This week in Shootin’ the Breeze

On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, this issue carries stories of family, healing, recovery and coming home.

On the cover, a lone powwow dancer moves along Fort Macleod’s Main Street during Drum Grid, part of an evening that brought Blackfoot drumming, powwow dancing and a high school drumline into the heart of downtown.

Randy Plain Eagle was once a boy who skipped school so no one would see him. Now the Two Spirit artist has brought his one-person show, Sugar, home to Piikani Nation. His story reaches into addiction, recovery, art and the family who never stopped looking for him.

Stephanie English is walking again in memory of her daughter Joey-Tiiah and other missing and murdered Indigenous and two-spirit people. She shares the message behind the walk in her own words, while Hannah Noerenberg tells the story of the mother who keeps putting one foot in front of the other for her daughter.

At Vista Village, the daughter of 103-year-old Rose Potts shares her mother’s story of being taken to residential school at just four years old. And in Brocket, a travelling library is bringing books, Elders and storytime directly to Piikani children.

There’s plenty of community life in these pages too. Irene Hollander marks 30 years of walking for Terry Fox, the Livingstone Ladies sew care bags for women using the shelter, and a benefit concert helps Care Bear volunteer drivers keep their vehicles on the road.

On the news side, residents hoping to speak directly to Pincher Creek town council face new delegation rules, a camp at Allison Creek is asking for a pause on a planned West Fraser timber harvest, and the Aurora Centre explains how someone in a rural community can take the first step after sexual violence without even giving their name.

And there’s more tucked throughout the issue, including Mailbox, community photos and the people doing the everyday work that keeps southwestern Alberta connected.

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