28 Aug
Featured

Lightning struck

Amanda BorysAugust 28, 2023

 Sprites, elves, and blue jets. Gnomes, trolls, pixies, blue starters, and upward super bolts! All the ingredients for a good fairy tale or — a bad storm!?!

All of these are forms of high-altitude lightning, but the most dangerous for people is sheet lightning.

In Canada, 90 per cent of lightning-related deaths have occurred in four provinces – Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. And about 85 per cent of those deaths were men.

Calgary has seen its share of electrified demises.

In 1915 sweethearts Charles Tawse and May Swindell were struck down at an intersection in Mount Royal, while Staff Sergeant Bossange of the...

17 Aug
Featured

One Hundred and Eleven Days

Andrew McCutcheonAugust 17, 2023

50 years of history is a long, long time.

Most of the historical stories we have covered have gone back into the archives, but this one focuses on something a bit more recent. It is unique because it is the only time in 50 years that Kerby Centre has closed its doors.

People may be sick of hearing about it, but COVID-19 changed the world over, and Kerby Centre was no exception. Even now, the remnants of the virus still loom in the background, but after three years, since seemingly have returned to some semblance of normalcy.

But those were a long three...

1 Feb
Featured | Wellness & Healthy Aging

Linus and his blanket

David DarnielleFebruary 1, 2021

The holidays are now long past and we’re full steam ahead into 2021. I know I’m not the only one that’s happy to see 2020 gone and done with, but the holidays always leave trace thoughts with me long after they’ve...

27 Jan
Featured | Wellness & Healthy Aging

Friendship in the modern age

Barbara EllisJanuary 27, 2021

Friends are very special people. Over time, they weave themselves into our lives and become our other family. Sometimes they only stay for a short time, and sometimes they remain in our lives for years, even decades. Friends complete us....

26 Jan
Featured | Money

Top investment risks in 2021

Alberta Securities Commission January 26, 2021

The year 2020 will long be remembered for its challenges. Global crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic, can create great investment opportunities, but can also create emotional and stressful situations that are often exploited by fraudsters looking to scam you out...

11 Jan
Featured

Your garden wish book

Deborah Maier January 11, 2021

Do you remember the Sears Wish Book? The arrival of the current issues of garden seed and plant catalogues is just as exciting!  There’s the breathless anticipation of what new and wonderful things are contained inside—eager to crack the catalogue...

5 Jan
Current Events | Featured

New year, old resolutions

Barbara EllisJanuary 5, 2021

Here I go again: another new year but same old resolutions. It’s time to clean house and get rid of things I have hung on to for far too long. It’s time to reduce the clothes in my closet, things...

29 Dec
Featured

For auld lang syne?

David DarnielleDecember 29, 2020

Should auld acquaintance be forgotAnd never brought to mind? What in gods name does that even mean? The tune and melody are familiar to most who celebrate the New Year, having heard the tune to Auld Lang Syne growing up for decades...

17 Dec
Featured

Pinball wizardry

Angie FriesenDecember 17, 2020

My love of pinball all began with Sesame Street. While each episode featured a number and letter of the day, there would be a fun pinball animation for each episode featuring the numbers two to 12 — it wasn’t noted why...

15 Dec
Featured | Money

How financially fit are you?

Alberta Securities CommissionDecember 15, 2020

The New Year has arrived and while health and fitness resolutions easily come to mind, have you considered how financially fit you are? Undue stress from your finances can have a negative impact on your health and wellbeing, but there...