Canada in the twenty-first century is a placeof growth and expansion. Cities like Vancouver and Toronto have becomeword-class destinations for business and tourism. Meanwhile, smaller, lessprominent communities face changes of different sorts, as residents depart forthe opportunities present in our country’s largest cities. Nowhere is this moreapparent than in Canada’s prairie provinces.
Despite changesin population and the loss of such essential services as schools, post offices,and grain elevators, many of Canada’s oldest prairie communities—communitieslike Craik and Meacham in Saskatchewan, and Vulcan in Alberta—have defied theodds, facing death only to rise again.
In HerbertHas Lots for a Buck, Elizabeth McLachlan investigates how thesecommunities have capitalized on green initiatives, the growing influence oflocal artists, and even an uncanny connection to one of StarTrek’s most famous icons to not only survive beyond expectations, butthrive.
