Ravers defend all-night parties
Publication title: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Publication date: April 20, 2000
Document type: News
Article author: Maria Mcclintock
Transcribed by: MW
Canada: Afraid Of Rave? Remember Rock?
Reaction of the press is fuelled by fear of the unknown
Published On: 2000-04-19
Source: National Post (Canada)
Published On: 2000-04-19
Source: National Post (Canada)
Ravers tolerant, loving (Letter)
Publication title: Edmonton Journal
Pages: A15
Section: Letters
Publication date: Apr
19, 2000
Copyright: Copyright
Southam Publications Inc. Apr 19, 2000
Alberta: Meningitis spreads at raves
Publication title: National
Post
Pages: A4
Section: News
Publication date: Apr
19, 2000
Column: West to
East
ProQuest document ID:
329587007
Copyright:
(Copyright National Post 2000)
Relieving tension (Letter)
Publication title: Edmonton Journal
Pages: A15
Pages: A15
Section: Letters
Publication date: Apr 11, 2000
ProQuest document ID: 252798895
Copyright: Copyright Southam Publications Inc. Apr 11, 2000
Publication date: Apr 11, 2000
ProQuest document ID: 252798895
Copyright: Copyright Southam Publications Inc. Apr 11, 2000
Letter to the editor
Publication title: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Publication date: April 10, 2000
Document type: Letter
Transcribed by: MW
Man charged as police seize rave drugs
Publication title: Edmonton Journal
Pages: B3 Section: City
Publication date: Apr 8, 2000
ProQuest document ID: 252803564
Copyright: Copyright Southam Publications Inc. Apr 8, 2000
Author: Journal Staff Writer
Pages: B3 Section: City
Publication date: Apr 8, 2000
ProQuest document ID: 252803564
Copyright: Copyright Southam Publications Inc. Apr 8, 2000
Author: Journal Staff Writer
Letter to the editor
Publication title: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Publication date: April 7, 2000
Document type: Letter
Transcribed by: MW
‘It’ll Only Get Worse’: Former raver has warnings
Published
On: 2000-04-07
Source: Edmonton
Sun (CN AB)
Letter to the Editor
Publication title: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Publication date: April 7, 2000
Document type: Letter
Transcribed by: MW
Publication date: April 7, 2000
Document type: Letter
Transcribed by: MW
Raving mad about teens: so what's new?
Publication title: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Publication date: April 6, 2000
Document type: Editorial
Article author: Scott Haskins
Transcribed by: MW
Security expert calls for controls on raves
Publication title: Edmonton Journal
Pages: B3
Publication date: Apr 6, 2000
Dateline: Edmonton Section: City
Copyright: Copyright Southam Publications Inc. Apr 6, 2000
Pages: B3
Publication date: Apr 6, 2000
Dateline: Edmonton Section: City
Copyright: Copyright Southam Publications Inc. Apr 6, 2000
To rave, or not to rave
Board, city ponder the question
Publication title: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Publication date: April 6, 2000
Document type: Article
Article author(s): Doug Beazley and Maria Mcclintock
Transcribed by: MW
Security expert calls for controls on raves
Publication title: Edmonton Journal
Pages: B3 Section: City
Publication date: Apr
6, 2000
Copyright: Copyright
Southam Publications Inc. Apr 6, 2000
Author: Loyie, Florence
Ravers invited to City Hall
Officials ponder review of bylaws governing non-licensed parties
Publication title: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Publication date: April 5, 2000
Document type: News
Article author: Maria Mcclintock
Transcribed by: MW
Publication title: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Publication date: April 5, 2000
Document type: News
Article author: Maria Mcclintock
Transcribed by: MW
Rave rules would make matters worse
Publication title: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Publication date: April 5, 2000
Document type: Editorial
Article author: Kerry Diotte
Transcribed by: MW
Publication date: April 5, 2000
Document type: Editorial
Article author: Kerry Diotte
Transcribed by: MW
Rave on!
Cops don't want to see parties go underground
Publication title: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Publication date: April 5, 2000
Document type: News
Article author: David Sands
Transcribed by: MW
Publication title: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Publication date: April 5, 2000
Document type: News
Article author: David Sands
Transcribed by: MW
Letter of the Day
Publication title: Edmonton Sun
Publication date: April 5, 2001
Document type: Letter
Transcribed by: MW
I am appalled by the recent uproar concerning the danger that raves pose to Edmonton’s youth. It seems that yet another scene is being destroyed due to irresponsible drug use by young people who do not fully understand the risks tied to it. The media and politicians are preying upon desperate parents who search for a scape-goat to explain these troubled teens. What people do not realize is that drugs exist everywhere. If the city shuts down raves, Edmonton youth will simply find another place to continue their drug use. If people would focus more on education instead of the immediate obliteration of drug use, then one may see more promising changes in Edmonton's youth. Stopping raves will only make people who attend them for the enjoyment of culture, music and art suffer. Young people are going to do drugs whether the city likes it or not, the least we can do is teach them drug responsibility.
