Shunning the unvaccinated just another kind of discrimination
Vaccination passports indicate that the rights of a minority of people to access services will be restricted…
A sudden, frightening crash sidelines one of our cyclists
‘I threw down my bike and ran over to her. She was lying still on the pavement, entangled in her bike'…
ConnecTour Chronicles: Antique store owner revives memories
Tour team member Allison Flach spent summers in Rosetown, Sask., as a kid, staying with her grandparents, who were revered in the community…
ConnecTour Chronicles: A pool party on the Prairies
A couple of us, suffering from physical and heat exhaustion, laid down and passed out for a few minutes of respite. But there was a neighbourly antidote to a heat wave…
ConnecTour Chronicles: Even in Banff, COVID-19 has left its mark
Tattoo artist Robb Syre moved to the Alberta mountain resort town to chase a dream with his best friend. Instead, he lost his friend to the virus…
ConnecTour Chronicles: An artistic treasure trove in a former biker bar
By the door is an original painting by renowned Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau, one of dozens of pieces in Wilking’s collection…
ConnectTour Chronicles: Highlights, lowlights and lessons learned so far
Learn to take it one pedal stroke at a time. And even though that hill can look intimidating, just get into the zone and take it slow…
ConnecTour Chronicles: Content to live with old mining town’s ghosts
Some of our group chose to sleep outside in tents rather than risk the ire of these troubled spirits. Two brave souls slept inside…
ConnecTour Chronicles: A brush with heat stroke and then hypothermia
Transport trucks, cars and four-by-fours roared by us, some so close we were showered in road spray and rocked by the wind gusts…
ConnecTour Chronicles: One man’s gear is another man’s gold
Across from our campsite sat a gangly young man named Scott, who had been homeless for 10 years and was trying to find some normalcy…