Hackers In Heaven

Hackers In Heaven

By: Andrew Penner After 12 shooters (I wasn’t actually counting), three pathetic attempts to pick up the blonde barkeep, and a couple of seriously off-colour jokes, I came to the conclusion that I really did like Barry way more when he was gunned. That’s not to say...
Golf In Alberta – A real Rocky Mountain High

Golf In Alberta – A real Rocky Mountain High

By: Grant Fraser When American journalist John B.L. Soule first coined the phrase “Go west young man” in 1851, he was referring to the opportunity that awaited anyone daring enough to travel into the American wilderness in search of a new life and untold prosperity....
Golfing the Cowboy Trail

Golfing the Cowboy Trail

by: Andrew Penner With a warm and relentless Chinook wind whipping over the rumpled Alberta plains – and a rather rusty golf swing causing plenty of collateral damage – my score was nothing to be proud of. Double bogey? Check. Triple? Check. Heck, one of...
A Return to the Northwest Territories

A Return to the Northwest Territories

By: Todd Keirstead You would never think that teeing a golf ball off of a Mayor’s crotch would get you a return invite to anywhere. That was certainly not the case from our experience last summer in Inuvik.  The Honourable Mayor Denny Rodgers was our special guest at...
A Trip of a Lifetime…And Guess What? No Golf!

A Trip of a Lifetime…And Guess What? No Golf!

As I stepped down onto the dock I could see Mike’s eyes roll up over the rims of his sunglasses and although he kind of smiled and said “hey” I could tell just what he was thinking, “Another one of those golfer guys that knows nothing about fishing, not prepared and...