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THEIR STORY IS THE ASK
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THEIR STORY IS THE ASK
What is Fund Development? I have been working as an Event Manager, Fund Developer and Writer for a number of years and I still get asked things like: “What exactly do you do? Do you just ask people for money …
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Can Edmonton Oilers coach Dallas Eakins teach his players to drive hard to the net?
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Coach not content with players lack of drive…but can he change that? The Edmonton Oilers’ 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon would be a test of the calm of any coach. The defeat was about as bad …
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Gastropost Edmonton launches: We care what you ate for dinner
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It’s an old argument against social media: “No one cares what you ate for dinner.” My experiences, however, have led me to believe that’s not the case. In fact, a lot of people care about what they eat for dinner …
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The Faces of Homelessness, Beyond Stereotypes
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From the website – slate.com: “Dutch photographer Jan Banning’s interest in social and political subjects and his skill as a portrait photographer seemed the perfect fit for a story on the American South’s homeless population. In 2010, Banning was invited …
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Is this the year the Edmonton Oilers make the playoffs?
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Are you ready to party like it’s 1980… Ever since the Oilers started to acquire a group of young scorers — first Sam Gagner, Jordan Eberle and Magnus Paajarvi, then Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Nail Yakupov and Justin Schultz — …
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Finding comfort in construction
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Every day on my way to the office, I pass a huge construction site on Jasper Avenue, right in the middle of downtown Edmonton. I think to myself, “Man, imagine how hard it would be to plan and manage a …
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Capital Ideas update: More experiments!
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Through the power of Google Analytics, I can tell that a lot of people are finding out about Capital Ideas through this blog, so it’s about time I updated. Here are a few of the things we’ve been up to …
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Loaded Grocery Truck on its Way This Afternoon!!!
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Breaking News: PTI Group delivering a loaded refrigerated grocery truck at 1pm! Filled with pallets of thousands of snacks, drinks, fruit, grocery bags and much more needed food items to our Bissell Centre East - 10527 96 Street. The generous …
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Urgent call for support – Sewage flood devastates Bissell Centre
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Due to the severe thunderstorm we experienced on Monday, July 23, our sewage system flooded our basement in Bissell Centre East building.   The contamination and fumes are so severe that we had to close our building, including our Food Room, …
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Starting an Edmonton experiment from scratch
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Mind if I brag a little? Capital Ideas, the first project of the Edmonton Experiment, surpassed 100 members this week. We got more than 100 people to say, “Yes, I want to be part of your community of …
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