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Howard May

Howard May

Howard was a journalist with the Calgary Herald and with the Abbotsford Times in BC, where he won a BC/Yukon Community Newspaper Association award for best outdoor writing.

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Recent Work by Howard

Three-year-old rides 164 km to raise money for SickKids

Three-year-old rides 164 km to raise money for SickKids

Taillon, a three-year-old from Cochrane Alberta, rode 164.2 km and raised $798 in his month-long fundraising quest to raise money from other kids suffering from illnesses.
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MLA calls for renewed logging consultation in West Bragg Creek and Kananaskis

MLA calls for renewed logging consultation in West Bragg Creek and Kananaskis

Alberta NDP Banff-Kananaskis MLA wants the provincial government to pump the brakes on clear-cut logging in West Bragg Creek, Highwood Pass and Horse Lake/Aura Sand Hills in the Ghost.
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End of an Era: Spray Lakes Sawmills sold to West Fraser Timber

End of an Era: Spray Lakes Sawmills sold to West Fraser Timber

80-year-old family-run sawmill in Cochrane, Alberta is being sold to a BC-based forest products company.
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Bragg Creek's Round Hall to hold big 100th anniversary bash

Bragg Creek's Round Hall to hold big 100th anniversary bash

One of Bragg Creek’s most historic buildings, The Round Hall, is celebrating 100 years this month with two big events.
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Cochrane arborist wins prairie tree climbing competition

Cochrane arborist wins prairie tree climbing competition

When Stuart Witt was growing up near Stonehenge in England, his mother didn’t tell him to “get down out of that tree!” because his father had usually told him to go climb a tree in the first place.
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Cochrane artist puts his heart and soul into murals

Cochrane artist puts his heart and soul into murals

David Crawford has had a tough life – and that was before his doctor told him he had about two years to live because his heart refuses to beat properly.
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Bow Valley High School alumna named finalist for engineering technology award

Bow Valley High School alumna named finalist for engineering technology award

Glass and roads don’t normally go together in a good way, but a Cochrane engineering technologist has found a way they might be mixed together beneficially, and has been recognized for her innovative approach.
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Wildlife experts provide advice after Cougar sighted in Cochrane

Wildlife experts provide advice after Cougar sighted in Cochrane

Wildlife experts often tell hikers that if they’ve spent any significant time on trails in the Bow Valley, they’ve likely been within about 10 metres of a cougar and never knew it.
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Gravel pit gets green light from province despite opponents' objections

Gravel pit gets green light from province despite opponents' objections

The Alberta government has removed a major hurdle for a gravel company to start mining up against Big Hill Springs Provincial Park, but the preservation society that takes its name from the nearby creek is asking them both to just hold their horses.
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Cochrane Ecological Institute taking in orphaned moose calves, but still critical of Alberta government's approach

Cochrane Ecological Institute taking in orphaned moose calves, but still critical of Alberta government's approach

An Alberta wildlife rehabilitation group is continuing its work, which they’ve been internationally recognized for.
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