The smallest of Canada’s diving ducks, and perhaps the scarcest one in the nation as well, the Bufflehead is truly a striking wildfowl species. Known as a sea...
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Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy
He’s Diving in the Buff!
Columnists - Chantelle de Jonge
Budget 2025
Last week, Alberta’s government introduced Budget 2025 with the theme “Meeting the Challenge”. As Alberta navigates economic uncertainty and a rapidly growing...
Columnists - Vamini Selvanandan
Albertans deserve better health care now
Over half a million Albertans don’t have a family doctor, stressed families are waiting for hours in the emergency room with sick children, and frail seniors...
Columnists - Chantelle de Jonge
Alberta’s government is advancing a midwifery strategy
Alberta’s government is advancing a midwifery strategy to attract more midwives and improve access to maternal health services across Alberta. As of January...
Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy
Taking a Tern on the Dance Floor
While fly fishing from a float tube in the early 1990s on East Dollar Lake, located north of Valleyview, Alberta, I was fortunate enough to witness two...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Gose Riders in the Sky
I recently made a day trip to Drumheller to show off the badlands and dinosaur museum to some visitors from out of town, and after learning all about the...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Nibbles and Nebbiolo
Looking for a last-minute bottle of wine while en route to a dinner party last week, my local bottle shop just happened to have a wine rep pouring samples from...
Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy
The Big & The Beautiful
May canoe paddle of Long Bay, a popular part of Cold Lake, provided an opportunity to enjoy the company of waterfowl. With my entry-level Canon Rebel paired...
Columnists - Chantelle de Jonge
Alberta Disability Assistance Program
Families should not have to choose between receiving support and pursuing a meaningful career. All Albertans have incredible potential and deserve...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
40 Beers for 40 Years
ooking back four decades, I can dimly recall that 1985 was quite the year. Madonna and Huey Lewis were on the top of the charts. Cheers and the Golden Girls...
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