October 2006

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October 31, 2006

Happy Halloween!!!

October 22, 2006

Michelle Semple, 34, panhandles on Whyte Ave. near 108
St. Sunday afternoon. Originally from Ontario, Semple has been
panhandling on Edmonton streets for over three years. Semple says she
suffers from cerebral palsy and is unable to work so she lives in a
group home and panhandles to get money for food. She averages about $40
per day.

October 14, 2006

Edmonton Eskimos head coach Danny Maciocia grimaces
after a bad play during the first half of CFL action against the Toronto
Argonauts Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium. The Eskimos went on to lose
28-25 to the Argonauts, preventing them from making the playoffs for the
first time in 35 years, the longest run of consecutive playoff
appearances in North American professional sports. Ryan Jackson /
Edmonton Sun

October 7, 2006

Edmonton Wildcats’ running back Tristan Jones (#23) gets
swept off his feet by Calgary Colts’ Matt Clemence (#11) during the
first quarter of football action at Clarke Field Saturday night.
Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Sun

October 2, 2006

George Pettit, lead singer of St. Catharines, Ontario
post-harcore band Alexisonfire screams at the packed crowd Monday night
at Shaw Conference Centre. It was Petit’s birthday and the band members
sang ‘happy birthday’ with the crowd to him.  Ryan Jackson  /
Edmonton Sun

October 1, 2006

Farmer Jack Marynowski swaths a barley crop one
kilometer east of Paynton, SK. around midnight Sunday night. The long
spell of rainy weather recently has pushed Marynoski to harvest the crop
later in the season than usual. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

September 2006 Archive

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September 30, 2006

Edmonton Eskimos’ players lay exhausted on the field
with Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Cory Grant (#2) pausing after being
defeated by the Eskimos 30-25 Saturday night in Regina at Taylor Field.
The last few seconds of the game had the Roughriders playing a huge
passing and lateral spectacle which took the Riders from the Eskimos
53-yard line to the 4-yard line. Had Rider Kenton Keith not fumbled to
Eskimos’ Jonte Buhl on the four-yard line the Riders may have defeated
the Eskimos in the last few seconds of the game. Edmonton Sun / Ryan
Jackson

Edmonton Eskimos’ Pat Woodcock (#6) gets tackled by Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Tristan Clovis (#37) and Davin Bush (#5) after catching a 47-yard bomb from Ricky Ray in the final two minutes of CFL action Saturday night in Regina at Taylor Field. Edmonton won the game 30-25 after quarterback Ricky Ray ran in a touchdown with less than a minute left on the clock. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

Edmonton Eskimos’ defensive coach Rick Campbell yells instructions at the team during the 2nd  quarter of CFL action against the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Saturday night in Regina at Taylor Field. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

September 28, 2006

September 27, 2006

Team Canada Squash members Carolyn Russell, Alana
Miller, and Melanie Jans pose for a photo in a newly set up squash court
at Royal Glenora Club.  The club is hosting the 2006 woman’s world
team squash championship running September 24th to 30th.  Edmonton
Sun / Ryan Jackson

September 23, 2006

A police investigator removes coveralls from the crash
scene of a Dodge Dakota pickup truck that was found with a deceased man
pinned underneath it near 130 Ave and Meridian St. Saturday September
23, 2006. At 8:00AM Saturday morning City of Edmonton workers driving in
the area reported a vehicle was abandoned in the ditch and a body was
pinned underneath. When police and medical crews arrived, it was
apparent that the male person was deceased. Two people, a man and a
woman, were located in a van not far from the scene and were taken in
for questioning. The woman remains in custody under a warrant. After
questioning, the man suffered a “medical incident” while being driven
home and remains in critical condition. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

September 22, 2006

Edmonton Eskimos’ Donalds Brady chases Hamilton Tiger
Cats’ Terry Vaughn after Brady missed a catch during CFL action at
Commonwealth Stadium Friday September 22, 2006. Edmonton Sun Photo by
Ryan Jackson

September 17, 2006

New Zealand’s team captain Farah Palmer, right, sprays
champagne to celebrate their World Championship victory over England in
the IRB Womens World Cup of Rugby Sunday September 17, 2006. New Zealand
won 25-17. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

September 13, 2006

Chief of Police Michael Boyd speaks to media Wednesday
about the suspect in the Oliver School sexual assault of a young girl.
Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

If you’ve seen the movie Office Space then you should
know why this picture is funny.  Photo Ryan Jackson.

