Prairies North Magazine Spring 2011 Back Issue

In Praise of Small Brown Birds | 11 -- Rebecca Grambo captures the thrill of watching these under-appreciated flyers; First In Her Field | 15 -- The first female real estate agent in Saskatchewan; The Mystery to Her Success | 21 -- Meet Gail Bowen, a favourite Saskatchewan mystery writer; Glass and Light at Abbey | 25 -- A collection of stained glass windows that takes religious art into new territory; Your Lake Needs You | 30 -- Governor General's Literary Award winner Allan Casey talks about the future of our lakes; A Southern Perspective | 34 -- Photographer Cam Barlow's collection of images from our province's plains shows why the region attracts new visitors, especially those with cameras, every year; At Home in the Woods | 44 -- For Harold Robertson, there truly is no place like home. The 92-year-old still splits wood on his childhood farmstead near Nut Mountain; Chief Tammy Cook-Searson | 50 -- The leader of Saskatchewan's largest First Nation makes her job as chief a very personal one; Chuckwagons of Choice | 56 -- Should you happen across a professional chuck wagon race in western Canada, you will certainly see one of Ray Ostrom's sought-after, hand built chuck wagons on the track; Racing in Mongolia | 65 -- A fast little car and charity work; Eat Local, Meet the Stars | 71 -- A special Saskatchewan Organic Directorate feast; The Essential Ground Squirrel | 77 -- A necessary creature in our ecosystem.