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Prairie Meats links
farmers’ fields to
backyard BBQs

BY CAL BRAID and federal governments regulate food safe- Their website links them to producers that
ty, they do not necessarily regulate quality, they have significant connections with: Har-
S insight magazine and this is where producers and processing vest Haven, Trail’s End Beef, Broek Pork Acres,
easonal food is a pleasure. We facilities can define their own brand of excel- and Sweetgrass Bison. These producers
associate different foods and lence. Prairie Meats offers custom cuts and have direct web links through PM’s website,
preparation methods with the packaging as well as selling locally sourced and they’re all worth checking out for their
turning of the calendar. The con- products in their retail storefront. They also approach to raising healthy livestock. Three
nections we make with family and have direct links to farms that specialize in of them are in Lethbridge County and one is
friends around the dinner table or backyard clean, healthy, and ethically raised animals. in the Nanton area.
BBQ can form some of life’s most enjoyable n Continued on PAGE 5
moments. In fall and winter, we think of bak-
ing, roasting, and slow cooking hearty meals.
In spring and summer, our palate is primed
for fresh produce, and our sense of smell is
finely tuned to the waft from barbeques and
smokers. Prairie Meats (PM) in Coaldale is a
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dinner table. 
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n Continued from PAGE 3 spector to do antemortem and post-mortem
This makes the connection between farm and inspection. We can’t pull the trigger unless Food photos courtesy of https://prairiemeats.ca/
retail products very much a local collabora- there’s a public inspector on-site.” 
tion.  to shareholders. We answer to the guy you
As for the people he employs, he says, just saw walk through the door. We do a lot
According to their website, they “believe in “They’re all highly skilled. The only people of repeat business. We’re pretty stringent on
handling both the people and the livestock that we allow on a kill floor for anything screening new producers. Our packaging has
with the utmost in dignity and appreciation. integral to food safety all have years of experi- our plant ID and information on it, so it comes
The caring and respect the producers put into ence. A federal plant might have an employee back to us. The better our product and the
their animals is carried through, making us walk off the street and be handling the food better our relationship with the producer, the
stewards of transitioning livestock into our the next day. We have an amazing team of better the result. If a raw product is inferior in
customer’s food.” hard-working staff that go above and beyond the field, we can’t spin straw into gold, we can
every day to make sure our customers’ expec- only do so much. If you bring me something
“This transition is so important to us that tations are not only met but exceeded.” that’s quality, our job is to make it a little
we have undergone third-party inspection better.” 
to gain humane handling certification,” PM’s The CFIA, Alberta Agriculture, Alberta
website states. The third-party is an organi- Fish and Wildlife, and AHS are some of the In other words, something clean and con-
zation that prioritizes well-being in domestic agencies that involve themselves in food sumer-friendly that is ready for use at home
animal handling.  production. Anderson made the point that on the grill. 
in the interest of public health, uninspected
Owner Andrew Anderson explains, “We’re meat must be labelled ‘not for sale’ and must Prairie Meats is online and has a retail store-
kind of like a liaison, we turn the product into go back to the owner. It cannot be distributed front at 1501 12 St North in Coaldale.
a format that the customer wants. Custom or retailed to the public. Wild game is also
packaging, sizing, freezing, and labelling. handled responsibly and on an individual insight magazine june 2022 - 5
We’re very artisan in the fact that it’s hands- basis. Since kills in the wild are not done in a
on. We craft it the best that we can. We have controlled environment, they arrive for butch-
a lot of straight to market and local ranchers ering in various post-mortem states that are
that we deal with. We slaughter, custom hang, handled on an individual basis.
process, and package what they want.”
Unlike corporate giants, Anderson said,
“There’s a government inspector here when “the biggest difference is we don’t answer
we do a slaughter,” he said. “We have an in-

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BY CAL BRAID Shelbie Desautels is the equipment. The founder, Duane Dunn, had
general manager at the Village a farm (where it began), then in 1987, they
Cinsight magazine and has held her role since be- began leasing this land, and they started
oyote Flats ing hired by the board in 2018. getting buildings in 1989. It went from being
Pioneer Village She has been in Picture Butte a hobby club to actually being a full-fledged
in Picture Butte since she was three years old museum,” she said.
is celebrating its and is knowledgeable about
40th anniversa- the origins of the site. The founders named it the Prairie Tractor
ry this year and plans to make the summer a “It started off as a hobby club for five guys and Engine Club, and the Village website ex-
memorable one. who wanted to fix tractors and work on plains further that, “The museum has grown
since then and is now a representation of

