All Along the Watchtower

Alberta’s lookout staff are part of one of the oldest and best methods of fire detection. However, it’s more than protecting the wilderness that keeps so many of these modern nomads coming back year after year.

• Climate Change
• Conservation
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Hamas, Herbicide, Hinton, Museums, Prince Edward Island, Rocky Mountain House, Romance, Veterans

February 1, 2006

Memory of the Hive

Desperate for summer weather, the girls had their white bellies exposed from the hems of their skimpy shirts to the tops of their jeans. Between downpours, the night air was humid.

• Original Fiction

Tags: Motherhood

Alberta’s Grizzly Century

Grizzly bears are important both as a symbol of Alberta’s rugged wilderness and as an ecological indicator. But are we willing to save the grizzlies from our own intrusion into their territory?

• Feature
• Wildlife

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Bear Management, Bears, Bison, Boreal Forest, Canada, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canmore, City Funding, Eastern Slopes, Forests, Gordon Stenhouse, Grizzly Bears, Hinton, Idaho, Parks Canada, Population, Railroad, Rocky Mountains, Sid Marty, Transit, Urban Development

December 1, 2005

The Calling

Short Story Contest Winner 2005

• Original Fiction
• Short Story Contest Winner

Tags: North Saskatchewan River, Ponoka

I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas

A family is more than consumers

• Economy
• Environment
• Feature

Tags: Anthropologist, Christmas, Consumerism, Cycling

Who You Callin’ Cultured?

Who You Callin’ Cultured? The arts are viewed as a “frill” by many in Alberta. Which isn’t to say we have no culture of our own. But how do we begin to encourage something that makes us so uneasy?

• Arts
• Culture
• Economy
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Ballet, Alberta Police, Alberta Views, Aritha van Herk, Arts Funding, Atlantic, Ballet, Boreal Forest, Capital Projects, Chris Cran, Chuckwagons, Corb Lund, Emilio Picariello, Filumena, Forests, Ian Tyson, Protestant, Racism, RStar, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Terri Clark, Translation

A Trip Around the Bus Loop

1950s Windsor Park was a “perfect place” to grow up.

• Culture
• Education
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Ballet, Floor Crossing, Leduc, North Saskatchewan River, Persons Case, Public Schools, Teacher Strike, Windsor Park

October 1, 2005

What Really Makes Us Sick

Despite evidence that social factors impact our health, the Alberta government promotes personal responsibility over enlightened public policy.

• Feature
• Healthcare

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Canada, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Casinos, Chinook, Community Support, Diabetes, Food Security, Mavericks, Mazankowski Report, Natural Resources Conservation Board, Parkland Institute, Social Assistance

Warehouses for Seniors

Alberta’s seniors and their advocates are calling for changes to long-term care. Is our government listening?

• Feature
• Healthcare

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Audit, Auditor General, Camrose, Dental Care, Geriatric Healthcare, Lac La Biche, Long-Term Care, Nursing, Palliative Care, Quality of Life, Registered Nurse