September 12, 2006

September 12, 2006:A Leopard C2 tank rides across a
field at CFB Wainwright Tuesday September 12, 2006 during a training
exercise. Lord Strathcona’s Horse Royal Canadian B Squardran were doing
training exercises with Leopard C2 tanks and LAV-III’s. They carried out
a mock assault on two buildings hidden inside a tree line. Photo by Ryan
Jackson Special to the Sun

September 9th, 2006

Edmonton Oilers’ Mathieu Roy, left, signs 11-month-old
Taya Besler during an autograph session at Oilers Fan Appreciation day
at the Northlands Agricom on Saturday.

September 8th, 2006

Canadian Katie Murray, left, and Kazakhstan’s Svetlana
Zhernovnikova chase the ball during the first half of their match at the
IRB Woman’s Rugby World Cup 2006 at Ellerslie Rugby Park Friday.
Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

The Canadian and Kazakhstan woman’s rugby teams fight for the ball in the IRB Woman’s Rugby World Cup 2006 at Ellerslie Rugby Park Friday. Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

Canadian Kelly McCallum, right, and Kazakhstan’s Olga Rudoy chase the ball during the first half of their match at the IRB Woman’s Rugby World Cup 2006 at Ellerslie Rugby Park Friday. Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

Teresa Winter, left, comforts her mother Patricia Winter
during a suicide awareness ceremony that took place at the Eternal Flame
near the Legislature grounds Friday. Winter lost her brother Steven
Winter, 33 to suicide. Dozens walked in the fifth annual Lifting the
Silence suicide awareness march Friday. According to World Health
Organization statistics approximately one million people die each year
from suicide. In Alberta an estimated 425 men and woman took their own
lives in 2005. Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

September 2nd, 2006

Maureen Andriashek shows off her Russian Giant
sunflowers Saturday in her Grovener area back alley. She has been
growing sunflowers for 25 years and has never had ones grow as tall as
this year which have reached 11 feet nine inches. Edmonton Sun Photo by
Ryan Jackson

September 1st, 2006

Toronto’s Bangaly Kourouma gets socked by Saskatoon’s
Ryan Henney during their cruiser weight Canadian Championship at the
Ring of Fire boxing championship at Shaw Conference Centre. Henney went
on to win the match. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

Rosario Caputo from Jasper is reflected in a gas pump as
he fills up his tank Friday afternoon at the Michelin Gas Bar located at
9914-109St. Gas prices fell to as low as 92.9 cents per litre after
weeks of being over a dollar. The fall in gas prices breaks the usual
trend of gas prices rising before a long weekend. Edmonton Sun photo by
Ryan Jackson

August 2006 Archive

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August 31, 2006

A child who can not be identified plays with his Lego
set. He was bitten along with another boy by Sam the police dog while it
was off duty on the weekend. The dog’s handler is Const. Glen Thursby
and the dog may be put down.   Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

August 27, 2006

Kara Kulak, 20, left, fixes her polissian head piece,
while Mikael Slevinsky, 18, pauses to clear his head before performing
with the Ukrainian Shumka dance group for the 15th anniversary of
Ukraine’s independence at the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex Sunday
afternoon. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

Tanya Yacyshyn, 26, left, and Katrina Sochatsky, 21, stretch before performing with the Ukrainian Shumka dance group for the 15th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence at the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex Sunday afternoon. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

The Ukrainian Shumka dance group performs for the 15th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence at the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex  Sunday afternoon. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

August 26, 2006

Terrance Simien and The Zydeco Experience performs at
Edmonton’s Labatt Blues Festival in Hawrelak Park Saturday night.
Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

August 25, 2006

Mark Hummel starts off his harmonica blowout featuring
Billy Boy Arnold and Lee Oskar at Edmonton’s Labatt Blues Festival in
Hawrelak Park Friday night.  Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

August 24, 2006

With harvest season in full swing, a farmer swaths a
crop near Vermilion, AB Thursday afternoon. Edmonton Sun /  Ryan
Jackson

August 18, 2006

Adrian Glass, 25, from Edmonton has his eye on The
Fringe with his play Genericles: An Epic Tale of Job Satisfaction at The
Fringe Festival Friday. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

August 17, 2006

Daryl Black, far right, search manager with the
volunteer Edmonton Regional Search and Rescue goes through the search
grid with volunteers near Mill Creek Pool Thursday afternoon in search
of 20-year-old Robert Barrington Leigh who has been missing since
Sunday. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

Rhandi Neal with the play The Three B’s: The Wailing in
the Wings poses for a photo with her magnifying glass at the Fringe
Festival parade Thursday night. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