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a pioneer village, showcasing homesteads, family. six vintage cars in the building. Three belong
shops, and many other buildings used in “We have a pancake breakfast on July 1 to Richard Haney (the donor), two belong to
the early 20th century. In 2009, the museum the club and one belongs to one of the local
was recognized as a certified museum by the and a Show and Shine on July 2, which is volunteers.”
Alberta Museum Society.” where people bring out their vintage or cool
cars and visitors can come around to look at They also have an educational field trip
The townsite features numerous out- them,” Desautels said. “We have our barbecue program that they can offer to public school
buildings, a CPR caboose, and a functional cook-off, which is on July 23, which people groups. The school groups attend for a day
windmill. sign up for to barbecue their speciality. It’s and “experience a taste of classroom life in a
judged, and people can come out and taste one-room school about 100 years ago. (It’s)
“The land used to be an empty field and all the food, and everyone usually loves that divided into smaller groups and given a guid-
the buildings were either brought on to the event. On August 20 and 21, we have our ed tour of our Pioneer Village. After about an
site or built here,” Desautels said. Harvest Days. That’s our biggest event where hour, the groups switch places.”
we get our tractors running and have parades
Exhibits were added to the buildings as the of the tractors. We grow crops here and we A visit to Coyote Flats is an opportunity to
Village expanded. The farm equipment was harvest and thresh them, and we have a live discover another aspect of southern Alberta’s
gathered, fixed up, and made into functional demonstration of that.” history. “We always suggest that people bring
working condition. “We have a whole bunch lunch. We have picnic tables set up so that
of old tractors and almost all of them work. A new building housing vintage cars will people can sit outside and enjoy the nice
The majority of them run. The equipment we also draw the attention of many visitors. weather,” Desautels said, and it certainly is a
have here comes from the early 1900s all the Desautels explained, “A man who had a small beautiful spot for a picnic on a warm summer
way to the 1960s,” Desautels said. collection of vintage cars wanted a place day.
to store them. He donated money for us to
Coyote Flats has planned festivities build a new building in 2020-21. There are All details, rates and event dates can be
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Spider looking to
make Taber a concert
hotbed The group consisting of Todd Kerns, Cory
BY COLE PARKINSON Churko, Brent Fitz, and Shane Gaalaas will hit
insight magazine the stage at Taber Legion Youth Center (7211
50th Street) on July 16.
T his summer, Taber will see ‘how cool would it be to bring concerts here
two concerts put on by Spider as opposed to going to concerts’. That’s where “These guys have done very well in their
Entertainment Group, and the it all started.” careers. Two of the guys currently play with
organizers are hoping it puts Slash and Myles Kennedy and the Conspir-
Taber on the map as a southern The first show was free to the community ators. They travel all over the world while
Alberta destination for concerts. and held earlier in June, but the next concert playing with Slash and sell out venues. They
Ken Holst, founder of Spider Entertainment, for Spider is going to be a huge draw for not play in lots of other events and it’s a huge
is on a mission to have worldwide entertain- only Taberites, but for all of southern Alberta. following. Those two are very well known. The
ers come to Taber to put on great shows — lead guitarist for Toque is the lead guitarist for
especially during the warm southern Alberta “July 16 is a paid concert that will be held Kelly Clarkson and Shania Twain, when those
summers. out at the Youth Centre and we’re bringing two are touring and so he has lots of expo-
“My goal is to have two or three-day music a big production company out of Calgary sure there. The drummer has been in lots of
festivals here in Taber and put Taber on the to be able to do a large stage for us — large bands as well, none quite as recognizable as
map as far as the musical/concert hub for enough to facilitate the headliner band the others, but if you start looking at the list
southern Alberta. I think if that happens, it playing in that. We’ve got 90 Times Over as that all four have played with, it’s all different
benefits the Taber Times, every hamburger our opening band, we’ve got Stage Fright, types of musicians and bands over the last 20
place, every gas station, every hotel, and which is a Def Leppard tribute band and they or 30 years. These are world-class musicians,”
every business in town if we can get there. are amazing, they will be playing second. Our continued Holst. “Plus they also have a few
That’s why I think the awareness of what’s headliner is a band called Toque,” explained songs they have released themselves and
going on is important. If people want that to Holst. “Something people may not have they have actually put out their own songs
happen, we need that support,” he explained. heard about is Toque, because this is a group and the cover songs in two separate albums.
“It is something that I always wanted to do of Canadian guys, one is from Moose Jaw, one That is who Toque is and to have these world-
and thought about it quite a bit. COVID hit is from Winnipeg, one is from Estevan, and class musicians coming here this early in the
and it wasn’t obviously smart to start this up one is Innisfail. They all grew up on Canadian history of Spider Entertainment in Taber is
when you can’t be around other people. Post- classic rock. So, the great Canadian bands quite amazing.”
COVID, I thought it was perfect timing. my that we had through the 70s, 80s, and 90s like
wife and I love going to concerts, especially Trooper, Streetheart, Head Pins, and that list General admission tickets are $69 and they
outdoor concerts. The year before COVID hit, goes on and on. That is the music they grew will be $79 at the door day of. There will be
we went to 17 in one year and so I thought, up on and they come together in the summer food trucks and beer gardens on-site as well.
