history of that product,” said Dekker. “

Known as The Rush Hour program, it will also offer the downtown community a unique way to beat the busy, after-work rush.

“The whole concept is to stay in for rush hour rather WKDQ� VLW� LQ� WUDI¿F�´� ,Q� WKH�meantime, Dekker adds, cus-tomers acquire some valu-able learning.

This demonstration class of 45 minutes is available every Tuesday, when peo-ple are shown how to cook

Members of the Hillhurst Sunnyside community garden hope their fruits and vegetables will win a red ribbon at the harvest fair on October 3.

Photo by Amy Reding

a dish. Afterward, they are provided with the recipe and ingredients to recreate the meal at home.

Classes are available to people of every skill level. Upcoming classes range from perfecting pies, to the art of Chinese cuisine, to creating novelty cakes.

Drink enthusiasts need not feel left out. A series named From the Bar will focus on food and drink pairing, cre-ating cocktails, and what to serve for date nights.

With a keen interest on catering to the needs of both students and the public, the campus focuses primarily on programs and public of-ferings.

“It brings another as-pect to downtown. When you come in and get your food, and see that interac-tive learning environment, it makes people feel good,” said Dekker.

“It’s a hot new item and our students bring a great enthusiasm and passion, like nobody else.”

Culinary students excited about dishing it up for downtowners

Photo by Ariana Biagi

Professional Cooking student Eric Maddocks prepares for the lunch rush at SAIT Culinary Campus.



Beltline community about to undergo major facelift and redevelopmentBy Derek Quan

Calgary’s inner city Belt-line district is about to get a whole new look, and brand new batch of luxury hotels.

The district, which sits just south of downtown be-tween Stampede Park on the east and 14th Street S.W., will soon feature a new look, thanks to the Beltline Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP).

And at least two new ho-tels are also ticketed for the area, underlining the growing importance of the Beltline as a tourism magnet as well as a residential community.

The ARP, which was ap-proved by the city early this year, includes enhancements such as improved landscap-ing, boulevards, wider side-ZDONV� DQG� OLJKW� ¿[WXUHV��street benches, public art, kiosks, wastebaskets, bicycle racks, pedestrian crossings and bus shelters.

The plan should help the Beltline improve its image, and encourage growth, says Rob Taylor, the president of the community association in the area.

“I believe that the Beltline area could reach a population RI�EHWZHHQ��WR��E\� WKH� \HDU� ��´� 7D\ORU�said in a recent interview.

“How fast the Beltline grows is up to the appeal of the area to the inner city loca-tions.”

Taylor said the city has a responsibility to encourage this growth by ensuring the Beltline area has a quality environment as well as nec-essary facilities and services to serve the growing residen-tial population.

“Of the anticipated growth, it is expected that the major-ity age group would be ages 25-44,” said Taylor. “That age group already represents about 53 per cent of the cur-

rent population living in the Beltline community.”

Interest in the Beltline is not limited to the city.

At least two new hotels are being planned for the area.

Construction of one, a ��URRP� )DLU¿HOG� ,QQ� �Suites by Marriott, will be-gin this fall at 239 12th Ave. S.W., near Central Memorial Park.

The hotel, in the existing Park Seville building, should be open for business next year.

The other new hotel will be further east on 12th Avenue, at Macleod Trail S.E. The ho-tel, to be built by Calgary de-veloper New Urban, will be a Renaissance ClubSport hotel ZKLFK�ZLOO�IHDWXUH��JXHVW�URRPV�� D� ��VTXDUH�IRRW�¿WQHVV�FHQWUH�DQG��IHHW�of retail space.

The ClubSport hotel will be adjacent to Stampede Park, and could end up facing

another new hotel being con-templated by the Stampede for the same intersection.

Throw in new condomini-XP�SURMHFWV�SODQQHG�IRU��WK�Avenue S.W. west of 4th Street West, and you have a blueprint for a major revival of the Beltline, which hasn’t VHHQ�VLJQL¿FDQW�FKDQJH�VLQFH�the economic boom of the ODWH��V�

While the district, which lies between the CP Rail mainline on the south edge of downtown, and 17th Avenue South, has always been home to young people just starting out in Calgary, seniors are a VLJQL¿FDQW� DQG� JURZLQJ� DJH�group in the area.

Older people currently PDNH� XS� DERXW� �� SHU� FHQW�of the population in the Belt-line.

