Sculpting a Legacy
Just as Alberta’s oil riches can be chalked up to a stroke of geological luck, the abundance of ceramic artists in Alberta is in large part thanks to the bountiful clay reserves in the area [...]
Amber Bowerman
Amber Bowerman
The Quill is Gone
Olivia Hannigan takes my pen in her hand and writes her name on a piece of lined notepaper. The ‘O’ is big and round and confident, the ‘l’ a tall, narrow loop. The double ‘n’ in her last name is [...]
The Trash of Two Cities
The old adage says that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. In Alberta, it turns out that one city’s garbage is another city’s great accomplishment. Alberta’s two largest cities have taken [...]
Bright Lights, Little City
Paul Gelineau has directed and performed for such prestigious groups as the Canadian Opera Company and the Roehampton Institute in London. He is president of Fight Directors Canada and was the [...]
Head of the Virtual Class
Debbie Jabbour hasn’t attended a single lecture in her three years as a psychology student. In fact, she hasn’t gone to a class, lecture or lab. When she sits down to study for an upcoming exam [...]
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The Plans to Strip-Mine Coal in the Mountains
It looks like spectacular wild country, but some see it more as a big money sandwich.
The top layer of that sandwich is comprised of alpine grasses, forget-me-nots and stonecrop, glacier lilies and ancient, brave pines whose branches have been gnarled and weathered by centuries of wind. In summer, solitaires and ...
Herd Memory
On a cold day in February, I flew over the tightly knit stands of black spruce and jack pine in northwestern Alberta, straining my eyes below, eager to catch sight of a woodland caribou. My dad, a wildlife biologist, called them the “grey ghosts” of the boreal. Woodland caribou have ...
An Environmentalist’s Case for Beef
“…If you knew how meat was made, you’d probably lose your lunch. I know; I’m from cattle country, and that’s why I became a vegetarian. Meat stinks, and not just for animals but for human health and the environment.”
That was Alberta singer-songwriter k.d. lang, in a 1990 television spot for ...