in a band called Toque and they play strictly Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with the concert to
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dSipnantecrhicsoackwcinhnicerken
BY CAL BRAID fully open by pressing on the legs.
insight magazine Then flip it back over and press hard •
“Spatchcock chicken.” on the breast side where the breast- When you’re happy
“Say WHAT?” she asked, confused. bone runs down the middle. with the grill marks and the colour, flip the
“You heard me,” I laughed. “Spatchcock chick- whole thing over and cook the underside for
en. I’m barbequing tonight, and that’s what it’s • What you have now is a whole seven to 10 minutes. Again, keep an occasional
called.” chicken laid out flat. Grab a large eye on it for burning.
“What is that…British?” she asked, skeptically. container or a freezer bag and place
“Probably. I don’t know. Google it,” I said. the chicken inside. Pour at least 500 ml of your • Now you two have options. Lift the bird off
So yes, that’s what it’s called and it’s Irish or favourite homemade or store-bought vinai- the flames and place it upon the upper rack
English depending on who you ask. grette over the bird and cover it as evenly as of the BBQ or simply transfer it to a preheat-
Whichever came first — the chicken or the possible. ed oven. Whichever you choose, you should
egg — doesn’t particularly matter, just make reduce your cooking temperature to about
sure you get the chicken and not the egg for • Let it sit in the fridge for anywhere between 350-375 F.
this meal. Small or medium-sized is best. This is four and 24 hours.
how it’s done. • Now wait it out. If you choose the oven
• Unwrap the chicken and place it on a • Now fire up your BBQ and let it heat to at method, you can safely set a 45-minute timer
cutting board breast side down. Grab a pair of least 425 F. and relax. If you choose the BBQ method, stay
strong kitchen shears. Shears are preferable and outside on the patio, and check it occasional-
safer than a knife. Slide the shears into the neck • When the grill is hot, slap that bird breast ly. You don’t always know what’s happening
hole and cut along one side of the backbone. side down onto it and close the lid. Lift it every under the lid with the drippings causing flame
The cut will require some force because you’ll few minutes. Many BBQs have hot spots and activity.
be snipping through some bones. Repeat on leaping flames can scorch the chicken if left
the other side of the backbone. unattended. • After 45 minutes, pull out your trusty meat
• The chicken will flop open a bit. Spread it
• After five to eight minutes, swivel the bird,
still breast side down to get nice crosshatch
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Again, stay close to your grill, Dark grill marks
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tourism industry in Lethbridge province-wide trips during the pandemic, the
and beyond. According to Crane explained 70 per cent of total budget average cost for Albertan tourists is about
Crane, the City of Lethbridge for Tourism Lethbridge is funded through the $200 for a short stay. The amount of money
is pushing for increased awareness and City of Lethbridge, while the remaining 30 per spent by tourists increases based on the
expansion of the food tourism industry in cent comes from, “leveraging dollars through distance travelled to visit the region.
the region. Crane said Tourism Lethbridge is the province and stakeholder group that con-
actively engaging with businesses within the tribute to do more projects in the city.” n Continued on PAGE 14
County and surrounding municipalities to
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tourists to the area, in search of outstanding destination for high value tourists and cap-
culinary experiences. ture more of the national and international
Crane pointed out food is a central compo- markets, Tourism Lethbridge is planning on
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Regional food producers region to be listed as part of a self-guided learn about how their food makes it from the
to play a larger role in driving tour, which is aimed to highlight the field to the table.”
tourism industry best the region has to offer. She added a key
component of this strategy is, “building the Lethbridge County Reeve Tory Campbell
n Continued from PAGE 13 foundational pieces, and promotions to go added, “I think we are traditionally known as
along with it,” and said the second step will be being agricultural producers. These tours high-
According to Crane, tourists travelling from to“ bring in media influencers” to expand the light that niche market that is coming with
other parts of Canada, are shown to spend awareness of the region’s offerings. mustard, honey, garlic, berries, yogurt. I think it
double what the average Albertan would, just highlights all that we have to offer here.”
visitors of the U.S. statistically spend triple that Crane said the marketing campaign has the
of an Albertan, and the broader international potential to reach tourists outside of Cana- To learn about the self-guided driving tour
tourist spends four times what an Albertan da. “We want to get out into other areas of and all the region has to offer for tour-
would spend. Canada and potentially go broader than that, ism-ready culinary experiences, visit tourism-
and I believe with the agri-food hub and trade lethbridge.com/food.
Part of this is Albertans know the area, and centre, we have exact opportunity to be able
are able to prep homemade meals, coffee, and to do that.”
have a better understanding of the currency
and prices. Tourists who may be unfamiliar Crane said there is also an opportunity to
with cost comparisons, Canadian currency, help bridge the knowledge gaps of how food
and those who are far from home are shown is produced. “When we are doing these food
to spend more. Crane said the goal of Tourism tours,” Crane said there would be a focus on
Lethbridge is to cater to this high-value tourist the educational component as well. “I think we
market and provide plenty of region-specific have a responsibility to educate people, from
food and dining experiences by working with the city that we are attracting down here to
businesses within Canada’s premier food
corridor.

