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Cam Tait

Edmonton Sun

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TAIT: People living with disability receive mixed message from province

TAIT: People living with disability receive mixed message from province
yesterday 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Crestwood anniversary night a celebration of curling

TAIT: Crestwood anniversary night a celebration of curling
28.01.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Cuts to advocacy groups silences those who need help most

TAIT: Cuts to advocacy groups silences those who need help most
19.01.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Strike by Alberta educational support workers profoundly impacts students with disabilities

TAIT: Strike by Alberta educational support workers profoundly impacts students with disabilities
14.01.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Night offers insight into spirit of Los Angeles residents' resilience

12.01.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Kevin Martin's personality, passion for curling made me a fan

Curling: you know, that sport, with rocks — really heavy rocks — brooms and played on ice. Not any kind of ice, you see. No. It has, above all...

06.01.2025 6

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Growing popularity of MAID cause for concern in disability community

Dear 2025: Canadians with disabilities need your help. But, perhaps, come to think of it, Canadians without disabilities need more help. I am at a...

30.12.2024 2

Edmonton Sun

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TAIT: Letter to Santa asks for help at the national leadership level

Dear Santa: I’ll bet you have been busy ever since Canada Post got back to work. I hope you’re not too overwhelmed. I look forward to our annual...

23.12.2024 3

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Return of Singing Christmas Tree just what Edmonton needs

Well, now: that was sure with a five-year intermission. The Edmonton Singing Christmas Tree returned last week, with a different look and feel, in...

16.12.2024 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Triumphant return of the Singing Christmas Tree marks the start of the holiday season

There was something, on that Sunday in 2019, just before the day’s 16th hour chimed, when hundreds of people rose to their feet to serve a most...

09.12.2024 2

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Little to celebrate on International Day of Persons with Disabilities

I finally have, painfully, figured it out: I am insane. Guilty as charged. Because if we study the words of one Albert Einstein “Insanity is when...

02.12.2024 4

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Hervey has a chance to restore Elks — and Edmonton civic — pride

I am sure beyond the shadow of a doubt Ed Hervey becoming the Edmonton Elks vice-president of football operations happened in the same week Tim...

25.11.2024 4

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Gaming the system for the CFL

So — every sentence in the free world begins with the word so, so why not this journalistic experience? — here I am, mere weeks away from my 66th...

19.11.2024 2

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Memorial service a reminder of Nick Lees’ devotion to journalism, community

Nick Lees was a reporter’s reporter, first and foremost. I’ll never forget, in 1987, when Rick Hansen wheeled his Man in Motion Tour into Edmonton,...

12.11.2024 8

Edmonton Sun

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TAIT: The best gift for David Foster's 75th birthday is to sign your donor card

David Foster has never forgotten where he has come from. He also remembers, quite fondly, of the stops along the way to Los Angeles to begin his...

03.11.2024 9

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Oilers honour two wonderful people with Wall of Fame induction

The media corps walked down the hallway of Rogers Place Friday morning after Edmonton Oilers morning skate: a thoroughfare of people, bordered with...

27.10.2024 9

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Going camp for a good cause

For those of us who love reminiscing about those precious good old days, fundraising events and life itself don’t work in such a reflective...

21.10.2024 1

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Thanksgiving a reminder of the power of hope

During a coffee chat last weekend, my friend mentioned something I have, for some time, thought was a good way of thinking. I hadn’t grasped the...

15.10.2024 4

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Venerable radio station CHED moving up the dial

Don’t touch that dial has been coming out of radio stations for decades: a casual plea from disc jockeys and newscasters for the listener to keep...

08.10.2024 4

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Cindy Mosian steps down after 40 years of helping those with disability live independently

Just as Cindy Mosian has done for the last 41 years, she slowly sauntered from the kitchen of her second home with grace, with a smile of...

01.10.2024 2

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Oilers foundation has grown to be a powerful force for good in the community

The Hockey Hall of Fame Room on the south side of Rogers Place is known for multi-million dollar announcements. There was one Thursday morning...

22.09.2024 1

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: EmployAbilities marks half-century of helping people with disability join the workforce

It would be too easy, and seriously flirting with obvious disrespect, to whiz into the EmployAbilities office on 109 Street, Wednesday, have a...

17.09.2024 2

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Paralympic sports explode from modest beginnings

I was getting ready to pack my manual typewriter in the fall of 1979 for trips that took me to Calgary, Vancouver, Spokane, Wash., Los Angeles, Las...

10.09.2024 2

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Reflecting on 45 years in journalism

Whenever we reach a milestone, we become reflective. Melancholy, too. And the question is obvious — what does the future look like and do I want to...

20.08.2024 3

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Reflecting on 45 years in journalism

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Whenever we reach a milestone, we become reflective....

18.08.2024 3

Winnipeg Sun

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TAIT: Elks win should create hope for second half of the season

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. More Elks, says the boss. We need more Elks. Subscribe...

11.08.2024 30

Winnipeg Sun

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TAIT: Family an integral part of Summer McIntosh's success

Canada should appoint Greg and Jill McIntosh honorary summer vacation tour guides for their example in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It is...

07.08.2024 3

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Family an integral part of Summer McIntosh's success

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Canada should appoint Greg and Jill McIntosh honorary...

04.08.2024 3

Winnipeg Sun

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TAIT: Alberta's radio industry comes together for Jasper relief

As a Radio and Television Arts student at NAIT in the late 1970s, one instructor made a comparison of which medium to a story the best. I’ll never...

01.08.2024 4

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Alberta's radio industry comes together for Jasper relief

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. As a Radio and Television Arts student at NAIT in the...

31.07.2024 2

Winnipeg Sun

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TAIT: Lori-Ann Muenzer's Olympic gold-medal experience influenced her life, career

Lori-Ann Muenzer sat still for a few seconds, a look of seriousness washed over her 58-year-old face, before, very slowly — almost mirroring...

28.07.2024 1

Edmonton Sun

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TAIT: Edmonton Elks face must-win situation Sunday

A must-win game in the Canadian Football League in the middle of July might seem as strange as -30 C weather with a howling wind. Mind you, some...

14.07.2024 2

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TAIT: Edmonton Elks face must-win situation Sunday

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. A must-win game in the Canadian Football League in the...

14.07.2024 10

Winnipeg Sun

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