13 Oct
Featured

A great day on the Camino

Lesli Christianson-KellowOctober 13, 2020

The first time 70-year-old Ariana Rose Brackenbury walked the Camino de Santiago, there were times when she thought she wouldn’t be able to complete the 780 km trek. But in the end, the excruciating pain of black and blue toes, legs so sore they required medical treatment and sweltering 35-degree heat didn’t stop her from completing the walk in 40 days.

As agonizing as Brackenbury’s experience was, she was drawn back to walk the Camino nine more times.

“I think what the Camino does, is it offers an opportunity to go beyond what you think you can do.” she says, “But, I’m...

9 Sep
Featured

The town that changed Alberta

Wendy PortforsSeptember 9, 2020

The small town of Turner Valley, just 63 kilometres southwest of Calgary, has a history steeped in the petroleum industry, with the development of Canada’s first commercial oilfield that triggered Alberta’s first oil boom in 1914.

This is a historical look at how it all happened:

William Stewart Herron has been referred to as the “Father of Alberta’s Petroleum Industry.” Herron was an Ontario native who spent time in the Pennsylvania oilfields. In 1905, he and his wife relocated to Alberta and bought a ranch in the Okotoks area. To supplement the ranch income, he started a freight and cartage business, mainly...

8 Oct
Current Events

Halloween histories

Andrew McCutcheonOctober 8, 2020

Normally when folks discuss wearing masks in the middle of fall, they tend to be talking about trick-or-treating. With COVID-19, however, we’ve entered an autumn filled with some spooks much scarier than ghosts, goblins or vampires. If you’re like me, you’ve always...

6 Oct
Opinion

How to wake up

David DarnielleOctober 6, 2020

I’m a black coffee kind of guy. I remember being quite a bit younger and my gruff grandpa asking me if I’d like some coffee with my cream and sugar when I first started drinking the stuff, trying to drown out...

5 Oct
Current Events

An epidemic of isolation

Andrew McCutcheonOctober 5, 2020

A recently released report compiled by a Mount Royal University (MRU) student states that older adults in Calgary and the world over are facing an epidemic of isolation. Cindy Calderson, a nursing student at MRU, conducted interviews with elders and faculty...

23 Sep
Money

Day Trading – Not for the faint of heart

Alberta Securities Commission September 23, 2020

The number of novice investors day trading has surged during the coronavirus pandemic. People stuck at home have turned to playing the stock market on trading platforms with the hopes of big returns on their investments. While it has made...

18 Sep
Wellness & Healthy Aging

Auditory issues and mask-wearing

Andrew McCutcheonSeptember 18, 2020

Masks are quickly becoming part of the new normal as more cities are encouraging and legislating their use to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, there are some hidden drawbacks in addition to the slight discomfort and extra heat of...

7 Sep
Wellness & Healthy Aging

The magic of Forest Bathing

Angie FriesenSeptember 7, 2020

As I sit down to write, I am enjoying a beautiful, hot, sunny summer day on my patio, surrounded by several huge pine trees that are well over 50 years old and a wide variety of roses, petunias and daylilies...

3 Sep
Wellness & Healthy Aging

Finding joy in dancing!

Lesli Christianson-KellowSeptember 3, 2020

These days, joining a Zumba exercise class online has become a daily joy for 61-year-old Susan San Agustin. She can participate in classes with some of her favourite instructors from anywhere in her house – the living room, her bedroom...