On the other hand, there are very few children liv-ing in the district. Kids make up four per cent of the

Beltline population and that ¿JXUH� LVQ¶W� H[SHFWHG� WR� LQ-crease unless efforts are made to create or provide more family or children ori-ented facilities and services in the area.

The Beltline is also home to a higher than average pop-ulation of immigrants due to higher density living and lower costs for rental and other accommodations.

“If affordable housing re-mains prevalent, the Beltline should continue to be attrac-tive for newcomers as place to live,” said Taylor.

Along with all the im-provements, the Beltline is stepping up efforts to battle a FRQWLQXLQJ�SUREOHP�JUDI¿WL�

Several volunteers have DOVR� WDFNOHG� JUDI¿WL� GXULQJ�JUDI¿WL�FOHDQXSV�LQ�WKH�DUHD�

“It’s vandalism,” said Greg Walapak, a cleanup volunteer. “It’s expensive and illegal.”

SODO design district invite shoppers away from malls, into the inner cityBy Giselle Wedemire

Directing shoppers’ attentions from malls to local downtown businesses is the aim of entre-preneurs in Calgary’s design district.

Deborah Herringer Kiss, owner of the Herringer Kiss Gallery on 11 Avenue S.W., said that the district’s busi-ness owners have recently been focusing their efforts on promoting the area as a hub of activity.

“Calgary’s very much a mall city and we’re really trying to get people to come down and explore SODO—that’s our main initiative,” she said.

“A lot of people say that they didn’t know that this part of the city existed, and that’s why we’re trying to get the word out there that we’re here.”

The area has held three block parties to promote its businesses and generate local interest, with the most recent party in June. In the past,

these parties were one-day events organized by SODO’s business owners and featured VWRUH�VSHFL¿F� VSHFLDOV� DQG�promotions to entice custom-ers who generally shop at

franchise stores that dominate the city’s shopping malls.

“These events are always good at generating local in-terest, but they do need to be more regular because it’s

about trying to work up that interest and keeping it up,” she said.

Herringer Kiss said while WKHUH�DUH�QR�¿UP�SODQV�DV�\HW�for an upcoming promotional

event, herself and her fellow business owners in the district will continue to promote the area as a spot for “destination shopping that has a bit of ev-erything.”

Known as the city’s design district, SODO—or South of Downtown—is comprised mostly of art galleries and furniture stores. The trendy district—which runs along 11 Ave S.W. between 5 St and 8 St S.W.—is constantly being promoted as a hub of urban activity separate from suburban malls.

Photo by Giselle W

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ICT staff and students unite in whiteBy Elin Jensdottir

Students and staff of the School of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) donned white t-shirts and posed on the steps of MacDonald Hall on Sept. 21.

It was the sixth edition of the traditional “School of ICT white t-shirt day,” which is an idea spawned by ICT market-ing and communications co-ordinator Mo Keshavjee.

The event was designed to foster a sense of belonging, fellowship and pride in stu-dents.

“It is to show the solidarity for the school of ICT,” said Keshavjee.

The School of ICT has �� VWXGHQWV� DQG� �� SUR-grams scattered over four buildings on campus. Each participant was given a white t-shirt with a small ICT logo on the left sleeve to wear in the photo.

“It’s not in your face, but it shows that you belong,” said Keshavjee about the shirt.

Although it was impos-sible to count the numbers of those gathered in the Stan Grad Atrium, Keshavjee esti-PDWHG�PRUH� WKDQ��SHRSOH�took part, and that the turnout broke last year’s record.

The general atmosphere as photojournalism instruc-tor Kevin Udahl readied his camera was one of excite-ment as students cheered and

chattered, though some were confused as to the purpose.

“I have no idea what this is about,”said Network Techni-cian Program (NTP) student Jeff Stokes, ”We were just told to get a white t-shirt and come down here.”

Some students shared Stokes’ opinion and were confused about the whole event.

“I understand some stu-dents might not be as enthusi-astic as other students, but we can’t please everybody all the time,” said Keshjavee. He did get responses which showed many understood the idea.

“Identifying a sense of community, knowing who ICT are,” said Jacqueline Fyvie, student in Explora-tion Information Technology

(EXPT), about how she felt about the event.

First year students in Graphic Communica-tions and Print Technology (GCPT), Carina Quiamba and Kelly Chu, felt the event was exciting.

