Archive for Category: "Lead Story"
Routes Road Trip
Come cheer Calum Graham For The WIN! Saturday, February 4th, join us for the Routes Road Trip. $25 includes a fun bus ride to and from the event AND food and drinks.
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 [...]
Rock & Rollers – Not your Momma’s Social Club
By day she may be your check-out girl at Safeway, an honour student in the faculty of business or a physiotherapist at your neighbourhood clinic. In the evenings she laces up her roller skates, dons a superhero getup, goes by a badass name, and takes her place in a rowdy roller derby pack. By Pat [...]
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 [...]
Good Dawg!
Ask Jordan Procyshen where he’d be if he’d never heard of Dawgs baseball and he will tell you – probably at home on the couch. Entering the academy five years ago, he was a self-described short, stubby kid with no athleticism, just “a mind for the game.” By Peter Worden Baseball culture in Alberta is [...]
Summer Recipes
Grilled Caesar Salad Print: Grilled Caesar Salad Ingredients: 3 romaine lettuce hearts cut in half – keep stem ends attached 12 slices of bacon diced and cooked until crispy (save drippings) 4 slices of thick whole wheat bread ½ cup Parmesan cheese grated into large flakes Caesar salad dressing (recipe follows) Method: Heat bacon [...]
