Waldron Ranch News Today

Photographer Mike Drew found himself unprepared to see how low the water is along the Oldman River southern Alberta.

Chronicles from the Olin Creek frontier

Article content Over 30 summers spent on Manitoulin, I’ve had the fun and joy of knowing the Wilson Family at Tobacco Lake and watching the Wilson kids grow up. Lovely summer years. The other evening, I sat at my desk at home in New York City, thinking of how Ben Wilson has grown. I joined 575 viewers in an online public release of an exciting new short documentary film that Ben was involved with as cinematographer. I remembered when Ben was young, after earning his pilot’s license, he flew...

But hey, at least the day was warm. The clouds, as seen from the Smuts Creek valley near Pekisko, were caused by wind blasting over the mountains to the south. Called lenticular clouds, they’re formed by high-altitude winds blowing over more stable air below and causing eddies where the air masses meet. The moisture that condenses in those eddies forms the platter-shaped clouds. Lenticular chinook clouds stacked in the skies over the foothills near Pekisko, Ab., on Tuesday, December 15, 202...