August 16. 2006

Alana Dahlen, 34, a fringe performer with the
performance Merle Minsky presents Madame Minsky’s Boudoir Beauties,
found her car to be stolen on the night of August 14th with her
performance costumes and other performer’s items as well. All she has
left is two sun shades which she had previously ordered and received the
day after the theft. She has been able to gather some new costumes to
wear from friends. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

August 13, 2006

Caleb Butler of The Blind Boys of Alabama a performs on the main stage stage at Folk Fest Sunday night in Gallagher Park. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson	Xavier Vachon from Montreal, left, and Kirsten Zuhling from Edmonton dance in the sun to the music of Le Vent du Nord at the Sounds of the World stage at Folk Fest Sunday in Gallagher Park. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson
Hawksley Workman performs at the New Songs / Old Songs stage at Folk Fest Sunday in Gallagher Park. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson	Clarence Fountain of The Blind Boys of Alabama perform on the main stage stage at Folk Fest Sunday night in Gallagher Park. Edmonton Sun /  Ryan Jackson

August 12, 2006

Calgary’s own Feist performs on the main stage at Folk
Fest in Gallagher Park Saturday night.
Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

Go to

Edmontonsun.com to see more of my photos of Folk Fest.

August 11th, 2006

Music lovers watch The Neville Brothers perform on the
main stage at Folk Fest in Gallagher Park Friday night. Edmonton Sun /
Ryan Jackson

August 10th, 2006

Ten year Folk Fest veterans Louise Lecompte, far right,
and husband Karl Delaronde from Edmonton enjoy Linda Ronstadt perform at
Folk Fest in Gallagher Park Thursday night. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

Jay Malinowski, lead singer of the Kingston, Ont.
reggae-influenced genre-mixing trio Bedouin Soundclash performs at Folk
Fest in Gallagher Park Thursday night. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

August 9th, 2006

August 6, 2006

Cpl. Grant Trudel is in tears as he speaks to media
Sunday at the Jefferson Armouries in Edmonton. The 25-year-old has
hardly slept since his best friend, Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt, was
killed in Afghanistan Saturday. Trudel was among about 20 members of
Arndt’s reserve regiment, known as “the Eddies,” that met at the
Jefferson Armoury to speak to the media.

Get your hands off my balls!!!  Bill O’Donnell of
team USA makes a return in the World Handball Championship in Sherwood
Park Sunday.   Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

August 5, 2006

Mehtap Iyioz, 18, holds a veil in front of her face
while she does a Folk Lor dance representing the Turkish Society at the
Turkish pavilion at Heritage Festival in Hawrelak Park Saturday.

August 4, 2006

Three Canadian Task Force Afghanistan Soldiers walk
towards the Shell Aerocentre with a family who was being transported
from Trenton, Ont. to Edmonton early Saturday morning. Over 100 soldiers
returned to Edmonton from a six month duty in Afghanistan. The family,
who would not give their names, were non-duty dependant family members
of a soldier in Edmonton.   Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

August 3, 2006

A book of signatures of people giving their condolence
to the family of Cpl. Christopher Jonathan Reid, killed while serving in
Afghanistan, is set out on a table at the Military Family Resource
Centre at at Edmonton Garrison Thursday.

July 2006 Archive

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July 29, 2006

Carol Pilon does her Windwalker stunt at the
Wetaskiwin Centennial Air Show Saturday.

July 24, 2006

Pictures are up of !!!	A.F.I.	Rise Against	Bouncing Souls
NOFX	The Bled	Senses Fail	From Autumn to Ashes
The Salads	Anti-Flag	Less than Jake	Alexisonfire
Underoath	Moneen		Enjoy!

July 22, 2006

Fireworks end the second night of Capital EX in
Edmonton Saturday.

July 21, 2006

Norm Cuthbertson, left, from Halkirk, AB and Layne
MacGillivray from Melfort, SK race around the bend during Day 1 of the
WCPA Dodge Pro Chuckwagon Tour at Northlands Friday. Cuthbertson came in
fourth for the day with a time of 122.17 seconds and MacGillivray tied
with Barry Hodgson from Wetaskiwin, AB for 18/19 place with a time of
123.27 seconds. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

July 20, 2006

July 19, 2006

Pamela Parker has written the book Pamela Parker’s How
to do makeup the right way the first time.
Edmonton Sun /  Ryan Jackson

Champ Car race teams unload their trailers and set up
mechanic tents at the West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix presented by The
Brick at the Edmonton City Centre Airport Wednesday.

