Ensemble de Mexico

My husband and I owned a small business in Calgary for eight years. My kids learned many things by watching Mom and Dad build a company from the ground up, but the most important may have been that small businesses are local families’ livelihoods.

It would be as early as 2 a.m. on a school night when Caillou Pettis would finally peel his eyes away from yet another horror fiction novel. He’d lay in bed staring up at the ceiling. Sometimes scared straight. Other times, inspired to write his own horror anthology.

This year’s 2017 SLAM on AIR songwriting competition finale on Sept. 16 saw Calgary’s indie rock band Stricken One take top spot. From the first power chord it was obvious they were different.