Stories Collection

  1. Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina' Among the Blackfeet, ...
  2. edited by David Ridley. Red Deer: Central Alberta Regional Museums Network, 162 pp.,...
  3. by Diana J. Mansell. Thomas Press, Box 130841, Ann Arbor, MI, 48113. 219 pp., illus....
  4. by Paul Voisey. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 270 pp., illus., paper, $29.9...
  5. by Fred Schutz. Red Deer: Red Deer & District Museum, 351 pp., illus., paper, $2...
  6. by Tom Sando. Edmonton: NeWest Press, 240 pp., illus., paper, $19.95. This is ...
  7. edited by PearlAnn Reichwein and Karen Fox. Calgary: Historical Society of Alberta, ...
  8. In Alberta, the Amateur Athletic Union is the direct outcome of the efforts made by ...
  9. The election of the Social Credit government in 1935 ushered in a period of signific...
  10. Glenmore School in south-west Calgary came into being on May 5, 1888, and was named ...
  11. CCF Colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan: Battling Parish Priests, Bootleggers, and ...
  12. Frederic Remington came early in life to be regarded as the leading figure in Americ...
  13. The three riders who crossed from Montana into Alberta in late May of 1888 were youn...
  14. Charlie Russell and Frederic Remington were idealistic young men when they first saw...
  15. by Susan Warrender. Calgary: Alister Bear Enterprises, 256 pp., illus., paper, $19.9...
  16. by Raymond Huel. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 456 pp., illus., paper, $39....
  17. by Ruth Matheson Buck. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 166 pp., illus., pap...
  18. Early in August 1891 a group of businessmen and others made a special train trip to ...
  19. edited by Raymond Blake and Andrew Nurse. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 1...
  20. "Well where is this thing going to lead us and what is the future of it? It is ...
  21. edited by Harry P. Diaz, Joann Jaffe & Robert Stirling. Regina: Canadian Plains ...
  22. Prior to the departure of newlywed Monica Hughes from England in 1909, to live on a ...
  23. edited by Marsha A. Sovada and Ludwig Carbyn. 258 pp., illus., paper, oversize, $39....
  24. by Marjory Brown Azarowicz. Privately printed, 97 pp., paper, available from the aut...
  25. by Fil Fraser. Edmonton: Lone Pine Publishing, 240 pp., illus., paper, $21.95. In th...
  26. In 1795, Fort Edmonton, on the North Saskatchewan River, was named after Edmonton, M...
  27. by David J. Carter. Elkwater, AB: Eagle Butte Press, 247 pp., illus., paper, $24.95....
  28. by T.D. Regehr. Kingston, ON: Pandora Press, 524 pp., illus., paper, $49.95. I...
  29. Historical Society of Alberta September 11 to December 10, 2003 Voyageur ($100 ...
  30. by Hugh A. Dempsey. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 304 pp., illus., hard cove...
  31. Historians explore the past by focussing on human and institutional interactions. He...
  32. One of the most popular figures in Lethbridge during the 1930s was Mike Mountain Hor...
  33. Game in the Garden: A Human History of Wildlife in Western Canada to 1940, by George...
  34. Norman Lougheed arrived here last Saturday in his big automobile, this being the fir...
  35. One of the great stories of western Canadian history, one which has taken on almost ...
  36. Alequiers, the history of a homestead, by Mike Schintz. Calgary: University of Alber...
  37. The history of mountaineering in Canada began with a miscalculation. On 1 May 1827 a...
  38. by Karen R. Jones. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 340 pp., illlus., hard cove...
  39. When I took over as editor of Alberta History (then called the Alberta Historical Re...
  40. by Lois Harder. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 256 pp., paper, $34.95. ...
  41. The Herald of July 27, 1921, reported the excitement of that morning: "It was o...
  42. Ever since explorer Charles Horetzky and botanist John Macoun began touting the Peac...
  43. In the ninetieth of his ninety-three years Clarence Howard Stout got down to somethi...
  44. This year marks the golden anniversary of Alberta History. First published in 1953, ...
  45. John T. Schmidt's Beat: From Barnyards to Boardrooms, by John Schmidt. Privately pri...
  46. by Tony Hollihan. Edmonton: Lone Pine Publishing, 2 vols. each 320 pp., illus., pape...
  47. by Harry M. Sanders. Calgary: Red Deer Press, 344 pp., illus., paper, $19.95. ...
  48. In 1926, the Blairmore Enterprise reported a Calgary' clergyman's warning that the K...
  49. by Max Foran. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 332 pp., illus., paper, $34.95. ...