CM
(Education beats regulations.)
Publication date: April 5, 2001
Document type: Letter
Transcribed by: MW
I am appalled by the recent uproar concerning the danger that raves pose to Edmonton’s youth. It seems that yet another scene is being destroyed due to irresponsible drug use by young people who do not fully understand the risks tied to it. The media and politicians are preying upon desperate parents who search for a scape-goat to explain these troubled teens. What people do not realize is that drugs exist everywhere. If the city shuts down raves, Edmonton youth will simply find another place to continue their drug use. If people would focus more on education instead of the immediate obliteration of drug use, then one may see more promising changes in Edmonton's youth. Stopping raves will only make people who attend them for the enjoyment of culture, music and art suffer. Young people are going to do drugs whether the city likes it or not, the least we can do is teach them drug responsibility.
CM
(Education beats regulations.)
Edmonton rave creates 'perfect' setting that throws teens into seizures
Toronto edition headline: Raves create perfect setting for seizures, doctors say
Publication title: National Post
Pages: A9 Section: News
Publication date: Apr 4, 2000
ProQuest document ID: 329668298
Copyright: (Copyright National Post 2000)
Author: Humphreys, Adrian
Publication title: National Post
Pages: A9 Section: News
Publication date: Apr 4, 2000
ProQuest document ID: 329668298
Copyright: (Copyright National Post 2000)
Author: Humphreys, Adrian
Raves are not council's job
Publication title: Edmonton Journal
Pages: A10
Publication date: Apr
4, 2000
Section: Opinion
Document type: Editorial
ProQuest document ID:
252725810
Copyright: Copyright
Southam Publications Inc. Apr 4, 2000
Rave Head Blames Media
But organizer says he'll set an age limit on future dance parties
Published On: 2000-04-04
Source: Edmonton Sun (U of A Microfiche)
Typist: MW
The organizer of a weekend rave that saw six kids taken to hospital says he will bar youths under 16 years of age from his massive dance parties. But Keith Rubuliak blames media "sensationalism” for creating a trumped-up moral panic over raves and the use of the street drug known as ecstasy – making it harder for him to book venues for future events.
“I just got off the phone with (Northlands Sportex),” he said. The city-owned facility hosted the Ascension 2000 rave over the weekend, where six teens collapsed.
“They’re telling me they’re not happy with what they’re reading in the paper, that they’re getting calls from city council. They say they have to review their (rave) policy.”
The Royal Alexandria Hospital refused comment on the conditions of any of the teens, although officials did say one had been admitted. The others were treated and released.
Police said Sunday that all six left the rave wired on ecstasy. Rubuliak insists they suffered epileptic fits sparked by an intense strobe-light show.
“It was a big fluke," he said. "Nobody can point a link between the drug ecstasy and seizures."
Dr. Louis Pagliaro of the U of A’s substance abusology research unit doesn’t buy that. He said the odds against a half-dozen epileptics attending the same rave would be very long.
“What’s more likely is that they took a pharmacological cocktail of ecstasy and some other psycho-stimulant like methamphetamine or cocaine,” he said.
Northlands events manager Paul Lukas said he “finds it hard to believe” that drugs caused those kids to collapse, although he said he would meet with city police to find out whether drugs got past door security.
“These raves have been getting a lot of bad publicity,” he said. “I personally think it’s hype.”
Rubuliak said any future raves he organizes will have admission age limits of at least 16 and possibly 18. But he said he can’t keep ravers from smuggling dope onto the dance floor.
“What’s stopping a girl from sticking a few tabs in her bra? Or a guy putting a balloon up his butt?” he said. “You’re not going to stop these kids from using drugs.”
Most rave-goers who talked to The Sun yesterday say they also favour age limits to keep neophytes away from the drug scene.
One blamed massive commercial raves like Ascension for the burgeoning drug scene.
“As the parties get bigger and bigger, you see more and more problems,” said Mike Peebles. “We’re seeing more violence, new people coming just to do drugs, sexual assaults.”
“We didn't have a single report of violence," said Rubuliak. “Raves are the hottest thing in the world right now, and cracking down on them isn’t going to make them go away. It’d just drive them underground.”
Raves defended – Page 6
The stark truth – Editorial, Page 10
Published On: 2000-04-04
Source: Edmonton Sun (U of A Microfiche)
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| Photo caption: Pagliaro (Not just ecstasy) |
The organizer of a weekend rave that saw six kids taken to hospital says he will bar youths under 16 years of age from his massive dance parties. But Keith Rubuliak blames media "sensationalism” for creating a trumped-up moral panic over raves and the use of the street drug known as ecstasy – making it harder for him to book venues for future events.