July 17, 2006

Stage Hands work in the heat Monday as they set up the
stage for Ed Fest, a Sun sponsored concert event with over 30 bands
which runs at the same time as the Capital Ex July 20-29.

July 15, 2006

Samir Bleibel, the Canadian National Congress Vice
President of The World Lebanese Cultural Union poses for a photo with a
Lebanese flag Saturday. Bleibel has family visiting in Lebanon and
hasn’t heard from them since war broke out. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

July 11th, 2006

I’ll have pictures of SLAYER!!!!! last night at Shaw
Conference Centre up in the next couple days.

July 10th, 2006

Seventeen year old Richard Edmonds gets himself out of
the sand bunker and on to the green on the eighth hole at the Northern
Bear Classic Monday. Edmonds was given a two stroke penalty for showing
up ten minutes late for the tournament and still managed to go on and
win.

July 9th, 2006

Chief umpire Jack Leman watches the junior woman’s 200m
sprint Sunday at the 2006 Outdoor Alberta Championship at Foote Field.
Edmonton Sun /  Ryan Jackson

Italian soccer fan Nicola Dardano lifts his
granddaughter to celebrate Italy’s world cup soccer victory over France
in front of Tra Amici at 10850 95 St. in Little Italy Sunday. Edmonton
Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

July 7th, 2006

Neatoe the Clown performs at the street
festival in Churchhill Square Friday. Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

July 4th, 2006

Bernie Tomaszewski, left, owner of 1664 BMX is hosting
the sixth annual Street Justice bike competition on July 8th at 9384 26
Ave. Ren Verbeem, 19, is trying out one of the ramps in the background.

July 3rd, 2006

background.

Five year old Ryan MacRae establishes his
authority with a honking goose in Rundle Park Monday.
Edmonton Sun /
Ryan Jackson

July 2nd, 2006

Harold Carlson hits The High Striker on the
1920’s midway at Fort Edmonton Park Sunday.
Edmonton Sun / Ryan Jackson

July 1, 2006

Wil Collins tees off on the 7th hole at the Telus
Edmonton Open at Glendale Golf and Country Club July 1, 2006. Ryan
Jackson / Edmonton Sun

June 2006 Archive

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June 30, 2006

Judy Stanley wife of deceased school bus driver Robert
Stanley weeps as she speaks to reporters outside the Law Courts building
Thursday afternoon with with Robert Stanley’s son Wayne Stanley, right,
resting his arm on her shoulder. One of the youths accused in the man’s
death had a sentence hearing. Robert Stanley had died after a rock was
thrown off of a pedestrian footbridge over the Whitemud and onto his
school bus. Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Sun

June 25, 2006

Mike Abraham playing William Wallace performs with his group The Knights of the Northern Realm at the Edmonton Scottish Society 35th annual Highland Gathering at Grant MacEwan Park Sunday.

The Rocky Mountain Pipe Band from Calgary practices before competition at the Edmonton Scottish Society 35th annual Highland Gathering at Grant MacEwan Park Sunday.

June 24, 2006

Newly married Tannas and Richard McLaughlin wave for their bridal party to board a M-113 armoured personnel carrier at CFB Edmonton Saturday. McLaughlin was allowed to use the tanks in honour of his 18 years of service.

June 23, 2006

Spectators cover their ears as Bruce Liton races his
Nitro drag car against Mitch King at the Rocky Mountain Nationals at the
Castrol Raceway. Liton won the race with a 4.76 second quarter mile time
going 304.94 miles per hour when he crossed the finish line.

Doug Foley shoots flames from his nitro dragster as he takes off in a race against Clay Millican at the Rocky Mountain Nationals at the Castrol Raceway. Millican went on to win the race with a time of 4.63 seconds for a quarter mile. Foley had a time of 4.84 seconds.

Neil Smith races his JCB tractor with a 1,300 horsepower big block Chevy engine in it. He crossed the 1/4 mile mark over 79 miles per hour at the Rocky Mountain Nationals at Castrol Raceway. This was the tractor’s first time drag racing.

June 19, 2006

I got to go up in a Blimp today!
Ryan Jackson / The Edmonton Sun

June 18, 2006

Go to

Edmontonsun.com or my

Sportsshooter page to see the King of the Cage mixed martial arts
fighting championship that I shot last night.

June 14th, 2006

Cathy Roy, Curatorial Assistant in Western Canadian
History at the Royal Alberta Museum, poses for a photo beside poster
enlargements of old Eaton’s catalogues at a Mail Order Catalogue Exhibit
on at the museum.

