Fitness
Beakerhead Revisited – Yoga in a Sandbox
Lying with my head in a sandpit in Fort Calgary, I couldn’t help but ask existential questions like how did I get here? Why did I decide this was a good idea? The answer to […]
Year: 2015
Charity
Five Alternative Holiday Giving Ideas
The holidays are a time of giving, and the endless options can be overwhelming to many. On top of the heavily-marketed and well-known campaigns, there are many other places and things to donate you might […]
Lifestyle
Of Feminism, Nerds, Tech and Sarcasm: Meet the Women Behind NerdLab YYC
When Hannah Sanford, Heather Tovey and Jenn Fitzgerald started a Meetup group last November for ‘intersectional feminist nerds who work in tech’, they expected to draw in (at most) thirty to fifty members. Imagine their surprise […]
Alberta Travel
Five Tours That Will Show You A Whole New Side Of Calgary
As a local, sometimes it’s easy to let parts of your city go unnoticed. Whether your eyes are always glued to the ground as you quickly walk through downtown, or if you never stray from […]
Health
Why Calgarians Are Susceptible To SAD, And Tips For Treatment
Holiday season has just begun, and there are still a few months of winter left for us to weather (pardon the pun). Unfortunately, while we might be great at dealing with cold weather, our position […]
Arts
Tom Wayman’s New Collection Captures Complexities of B.C.’s Interior
Award-winning author and poet Tom Wayman will be launching his new collection of short stories, The Shadows We Mistake for Love, on Tuesday, November 3 at Shelf Life Books. The stories, connected by geography, each detail the lives of […]
Lifestyle
Wild Jobs Part Four: Search & Rescue
In the early 1990’s it was identified there was need for organized search and rescue (SAR) in Alberta to search for lost/missing persons in wilderness settings. The response started at the grass roots level and […]
Lifestyle
Enter The Rat’s Nest: Caving in the Bow Valley
I found myself in a precarious position. Lying on my stomach, face in the dirt, sandwiched between limestone on all sides. Swallowed in darkness, except for the beam of light projecting from my headlamp. Moments […]
Community
Twitter Meetups: Get to Know Your Followers
I love Twitter. It is a perfect way to keep up with what my favorite people are up to, and all the happenings around the world. And recently, it is become the place to make […]
History
Searching For Wild Bill
“I headed downslope to where the cubs were feeding and came up at them, hoping to scare them into one or another of my mining shafts for protection. It worked perfectly, as they ran for […]