Crane said, “How can we have Canada’s
premier food corridor without having some
kind of food tour that takes people and shows
them all of the fantastic things we have going
on in this region? Thats what we want to do.”
Crane said Tourism Lethbridge is working
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The art behind child
entertainmenteeping a child entertained can
be a tall task on the best of days,
and that’s a statement that Me-

K lissa Jenkins, program supervisor
for the Taber Child Care Centre
echoes whole-heartedly.
“It can be challenging,” Jenkins began.
“Especially in the daycare setting when — for
example — our pre-school room is ages three BY KENYON STRONSKI
to six, so we have a to have a wide range of insight magazine
age-appropriate activities that appeal to them
as well. It’s mainly just focusing on observing PlayDough.”
and going with their interests and having the “You just never, ever know. Every day is com- The type of activities you want to introduce
knowledge on how to keep their focus. There’s pletely different.”
a kind of art and just a lot of trial and error.” to your children also differ depending on age,
For when families don’t have access to a says Jenkins. “We plan activities completely
Einwechter, alternate supervisor, agreed. “Pa- daycare centre — Jenkins says that talking different in the toddler room than we do in
tience I think is the number one trade secret and having conversations with your kids is the pre-school room. Toddlers have less focus,
to keeping a child entertained. That and being important. so we try and keep activities short, learning
able to go with the flow because kid’s never time is short and having a toddler sit on a
run on a schedule. We want them to run on a “Observe their interests and Pinterest carpet and read a book isn’t as expected while
schedule but they never will.” always has great ideas for gross motor, fine it is when they get to be three and up.”
motor, and sensory activities that would fall
Jenkins added that there are lots of times into a child’s interest. Gross motor being the Einwechter then said that they’re also
when the staff and her think something is usage of big muscles — things like skipping, always open-ended activities and child-led
going to be amazing and the kids will love it, running, jumping, climbing and yoga while while also adding that toddlers will have dif-
“only to have it bomb terribly,” she chuckles. the fine motor is more the use of your hands ferent materials to avoid choking hazards.
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Curtain closes on
Taber Players’ latest production

BY IAN CROFT script was a highlight. I really liked it, so I I worked with as a teenager and now as an
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter decided to jump in with both feet and try adult. It’s cool seeing them in a totally new
my directorial debut. I have had an absolute light,” said Mayson Merkl, actor (Flic Willis).
insight magazine blast. The first month was all front loading “Getting to work with them as peers instead
and was very, very busy, but the actors of directors, and teachers, and seeing them
W ith Taber Players com- made the rest of the rehearsals and show a really flourish.”
pleting its run of Spirit breeze.”
Level by Pam Valentine, Taber Players sold a total of 333 tickets
we spoke with the cast, “(I’ve) been doing this since 2012. (It’s) for Spirit Level. May 12 was the smallest
crew, and the director always a good time and good shows,” said night with 28 coming to see the play, and
of this production to get their general Matthew Peleseky, crew member responsi- May 20 had the most amount of people
impressions of the play. ble for lighting and tech. “It was a fun one. coming out to the play with 69 people in
“My friend Robert Berezay (member of It was nice to kind of go a bit more modern attendance with an average of 47 people
Taber Players) was busy and was not able and not so much old-school and kind of seeing Spirit Level per night.
to direct the spring show,” said Jocelyn more modern themes. So, it’s kind of nice to
Steinborn, director of Spirit Level. “So we move into that territory a bit more.” We also reached out to Berezay to see
tossed around some script ideas and this what future productions Taber Players has
“It’s really great to work with people that coming up.

