What an incredible month of Movember! The annual furry-lipped fundraiser saw record numbers of Mo Bros (35,000+ across Canada!) growing moustaches to bring funds and awareness to prostate cancer research, record-shattering donations (on pace to flirt with $8M, nearly doubling our goal of $4M!) and unparalleled MOmentum, as more and more Mo Bros and Mo Sistas play a part in changing the face of men’s health!

My month-long Mo grow came to a tidy conclusion on Monday’s BT when my #1 Mo Sista (technically, my Mo Wife) Kari Skelton brandished a blade live on the air alongside Michele McDougall (click on the video below to check it out). We also awarded one lucky viewer (Kelly Ivanc) an incredible week-long getaway at the Residences at Fairmont Ridge. Kelly was one of MANY of you (listed below) who “put your money where my Mo was” and supported the cause. Together, we raised more than $5,000 for Prostate Cancer Canada!

I can’t say “thank you” enough to the following friends of BT who made a donation this Movember: Tanis Javens, Larry Irla, Melsha Shea, Robert Lee, Scott Wood, Dana Hempstock, Brian Mollan, Joe Whitbread, Andrew Walker, Tracy Kennedy, Barb Robinson, Jorge Cabral, Linda Rumpel, Allison Dosman, Carol Petterson, Liz Lepper, Jim Thompson, Nancy Critchley, Nancy Mooney, Kelly Ivanc, Janet Blouin, Charlynn Branton, Dean Taylor, Terry Olsen, Michelle Dechaine, Nancy Rakovszky, Susan Coupal, Jim Olson, Carol Reyda, Sally Greenhill, Ruthann Esligar, Shannon Dupuis, Wendy MacIntosh, Dorota Dunnigan, Amy Fairless, Quinn Phillips, Meredith McLennan, Doug Mertz, Brandon Pilkington, Carol Ann Lyderik, Rhonda Leier, Tina Lysohirka, Deanna Buzinsky, Adrienne Arnott, Leanne Gyonyor, Anne Semeniuk, Susan Schofield, Wendy Serbin, Laurie Keindel, Mike Yaremkowych, Russell Eliuk, Yvonne Stasiw, Dayna Burnell, Gail Post, Mark Kuipers, Connie Gueutal, Hank Happablap, Chantal St. Jean, Cheryl Gelinas, Charles Dennis, Lynn Penner, Judy Vincent, Cory Cremer, Cindy Derpack, Cory Morgan, Erin Nielson, Leandra Brezinski, Sharon Smith, Kelly Berube, James Kalynuk, Jeanette Willman, Tyler Ashford, Heather Hansen, Melanie Hammermeister, Donna Bala, Helen Rawa, Janice Borchardt, Crystal Majeski, Roxanne Bilawchuk, Tim Lozinik, Carol Stenson and Kate Gallagher.

Now, here’s to 11 months with a “slick upper lip!”

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Nominate yourself or someone you know by leaving a comment here and telling us why you/they would be a great addition to Bridget’s bathrobe party next Monday AM!!!

Movember will come to a clean conclusion on Monday’s BT. We’ll review Saturday’s Movember gala (we may even meet the 2009 Man of Movember) at 8:10. Then, my moustache will be shorn off by a very special guest at 9:30. That’s also when we’ll be giving away a week for four at the beautiful Residences at Fairmont Ridge, along with four lift tickets to Fairmont Ski Resort, four passes to the Fairmont Hot Springs and a $100 dinner voucher!

If you already donated to Movember via my blog this past Thursday or Friday, you qualify for Monday’s giveaway. If you haven’t yet made your Movember donation, you still have a chance to qualify by making a minimum $25 donation to Movember before 9:30am by clicking here.

You receive one entry in the Fairmont Ridge giveaway for every $25 you donate. You receive five entries for a $100 donation. Together, we’ll help change the face of men’s health by raising funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer Canada. It’s an exciting year for what’s become the biggest men’s health fundraiser in Canada. Nationally, Mo Bros and Mo Sistas will shatter our $4M goal – we’re currently on pace to raise nearly $7M thanks to donors like you!

If you’d like to double your chances of winning a prize, check out this cool photo contest! Good luck, and thanks for becoming part of the Movember movement!

