Long-awaited snow fulfils many wishes

Calgary Herald
Early Edition, Page B1
After wishing for a white Christmas that never came, winter-loving Calgarians are treating last night’s snowfall as a belated present. While the winter-haters broke out their shovels and began clearing driveways and sidewalks, others slipped out of their houses to the parks, the shops and the ski hills. In the city’s [...]

Painting to cope with 9/11 emotions

Calgary Herald
Saturday, August 10, 2002 Page B4
When two planes destroyed the World Trade Center Sept. 11, artist Andie Wicherts coped with her emotions by going into her studio and picking up her paintbrush. But her mind was not concentrated only on thoughts of terror and violent death. She pondered where all those lost souls would [...]

Pakistani and Indian students leave national grudges at home: Friendships flourish despite Kashmir tensions

Calgary Herald
Page B3
As soldiers eye each other in the disputed region of Kashmir, between India and Pakistan, four recent immigrants shoot pool at the Campus Cove in MacEwan Hall at the University of Calgary. The students laugh and make jokes like any group of friends would. It doesn’t matter that three are Indian and one [...]