Paying respect ... Gophers at the Canmore cemetery

Photo by Ursula Tillmann.    Who says gophers are a nuisance? They showed respect and grace, when I watched them at the Canmore cemetery - sitting in front of a grave, as if they knew the person...

Moving the town into the country - Canmore

by Ursula Tillmann     It used to be a tranquil town - but also a poor town. Canmore, better known as the coal-miner community beside the luxurious resort Banff, west of Calgary in the Canadian...

Hotels going "Green" demanded by guests

By Ursula Tillmann    It's popular to "think" green. But often the gap between talking and doing to save the environment can't be overcome because of the costs. That's one of the arguments, businesses...

CBC Series: A week without women

This certainly will be an interesting program to watch, as a small town loses all of it's women and the men have to fend for themselves, Kids and all.  Sort of reminds me of Al Bundy and his fictious No MA'Am...

Female exodus leaves men to their own vices

A new reality-ish show on CBC will look at what happens when the women of a 750-person rural town leave for a week to let the men to fend for themselves. To be fair, they should also do the opposite show, where...

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