“Feels like a big family,” said Kelly Chu. “The other people don’t know what’s go-ing on but we’re part of it and going to enjoy it.”

Keshjavee acknowledged that it can be intimidating for ¿UVW� \HDU� VWXGHQWV� FRPLQJ� WR�a large institution like SAIT, and to be a part of this event will show them that they be-long with a large group of fel-low people.

“And if they can see that, I’m hoping it helps inspire them to know that the school of ICT cares about them,” said Keshavjee.

The group photo will be displayed in the showcase RXWVLGH�RI�,&7¶V�PDLQ�RI¿FH��and published on the SAIT website.

Folk festival hall opens in InglewoodBy Ian Panganiban

Calgary has a brand new home for music.

Inglewood’s new festival hall was unveiled Friday, Sept. 28 and the space is expected to contribute to Calgary’s grow-ing music scene in a big way.

“An exciting, architectur-ally-beautiful, acoustically-perfect go-to centre for the DUWV�DQG�FXOWXUH�WKDW¶V�ÀH[LEOH��accessible and affordable,” is how Folk Festival Society artistic director Kerry Clarke described the Festival Hall in a recent interview.

Clarke said the hall was established to provide perfor-mance space for Calgary art-ists, and offer a regular sched-ule of musical performances.

“It makes us a year-round event and allows us to extend our programming and reach throughout the year.”

For opening night, Festival +DOO�� DW� ��$YH��6�(�� LQ�Inglewood, featured musi-cal performances by Eve Hell and the Razors and Hollow Brethen.

On Saturday night, Sept. 29, T. Buckley and Reuben and

the Dark, took the stage. The hall also was open during the day Saturday and Sunday, for public tours.

In the past, the society has RSHUDWHG� RXW� RI� RI¿FH� VSDFH�on Memorial Drive N.E. and has focused on staging its an-nual folk musical festival each July.

The Festival Hall will host workshops, lectures, and mas-ter classes for the public. It will also be a meeting place for music festival volunteers.

The establishment’s main ÀRRU� ZLOO� IHDWXUH� D� UHFRUGLQJ�room, artist green rooms, and a concession area for hosted events.

“Individuals and organiza-tions can rent the space to pres-ent arts from all disciplines, to hold weddings, meetings and other gatherings and events,” said Clarke.

“Audience members from a diversity of backgrounds, interests and communities can enjoy a wide variety of programming that the festival curates.”

For more information about the hall, visit the Calgary Folk Music Festival website.

Kerry Clarke, artistic director for the Folk Festival Society, is excited about Calgary’s newest arts and culture venue.

Photo by Glenn Kelly

ICT students ready for their close-up, on the steps of MacDonald Hall on white t-shirt day.

Photo by Kevin Udahl



By Ben Morris

When Amy Sands was gunned down in Dover late last month, her family and friends grieved over the loss of a girl who was “larger than life.”

But others Calgarians put Sands’ death down as a case of another who fell vic-tim to a neighbourhood so riddled with crime that an-other death isn’t considered shocking.

But some people in the southeast community, located just east of Deerfoot Trail and south of 17th Avenue S.E., think their community gets a bad rap.

Dover was annexed by the city of Calgary in 1972, and quickly became the home for

new immigrants to the city who joined forces with work-ing class Calgarians.'HVSLWH�FHOHEUDWLQJ�LWV��WK�

anniversary as a part of Cal-gary, Dover has a high crime rate that has turned away some who view the area as a trou-bled part of town.

In a story posted on the Calgary Herald website, the victim’s father Ed Sands, a city councillor in Okotoks, said what others might think by saying, “That Dover house, people see that and say, ‘Yeah, another crack head down, good riddance.’ “

But in an online interview, Desiree Schultz disputes such claims.

Schultz, a former resident who grew up and sent to school in Dover, believes her

community was “the perfect place to live, if you’re single or have a family.”

“There was the odd argu-PHQW�� JUDI¿WL� RQ� IHQFHV� DQG�garbage cans and random drug busts,” Schultz said, adding that besides those crimes, “nothing really bad went on.”

According to the Calgary Police crime map, 11 acts of vandalism were committed in Dover in August, the month Amy Sands was killed.

Sands’ homicide was the only murder listed along with ¿YH�UHVLGHQWLDO�EUHDN�LQV��DQG�two robberies.

