June 2017

Community News Archive

This chapbook of poetry embodies the sounds, characters & themes of inner-city Edmonton.

A chapbook of poems embodies “the sounds, characters, and themes” of inner city Edmonton. It illuminates how city gentrification and revitalization try to conceal or even erase truth. However, the “pulse” and “spirit” of humanity continues to thrive as it lives on through local artists and writers. As part of the 2016 Edmonton Poetry Festival, professional and aspiring poets came together to share the human stories of their city’s central neighbourhoods. Their “throbbing rhythms, hard knocks, and divine hammers” are embedded in the poetry that fills the pages of Inner City Beat.

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Turning Parliament Inside Out book, image via Amazon.com

Four sitting MPS from Canada’s four major political parties are working together to fix democracy. In their new book, Turning Parliament Inside Out: Practical Ideas for Reforming Canada’s Democracy, they share ideas for improving Canada’s political institutions. As a “collaborative roadmap” for parliamentary reform, their aim is to increase “citizen control of Canada’s political institutions” and “restore public faith" in Canada’s democracy. Edited by Conservative MP, Michael Chong, Liberal MP, Scott Simms, and NDP MP, Kennedy Stewart, it features a variety of contributors including Green Party Leader, Elizabeth May.

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