From Police Outpost To Modern City
What was it like to stand in the middle of a wide open prairie and imagine a city? ~Inscription on Mountie statue overlooking Fort Calgary. The confluence of […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Living Analogue in a Digital World
We live in a digital age. I don’t really need to tell you that, you know. We write emails to our friends, not letters. We write notes on laptops, instead of notebooks, and I doubt […]
Crackmacs: Living Life Anonymously On The Internet
If you have spent any time on social media, and have not heard of Crackmacs, its time you did. The husband and wife team behind the social media account has become a popular alternative source […]
Cold Water Kings
When you think about the sport of surfing you likely picture turquoise water, radiant sunshine, bikinis and board shorts, bronzed bodies, and tropical oases in exotic locales. The City of Calgary, located in one of Canada’s landlocked […]
4 Ways to Embrace “Funemployment”
This post is going to give you a little insight into my life. I, like many other Calgarians, fell victim to those pesky plummeting oil prices and lost my marketing and communications job this spring. […]