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It’s really great to work with people that I worked play but there’s a ton of things throughout,
with as a teenager and now as an adult. It’s cool not of their own making, mess-ups happen
seeing them in a totally new light. throughout the play. It’s a comedy, and
quite a comical event and that is what this
- Mayson Merkl play is like. This troup is putting on a play
and things just go wrong as they do it and
“The upcoming play is called A Dickens’ a farce, it’s a comedy farce version of the it just gets funnier and funnier. The fun
Christmas Carol. Now this version of A Dickens classic Christmas tale.” thing about this play in addition to The Play
Dickens’ Christmas Carol does tell us the That Goes Wrong is that the actual story like
story of Scrooge and whatnot, but it’s more Berezay drew a comparison of A Dickens’ I said of Scrooge is told it’s just done in a
about the troup, the old age, been on the Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and very different way because things happen
road forever crew that’s been putting on adapted by Mark Landon Smite to The Play to go wrong as they start putting on the
this play for decades,” said Berezay. “Now, That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Henry play.”
they treat this as their farewell tour and Shields, and Jonathan Sayer.
then everything actually kinda goes wrong. Berezay finally touched on when people
When they put the play on the set falls “(A play) where are the actors put on a can come out and watch this play.
down, people are missing their cues. It is
“(The play) will happen the last two
weekends in November, it will be the 17th,
18th, 19th, and the 23rd, 24th, 25th, and
the 26th of November.”

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How a pub adapted BY IAN CROFT
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
in the face of COVIDuringtheCOVD-19pandemic,
insight magazine
it forced restaurants to shift
their business model and bars continuously changed the regulations and
we had to adapt really quickly with every rule
D were forced to close down for change that they put in. We had to go from
er of the Oilmen’s Taphouse and Grill in Taber opening to closing, opening to closing, open
spoke about how his hybrid place of business for patio only, open for takeout only. For a
was able to face the pandemic. while there into the pandemic, they let us
open fully and we restocked all our staff, and
“Everything that we’ve done at the Oilmen’s restocked all our products only to have a shut
down again.”
the time being. On the other through the last two years of COVID all

hand, the one local pub had to face a compli- depended on what the government would

cated yet different journey. Darcy Hertz, own- allow us to do or not to do,” said Hertz. “They

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Hertz also discussed how the changing ours which is the restaurant and pub type between customers at booths, tables, and
regulations required him to constantly adapt business. Every time they made a change, we VLTs. All the glass companies doubled their
to the ongoing scenario and how he often had to react so there’s days where I’m driving price on all the plexiglass.”
had to spend more money to ensure that his all the way out to Airdrie to pick up patio
business was able to stay open. chairs and patio tables — and the bad thing Finally, with other restaurants transitioning
about that is not only the cost to buy equip- fully to takeout orders, Hertz spoke on how
“There was many, many things we had to ment but everybody who was selling patio Oilmen’s eventually had to follow suit to
do, but every one was in reaction to what the furniture jacked the prices up double. Same keep generating revenue.
government was allowing us to do or not to as when we were forced to put plexiglass in
do, and every single cost nothing but money. “In our case, we had to open up our kitchen
Every change we made, we either had to as the main entrance into the building and
have separate tables, put up sneeze guards then people would phone in their orders and
between booths, we had to put sneeze come to the door,” said Hertz.” So, they actual-
guards up between VLTs, then they would ly had to get out of their vehicles come into
disconnect the VLTs and wouldn’t let us the kitchen doors and pick up their food. So
use them. It was a nightmare, to be honest. that didn’t really work — we did it because
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Irrigation equipment dealers have to stay
on top of technological advancements

