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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Part 2: A Tribute to Charlie Russell
I knew about ranching back in the 1980s. Ranchers were the bad guys who killed off bears and whose cattle trashed their habitat. Like most environmentalists of the day, I got my insights from urban-based environmental groups. In Alberta’s ranch country the story seemed almost always to be about conflict ...
Part 1: A Tribute to Charlie Russell
Charlie Russell loved to fly, and he seldom phoned first those times when he would fly his Kolb ultralight airplane north from Hawk’s Nest ranch on the boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park, to our “ranchette” near the Crowsnest Pass. We would hear the thrum of the plane’s Rotax motor ...
AURA OF POWER: An Alberta Election Game
To download a printable version of the game rules click here.
OBJECT OF THE GAME
The goal is to win a majority of Alberta’s 87 seats (i.e., at least 44) and, with them, raw, unchecked power for four long years.
In a minority situation, a party leader can win the election if they successfully ...