Those people

You could almost hear the combined gasp when, today at Edmonton City Council (Executive Committee) a citizen presented his objections to an affordable housing initiative aimed at housing indigenous people. He referenced “those people” and “their friends”. I turned to Donny, who I was with and said, “did he just say those people?” Indeed, he…

A late night walk

Last evening as Nugget and I made our last walk of the evening I turned back towards our house as it sat in the darkness bathed in the light of the new lights and thought again how grateful I am for this place, for our health and for our dear family. I have never expected…

A day not forgotten

When we walked out onto the Massey Hall platform in June of 1983, I really had no idea what awaited us. Not only did we not know where we would be stationed, but I had no idea what running a corps would mean. And of course, I had not really thought about the fact that…