In comparison, Harvest Hills in Calgary’s north end reported no thefts, break-ins or robberies in the same time span.

Former Dover resident Karin Kynock said that she moved out of a basement suite LQ� WKH� DUHD� LQ� �� EHFDXVH�of a drug addicted neighbour who lived above her.

Kynock said, “He had hookers in and out of there all the time...there were a lot of sketchy people,” but that despite this, she felt safe to a degree because, “there were cops around 24/7.”

Even though Kynock, who is now a mother of two small children, doesn’t think you can raise a family in Dover, Schultz disagrees.

“There was a lot of mi-nor crime, arguments, typi-cal drunken activity,” said Schultz.

“There was drug activity but go to any other neigh-

bourhood and you’ll have the same thing,” she said.

Though both Kynock and Schultz admitted there is crime activity in Dover, Schultz looks back at her time in Dover as a positive experi-ence.

Sixth grade student Agel Wol, told the Calgary Herald in July, “There’s lots of peo-ple here, everyone’s friendly. I like it.”

That is a sentiment Schultz agrees with.

“I liked it (Dover) be-cause we have things in common. We’re not the rich-est families. It was kind of like growing up in a small town. We all knew each other and were there for one another, no matter what. It was as if we’re a big family.”

Dover – community or crime hub

directed by Oscar nomi-nee, Deepa Mehta, and based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie, opened the festival.0RUH� WKDQ� �� ¿OPV� LQ� D�

myriad of genres and lan-guages were scheduled to be screened in theatres across

the city during the 11 day festival.

Since 1999, CIFF has grown to become one of the ODUJHVW�¿OP�IHVWLYDOV�LQ�&DQ-ada. Every year upwards of ��SHRSOH�HQMR\�WKH�FXO-tural event.

A lot of new faces will be seen at CIFF this year,

notably the province’s Culture Minister, Heather Klimchuk,who is hosting the event.

“The Calgary Interna-tional Film Festival is an opportunity to showcase Canada and Alberta’s thriv-LQJ� ¿OP� LQGXVWU\� WR� WKH� rest of the world and to

By Nichola Cordato

If it’s September, it must be movie time in Calgary.7KH��&DOJDU\�,QWHUQD-

tional Film Festival (CIFF) kicked off at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium RQ�6HSW��WK�

Midnight’s Children,

Calgary International Film Fest an opportunity to showcase Alberta’s growing film industry

Midnights ChildrenOpening Night GalaThursday, Sept. 20, 7 p.m.Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium7KLV�FULWLFDOO\�DFFODLPHG�¿OP�LV�WKH�IDFH�RI�WKH��&,))��Midnight’s Children delivers a magical plot melted in with the complex history of India.

The main character Sal-eem Sinai was born at the stroke of midnight on the eve of India’s independence from Britain. Little did Sal-eem’s parents know, his birth time, along with every other child born that night, would deliver to them a supernatu-ral power.

Beat DownSunday, Sept. 30, 9:30 p.m.Globe Theatre – DownstairsNominated for three Cana-dian Comedy Awards, this heavy-duty comedy is sure to wrestle a laugh out of you.7KH�¿OP� LV�DERXW��\HDU�

old Fran, who wants to fol-low in her father’s footsteps by becoming a wrestler even though her father is dead-set against it. An opportunity arises for Fran to follow her dream, but it could break-up her family.

Date NightSaturday, Sept. 22, 12:15 p.m.Globe Theatre – Downstairs

Wednesday, Sept. 26, 6:45 p.m.Eau Claire Cineplex Screen 20RVW�RI�XV�KDYH�ÀLUWHG�ZLWK�the idea of dating, love and UHODWLRQVKLSV�� EXW� WKLV� ¿OP�featuring seven stories from six different countries puts it all into perspective.

MarilynThursday, Sept. 27, 9:30 p.m.Globe Theatre – Downstairs

Saturday, Sept. 29, 2 p.m.Eau Claire Cineplex Screen 5Based on a story written by notorious Canadian bank rob-EHU�� 3DGG\�0LWFKHOO�� WKLV� ¿OP�is a throwback to gritty crime-GUDPDV�IURP�WKH��¶V�

Michael Grant, who is on the run from the law, gets tangled with a young woman QDPHG�0DULO\Q�� 6KH� ¿UVW� DS-pears as a damsel in distress, but little does Grant know, the show-biz aspiring Marilyn is a handful.

