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Hunting season just opened in the Canadian province of Alberta, and the game is a species rare to those Rocky Mountain foothills: the A lister. The Calgary press is hot on the trail of BRAD PITT, who is in Fort Edmonton Park filming the title role in The Assassination of Jesse James (and not, as it may appear here, a Ralph Lauren ad). The Calgary Sun has devoted six writers--10% of its editorial staff--to coverage of the star, who dyed his golden locks to play the dark outlaw. The Sun's rival, the Calgary Herald...
Wave your arms. Researchers at the University of Alberta studying bilingual kids found that they used their hands more when telling stories in their stronger language, which suggests that gesturing while talking improves access to language. --By David Bjerklie
Rowan W. Dorin ’07, of Edmonton, Alberta, recited the poem—the first paragraph of which is featured on the Canadian $10 bill—from memory at yesterday’s event...
Those skills were honed playing in the Alberta Junior Hockey League for the Calgary Royals the year before he came to Harvard, and they’ve been obvious ever since Johnson’s freshman year, when, despite a deep Crimson roster, he still registered 20 points on the season and split the team’s Rookie of the Year award with defensemen Peter Hafner...
McLean hails from Calgary, Alberta, and attended the National Sports Academy for high school, a special program that substituted hockey for gym class four days a week...