BY SAMANTHA JOHNSON particularly in the Taber/Vauxhall area, that at the end of the year, a producer can
where lots of potatoes are being grown, so see how much water was used, what kind
P insight magazine there is more crop rotation. The farms are at of yield they achieved, which pivot stopped
aul Kenway, owner of C&H Irriga- that point where they can’t drive around to the most, or which pivot needs replacing.
tion in Medicine Hat and Oliver ensure everything is working properly,” said Soil moisture sensors have also become very
Irrigation and Rob Mraz, regional Mraz. Remote management allows a produc-
sales manager with Delta er to monitor, control and do everything on
Irrigation, have both seen major a phone, tablet, or computer so that if some-
advancements in technology and innovation thing does come up in the field, if a pivot was
in irrigation. Irrigation is pivotal for southern to shut down for some reason, it alerts them.
Alberta’s speciality crops.
Kenway explained the most significant Mraz said, “that’s the other thing that has
change for producers in irrigation technology really taken off, you just can’t buy time, but
is the ability to run the irrigation pivots from this is a way to free up time and make the
their phones. producer more efficient.”
“It is a huge technology for farmers. I was
having lunch with a gentleman who said he Remote systems not only provide monitor-
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The importance of dancing in
First Nations culture

The importance cultural significance it has to heal.
of dancing in First “The Great Spirit, or the Great Creator, or
Nations culture
BY IAN CROFT the Great Mystery, he had four sons — the
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter as the culture that is in twined with it. first one was a great marksman and the sec-
“Looking at Indigenous dances, the idea is, ond one was not a great marksman at all, but
insight magazine eventually he became a more of an entertain-
The Westwind Thunder Dance Troupe has especially for First Nations, that the dances er. He wanted to tell stories through song and
been making headway throughout Alberta are rooted in ceremony or healing,” said First dance, and he travelled around and he did
and they hope to bring awareness to the im- Charger. “The dances when they are per- drama stories,” said First Charger. “One day he
portance of dancing with Indigenous people. formed traditionally, they serve the purpose said, ‘I want to tell a dance that tells the story
Jerry First Charger, the family school liaison to heal the people or to do something that is of life itself, all the good things in life and the
counsellor for Westwind School Division and important in a ritual.” bad things in life,’ and this is where the hoop
founder of the Westwind Thunder Dance dance came from. He says, ‘I want to tell sto-
Troupe, explained First Nation dance as well First Charger spoke in more detail about ries that show the struggles, the triumph of
the hoop dance created by the Ojibwa or life,’ and so has he danced. He said the hoops
Anishinabe, if using their Indigenous name, represent the trials and tribulations and
as well as its legend about its origin and the misfortune within people’s lives. The dance
represents the people, the counsellor trying
to help heal people but more or less the
dancer doesn’t really do the healing, it’s the
environment. The dancers are calling upon
the spiritual beings and what they were, were
the designs we made with the hoops. They’re
the ones who do the healing for the people,
so whatever the audience sees, they will feel
the healing from whatever source it was.
Maybe it was an eagle, or the sun, or a star,
or something designed that would make a
connection with them out of the hoop dance.
When you look at the idea of the dancer, it
also shows that as he’s picking up each hoop
he’s taking responsibility for actions in his life.
The idea is to show that you don’t run away
from your problems, but you embrace your
problems or try to understand the problem
when it comes and so each hoop you pick up
is a trial, tribulation, or affliction in your life.
When you manipulate the hoop and bring
it to your body you show that you can work
with this or that you can understand what
you are going through.”

