26 Jun
Featured

The ironing board

Barbara EllisJune 26, 2020

Today’s the day, I can’t put it off any longer. I have to get that ironing done. With all the determination I could muster, I wrestled my ironing board out of the cupboard and dragged it into the living room.

The ironing board resisted and would not co-operate as I tried to open it up and stand it on its leg. Guess you are getting to be as old as me, I thought, but I am not replacing you, you will just have to wait me out until someone tosses you in some re-cycle bin.

I look at the old thing and...

14 Jun
Featured

Tiny homes for Canada’s larger-than-life heroes

Sheila AddiscottJune 14, 2020

In November, on Remembrance Day, we remember those who have given their lives in service for Canada. Nevertheless, there are thousands of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) veterans who return after their service who struggle to find their way home.

Calgary-based Homes for Heroes Foundation has tackled this issue head-on, and this November is opening Canada’s first village of tiny homes in Calgary, providing an innovative and caring solution to homelessness among veterans.

The Homes for Heroes Foundation was the idea of Murray McCann and co-founded with Dave Howard in response to the growing number of military veterans struggling to reenter civilian life...

4 May
Featured

I badly needed a job, in a well-heated office!

Jaroslav MariaMay 4, 2020

January 2020 was the fifty-first anniversary of my first and only employment interview for any job. It was an experience probably never to be repeated by anyone as hiring practices have changed so much over the decades. Businesses have indisputably...

7 Apr
Lou Lamy
Featured | Opinion

Lou Lamy and 1st Canadian Parachutes

Andrew Glen McCutcheonApril 7, 2020

Lucien “Lou” Lamy was born in northern Manitoba in 1925. He served in the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in World War Two. Every year, his group of former paratroopers would meet on the anniversary of D-Day in June to commemorate...

1 Jan
Wellness & Healthy Aging

A Carmen Red Jaguar

Tim JohnstonJanuary 1, 2020

On a country drive a couple of years ago, I happened along the streets of Blackie, Alberta, searching for photographic opportunities. Glancing down an alley, I spotted the tail end of a Carmen red Jaguar XK-E, a British sports car...