Posted: Apr 25, 2021 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 25
(Clockwise from top left) Carol LaFayette-Boyd, Devon Clunis, Pamela Parker, Rosalind Smith, the Pilgrim Baptist Church and Christine Lwanga all broke barriers on the Prairies.(Submitted)
This story is part of the Black on the Prairies project, a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past, present and future of Black life in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
They re Black. They re trailblazers. They re Prairie firsts.
These Black Prairie firsts sit among the leaders that have shattered glass ceilings in their respective professions. These stellar Canadians and one long-standing church have not only put down roots across the Prairie landscape, they have made deep imprints in Prairie history.
Paper dandelions will be sprouting all over Canada this year
Don t call them weeds they re survivors. And thanks to artist Monique Martin, spring s arriving early.
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Don t call them weeds they re survivors. And thanks to artist Monique Martin, spring s arriving early
Posted: Jan 11, 2021 1:00 PM ET | Last Updated: January 11
One down . 1,599 to go. Artist Monique Martin planted her art in Edmonton this past fall as part of The Works. The installation will appear in several Canadian cities through 2021.(The Works)
It s odd to be planting flowers in winter, and stranger still if you re cultivating dandelions, a plant that s never seemed to have much trouble proliferating on its own. But then, Monique Martin s not in the business of honest-to-goodness gardening. Rather, the Saskatoon artist tends dandelions of the paper variety and now through Jan. 15, the Estevan Art Gallery & Museum in Saskatchewan is blooming with Martin s hand-crafted flowers.
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A couple of skiers try their luck on the moguls as the sunlight creates a nice visual pattern effect at Snow Valley Ski Club in Edmonton. Sometimes the simplest photographs are the most appealing to the viewers. What makes the picture is the contrast of the sun and shadows creating the pattern effect. If the sun was not shining you can hardly make out the moguls from that distance.
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EDMONTON Sahra Kaahiye feels more confident now. Kaahiye, a respiratory therapist in Edmonton, was the first Albertan to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday at approximately 4 p.m. “I do feel like I have an extra level of protection for myself as well as my patients,” she told CTV News Edmonton after she received the first of two doses of the vaccine. “I have a lot of compromised patients, especially in the respiratory wards, so I’m definitely feeling like I am protecting them as well as protecting myself.” Sahra, a respiratory therapist in Edmonton, just became the first Albertan to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.