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Archive for Category: "In Profile"
Awe Chucks – Jason Glass
Rooting around the unconventional life of western-bred Jason Glass, one gets a clear picture of three distinct compartments in this man’s heart: his family, his horses and an inherent passion for the rip-roar’n hell-raising sport of chuckwagon racing. By Pat Fream Photos by Neville Palmer There was a time when Jason Glass was outside from [...]
Music, Art and Alberta Light
When Neel De Wit-Wibaut talks about her life she recalls the friends, the music and the painting, everything else falls away. There is little talk of her Dutch heritage that includes witnessing and surviving war and liberation in the early 1940s. She does not draw attention to her career, marriage or immigration to Canada. Few [...]
Zoe + Bailey, a screenplay
Starring (in order of appearance): Bailey Kerluke (as himself), Zoe Slusar (as herself) and Peter Worden (as the interviewer and voiceover/narrator) Setting: A short-film set, at night, in the treasure-like –and so tiny one might overlook it –Town of Black Diamond. The scene opens at a place called The Stop, a cultural hotspot bustling with [...]
Modern Ranch Family
Through teamwork and family ties the future of the Canadian beef industry is in the hearts and hands of those who are making this proud way of life work in this modern age. By Veronica Kloiber Photo by Neville Palmer Luke Ball, a fourth generation cattleman, sits at his kitchen table drinking coffee, his wife [...]
Livin’ the Sweet Life
High River sisters tunr family recipes in a widespread Crave – a cookie and a cupcake chain, featuring old family recipes made from pure ingredients and a heaping helping of farm girl fortitude. By Pat Fream Photos by Neville Palmer Driving tractor, mucking out stalls and showing quarter horses – hardly the most common prerequisites [...]
The Art, Craft and Science of Lutherie
Amid the sounds of sanding, the smell of hardwoods, and a peaceful small town setting, fine, handcrafted guitars are born. By Pat Fream Q: What exactly is a luthier and what does your craft entail? A: A luthier (pronounced loo-ti-er) is a maker and repairer of wooden stringed instruments. In the past it meant a [...]
Calum Graham: The End of the Beginning
In the jungle of artists after the limelight, it’s those who don’t wane who get big. By Peter Worden Photos by Neville Palmer Locally, he needs no introduction. Mention just his first name in these parts and automatically people know you’re referring to the 20-year-old, bright-eyed, frosted-tipped, wunderkind guitarist, Calum Graham. Nationally, he has broken [...]
What the World Needs Now – Is a Few More Blacksmiths (a lament for wrought iron.)
These days, blacksmithing seems akin in antiquarianism to a job in the fur trade or a car dealership selling only Model Ts. But for one of the last remaining master blacksmiths in the country, it says we are truly a people disconnected from the elements – earth, water, wind, fire – and our past. By Peter Worden Martin [...]
At the Heart of Holmes
Contrary to public opinion, Mike Holmes never believed he was destined to become a contractor, let alone a Canadian icon in the construction industry, but from the age of six, and by virtue of his father’s influence, he was constantly fixing or building something. Never at a loss for words or ideas, this natural born [...]
Matts Zoumer: A Life of Hobbies
Look up and all around and you’ll find the Zman’s work everywhere. From the caricatures on ceiling tiles in the Twin Cities Bar in Longview, and on business windows all over Calgary during Stampede, in carvings, on walls, and even in his self published books. By Sandra Wiebe Around here, most people know Matts for [...]
