Life and Lifestyle
By Jennifer Henderson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On Sunday Aug. 29, young Alberta entrepreneurs served up cool glasses of lemonade for a good cause, raising funds for the Stollery Children’s Hospital. For Kisti-Lee German and her family, the day was personal. After spending months in this hospital with her micro-preemie, German found out about Lemonade Stand Day and knew she had to…
By Tom Summer, Local Journalism Initiative The Northern Rockies Fire Department has had a quiet season this summer, but continues to keep busy training and serving the community. Deputy Fire Chief Hayward Sheppard says two challenges when it comes to firefighting are the small community and the amount of area the department covers. “You’re always working with a small group, and you…
Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader The Swan River First Nation council believes in “putting the Indian back into the child,” said SRFN chief Gerald Giroux at the mini powwow during SRFN’s culture camp. This is in response to a famous quote about the goal of Indian Residential Schools to ‘take the Indian out of the child.’ In the grand entry, at the mini…
By Spencer Kemp, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Moosomin Labyrinth is now open for the public to use. Carol Adair, who came up with the idea for the Labyrinth and presented it to Moosomin town council, says that the labyrinth provides an opportunity to take time and reflect while walking through it. “It felt good. I was happy, really happy to see…
Submitted ‘Jazz evangelist’ Tim Tamashiro performs in Slave Lake on Sept. 10. He was due to play here last year, but the whole Stage North concert series was shot, due to COVID. Stage North recently announced its revived line-up for 2021/22 at Slave Lake’s Legacy Centre, and Tamashiro gets it started. Tamashiro supports jazz artists throughout Canada and around the world,…
By John Watson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Calgary-based board game designer and publisher visited Strathmore over the weekend to host a demo of his upcoming game at Hob’s Hobbies. Matthew Killeen is working to generate some excitement in the board game community local to Calgary and the surrounding area over The Adventures of Tennessee James. Game demos have been hosted in…
By Hannah Scott, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The city is hoping to add more community gardens to address the long waiting list of interested residents, and is looking for public feedback. “These gardens build community by bringing people together to share their gardening knowledge and stories. The numerous benefits derived from community gardens deem them special places and the city would like…
Robyn PerkinsLSLBO Bander-in-Charge Despite the often windy and sometimes raining weather hampering bird activity and frequently keeping our mist-nets closed, it has been an exciting week for the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory. Tennessee warblers continue to migrate south in large flocks and with 1,160 banded so far, we are creeping closer to banding almost double the previous fall record of…
By David Venn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Two days before hunters from Baker Lake caught a 14-metre bowhead whale for their community, they almost gave up. They had been stationed at Naujaat’s elders cabin for nearly three weeks, a few crew members had left because of personal matters and their hunt was impeded by rainy, stormy weather — morale was low. “We…
By Serena Lapointe, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Whitecourt Woodlands Rodeo took over the Eagle River Casino rodeo grounds at the Westward Hall on August 21 and 22. The weekend event put on by the Whitecourt & District Agricultural Society was a welcomed sight for both attendees and participants. Society president Malcolm Heaven said it was about time. “Our usual time for…
