Cam Tait
STORY ANGLES - Human Interest Focus: Frequently highlights personal stories and emotional narratives, often tied to broader societal or cultural themes (e.g., seniors’ dignity, medical struggles, sports nostalgia).
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 10
- Latest publication
- Sep 27, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Edmonton Sun
- Top 500K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 5, 2026
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Cam Tait: Friends remember legacy of Oilers owners group architect Cal Nichols (opens the original)
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There is a rugged, unspoken mercy in every final goodbye. Never, do we walk away hollow. When the hymn drifts into the rafters and handshakes soften to silence, grief slips a sacred heirloom into your coat pocket. A spark of their fire. A splinter of their spine. We don’t just mourn a giant: rather we harvest the seed he sowed. We pocket his courage, claim his quiet truth, and stitch his stubborn heartbeat into our own chest. Close your eyes for just a heartbeat, and let the frantic noise of thi
Cam Tait: Friends remember legacy of Oilers owners group architect Cal Nichols (opens the original)
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There is a rugged, unspoken mercy in every final goodbye. Never, do we walk away hollow. When the hymn drifts into the rafters and handshakes soften to silence, grief slips a sacred heirloom into your coat pocket. A spark of their fire. A splinter of their spine. We don’t just mourn a giant: rather we harvest the seed he sowed. We pocket his courage, claim his quiet truth, and stitch his stubborn heartbeat into our own chest. Close your eyes for just a heartbeat, and let the frantic noise of thi
TAIT: Albertans with disabilities betrayed by Smith government (opens the original)
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Something’s been sitting on my chest all summer, heavy as anything. I have cerebral palsy, and nearly five decades writing about this community for a living. I am not on AISH. I am not on ADAP. But I have sat across kitchen tables from people who are, watched what this summer has done to their […]
TAIT: Remembering editor, friend and mentor George Ward (opens the original)
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Late July 1979. The lobby bar of the Westin Hotel. A man sat alone at a table. In the corner. Edmonton Sun columnist Paul Rimstead — a character’s character among newspapermen — was with me, and asked if we could join him. It’s beyond logic that he said yes, given our entrance. You see, Paul was sitting in my wheelchair. Paul was cradling his traditional triple scotch, and every time I got a little jerky, he’d bark, making sure everyone within earshot clearly heard him: “Cam, better not spill my
TAIT: Remembering editor, friend and mentor George Ward (opens the original)
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Late July 1979. The lobby bar of the Westin Hotel. A man sat alone at a table. In the corner. Edmonton Sun columnist Paul Rimstead — a character’s character among newspapermen — was with me, and asked if we could join him. It’s beyond logic that he said yes, given our entrance. You see, Paul was sitting in my wheelchair. Paul was cradling his traditional triple scotch, and every time I got a little jerky, he’d bark, making sure everyone within earshot clearly heard him: “Cam, better not spill my
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