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Eric Orlowsky of Prince George competes last season at a Canada Cup long track event Dec. 6., 2019 in Fort St. John. The 19-year-old Prince George Blizzard Speed Skating Club alumni, is back training in Prince George while repairs are made to the indoor Olympic Oval in Calgary. - Handout photo
Speed skater Eric Orlowsky is back for an extended stay in Prince George, where he can practice his long-track moves on the outdoor ice oval at Exhibition Park. - Handout photo 2020 was meltdown year for long-track speed skater Eric Orlowsky. When it hit in March, the pandemic wiped out the rest of the race season. It got even worse for the 20-year-old Prince George Blizzard Speed Skating Club alumni in early September when a mechanical failure at the Olympic Oval in Calgary left the 33-year-old facility unable to make ice on its 400-metre indoor oval track while the viral outbreaks continued to cripple the competition schedule.
aohkii/water is Faye HeavyShield’s piece for Yoko Ono’s Water Event. Contemporary Calgary - Yoko Ono: Growing Freedom
Blaine Campbell When Kainai artist Faye HeavyShield was invited to collaborate with activist/artist Yoko Ono in a new Water Event, the Growing Freedom exhibition, HeavyShield’s first inspiration for an art piece was her oldest granddaughter. Her family and the physical world around her are integral to HeavyShield’s process when creating her art. “I wasn’t going to be able to keep it and put it in another show, so I shelved that,” she said Dec. 3 in an evening virtual presentation hosted by Contemporary Calgary, an art gallery in the southern Alberta city.