January/February

January! A new year. An exciting time for new beginnings but, in Alberta, also a great time to stay indoors, complete projects or search magazines for great ideas. After the tree comes down and the glitter is boxed up for another year I look at what’s left behind and I want to paint, rearrange or [...]

Zoe Slusar and Bailey Kerluke are thrilled to announce their 6th annual screening event to the community and encourage everyone to come out for an afternoon or evening of free, fun, imaginative, hilarious and entertaining shorts! DVD’s of all Untitled Productions previous and current works will be for sale at the event at special screening [...]

Stories not soon forgotten…

If a picture paints a thousand words, then a photo album captures countless moments. In the past, it was often women who photographed and wrote about these moments: daily events that significantly impacted their lives – both as individuals and as an integral part of Alberta’s social landscape. By Mary Savage For the first time, [...]

Craft: Christmas Window Angel

Time required: Under 2 hours to make – 24 hours to dry. Level of challenge: Easy – perfect for kids! Material: Window cling paint in the following colours: gold, white, peach, and crystal clear. Also window cling outliner paint in gold. Iridescent glitter Stable acetate foil Needle – for making holes A nylon string – [...]

Routes Salutes! High River Hospital Auxiliary

The High River Hospital Auxiliary – Celebrating 40 years of phenomenal fundraising! They are the unsung heroes – volunteers no less – raising funds for new surgical equipment, critical care items, furniture, beds, and even programs offered at the High River Hospital! This year the High River Hospital Auxiliary is celebrating its 40 Year Anniversary, [...]

November-December 2011

“With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.” -Thomas Foxwell Buxton I feel very honoured to have Calum Graham on the cover of this issue. What an inspiration for all of us. Regardless of how great or small we feel our talents are, in the end, I believe it’s the passion, dedication and [...]

Support your High Rive Fire Department

Support your local fire department by buying a 2012 calendar featuring High River’s own brave, hard working men and women. Your $20 goes towards the building a new training facility for the department. Great Christmas gift idea or stocking stuffer.   Photographed by local photographers.

Look what I found: Boom Boom Cards!

“Be the change you want to see in the world”, Ghandi might have coined the phrase but you can actually do something today! I found this little treasure at Sundara in Okotoks, possibly the only store for hundreds of miles selling decks of good deeds. As soon as you register your deck, Boom Boom! gives [...]

From The Editor Fall, 2011

This fall issue is a marker for three years of bringing Routes magazine to the foothills! I am proud of the product and all the staff who work so hard to make it happen. Putting together this issue for you started a bit earlier than normal. Writer, Mary Savage began in January, to arrange a [...]

Running – (on purpose) for a cause.

by Bert Coates The minute I finished running my first and last marathon race (the Labatt’s Ottawa event some years back) — I made myself a promise –“never again”. So why at age 63 why am I striding in a crowd of 600+ runners wearing underwear and grinning like Cheshire cats. Crazy IDEA and it [...]