Sourdough’s nutritive content depends on whether refined or whole grain flour is used. | Bonnie Hart photo

Sourdough bread taps into grain’s goodness

The fermentation process used to make sourdough has many health benefits that researchers are starting to understand

Despite what you may have heard, wheat and the bread made from it is good for you. Once referred to as the staff of life, bread has become the scapegoat for a number of health ailments ranging from obesity to psychosis. Wheat, being the main ingredient in bread, has suffered the same fate, as have […] Read more

Merlin and Joanne Rude spent a month replacing damaged boards, reconstructing the floor and cleaning the interior of the range riders’ cabin on Alberta’s first grazing reserve.  |  Bonnie Hart photo

Range riders’ cabin restored to former glory

Returning the cabin to its original condition was seen as a way to preserve the history of Alberta’s Blackfoot Grazing Reserve

A seldom-used gravel road abruptly ends where a fence impedes further travel. It’s part of the eastern boundary of central Alberta’s first grazing reserve. It was the location of the east-side corrals, where cattle from the east pasture could be worked. Here also stood a barn and a range riders’ cabin. The reserve, about 32 […] Read more