June 13th, 2006

Nicole Hilton, 14, far right, from Vimy Ridge Academy
laughs after making a short drive at Wedge Wood Super Range on 76 Ave.
Tuesday. Hilton, with her classmates spent the afternoon hitting balls
as a part of their dance class.

A speed limit sign and a tree are bent onto the ground
after a car crash involving two cars racing Monday night.

Russell Scriba had a near death experience Tuesday when
a large metal winch used for tightening tie-down straps on a flat bed
semi truck fell off of a truck and hit his windshield while he was
driving south on HWY-2 near Nisku. He was a minute away from his work
and was still able to make it with no injuries.

June 12, 2006

One year old Oscar Lukie tries to get in a street hockey
game at a noon-hour tail gate party held in Churchhill Square Monday

June 11, 2006.

Rhiannon Howell-Matwichuk, 12, with the Koperoush School
of Ukrainian Dance performs in Mill Woods Town Centre Mall Sunday as
part of a Celebrate Diversity Performance.

June 10th, 2006

Linzy Randon, 19, has started her own design company
Arielle Designs. She has been selling her hand made hats and bags at a
clothing store on Whyte Ave.

June 9th, 2006

Go to

www.sportsshooter.com/ryanjackson and scroll down to the bottom to
see my last three weeks of work.

Tim Cusack does his best Don Cherry impersonation beside
a cardboard cutout of Ron MacLean at the CBC Stage in City Centre Mall
Friday. Cusack won the first place prize of two tickets to see the
Stanley Cup.

June 5th, 2006

***Please scroll down for more updates from the last
two weeks***

Sixteen year old high school student Thomasz Machul has
been drafted to play with the 1816 Munich Soccer Club in Germany.
Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson Special to the Sun

June 4th, 2006

Multitalented Yannick Lacroix, 30, from Quebec plays
three recorders at the same time while busking on Whyte Ave. Sunday.
Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

Natasha Ward, 33, is a competitive athlete turned fire
fighter. She trains by running up and down stairs in parks carrying a 55
pound bag of sand. Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

June 3rd, 2006

Harley Lawrence, 35, tries out his new kite he bought on E-bay in
Broadmoor Lake Park in Sherwood Park Saturday. Edmonton Sun Photo by
Ryan Jackson

June 2nd, 2006

*** I’m sorry if this picture offends anyone out but
it’s reality***

One of 69 year-old Donna McPherson dogs eats what
appears to be a decomposing dog covered in flies at her place just south
of Buck Lake which has been deemed a “Puppy Mill”. The ASPCA
counted over fifty dogs and removed six with various eye and head
injuries. Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

June 1st, 2006

Dave Belanger, 21, catches a frisby thrown by his father
Dave in Hawrelak park Thursday June 1, 2006. Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan
Jackson

May 2006 Archive

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May 29, 2006

My laptop crashed and won’t be fixed for a couple more days so that’s why I haven’t updated in a while
but for the meantime you can go to the Edmonton Sun’s website and checkout what I shot this weekend
–>
Rainmaker Rodeo

May 28th, 2006

Kevin Taks from Crossfield, AB takes down a calf in 5.5
seconds during the Calf Roping competition at the Rainmaker Rodeo in St.
Albert on Sunday May 28, 2006. Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

Pasha Perlette, 3, looks terrified as she rides the
Springride on the midway at the Rainmaker Rodeo in St. Albert on Sunday
May 28, 2006. Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

May 27th, 2006

Alex Hamilton, 6, holds on to his hat as he rides on a
Noah’s Ark float presented by Leu Nickerson Elementary and Sir George
Simpson Jr. High in the Rainmaker Parade in St. Albert on Saturday May
27, 2006. Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

May 26th, 2006

Dieghton Roworth from Czar Alberta takes down a calf in
7.1 seconds during the calf wrestling competition at the Rainmaker Rodeo
in St. Albert. Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

May 25th, 2006

One-year-old Arrowynd Ganga pulls up her pants to keep them from
dragging in the rain while walking with her mother Cerigwen Joy , 23,
left, and her aunt Jilleen Meckling, 21, in Edmonton on Thursday May 25,
2006. Edmonton Sun photo Ryan Jackson

A protester watches the rain run off his umbrella while he waits for the
Federal Minister of the Environment, Rona Ambrose, to arrive by train to
the LRT station at the University of Alberta Thursday. Edmonton Sun
Photo by Ryan Jackson

May 24th, 2006

Ernie Pasemko, General Manager of Grand Prix Edmonton.
Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

Staff Sgt. Major Maeda, far right, waits in line for a
parking pass before the Premier’s Prayer Breakfast held at the Shaw
Conference Centre Wednesday morning. Edmonton Sun Photo by Ryan Jackson

May 21, 2006

Liam Maccosham, 7, tries to catch a ball thrown by his
aunt, Terrie Maccosham in Diamond Park near Rossdale Road and 100 Street
Sunday.