The next dances First Charger explained

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were the Fancy Feather Dance, which origi- or different things to get their for young men to find a bit of
nated from the Ponca people in the Oklaho- valour as young warriors. But valour in the powwow, but not
ma area and the Grass Dance which came when they were put on reserves, every powwow. There are some
from the powwow dances that came from the that took away their ability for young men old-style traditional powwows — not
Sioux people, who are also called Dakota or to show how they developed into warriors. about competition — but people getting out
Lakota. It was kind of gone because they couldn’t do there to celebrate. Going back to the Grass
those things that they did in the past, so thus Dance, it’s from a warrior society and I know
“The Fancy Feather Dance is more of a the dance. I look at it this way, the dance in a its roots run deep right into the Sioux people.
modern thing for young warriors and then sense helped give an opportunity to young So, the dance has been around for quite a
the Grass Dance has some ancient roots men to find a way to compete once again while and still today they have grass dance
coming from our warrior society,” said First without hurting each other. They compete warrior societies. To become a part of that so-
Charger. “When natives were put on reserves in a dance, and even today, the powwow of ciety, you have to be initiated by taking part
prior to that the way they claimed, their have a competition, you do it and they use it in the powwows and the warriors dance.”
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A DJs crash course
D J’ing is as much an art form as
it is a profession — combining — the phrasing and the structure of the dance floor’ so it becomes a lot less about
music style, mixing style and song and make them line up with each oth- the mixing and blending of the songs and
showmanship into a combina- er. So let’s say you play an hour set — at the more about the journey you’re taking the
tion of lights, noise and joy. end of the hour, it feels like one whole and club on. It’s not so much about playing the
Going under the pseudonym of DJ continuous song. To mesh the songs togeth- songs people want to hear — but the songs
Midwest, Max McKinnon sat down to share er, you have to take into account different people didn’t know they wanted to hear.”
his thoughts about the craft and how it all systems and how music is separated in terms
began for him. of frequencies so you have to match, or, bal- McKinnon believes that DJ’ing is some-
“I worked at a nightclub in Red Deer as a ance is the better word; the base frequencies thing anyone could get into and learn
bouncer and I just sort of thought ‘well that of two songs and then keep trading them — however, believes the execution of the
looks fun’ and slowly started hanging out out for new ones. That’s just the fundamen- craft is different from learning it. “I grew up
more in the DJ booth rather than where tals though — the club is a lot different.” around music – as did most people. But I’m
the bouncers should be. I was then taught not the one doing backflips, I’m the party
by Travis Ralston, who DJs at Bellinis in Red McKinnon states that in a club it’s a lot less starter. As long as people around me were
Deer.” about the technique that you employ, but having a good time — I was having a good
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“When you’re going out to a club, you’re the party is happening way out in front of
not going to spend all of your time on the me but I’m playing the music they’re dancing
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hile the celebration of ramped back up. We’ve had a lot of people
the Town of Vauxhall’s “Originally, we had quite a large event step up to the plate as volunteers and it’s
100th year of existence planned in 2020, and then when we had to been a long couple of years of planning. We’re
was scheduled for 2020, shut it down in May, it was pretty disappoint- excited for it to happen and we’re also excited
the COVID-19 pandemic ing,” explained Kim Cawley, deputy mayor of to be finished with it.”
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Despite the delay, organizers and the tee for the centennial. “We had been planning “For Friday, July 1, we have a pancake break-
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then there are fireworks that evening,” gether. It feels like there’s lots of excitement in
“It will be very busy and then on Sunday the town and we’ve had lots of people asking
The following day, more activities will be there will be a joint community church service about food tickets.”
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until 11 a.m., there’s a show n’ shine from 11 hearing from our local people is they are excit- https://www.facebook.com/Town-of-Vaux-
a.m. until 4 p.m., and during that time, if we ed to get together and have an event where hall-Post-Centennial-Celebration-JU-
have enough bands, we will have a youth we can be together with each other as a LY-1-2-2022-544941029246161/
talent stage where we will have youth bands
perform at the show n’ shine. In the park, there
will be FCSS sponsored kids’ activities from 10
a.m. until 3:30 p.m. and in that, there will be
glitter, tattoos, balloon animals, Hoola hoops,
and a juggling workshop,” added Cawley.
“There will also be lawn games, kindness
rocks, and a sidewalk chalk station. We will
have opening ceremonies at noon at the show
n’ shine stage. There is a community supper,
and there will be two sittings. One will be a
4:30 p.m. and one at 6:30 p.m. Following that
is a concert and cabaret — it will be Sestra,
who is the opening band at about 8 p.m. and
then Trevor Panczak is from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.”