KeptTuesday, Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m.Globe Theatre – Upstairs

Friday, Sept. 28, 2 p.m.Eau Claire Cineplex Screen 2Kept takes Taylor, a house sitter, and her boyfriend, on a dark and chilling ride when a forceful presence crashes their weekend with terror.

demonstrate how the pri-vate and public sectors can work together to promote culture,” said Klimchuk, RQ� WKH� &,))¶V� RI¿FLDO� website.

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By Casey Knoll

The Hearts of the New West biennial arts exhibit, running until Sept. 29 at local Calgary galleries, UHÀHFWV� WKH� FLW\¶V� HPHUJLQJ�contemporary arts scene.

Calgarians can see the exhibit at Haight Gallery, �� ([KLELWLRQ� 6SDFH��$YD-lanche! Institute of Contem-porary Art, The Contempo-rary Art Gallery of Calgary, DQG�WKH�RQOLQH��*DO-lery.

“Calgary’s contempo-rary art scene is growing rapidly,” said Steven Cot-tingham, recent Alberta College of Art and De-sign (ACAD) graduate and Hearts of the New West cu-rator.

“We have a young, mal-leable scene that has not yet cemented itself into any

one shape,” he said, “I think that’s so exciting, the power of all that potential.”

Featured artist Teresa Tam said Hearts of the New West shows a new movement in the arts scene—especially with an online gallery, where her work “Nowhere is here —except for home” is show-cased.

“It’s good someone is recognizing the internet is a space where artists are going to display their work,” said Tam, an ACAD Media Arts and Digital Technologies student.

“I hope it helped in letting the rest of the art community know a different mentality is coming up.”

Galleries hosting Hearts RI� WKH� 1HZ� :HVW� UHÀHFW�the do-it-yourself trend in Calgary’s art scene, said Nate McLeod, Program-

ming Director of Avalanche! Institute of Contemporary Art.

“It’s a very hard working community that’s complete-ly willing to do everything on their own,” said McLeod.

“Whether it means starting a small gallery space or your own studio—it’s just getting the ball rolling. And this sort of enthusiasm just seems to continue to grow.”

McLeod also comment-HG� RQ� &DOJDU\¶V� ¿UVW� ³1XLW�Blanche,” an international late-night contemporary arts show, held Sept. 15 in Olym-pic Plaza.7KHUH� ZHUH� ¿YH� LQWHU-

active art pieces includ-ing a carousel made of re-cycled crowd barriers and shopping carts, and a cloud VWUXFWXUH� ZLWK� �� OLJKW�bulbs.

“These kinds of events are really useful in getting the public to see this kind of work, and interested in the art community,” he said.

Expect to see Hearts of WKH�1HZ�:HVW�DJDLQ�LQ��For more information about the exhibit, visit http://calga-rybiennial.com.

Do-it-yourself art scene emerging


Avalanche! Institute of Contemporary Art staff Cassandra Paul and Nate Mcleod at the gallery.

Sugar, rabbits and dancing, Nuit Blanche had it allBy Casey Knoll

Among other performances, Calgarians met a “mother UDEELW´�DW�WKH�FLW\¶V�¿UVW�1XLW�Blanche, the international late-night contemporary arts event, held Sept. 15, in Olympic Plaza.

In her piece “My Moth-er Calls Me A Rabbit,” artist Emily Promise Al-lison, a student at the Al-berta College of Art and Design (ACAD), dressed head to toe in white, sat in a white chair, and was sur-URXQGHG� E\� �� NLORJUDPV�of white sugar. At the start of the evening, she stroked a black rabbit in-side her prosthetic pregnant belly.

Allison said her art was D� UHÀHFWLRQ� RQ� PRWKHUKRRG�and fertility, but open to viewer interpretation. The main part of her performance was dancing with audience members, and Calgarians didn’t shy away from the op-portunity.

“As part of the perfor-mance I returned to sit down in the chair before accepting

another invitation,” Allison said.

“Most of the time I wasn’t half way down before anoth-er individual wanted to share a dance—and often a very personal conversation which progressed naturally during our time together,” she said.

Allison felt Nuit Blanche raised awareness about what contemporary art can look like.

“This is where visiting artist run centres, seeing in-novative theater projects, and going to mini events to encourage critical thinking and conversation will serve as opportunities to experi-ence art beyond a one night festival,” she said.

