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For traditional country singer Joyce Smith, 78, one of those life changing moments came in 1961 in a hockey rink in Killam.

As a teenager growing up in Austria, Inge Donnelly’s mother asked her if she’d like to learn to play an instrument. Donnelly didn’t take long to answer – it was the accordion. “It could be sort of my heritage,” says Donnelly.

February brings with it Valentines Day and images of Cupid, hearts and boxes of chocolate swirling around young lover’s heads ... unless you’re at the movies. This month Hollywood flips the script, looking at the downside of life and love.

February brings with it Valentines Day and images of Cupid, hearts and boxes of chocolate swirling around young lover’s heads ... unless you’re at the movies. This month Hollywood flips the script, looking at the downside of life and love.

Sam Steele, by Rod Macleod University of Alberta Press, 326 pp., $39.99 Even a legend in Canada’s police and military history could be just another man.

Sam Steele, by Rod Macleod University of Alberta Press, 326 pp., $39.99 Even a legend in Canada’s police and military history could be just another man.

Ranching Women in Southern Alberta, by Rachel Herbert University of Calgary Press, 166 pp., $29.95 “This book intends to write ranch women into western history,” the author says in the introductory chapter.

Ranching Women in Southern Alberta, by Rachel Herbert University of Calgary Press, 166 pp., $29.95 “This book intends to write ranch women into western history,” the author says in the introductory chapter.

So this is it – another year has come and gone. It seems almost impossible that we are nearing the end of the second decade of the 21st century (shouldn't we be driving space cars by now?), but here we are.

The Al-Rashid Mosque, Canada’s first and one of the earliest in North America, was established in Edmonton against all odds and has become an enduring success story of community, resilience and the constant striving for peace.