Stampede season is in full swing right now, and on my first visit down to the grounds this year, I got to experience it in a bit of a different way!

My friend, and former Katimavik family member, Anna Dell, has spent the last year representing BC as a BC Ambassador. The Ambassador program, from what I could gather, is a business-focused scholarship program open to former municipal ambassadors and royalty. In BC there are about 30 communities with their own representatives, and BC Ambassador is a step up from that. Each summer, 3 new candidates are crowned ambassadors, out … read more?

Every year in July, for the last 10 years that I’ve been blogging, I’ve probably mentioned that my city has turned incredibly cowboy. We have this event called Stampede, we dress up, we watch rodeo, we go on rides, we eat pancakes for free… it’s kind of awesome/annoying/amusing. All at once.

But, most of us are not actual cowboys in the slightest. We live in one of the largest cities in Canada.

This year, I decided to get back to basics (or “back in the saddle” except that I was never in the saddle to begin with) and I embarked on … read more?

So, I have a favour to ask you guys. My new pal, Kaden, is taking part in a pretty wicked competition for The Trevor Project called Be The Change. The Trevor Project is an organization that helps in preventing suicide of LGBTQ youth. This is a cause that is very important to me, and I think that Kaden is doing an excellent job of getting his voice out in favour of LGBTQ youth, not only in the US, but all over. This is just one of the reasons why I’m asking you to vote for him!

Kaden is currently in … read more?