Writing Alberta: Building on a Literary Identity
Edited by George Melnyk and Donna Coates
The Tortured Wallet
…and the ear-splitting cry.
Where Leaders Matter More Than Party
The summer of 2017 saw big changes in Alberta party politics. The Progressive Conservatives, which had governed the province from 1971 to 2015 and established a Canadian record for longevity, [...]
The Heavy Bear
Every author has a verb. Munro dazzles, Morrison provokes, Atwood survives. Tim Bowling, quite simply, writes. The man’s laptop doubles as a conveyor belt; to date (and I may already be behind by [...]
Ice and Fire
Celebrating Waterton’s renewal.
In Focus: Cheryl Foggo’s John Ware
At the Bar U Ranch National Historic Site south of Longview they tell a story about John Ware. The Black cowboy and rancher, a former slave in the US, was hired in 1882 to help bring 3,000 cattle [...]
Fixing Foster Care
Solutions through an Aboriginal lens
When Things Fall Apart
How quickly family caregiving can go south
Health Advocacy Inc.:
How Pharmaceutical Funding Changed the Breast Cancer Movement
Rising Abruptly
Gisèle Villeneuve’s works straddle languages, informed by her native Montreal and by Alberta, where she has lived for nearly 40 years. Her last novel, Visiting Elizabeth, was a hybrid [...]