The “Grand Lady of the Métis:” Dr. Anne Anderson’s mission to preserve the Cree language
When Dr. Anne Anderson was born on a river lot farm east of St. Albert in 1906, she was so…
Stories tagged: Literary history
The Other Side of Emily Murphy
Shortly after entering Emily Murphy Park, which sits on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River between Groat Bridge and…
Mel Hurtig: A Legacy at the Intersection of Publishing and Politics
Hurtig’s Firsts Mel Hurtig didn’t start in the book business, but once there, he fell in love. In his 1996…
NeWest Press: A Regional Publishing Pioneer
NeWest Press may no longer be new—it will soon commemorate its 40th anniversary—but when it began in 1977, it was…
The Studhorse Man and the High Level Bridge
In 1969, my first year of university, I was finally free of the social girdle of my small prairie town….