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 [...]

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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 [...]

The Black Pearl versus the Baja

The Mexican 1000 isn’t all about the win. It’s about dust, speed and trophies but more than that it’s about camaraderie. Racers always stop to help another team in a bind. Lady Luck seldom visits this far off the beaten path and it could easily be your ass sunk in the sands. Story and images [...]

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 [...]

Get close to Venus and Jupiter!

Come see the two brightest planets side-by-side in the night sky on March 12th. Beginning at 8:15 PM, members of the Big Sky Astronomical Society will have telescopes set up at Emerson Lake (weather permitting) to allow the public to view these planets up close. This planet pairing will surely catch your eye, so don’t [...]

6 Consumer Tech Trends to Watch for in 2012

Photos and Story By Zac Bolan Global technology manufacturers, buyers, sellers and press converged at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to salivate over two million square feet of the very latest gear and gadgets. Held annually in Las Vegas, CES has become the preeminent trendsetting event for consumer technology. This year the designers of [...]

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 [...]