The stars glistened above him, only slightly overshadowed by the glare of the moon. In the distance, he could hear the coyotes howl but the sound was drowned out by thousands of cattle wandering north. His plan was to return to the United States...
I still remember the way the cold bit at my cheeks as I stepped off the bus. I was in high school, and winter in Alberta meant darkness clinging to the morning and the crunch of snow under every boot. Our high school had organized a ski day, and...
An old farmer living in southern Saskatchewan thought he had seen it all. From monster dust storms that blotted out the sun and turned day to night during the Great Depression. To Aurora Borealis that lit up the winter’s night sky. But this was a...
As the slender and lean young man stood on the starting line, no one in the crowd knew who he was. On either side of him were athletes who had spent their lives becoming elite runners. They were the best of the best. The official said “On your...
Frank Frederickson stood on the deck of the ship as it sailed on the Mediterranean Sea. Months ago, he enlisted to fight in the First World War. Now, his home in Winnipeg seemed a world away. Before long, he would be in Egypt to begin pilot training...
One late night back in the early-2000s, I was flipping through the channels trying to find something to watch. When I landed on The Discovery Channel, I saw something unexpected. A man was standing in the middle of the Canadian Arctic, tearing apart...
It’s February 1988. The air is thin and sharp, as volunteers zip up red-and-white jackets. Their breath is seen as they rehearse smiling and waving because soon, they’ll be hosting people from all over the world. Their city isn’t a global...
The wind blew fast across St. John’s, Newfoundland on a hot summer afternoon. It was a day like any other. Until it wasn’t. At a barn atop Carter’s Hill, a lit pipe, placed too close to the edge of a table, was about to change the course of history...
It was supposed to be an easy trip to Greenland, but a terrible storm threw them off course. Now, thick fog prevented proper navigation, so they’ve been drifting for days in the North Atlantic in their great longship. Would they ever see home again...
Roy Worters In the history of the NHL, no one was shorter than Roy Worters. Standing at five foot three, he earned the nickname of Shrimp but that didn’t stop him from becoming a Hall of Fame goalie during his career. This is his story. Roy Worters...