Herbert Has Lots For a Buck

Canada in the twenty-first century is a place
of growth and expansion. Cities like Vancouver and Toronto have become
word-class destinations for business and tourism. Meanwhile, smaller, less
prominent communities face changes of different sorts, as residents depart for
the opportunities present in our country’s largest cities. Nowhere is this more
apparent than in Canada’s prairie provinces.

Despite changes
in population and the loss of such essential services as schools, post offices,
and grain elevators, many of Canada’s oldest prairie communities—communities
like Craik and Meacham in Saskatchewan, and Vulcan in Alberta—have defied the
odds, facing death only to rise again.

In Herbert
Has Lots for a Buck, Elizabeth McLachlan investigates how these
communities have capitalized on green initiatives, the growing influence of
local artists, and even an uncanny connection to one of Star
Trek’s most famous icons to not only survive beyond expectations, but
thrive.