May 20, 2006

Sam Roberts rocks the Starlite Lounge Saturday night.

May 19,2006

Grade six teacher Patrick Monaghen, left, gets a pie in
the face from kindergarten student Jeremy Vallingall, 6, during a ‘Pie
Off’ event held at Bishop Greschuk Elementary Friday. The event to raise
money for the Alberta Cancer Foundation in honor of a grade five
teacher, Linda Honeychurch who was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in
September.

May 18, 2006

Cody Altizer, 18, is reflected in the bathroom mirror of
his home. Altizer was attacked by a police dog while on Whyte Ave
celebrating the Edmonton Oilers victory last Friday and required eight
stitches in his side. He has filed a complaint with the police
department and has found a lawyer.

May 16, 2006

I haven’t been updating lately because I have been
driving across Canada moving from Belleville Ontario to Edmonton Alberta
to start my 19-week summer job at the Edmonton Sun.

This weekend I was in Winnipeg for the Western News
Photographers Association
www.wcnpa.ca
annual Photojournalism conference.

I was VERY honoured to be awarded WCNPA Picture of the
Year 1’st place Feature picture and Photographers Choice Award for my “Bee on
Target” picture as well WCNPA Picture of the Year 2’nd place in the
general news category for “Wheelchair Race”.

These images were selected from over 800 entries from
professional news photographers all across western Canada so I am very
humbled to have won these awards.

I’ll post more soon when I get settled down in
Edmonton… gotta shoot an Oilers game on Wednesday!

May 8th, 2006

Yoga teacher Anne Pitman of Santosha Yoga Centre throws
raw chocolate beans in the air for fun during a portrait. Pitman uses
raw chocolate beans mixed with honey in her classes. May 8, 2006.
Photo by RYAN JACKSON, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN

May 6th, 2006

Jazz singer Kellylee Evans poses for a photo before a
show in Almonte, Saturday May 6, 2006. Photo by RYAN JACKSON, THE OTTAWA
CITIZEN

May 5th, 2006

Historian Dean Oliver has written a one-year anniversary
piece about the Canadian War Museum. Photo by RYAN JACKSON, THE OTTAWA
CITIZEN

May 4th, 2006

Brian Murray, Director of Marketing and Leasing of Sakto
Corporation is betting the arrival of a light-rail station on Gladstone
Avenue will make his new office tower on Preston Street more attractive
to tennants. Photo by RYAN JACKSON, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN

May 3rd, 2006

Jennifer North is the chief shoe collector for the
charity Sole Responsibility, a group that collects old running shoes and
sends them to Darfur. Photo by RYAN JACKSON, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN

May 1st, 2006

Mia Eriksson, top left, laughs as the band Great Big Sea
plays. Eriksson won a contest for a Great Big Sea kitchen party for her
and a bunch of her friends. Photo by RYAN JACKSON, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN

Four year old Jenna Fraser reads her favorite book on
her bunk bed with some of her other Dora The Explorer Licensed products.
Fraser has been obsessed with Dora The Explorer since she was one year
old. Photo by RYAN JACKSON, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN

April 2006 Archive

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April 29th, 2006

University students go head to head against each other and several
other players through a network gaming competition held at Ottawa
University Saturday April 29, 2006. PHOTO RYAN JACKSON, THE OTTAWA
CITIZEN

April 28th, 2006

Willie Nelson performed at the Ottawa Civic Centre.
April 28th, 2006.

Photo by RYAN JACKSON, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN,

Barbara Drake, 49, doesnít believe C-sections are the
safest way to go for births. Ryan Jackson/The Ottawa Citizen.

April 27th, 2006

April 24th, 2006

Pictures are FINALLY up of The Taste of Chaos Tour in
Toronto … well … actually only of
Atreyu,
Thrice, and

Deftones since I was working during the day and had to miss most of
the bands. Enjoy!

April 20th, 2006

Three friends watch the sun rise on Lake Ontario in
Toronto early morning Wednesday.

