We’ve had some exceptionally cold days this Edmonton winter and while we love the snow, we sometimes need a reminder that warmer days are on their way. Luckily, our spring…
“Odia literature is a treasure trove for translators, but not many venture into this field.” The work of the women writers of Odisha, India contributes to an ongoing dialogue concerning…
“Cupcakes. The end is clearly near,” says Anthony Bourdain in an episode of The Layover. It’s clear, the man hates cupcakes. But what’s so bad about cupcakes and what does…
Although winter doesn’t officially start for another few weeks, we’ve already donned our toques and mitts and parkas. Here in Edmonton, the snow has finally started falling and we’re celebrating the…
On CBC’s As It Happens, Phil Plait, an astronomer and science writer, called Donald Trump’s plans to cut NASA’s climate change research “a horrible, horrible plan that will spell nothing…
In 1949, as a seven-year-old boy, Arthur Bear Chief was pulled from his family home to attend residential school. From his dorm room at Old Sun Residential School near Gleichen,…
This is part 4 of a week-long series featuring Arthur Bear Chief’s memoir My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell. This post features an excerpt from the memoir….
This is part 3 of a week-long series featuring Arthur Bear Chief’s memoir My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell. When Arthur and the Merchant Law Group brought…
This is part 1 of a week-long series featuring Arthur Bear Chief’s memoir My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell. This post features an excerpt from the Afterword,…
This is part 2 of a week-long series featuring Arthur Bear Chief’s memoir My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell. This post features an excerpt from Honouring the Truth,…