I was deeply moved by the project launched in 2011 by the No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation in Edmonton, Alberta. The initiative brings students to cemeteries every November to read veterans’ names aloud and place poppies on their headstones. What began as a local project has grown into a national movement across Canada. (Reference: City News Edmonton) There is something profoundly tender about a young person pausing beside a headstone, speaking a name, and placing a po

It is a new month once again, and at the start of each month I like to showcase what was going on in the community one century ago. These events in November 1926 helped build the community that exists today. The month began with Bishop Gray conducting formal services to consecrate St. Saviour’s Anglican Church. The church was built 20 years earlier, but was relieved of its debt only a few weeks previous. On Nov. 4, the Ladies’ Aid of the First United Church held a sample sal

Back in the 1960’s my dad, two of my uncles, a couple of my siblings and myself rounded up our cattle out of the bush in the Battle River hills in the fall to trail home for winter feeding. Those were the days my friends. The smell of fall rode in the air with us; dust rising in soft clouds, horse sweat sharp and salty, leather warming under the sun. Saddles creaked with every shift and step, and cattle bawled for their calves. It was like heaven on earth. In those years, Dad

Back in October 1933, a group of children were about to take a trip to Winnipeg to attend a new school that was built. The children, Leona Brett, Slawka Makohonyk, Olga Kuluk, Donna Eva, and John and Katie Kuznurich were all deaf. Their destination was the Winnipeg School for the Deaf. Four of the children were orphans, while the other children were had parents in the area. Typically when a child went off to school somewhere, it didn’t get much notice in town. This was to be

You can make your own wraps for tortillas. These wraps can also be used for making wrap type sandwiches, with cold cuts, lettuce, mayo, tomatoes ect. The trick is getting the pan the right temp, and once you figure it out, write down the setting for your stove, and pan in the recipe. Soft Tortilla Wraps 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 cup hot water Add the flour into a bowl, add the olive oil, and ten pour on the hot water. Stir until formed into a dough ball. Whil