Driving forward

Women in Airdrie who are fleeing domestic violence have a safe haven for themselves and their children thanks to Airdrie P.O.W.E.R.

The sports bar at Boston Pizza is packed and the parking lot is chock-a-block. It’s a sunny Tuesday evening in April, and the 100 Airdrie Men Who Give a Damn are gathered for their quarterly meeting of drinking and do-gooding.

When the organizers of Airdrie’s inaugural Pride event in 2019 saw more than 2,000 people come to Nose Creek Park to stand in solidarity, they could have never imagined that it would be the only in-person celebration of gay rights for the next two years.