April 19th, 2006

Morning joggers run along the shore line of Lake
Ontario in Toronto.

April 18th, 2006

A woman strikes a return in a tennis game with a
friend in a court near Toronto.

April 17th, 2006

Toronto Raptors’ Morris Peterson, right, drives to the basket against Indiana Pacers Danny Grange during first half NBA action in Toronto Monday, April 17, 2006. (Ryan Jackson/Canadian Press)

Toronto Raptors Jose Calderon, left, and Indiana Pacers Sarunas Jasikevicius chase a loose ball during second half NBA action in Toronto Monday April 17, 2006. The Pacers beat the Raptors 120-95. (Ryan Jackson/Canadian Press)

April 15th, 2006

Toronto Maple Leafs center Kyle Wellwood (42) and
teammate Mats Sundin celebrate a goal during second-period

NHL action against the Ottawa Senators in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday,
April 15, 2006. Leafs won 5-1.

April 14th, 2006

April 13th, 2006

I got to shoot Taste of Chaos last night! I was working late so
I was only able to catch Atreyu, Thrice and Deftones but still not bad!
More pictures will be up in a couple days.

April 12th, 2006

#29 Jamie McLennan of the Florida Panthers deflects a
puck during third period action against the Toronto Maple Leafs April
11th, 2006. Leafs won 5-4.

April 11th, 2006

Activists protest against Canadian Troops in Afghanistan in front of the Royal York Hotel in Toronto April 11th, 2006. General Rick Hilliard, chief of defence staff was speaking on the Canadian Forces in a “new and dangerous world”.

April 10th, 2006

A man walks through the spinning doors of an office
building down town Toronto.

April 9th, 2006

April 8th, 2006

A woman is reflected from a window of a high rise
building on Bay Street in down town Toronto.

April 7th, 2006

Lyle Overbay (#35) of the Toronto Blue Jays looks confused at his bat after hitting a foul ball past right field. April 7th, 2006.

Reed Jognson (#3) of the Toronto Blue jays slides safely into third in the top of the third inning against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays April 7th, 2006. The Rays won 9-8.

April 6th, 2006

Vernon Wells (#10) of the Toronto Blue Jays dives for a ball hit to centre field by Mike Redmond (#55) of the Minnesota Twins in the top of the 7th inning April 6th, 2006. The ball had hit the ground and Redmond made it to first in time. It wasnít time for the Twins though who lost to the Jays 6-3.

Rondell White (#24) of the Minnesota Twins breaks a bat in the top of the sixth inning with a foul ball against the Toronto Blue Jays. April 6th, 2006.

April 5th, 2006

Alexei Ponikarovsky (23) jubilates after scoring a tiebreaking goal with 2:02 left to win the game against the New York Islanders 3-2. Ryan Jackson / The Canadian Press.

April 4th, 2006

Opening Night of Blue Jays Baseball in a game against The Minnesota Twins at Rogers Centre. Jays won 6-3.

April 3rd, 2006

Toronto Maple Leafs against The Buffalo Sabres at Air Canada Centre. Leafs lost in a shootout.

March 2006 Archive

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March 30th, 2006

March 28th, 2006

Firemen practice their hose work during an exercise at
the Belleville Marina.

March 27th, 2006

This is my first time using medium format 2^1/4” x 2^1/4”
film … this picture cost a whole dollar to shoot and process!

………….  I’m going to go and take a thousand free digital
pictures now!

March 22, 2006

Soon I start internships and regularly shooting (and updating) and
then we move to Edmonton!  Summer will be great!

I got a photo pass for Poison the Well in Toronto on April 6th which
will be fun.  I had hoped that when I moved to Ontario I would see
more bands, but the problem is that I’m going to school in a small town
of 50,000 people so unless I drive 90mins to Toronto to see a concert
there aren’t many bands that come though here.

Our teachers are on strike right now. In fact over 9000 college
faculty are on strike in Ontario right now and over 150,000 students are
without school. Since there would have been only 7 more days of class
left anyways the year is pretty much over.

It’s a pretty uneventful end to it all. There are so many students in
my class I know I’ll never see again because everyone just went home
when the strike started and now we won’t get to have that cliché last
day of class to say goodbye to everyone.

I have been staying busy by doing a large freelance job for the
school to make pictures for next year’s student planner but aside from
that … I can’t wait to start working at Canadian Press wire service in
12 days! Wooo!

March 20th, 2006

It’s spring!I saw my first “V” of geese on Monday and it made me smile!

