Pivoting En Pointe

When the first person kicked an oversized rock across a frozen pond and saw it crashing into another stone with a satisfying clunk, curling was born.

The blue cart at your curb is one of thousands picked up daily in Airdrie as glass, plastic, paper and cardboard make their way to becoming something new again.

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.