Journalism. Photography. Ridiculousness.
Collection number two of The Interview Project. I would say these are fun but fun wouldn't be the right word. It wouldn't be the wrong word, just not the right one. Banana bread would be the wrong word. 'These are banana bread' doesn't even make sense. Who would say such a ridiculous thing? Not this guy, no …
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I'll get these jokes out of the way first: Texas Ranger, Sky, Sleep, White and that metal thing that old people push around. "Lindsey Walker was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba but please do not hold that against her. She sings, she plays, she writes, she jokes, and sometimes she even laughs. Sometimes." If …
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Riley Beach is an animator. He won the inaugural Metro Shorts. He is Spicybackpain. I was also going to write something about how Riley is a wonderful young man and his skeletal structure suits his witty disposition but I'll just let this train drive itself: "Way back in the days of yesteryear, Riley was born …
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If Brittney Le Blanc were a stellar constellation she would be Brittlittoclese, Godess of Positive Energy and Adopter of Estranged Mystical Beasts. Her star line would connect to make some animal shaped celestial doodle: BRITTOGRAPHY: "When Brittney isn't trying to meet 5,000 people in one year, she is working at the Edmonton Journal on Capital …
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My Aunt Val passed away today. The best advice she ever gave me is that she loved me. So, I thought I'd post a thoughtful interview. Not that all of the interviews I'm doing aren't thoughtful but this is particularly heartfelt. You'll see what I mean when you finish reading it. "Scott Bourgeois is a …
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Excerpt from The Second Chance Club Trent Wilkie 2012 ------------------------- Bunny We are about a half kilometer below 1941 Ogilvie Road. Do you know what that is? Marie No. Half a kilo… Bunny CSIS headquarters. Actually, a wing of CSIS. A bunker hospital in an underground section known as the Second Chance Club. Marie What …
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Three months ago I took a chance. I answered a job posting and tried something very new to my professional life. So new in fact that it scared the crap out of me. At the start, every day was a battle between not wanting to screw up and trying to feel comfortable asking the questions …
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I moved to Edmonton in 2003 and started writing professionally soon after. Grant Mac J-school helped...a little bit. Not as much as I thought, but enough. I was always more of a creative writer than a journalist, but journalism was a trade that I could use to hone my writing skills. With that in mind, …
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*After a series of nasty emails, I've decided to make this personal. Not personal as in finding out who these anonymous people are in real life and asking them why they hate themselves, but making this blog a corporeal thing. Here we go: I don't do a lot of personal blog posts. It's not that I don't …
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The Trent Wilkie 