  50. The Society wishes to acknowledge and thank the following persons and organizations ...
  51. I had never really entertained the fantasy of a castle or great house in my family's...
  52. Sweetgrass Hills: A Natural and Cultural History, by Johan F. Dormaar, Lethbridge: L...
  53. Like its famous four-star counterpart in Toronto, the King Edward Hotel in Calgary d...
  54. History has not been kind to women--Indian, (2) mixed-blood, or white. It has usuall...
  55. The Lure of the Peace River Country, 1872-1919, by David W. Leonard & Victoria L...
  56. by Hazel Litzgus. Calgary: Fifth House Ltd., 80 pp. colour illustrations, bound, $27...
  57. edited by Veronica Strong-Boag & Michelle Lynn Rose. Peterborough: Broadview Pre...
  58. by Paul Dederick and Bill Waiser. Calgary: Fifth House Ltd., 128 pp., illus., paper,...
  59. by Henry C. Klassen. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 496 pp., illus., paper, $...
  60. by Patricia K. Wood. Montreal: McGill- Queen's University Press, 200 pp., bound, $65...
  61. by Hugh A. Dempsey. Calgary: Fifth House Limited, 248 pp., illus., paper, $24.95. ...
  62. by Frances W. Kaye. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 324 pp., illus., paper, $...
  63. This is the story of a modest man who was obliged to migrate from the Maritimes to t...
  64. by Georgia Green Fooks. Lethbridge: Lethbridge Historical Society, Box 974, T1J 4A2....
  65. I paid a visit to the new Indian industrial school for Indian children just built [a...
  66. I wonder what the Calgary parents are going to do to keep the children off the stree...
  67. The exact route travelled in 1887 by the first Mormon (2) pioneers from Logan, Utah,...
  68. About 6:30 a.m. on Monday 22 November 1971, Margaret Leeferink pulled her station wa...
  69. The preservation of the old Hudson's Bay fort at Edmonton, and the marking of all hi...
  70. Editor, Alberta History, I noticed with interest your use of Sydney Hall's sket...
  71. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 170 pp., illus., paper, $19.95. An importan...
  72. Calgary: Fifth House, 144 pages, illus., colour, paper, $29.95. The Lake O'Hara regi...
  73. by R.G. McConnell and R.W. Brock. 52 pp., illus., map, paper, $9.95. Available from ...
  74. by Marjorie Barron Norris. Calgary: Bunker to Bunker Publishing, 221 pp., illus., pa...
  75. edited by Patrick Douaud & Bruce Dawson. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center...
  76. by Bohdan S. Kordan. Montreal: McGill- Queens University Press, 232 pp., illus, boun...
  77. by Maureen K. Lux. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 312 pp., illus., paper, $22...
  78. by Patrick Brode. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 252 pp., illus., bound, $45....
  79. The town itself is very prettily situated on the south bank of the Red Deer river wh...
  80. Editor's Note: In 1957, Lawrence McGillivray interviewed his grandfather, Lawrence F...
  81. In the Winter 2003 issue, John G. Van Wart was shown incorrectly as Isaac G. Van Wan...
  82. Western Canada's medical past has no more an illustrious figure and no greater contr...
  83. by Greg Marchildon & Sid Robinson. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 477 ...
  84. In July 1876, my partner and I loaded our train of eight carts, with oxen as motive ...
  85. edited by Jim Blanchard. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 260 pp., illus., pa...
  86. by Jonas Thor Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 306 pp., illus., paper, $19.95...
  87. edited by Stephen L. V King. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 216 pp., paper...
  88. by David C. Jones. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 316 pp., illus., paper, $29...
  89. When Freeze left New Brunswick, the Canadian Pacific had not yet been completed. He ...
  90. by James Willard Schultz, edited by David C. Andrews. Norman: University of Oklahoma...
  91. Introduction In the early 1880s, Isaac Sanford Freeze, a 35-year-old storekeepe...
  92. edited by Wayne Norton and Tom Langford. Plateau Press, Box 283, Kamloops, BC, V2C 4...
  93. by Charles and Cynthia Jou. Moody's Lookout Press, 3378 W 39th Ave., Vancouver, BC. ...
  94. by Marylu Walters. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 400 pp., illus., paper, $2...
