Mountain Top Experience: The meaning of home
By Eleanor Deckert I counted. By the time I was 30 years old, I had lived in 12 houses. If you add in the dormitory, grandparents, live-in-nanny jobs, tents, summer camp, hospital, and relatives, also […]
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Food camp gets kids pumped about local food
By Jean Ann Berkenpas For a week in the middle of July a group of children from the McBride area spend their mornings learning about food: growing it, preparing it, and of course eating it […]
Cross Continent Cycle for Cancer
By ANDREA ARNOLD Imagine you are a college student at the University of Texas in Austin Texas, when someone approaches you and asks you to dedicate the next two years raising money for and spreading […]
Wonderful things to do (with kids) in the Robson Valley!
By Jean Ann Berkenpas While it may feel like summer has just started, there are only seven weeks left until kids are back in school. Make the best of the time left for some family […]
Our Home and Chosen Land
Eleanor Deckert reflects on the nature of belonging in an adopted country By Eleanor Deckert I didn’t want to lie. So, for many years, I closed my mouth and did not sing the four syllables […]
Remmelg retires after 36 Years
By ANDREA ARNOLD In the summer of 1983, Laverne Remmelg (then Clostio) caught a ride to McBride from Prince George with the new McBride Secondary principal Brian Janson. The Janson’s were looking at real estate […]
I remember when: The Bookmarker
By Joan Nordli In the summer of 1945 – end of WWII – the Price family of Coleman, Crowsnest Pass, AB, ventured off to Banff’s Veterans’ Hospital to visit our Dad, Jack Price. My dad, […]
World War II veterans: Their sacrifice honoured in ice, stone & water
By Andru McCracken Seventy-five years after D-Day, a turning point in the Second World War, Canadians are remembering the sacrifices made by a generation, close to Valemount a mountain, glacier and creek mark the extraordinary […]
Wide Open World: family takes adventure to heart
By Jean Ann Berkenpas A local family of three is out to explore their world and share those adventures with their community through photography and writing. Ruby Hogg, Kyle Beeson and their eight-year-old daughter Gaia […]
Maintaining your child’s bike: the essentials
By Jean Ann Berkenpas Spring has sprung, the weather has warmed up, and children and adults alike are eager to get out on their bikes. It is easy to forget what condition the bikes were put […]
Eleanor Deckert: many hands in rescue
By Eleanor Deckert Goofing around in the water is an adventure for every kid in the summertime. Jumping. Daring. Splashing. Flirting. Maybe a bonfire. Maybe skinny dipping. Maybe a rope swing. Shouting and laughing, kids […]