21 AWESOME AIRDRIE KIDS IN 2021

When Jake Neighbours was selected 26th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2020 NHL draft on Oct. 6, he and the other draftees did so in the comfort of their own homes.

Lovepreet Deo used to be a little girl who endured stares from people, due to her cerebral palsy, and kept her dreams to herself. “I was in my own little world, I didn't open up to anybody,” recalls Deo. Deo knew no one when she moved to Airdrie with her family as a 27-year-old in 2008.

You may think square dancing is a colourful part of the past, but assuming the art has died is a mistake.