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National Addictions Awareness Week has come and gone .. but what a way to celebrate!    The creative geniuses created the NAAWscars.    The call went out for people to create a commercial that promotes an addictions-free lifestyle.    And during the awards show, the winners were showered with praise and congratulations.    Hence:  the NAAWSCARS.      Here are some celeb sightings from the event.

Arsene Arcand

 Arsene Arcnad is an elder from Poundmakers Lodge, a treatment centre.    The artists who performed:  Raydar, Onedeep, Krystal, and Blouty.

NAWWscar Winners

Dance team

City Represents!

 Edmonton councillor Amarjeet Sohi is a great supporter of all things  that make our city a better place.   

Crowd pleasers

If you think this year was fun (because it was) … the bar has been raised even higher – for next year.     The fourth edition of the NAAWscars gala is the third Friday in November, 2010.      Special thanks to  Kelly Holland in the Office of Community Safety  AND  Holly Miller Youth Engagement Coordinator  Integrated Community Approach to Addictions in Edmonton (ICAAE).

In November – specifically the 11th, we say the phrase “Lest we Forget”.    I will never forget the sacrifices made by our Canadian Forces.    Lena agrees.    She sends us 2 photos of a Remembrance Day service in Edmonton from 2008.    Lena says  the ceremony at the Legislature Grounds is one that a lot of people may not know about.    The ceremony includes a 21-gun salute.    It stirs in her – loyalty, pride, sadness, and a feeling that she is seeing something meaningful. 

Remember 2008

Somber salute

Thank you Lena.    Thank you troops.    & an honourable mention ‘thank you’ to Sheri at visitor services at the Legislature.    She tells me the cannons are located at the Royal Canadian Artillery Saluting Base on the south west side of the grounds.    It is dedicated to Canadian gunners and is used for military salutes.

DID YOU KNOW?     Gun salutes (21) are the firing of cannons or arms as a (military or naval) honour.    The custom originates in naval tradition, where a warship would fire its cannons harmlessly out to sea, until all ammunition was spent, to show that it was disarmed, signifying the lack of hostile intent.

WE SALUTE YOU – FUTURE MEMBERS OF OUR FRESH AIR PHOTO NATION.    UPLOAD YOUR PICTURE, AND SEE IT ON BREAKFAST TELEVISION AS WELL AS THIS VERY BLOG!

Awe Inspiring

Zoltan knows his way around a camera ..  and his way around rural Alberta.    For 4 months in a row, he was able to find the best places to see and shoot Aurora Borealis.    He captured a meteor shower too.    If you are interested in receiving email alerts about Aurora Borealis, you can register on the website below.        It is a link from the University of Alberta, and gives you the best times for viewing :

 http://corona-gw.phys.ualberta.ca/AuroraWatch/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/

Plus,  if you would like to see more of Zoltan’s pictures …  visit him here:   www.infocusimagery.com

DID YOU KNOW?      The Sun’s diameter is about 100 times that of the Earth.    So, you’d have to line up 100 Earth’s end-to-end to stretch across the face of the sun.     

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This might be the best prize pack we've had all year!

Movember is coming to a close! Thousands of men around the world have been growing moustaches to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer research and we need your help!

We’ve put together a fantastic prize pack here on BT – we’ll award it to one lucky viewer Friday at 9:59am. For every $25 you donate by clicking HERE, you’ll receive one entry. We’ll award 5 entries for every $100 bid.

The prize pack includes the brand new LG “New Chocolate” phone (worth $500), a $250 gift certificate to Urban Body Salon & Spa, ten tickets to the Movember Gala this Saturday night, tickets to the Citadel’s presentation of A Christmas Carol, tickets to the E-Ville roller derby event next month, the new Clue board game, plenty of music and DVDs, a hand-stitched Christmas table cloth (thanks to viewer Iren Rosenthal!), a Dermalogica shave kit, a Wahl beard trimmer, a $150 VH Thai food prize pack, a Kellogg’s prize pack, $100 to spend at Cherry on Whyte Avenue, swag from SONiC 102.9 and Citytv, two official BT studio mugs and more. What a way to take care of a few Christmas gifts four weeks ahead of time!

Good luck – and thanks for helping “change the face of men’s health!”

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Premier Ed StelMOch wants you to support Movember!

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody

I love Queen.

I love The Muppets.

I love this video.

Beaker rocks.

And Animal….well, just watch!

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Check out the elk calf as it discovers how fun it is to play in the mud. Thanks to a trail camera, we can watch this adorable ungulate.