airdrielife Magazine
Celebrating the Good Life in Airdrie
citylife
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.
The story begins as any heartwarming saga should. Two best buds make a pact to better their lives on New Year’s Eve and then begin the craziest year of their lives.
Local aviation enthusiasts have been meeting as a club for decades, but it wasn’t until the last year that the Airdrie Flying Club (AFC) became a formal society. The club has about 40 members of all ages who share a passion for flying.
A swarm of bees settled under one of the houses on the family farm. While researching ways to get the hive to leave, he became rather enamoured with the insect. Calvin now has three hives, in which 60,000 honeybees live per hive. He tells me this constitutes a very small apiary.
The Pacific Ocean is about 1,200 kilometres west of Airdrie by road, but that hasn’t discouraged the Airdrie Sea Cadets from learning the skills necessary to ply the deep blue sea.
We are continuing our summer theme of focusing on men we admire, who inspire and motivate. From the cool factor of our cover story Willy SnYpeS to the soaring charity of the Airdrie Flying Club, and the talent and determination of two young artisans, we have an issue of feel-good stories to share.
Meet our writers and photographers from the summer issue. We love meeting with and photographing community people and business owners. Airdrie is a very unique, small town and a great place to call home. We loved getting to know Liam and Graham; such talented, responsible young men.
We often hear that as our city grows we’re still holding onto that small-town feel. Neighbourhoods are friendly and people look out for and help each other; for the most part people really love Airdrie.
In the world of competitive cheerleading, all that separates you from success on the mat is two and a half minutes. The cheer season runs from September to April, with practices that include stunting, tumbling, dance and jumps.
Since 1909, six generations of the Hanson family have raised cattle in Alberta. Today, Wayne Hanson and his family continue the business, branding their cattle with the same Bell L their ancestors did.
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