“I just got off the phone with (Northlands Sportex),” he said. The city-owned facility hosted the Ascension 2000 rave over the weekend, where six teens collapsed.
“They’re telling me they’re not happy with what they’re reading in the paper, that they’re getting calls from city council. They say they have to review their (rave) policy.”
The Royal Alexandria Hospital refused comment on the conditions of any of the teens, although officials did say one had been admitted. The others were treated and released.
Police said Sunday that all six left the rave wired on ecstasy. Rubuliak insists they suffered epileptic fits sparked by an intense strobe-light show.
“It was a big fluke," he said. "Nobody can point a link between the drug ecstasy and seizures."
Dr. Louis Pagliaro of the U of A’s substance abusology research unit doesn’t buy that. He said the odds against a half-dozen epileptics attending the same rave would be very long.
“What’s more likely is that they took a pharmacological cocktail of ecstasy and some other psycho-stimulant like methamphetamine or cocaine,” he said.
Northlands events manager Paul Lukas said he “finds it hard to believe” that drugs caused those kids to collapse, although he said he would meet with city police to find out whether drugs got past door security.
“These raves have been getting a lot of bad publicity,” he said. “I personally think it’s hype.”
Rubuliak said any future raves he organizes will have admission age limits of at least 16 and possibly 18. But he said he can’t keep ravers from smuggling dope onto the dance floor.
“What’s stopping a girl from sticking a few tabs in her bra? Or a guy putting a balloon up his butt?” he said. “You’re not going to stop these kids from using drugs.”
Most rave-goers who talked to The Sun yesterday say they also favour age limits to keep neophytes away from the drug scene.
One blamed massive commercial raves like Ascension for the burgeoning drug scene.
“As the parties get bigger and bigger, you see more and more problems,” said Mike Peebles. “We’re seeing more violence, new people coming just to do drugs, sexual assaults.”
“We didn't have a single report of violence," said Rubuliak. “Raves are the hottest thing in the world right now, and cracking down on them isn’t going to make them go away. It’d just drive them underground.”
Raves defended – Page 6
The stark truth – Editorial, Page 10
The Stark Truth
Publication title: Edmonton Sun
Publication date: April 4, 2000
Document type: Editorial
Publication date: April 4, 2000
Document type: Editorial
Author: Mike Jenkinson
A safe ravin’
Underground revellers preach how to party
By DOUG BEAZLEY, Staff Writer
Published On: 2000-04-04
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Typist: MW
By DOUG BEAZLEY, Staff Writer
Published On: 2000-04-04
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Typist: MW
Long lines and drug use nothing to rave about
Publication title: Edmonton Journal
Pages: A1 / FRONT
Publication date: Apr 4, 2000
Dateline: Edmonton
Section: News
ProQuest document ID: 252771043
Copyright: Copyright Southam Publications Inc. Apr 4, 2000
Author: Sandra Sperounes, Journal Music Writer
Pages: A1 / FRONT
Publication date: Apr 4, 2000
Dateline: Edmonton
Section: News
ProQuest document ID: 252771043
Copyright: Copyright Southam Publications Inc. Apr 4, 2000
Author: Sandra Sperounes, Journal Music Writer
Agony and Ecstasy
Six Teens On Drug Collapse At Rave
Published On: 2000-04-03
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Hospital admits at least six from rave
One injured, five had adverse drug reactions
Publication title: Edmonton Journal
Pages: B4
Publication date: Apr
3, 2000
Dateline: Edmonton
Section: City
Copyright: Copyright
Southam Publications Inc. Apr 3, 2000
Author: Journal
Staff
Raves get scrutiny from city
Phair seeks review of safety policies
Publication title: Edmonton Journal
Pages: B3
Section: City
Publication date: Apr 1, 2000
ProQuest document ID:
252806774
Copyright:
Copyright Southam Publications Inc. Apr 1, 2000
Author: Farrell,
Jim
Building a killer vibe with the messiah of DJs
Publication title: Edmonton Journal
Pages: C1 / FRONT
Publication date: Apr 1, 2000
Dateline: Edmonton
Section: Entertainment
ProQuest document ID: 252725293
Copyright: Copyright Southam Publications Inc. Apr 1, 2000
Author: Sandra Sperounes, Journal Music Writer
Pages: C1 / FRONT
Publication date: Apr 1, 2000
Dateline: Edmonton
Section: Entertainment
ProQuest document ID: 252725293
Copyright: Copyright Southam Publications Inc. Apr 1, 2000
Author: Sandra Sperounes, Journal Music Writer