Calgarians also went in-side a sculpture of a Belfast bar, “staffed” by Belfast bartenders, rode a carrousel made of shopping carts and recycled crowd barriers, sent messages to town criers, and WXUQHG� �� OLJKWV� RQ� DQG�off in the CLOUD art piece.

For more informa-tion about Calgary’s Nuit Blanche, visit www.nuit-blanchecalgary.ca.

ACAD artist Emily Promise Allison in character at Nuit Blanche as she pets her “impregnated” rabbit.




By Jenna Swan

SAIT Travel and Tourism student Jayme Buchanan loves watching hockey as much as the next Canadian male college student, but this year he’s looking forward to the spare time he will be having without NHL to follow.

“I think I’ll be spending the time that I won’t be watching hockey working a lot more,” said Buchanan.

No NHL, no fun? Not a chance“I’ll be working a lot

more on school and have more time to spend working at my job.”

Although some people are seeing the silver lining in the NHL lockout the player’s greed, as well as that of the owners have upset many.

“I can understand where the players are coming from, they want more money and are being greedy,” said Buchanan.

“But I also see that the players need to stand up for themselves, because without the players there would be no money coming in for the league.”

CBC.ca reported on Sept. 18 that the average salary in the NHL last season was $2.45 PLOOLRQ�� ,Q� WKH� �� ¿VFDO�year, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was paid $7.98 million. NHLPA executive director Donald

Fehr made somewhere in the neighbor hood of $3 million.

Although the NHL has seen only four lockouts since 1992, LQFOXGLQJ� WKH� HQWLUH� ¶��±¶��season, the increase in revenue to the NHL through funding by the NBC has left a heated tension between the players DQG� WKH� RZQHUV� LQ� WKH� ��rendition.

Having once turned down media moguls, ESPN – the 1+/� KDV� LQFUHDVHG� LWV� SUR¿WV�

from $1 billion to a record $3.3 billion last year.

This revenue increase stems largely from a trusted alliance with Comcast/NBC, in which the National Broadcasting Corporation paid the league ��ELOOLRQ�LQ�$SULO��

The owners are proposing that the players share of revenue be reduced from 57 per cent to 49 per cent and JUDGXDOO\� WR� �� SHU� FHQW��7KH�players have rejected the idea of a pay cut.

By Daniel Leon Rodriguez

The Muslin Council of Cal-gary staged a protest Sept. 15, at noon in front of the city hall to condemn an anti-,VODP� ¿OP� SURGXFHG� LQ� WKH�United States.7KH�VDPH�¿OP�KDV�VSDUNHG�

violent protests around sev-eral countries in the Middle East and northern Africa.

“Stop the hate,” said Mah-di Qasqas, 32, head of MCC

youth services, in a speech directed to the more than ��SHRSOH�ZKR�DWWHQGHG�WKH�protest.

Qasqas said it was time to stop the animosity created by the perceived superiority of certain groups over other people.³7KH\� IXHO� WKH� ¿UH� RI�

hate.,” he said.Qasqas said it was the mo-

ment to “write a new chap-ter” for Muslims in Calgary.

“One of love to stop the de-struction of hate.”

“No race is superior to another. No white is supe-rior to an Arab, like no Arab is superior to a white,” said Abraham Ayachd, 34, chair-man of the Muslim Council.

“We want the govern-ment to play an active role in protecting religious com-munities in Canada,” said Ayachd.

For him, there should be

Local Muslim protesters aim to destroy hate, animosity

a “limit on the freedom of speech” when it is used to “infringe in the beliefs of others.”

Ayachd, who saw the ¿OP� WKDW� VSDUNHG� WKH� SUR-tests, said it is nothing more than the product of “a sick mind… someone who is try-ing to instigate hate between Muslims and non-Muslims.”

The movie that portrays the Islamic prophet Muham-mad in an offensive way,

which unleashed a wave of protest around the world, especially in countries like Egypt, Yemen and Lybia.

In Lybia, U.S. Ambassa-dor Chris Stevens and other three Americans were killed in a protest.

Ayachd said that Mus-lims in Calgary condemned the attack, and that their “thoughts and prayers” were with the friends of the am-bassador.

Over 200 outraged Muslims from the Muslim Council of Calgary gathered in front of the Calgary’s City Hall to condemn an American anti-Islam movie on Sept. 15.

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