  95. Although Freeze's wife and two children arrived in Calgary on April 9, 1884, it was ...
  96. Historical Society of Alberta September 1 to December 15, 2002 Voyageur (...
  97. Although the winter began with a cold snap in November, the weather moderated, with ...
  98. Calgary: Fifth House Limited. 104 pp., illus., paper, $12.95. Alex Wolfe, an Ojibwa,...
  99. Almost everyone who arrived in Calgary wanted to visit the Rockies, which could be s...
  100. edited by David W Peyto. Peyto Lake Books, #59, 3302-50 St. NIE, Calgary, T3A 2C6, 2...
  101. In his absence, VanWart had built a small wooden frame store on the east side of the...
  102. by Frederick William Ings. Privately printed. Available from Linda Homburg, 2026B--2...
  103. In later years, when asked by a reporter why he stopped in Calgary, Freeze responded...
  104. by Laurie Meijer Drees, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 272 pp., il...
  105. by William C. Wonders. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, Ste. 6E, 2333 Government S...
  106. Who is that gentleman?" asked the writer, of a friend who was teaching in the G...
  107. edited by Lee Sheddin. Calgary: Brindle & Glass, 248 pp., paper, $9.95. Th...
  108. Some six years ago the Rev. Father Fouquet foretold the findings of diamonds in Nort...
  109. by Tony Cashman. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 180 pp. illus., paper, $24.9...
  110. One of the notable characters in the history of southern Alberta was John J. Healy w...
  111. The Sir James Hector cairn, now nearing 100 years of age, is the oldest monument in ...
  112. In 1942, Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, became the site of a large base camp of ...
  113. Heavy Horses: An Illustrated History of the Draft Horse, by Grant MacEwan. Calgary: ...
  114. The Old Bow Fort, by Douglas A. Hughes. Calgary: Detselig Enterprises, 62 pp., illus...
  115. Egg was an egg-shaped, bouncing ball of a puppy with a million questions. Why is fur...
  116. Why do teachers give homework? Ripley F., Georgia Practicing at home what...
  117. To beat boredom in January, we have an art show. The weeks before our art show, we a...
  118. I live on a dairy farm. When I get bored, I like to go to the barn. I play on the ha...
  119. Mother Earth The Earth is your bed. Lie down and dream sweet dreams. fo...
  120. Heat Race My heart pounds fast. It's hard to run in sand so hot ben...
  121. Start at the beginning and see how far you can go, thinking of good answers from you...
  122. In this big picture, find the slice of pie, window, needle, bowling pin, crown, bowl...
  123. My favorite thing to do to beat boredom is to look through photo albums and pictures...
  124. Dear Arizona, My friends are all on vacation. My parents say we can't afford t...
  125. The bazaar is crowded this evening. It is the Hindu month of Shravan (August or Sept...
  126. There's some of Goofus and Gallant in us all. When the Gallant shines through, we sh...
  127. Gifford Pinchot wanted to be a forester. He was smart, hardworking, and wealthy. He ...
  128. Blue Canoe I am the front-seat paddler of our team. ...
  129. They are following an odor on the ground that was put down by the ant that found thi...
  130. How do seedless watermelons grow when the watermelons come from the seeds? Bia...
  131. How many teeth did Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs have? Marissa McCorkle, Age 9 ...
  132. Dad and I are riding in the pickup on the gravel road to our ranch. An empty horse t...
  133. I'm a little afraid to go back to school because I'm going to middle school. Can you...
  134. Which of these puzzle pieces belong in the numbered spaces? Challenge: Find whe...
  135. 1. Cut out a fish shape from cardboard. 2. Bend the fish forward above the tail...
  136. Hidden somewhere on this page is the missing piece of cake. Can you find it? T...
  137. It is a hot, sunny day at the beach. Which will make you feel even hotter--wearing a...
  138. 1. Cut a 11/2-inch ring from a paper-towel tube. Cover it with black paper, and deco...
  139. 1. Cut two pieces of felt in the shape of a sea star. 2. Cut three chenille st...
  140. 1. Cut out a 6-inch-by-8-inch piece of cardboard. Use felt to make a 1-inch border a...
  141. It was so hot... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] eggs cooked themselves. [IL...
  142. I went to the island to see puffins. But what I learned that day had very littl...
  143. Things aren't always what they seem. For instance, hitting a slow-moving pitch, like...
  144. What object is being described? See how many clues it takes you to guess. 1. I...
  145. 1. Stretch a sock downward over a clean plastic frosting tub so that the sock meets ...
  146. 1. Glue plastic bottle caps of all different sizes to the inside of a shoebox lid. L...