March 17th, 2006

March 15th, 2006

March 14th, 2006

Ok. Now that I am finally caught up with my website,
(everything works now) I can catch you up with my life!

I have been very fortunate to secure a three week
internship at Canadian Press (CP Wire Service) in Toronto starting April
3rd, followed by another three week internship at The Ottawa Citizen,
THEN followed by a 19 week summer job at the Edmonton Sun.

Most importantly that last part means that Ashley and I
are moving back to the west!

The last 7 months have been a wonderful learning and
growing experience for both my education and my life but I can’t wait to
move back to “the west” and live in Edmonton … a mere 5 hour drive
from Saskatoon 

I miss my family, my friends, “the scene”, the music
…. home.  I look forward to seeing you all soon!

……p.s. I’m still in need of a place to stay in
Toronto and Ottawa for 3 weeks each, if anyone reading this is from
those cities and can take me in for 3 weeks please e-mail me. It would
be much appreciated

March 13th, 2006

Scott Stobbart, 37, drives the Zamboni at the Belleville
Bulls arena March 13th, 2006. Stobbart has been driving the Zamboni for
over eight years.

March 8th, 2006

March 7th, 2006

I am doing some major maintenance to this site so if any
Galleries don’t work just come back later.

In the meantime go to
www.punkoryan.com/gallery
if you want to see any pictures.

March 6th, 2006

Pictures are up of
Metric when
they played in Kingston!  Enjoy!

February 2006

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February 28th, 2006

February 24th, 2006

Whatever you do. DON’T go see Date Movie. It was only an
hour long and I didn’t laugh out loud once… and believe me, I LOVE
stupid parody movies.  Booo!

February 22nd, 2006

February 19th, 2006

February 17th, 2006

A woman reaches to drink from the cup during communion
at St. George’s Church in Trenton on Feb. 12th.

February 16th, 2006

February 14th, 2006

Four year old Nicholas Holt pays for a carnation to give
his mother Stacy for Valentines Day at Barbers Flowers on Front Street.
A penny wasn’t quite enough money so his dad Andrew paid the rest.

February 11th, 2006

Minor hockey league players enjoy their favorite
Canadian sport by cheering on The Belleville Bulls (yellow) play The
Ottawa 67ís.

February 10th, 2006

Patrick
Roach a.k.a. Randy the Assistant Trailer Park Supervisor in the TV
series Trailer Park Boys.
Randy is famous for his 45.5″ beer belly.
Season six of Trailer Park boys will air on Showcase in April.

February 9th, 2006

February 8th, 2006

February 7th, 2006

January 2006 Archive

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January 31st, 2006

Molly Barmow (left) and Anne Penn have become longtime
friends. Originally from England and Vancouver respectively, they met at
the Coffee Time coffee shop on Dundas Street two years ago and now meet
here all the time to visit and enjoy life.

Bob Doogan
(left) and Wayne Bertrand have become long time friends. They met at a
music class taught at Loyalist College and have been going for walks and
out for coffee daily ever since.

January 28th, 2006

January 27th, 2006

My film Pictures are up of friends and bands from the
show at the
Bassment on December
30th, 2005. Enjoy!

January 19th ,2006

Pictures are up from
New Years
Eve of The Bisoneer Lodge and Kyle’s house party. Enjoy!

For anyone who is interested, these (along with the 8
more rolls of film still to be developed) were all shot available light
with a 30 year old Pentax K-1000 and a 50mm f1.7 lens. I used Illford
ISO3200 film which is why the photos are so grainy. Enjoy! (I really
enjoyed shooting these!)

January 18th, 2006

Remember when I shot all that film during the Christmas
break? Well I’m finally developing and scanning the pictures.

Check back in a couple days for a few hundred pictures
of ….. you!

January 12, 2006

Aaron Bullock, 12, and Spencer Tilbury, 8, wait for the Toronto Maple
Leafs to come visit them at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Kids. The
Leafs signed jerseys and hockey cards as well played bubble hockey with
the kids.

January 6th, 2006

Greg Stewart (00) of the Thompson Rivers University
Wolfpack goes for a grab against the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.
Despite his prosthetic arm, 7-foot 2-inch Stewart lead TRU scoring 17
points and also grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.

January 5th, 2006

January 4th, 2006

January 3rd, 2006

Tony Kuzub, owner of High Voltage Recording on 2nd Ave
downtown Saskatoon has over 80 microphones in his studio. Each
microphone is suited for different instruments.

January 2nd, 2006

January 1st, 2006

Happy New Year!