With a busy few days coming, the entirety of
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BY ERIKA MATHIEU seating to accommodate more diverse pa- said Cattlemen’s is electric. “It’s non-stop for
insight magazine tronage. Hamilton said the restaurant is used three days, just people coming and going,”
to pumping out meals and brews all summer and added, “we’re already (looking forward)
Picture Butte, a small town just long, thanks to the many local events which and getting prepared.”
27 km north of Lethbridge is take place in and around Picture Butte.
about as locally-minded as During Jamboree Days in August, Hamilton Although southern Alberta is not necessar-
you can get. From large-scale ily thought of for its globally-inspired cuisine,
farming operations to small
family-owned and operated restaurants, to
a dutch bakery specializing in hand-crafted
in-house pastry, the residents and business
owners in the community are huge propo-
nents of shopping local, and curating local
partnerships.
General manager for Cattlemen’s Morgan
Hamilton said the business was purchased
by its current owners Ram and Olga Khanal
in 2016, who wanted to honour the history
of the building and contribute a vibrant and
internationally-inspired menu for a local-
ly-minded clientele.
Prior to recent renovations, the establish-
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Cattlemen’s menu is surprisingly adventur- chicken dishes to spice-laden curried pota- products come from Crystal Springs
ous and strikes an impressive balance of toes, Afghani tikka kebob, Irish Pork Chops, cheese,” just a short drive from Picture
global flavours and conventional classics, all and more, there are plenty of options for Butte.
while honing in on utilizing the huge array a locally-owned, regionally sourced, and
of producers close to the modern, versatile, elevated dining experience. “This is always been such a communi-
and welcoming venue. ty-oriented place,” Hamilton said, and with
“We support so many local (businesses). the owners being long-time residents of
Owners Ram and Olga are from Nepal We get all of our meat from Benchmark Picture Butte, “they knew the people, it’s al-
and Ukraine, respectively, and in addition Meats, which is right here in Butte. We have ways been very important to them to make
to this, Hamilton said the head chef in the our pork products from Broek Pork, which sure that the quality of food is good and
kitchen is also keen on bringing interna- is (located) out towards Coalhurst.” therefore, they really push to support local
tionally-inspired dishes to the plates of as much as they can.” She added, “I think
southern Albertans. “Our chef is amazing. Hamilton said the produce is local too, because of that, lots of people like to come
He’s travelled to all different parts of the “We get the haskap berries and a lot of our and support here because it’s helping build
world,” which has been imparted on the fruits and veggies and stuff from Prairies the community, in the long run.”
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By ANNA SMITH   The energy and oil sector has also seen Jabbar. “So these have enabled us to collect
the benefits of machine learning, in trying large data sets, let me call it Big Data now.
T insight magazine to identify adverse events. Use of artificial So enabled us to collect these big data from
he idea of artificial intelligence intelligence has helped to reduce downtime farms in real-time. Right. So this has allowed
may bring to mind big cities in facilities, and can assist in maintenance us to utilize our resources in an optimal
or shiny self-driving cars, but planning and other aspects of day to day manner. You’re not only just looking at one
the applications of machine work. data source, you’re looking at multiple data
learning could be much closer sources. So this is helpful, as in trying to see
to home.   However, some of the more interesting where to do what, you can intervene in more
  Computers are fantastic at noticing applications are future applications, and real-time rather than waiting for something
patterns and interpreting data, said Shazan Jabbar has several ideas for how machine to happen.”
Jabbar, a lead machine learning scientist at learning could be applied in the agricultural
the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute sector, an interest that has been shared by   Jabbar mentions a startup outside of
(AMII). This quality is already in use to make the sector itself. Alberta known as CropX, which uses ground
human work easier in several places across sensors to monitor the soil and optimize the
rural Alberta.   “We have a huge interest in agriculture as use of water.
  “We are seeing a variety of use cases and well, honestly. So, one of the new venues, we
people are trying to use AI in Alberta,” said speak about red how we machine learning   “Using machine learning and AI, they were
Jabbar. “One example I could give you specif- and AI could be used, I am honestly seeing a able to reduce water usage by up to 30 per
ically is in the Drayton Valley Water Treat- lot of interest around that a lot of farmers, a cent. So this is a big change, right? Especially
ment Plant. We are working on a project with lot of companies, even startup or small-sized when you have a lack of resources. So, you
them, AMII and the University of Alberta. So, companies to like no large corporation reach have, you want to save water, for example,
it’s a collaborative project with ISL engineer- out to us with this interest,” said Jabbar. you’re looking at optimizing your resources.
ing. We work on a project with them to try to So it’s on track. So it kinda addresses multiple
use a special area in machine learning called   One example of how it could be used challenges,” said Jabbar. He suggests that
reinforcement learning, in order to build a was in the monitoring of crops, said Jabbar, similar technology could be used for pes-
more adaptive treatment system, so that making the most of the computer’s ability to ticides or fertilizer, to get the most benefit
they can optimize the water treatment.” interpret large pools of data in a short period from the smallest amount applied.
  The machine there is currently being of time.
developed to predict when the water will   “Another interesting application I’m see-
require more treatment, such as during   “We are seeing huge advancement in ing in this space, especially in the agri sector,
spring runoff, and adapt without the need crop monitoring systems through satellite is the possibility of robotics. Right, we hear a
for human intervention. This process is still imagery, the usage of drones or other kinds lot about self-driving cars,” said Jabbar.  
being worked on, but Jabbar believes that of more ubiquitous sensor equipment,” said
when it’s finished, they will have successfully   “We may not have self-driving cars, or
taken some of the burdens off of the human fully functioning self-driving cars right now.
workers at the plant. But the research area is huge, right, in this
particular domain. People are talking about
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to, for example, automated tractors, or even
crop picking robots.”

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