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Stick and poke

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Sheldon Birnie
I got my first tattoo when I was 20, living in Kelowna, B.C. I was playing in a band at the time called The Tups (check your Shakespeare), and hanging out with a bunch...
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Know thy artist

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Noreen Mae RitsemaSheldon Birnie
With many questions about legitimacy and safety still lingering in the tattoo world, professional tattoo artist Andrew Triebel of Triebel Tattoos — working out of Buzz Bin in Dawson Creek, B.C. — breaks down...
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Kicking ass and taking names

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Sheldon Birnie
The Canadian Armed Forces are back on top! General “Walt from Winnipeg” Natynczyk, chief of defense staff, was in town recently, speaking to the Canadian Club of Winnipeg on the evolution of Canada’s military...
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Gerbasi faces opposition on both sides in Fort Rouge race

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Sheldon Birnie
City councillor Jenny Gerbasi is facing opposition from both sides of the political spectrum in this year’s municipal election, with Ian Rabb throwing his hat in the ring from the right side, and NDP...
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Money talks, bullshit walks in Alberta’s tar sands

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Sheldon Birnie
Canada’s dirty laundry was displayed to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently. Pelosi was in Ottawa last week, where she met first with Environment Minister Jim Prentice, Alberta Premier Ed Stalmach and Saskatchewan Premier...
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The snow and weed tour

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Sheldon Birnie
I t was past midnight, the sky black and the road obscured by heavy white snowflakes that seemed to come not only from above but from the left, from the right and from below. The...
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Never quit, boys, never quit

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Sheldon Birnie
The other evening, my buddy Woodtick and I were drinking a beer behind the Park Theatre, waiting to see the Fred Eaglesmith Travelling Show. The Ginn Sisters, from Texas, had just gone inside...
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