History
Vintage Photos of Mount Norquay in Banff
Mount Norquay was named in honour of Manitoba’s Premier, John Norquay, who held office from 1878 to 1887. The first ski runs on the mountain can be traced back to 1926, with the ski lodge […]
Alberta
Local Business
Homegrown Business: BeerGuys
Our Homegrown Business feature this week is The BeerGuys. They began in 2016 as a marketing & promotions group for the local craft beer industry, and to help drive traffic for local businesses. This led […]
Lifestyle
Wild Jobs: Public Safety Rescue Specialist
This past fall I was attending a professional development day in the Bow Valley that was specifically for Outdoor Educators. One of the guest speakers was Jeff MacPherson, a Rescue Specialist with Kananaskis Public Safety. […]
Local Business
Homegrown Business: Kin+Pod Chocolate
This week our chosen Homegrown Business is Kin + Pod, an Alberta Company dedicated to making exceptional chocolate from Bean to Bar. They care about where the beans come from and who’s producing them. They […]
Lifestyle
Kaleidoscope the Cat is looking for a new home in the Calgary area
Hello there, my name is Kaleidoscope! I’m a beautiful girl with a colourful personality. I can become overstimulated so let’s take things slow to ensure we have a long and happy life together, okay? I […]
Charity
Charitable Choices: Alberta Ecotrust Foundation
Our chosen Charitable Choices feature this week is Alberta Ecotrust who are committed to addressing Alberta’s environmental issues and working with the community to invest in and support projects involving water, land use and climate […]
History
Historic Photos of Waterfalls from Alberta
What is it about a waterfall that draws us in? Is it the unbridled power? The constant motion? The indescribable beauty? Some combination of all of them? Whatever it is, waterfalls have an innate ability […]
Lifestyle
Wild Jobs: Hiking Guide
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.” […]
History
Historic Photos of Glaciers from the Canadian Rockies
At their most basic, glaciers are concentrations of fallen snow that are compressed over many years into large masses of ice. Glaciers form when more snow accumulates in an area than can melt in a […]
Lifestyle
Wild Jobs Part Twenty: Park Warden
“It had been a long day. Ed’s fifty-seven winters combined with the warm sun of later afternoon weighed heavily on his eyelids, so he drowsed in the saddle, riding with a slack rein. Sometimes he […]