Lifestyle
Wild Jobs: Ice Fishing Guide
Just because the weather is colder and the lakes are frozen, doesn’t mean your fishing season has to come to an end. You’ll just need to adjust your approach before hitting the hard water. Ice […]
Lakes
History
Old Photographs of Fishing in Alberta
Here in southern Alberta we have access to world-class trout fishing in the Bow River. People come from all over the world to fish the cool, clear water for some of the largest and hardest-fighting […]
History
Vintage Photos of Ice Fishing from Across Alberta
They say the trickiest part of ice fishing is the casting! All joking aside, ice fishing is a treasured winter pastime for many Albertans and is a way of extending their fishing season throughout the […]
Lifestyle
Wild Jobs: Kiteboarding Instructor
I can still distinctly remember the first time I saw the sport of kiteboarding. It was all the way back in 2005 and I was vacationing in the Dominican Republic. We were hanging out on […]
History
Vintage Photographs of the Canoe from across Alberta
“In the history of watercraft, the canoe of the Aboriginal Peoples is perhaps the ultimate expression of elegance and function. All its parts come from nature, and when it is retired, it returns to nature.” […]
Lifestyle
Wild Jobs Part Eighteen: Paddleboard Guide
The very first story I published when I started writing for the Calgary Guardian back in 2014 was all about stand-up paddleboarding (SUP). More specifically, how one could change their perspective on the traditional mode […]
History
Lake of the Little Fishes
Lake Louise, one of the most photographed and visually stunning lakes in the world, needs no formal introduction, but are you aware of how the lake became so popular? The lake was officially “discovered” in […]
Lifestyle
Gone Fishin’
“I fish because I love to: because the environs where trout are found are invariably beautiful, because trout do not lie or cheat and cannot be bought or bribed but respond only to quietude and […]
Lifestyle
What’s SUP?
With the recent snowfall we’ve had in Calgary, imagining yourself in an aquatic environment decked out in your swimsuit might be difficult, but floating the Bow is a traditional summer pastime for many Calgarians. Growing up […]