Valerie Johnston knew she wanted to be a Boy Scout since she was 6.
That’s when she started attending meetings with her brother. When she turned 8, she got special permission to get an official uniform, and she joined the co-ed group Venturing at 14.
But because she wasn’t a boy, she couldn’t earn badges to achieve the highest rank: Eagle Scout.
“I always wanted to be able to earn everything that my brother and all his friends were earning,” Johnston told CNN. “I had my own book, and I would check off the requirements and everything, so I would wonder like, ‘Well why can’t I earn these? ”
February 18, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Jessica Laurenza
One of Canada’s most highly respected progressive folk-roots bands, Leahy, is set to release their fourth studio album,
Good Water, on Feb. 26. Produced by Grammy Award winner, David Bottrill, the band feels like this is the most ambitious recording project to date.
Leahy arrived on the Canadian music scene in the late 1990s after opening for Shania Twain on her ‘Come On Over’ tour and are now one of Canada’s most highly regarded musical groups. They won two JUNO awards in 1997 for Best Instrumental Group, Best New Group and Best Country Group the following year.