  147. Long ago, people believed the Earth didn't move. They saw the Sun rise every morning...
  148. When it's too cold outside to play, my morn takes my little brother and me down to t...
  149. As a kid, I knew summer was almost over when my sandals felt too tight--and when the...
  150. Brad: "Why do bears paint their faces yellow?" Lad: "I don't kno...
  151. As the plane touched down, Maria stared out the window over her mother's shoulder. G...
  152. Friendship Friendship is the greatest thing. It's better than money or gold...
  153. The Magical Walk As I walk through the dark, wet forest, drops fall fro...
  154. Moose had a birthday. His best friend, Goose, said, "I'll give Moose a birthda...
  155. Python Traditional (Yoruba) Swaggering prince Giant among snakes. Th...
  156. A Rainbow, a Rainbow It is raining and not stopping, and hard to play in th...
  157. In the little meadow, The birds sing every day. In the little meadow, The...
  158. Night Night is the same as day, Except stars summon the darkness So tha...
  159. This isn't an ornament on this oak tree. What is it? This growth, or oak-apple ...
  160. I am going to get braces soon, and I do not want anyone making fun of me. What shoul...
  161. Why do horses sleep on their feet? Kianna Jack, Age 10 California I...
  162. Goofus doesn't warn others before he passes them. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
  163. Solo Flower A flower sways in a field Like a sailor on a ship Sailing t...
  164. People who love hummingbirds have a long list of reasons to watch them. Every ...
  165. At swim meets I get so nervous that I don't want to swim. What should I do? Me...
  166. 1 Dump all the sand out of your sneakers. Save some in a jar. [ILLUSTRATION OMI...
  167. My favorite way to bust boredom is to read a book. Sometimes I get so interested I f...
  168. What Can Yellow Be? Yellow is a swoop of an eagle against deep sunlight, ...
  169. A new study from the University of Michigan shows Americans are spending less time on...
  170. ABC's HIT DRAMA Commander in Chief focuses on the personal and political challenges f...
  171. Six women have taken seriously ill, including two who died, after taking the drug coc...
  172. Poor Orlando Boni. When you're the world's leading manufacturer of portable hockey-pu...
  173. The Liberals," Duff Conacher declares, "were elected in 1993 with a fundamental plank...
  174. For the record, Mr. Le Pen is not a "Nazi" or even an "anti-Semite." For proof, see h...
  175. In February, Alberta increased the provincial tax on a pack of cigarettes by $2.25 in...
  176. Whenever the luminaries of Canadian culture and the media begin worrying about freedo...
  177. Small-l liberal journalists and politicians are quick to condemn conservatives whenev...
  178. Saskatchewan premier Tommy Douglas, in 1961 a press release from his province's Indus...
  179. Toronto geologist Alar Soever was going through a divorce early in 1996 when he first...
  180. A year-long struggle between the Alberta government and the Alberta Teachers' Associa...
  181. * Four Canadian soldiers, members of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian ...
  182. In late March, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) confirmed it was spending mor...
  183. DIED: Kathleen G. (Kay) Matheson, 84, a teacher and municipal politician; from the co...
  184. * No welcoming flags flew when Darryl Cowles, 24, returned in January to Sudbury, his...
  185. Jesus Christ was rather judgmental on the subject of sexual molestation of the young....
  186. Derik Hodges, spokesman for Revenue Minister Elinor Caplan, has now cleared up any po...
  187. * The glut of older childless women is grist for the new reproductive-technology mill...
  188. Retired automobile industry executive Ken Packer of Winnipeg has close relatives in B...
  189. * The anti-Churchill diatribe by Kevin Michael Grace (Eclectica, April 15) contained ...
  190. One of Stockwell Day's first and greatest mistakes as leader of the Canadian Alliance...
  191. KASTELEN SAUSAGE and FINE MEATS is a family-owned company that's got its sights set o...
  192. Remember that time you had stomach cramps, nausea, the trots and a touch of fever for...
  193. After 1,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators-"angry and chanting," according to the Calg...
  194. * Things were looking up last month for Roger Thibault and Theo Wouters, who for two ...
  195. * Anyone happily anticipating the impending retirement from the Supreme Court of Cana...
  196. * Turning to another corner of our pharmaceutical society, Up Front recently spotted ...
  197. Oilfield experience you can trust! Over the past quarter-century, Erskine, AB, bas...
  198. A Leger Marketing poll in late April found that about 70% of Canadians believe the fe...
  199. Cheering until hoarse, all right-thinking (which is to say left-thinking) Canadians p...