Calgary News

Sharon Wingenback is a bicyclist, a ballroom dancer, a hiker, a cohouser and a zoomer. She is also homeless. It wasn't that she didn't have a good life. She married, had children and worked as a technical writer for a large corporation in Calgary. Yes, she and her husband separated. It was not a perfect life – but she was managing just fine.

Looking to move? But where? I was recently in that position: looking. Everything in a lower price range was too basic, with absolutely nothing except a stove, fridge, and some closets.

You are out camping or just heading to work early and already you can hear them—those birds nearby in the trees and bushes are not just awake but are singing their hearts out! Trills, high-pitched crescendos, and lively melodies are everywhere.

Mid-August simmered and there were spots of rain when a friend and I drove from Edmonton to Pincher Creek, Alberta for their 2014 professional rodeo.