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Notable communications projects
Kalesnikoff lumber and mass timber
I oversaw production of this video project and others to promote the Kalesnikoff brand, history and values. I also built up this gallery showcasing Kalesnikoff's new mass timber line of business.
Blue Cart Recycling
I managed the communications campaign launching the City of Regina's Blue Cart Recycling program. Watch the TV commercial and see a CTV news story on the program.
In a city-wide survey, ninety percent of residents said they were satisfied or very satisfied with the communications campaign.
I provided communications support for the Government of Saskatchewan when the Earl and Countess of Wessex made their royal visit.
Read more in this CBC story.
I was on the communications team for the City of Regina's referendum campaign.
The results are covered in this CTV story.
Support for survivors
I revised the Government of Saskatchewan's web content on sexual assault to make it softer and more supportive. I also wrote the Message of Hope for survivors at the bottom of this page. CBC ran this story on my consulting work.
Wide Open book launch and tour
I held 20+ book launch events across western Canada for my memoir Wide Open, earning national media attention and a Columbia Basin Trust artist grant.
Series of news stories about Rolf Heer
Rolf Heer, the legendary woodcarver of Radium Hot Springs, became a dear friend as I kept being assigned to write stories on him. These stories chronicle his last years and his decision to pursue a medically-assisted death. Rest in mischief, my friend.
Woodcarver etched in Valley’s history
Inside a tall fence made of wooden faces, Rolf Heer – the Radium woodcarver – is putting down his chainsaw after nearly 40 years carving his way into the hearts of the village’s residents and visitors and into the very history of the community.
While he would love to continue running his iconic Home of a Thousand Faces, he is putting his business up for sale. Prostate and bone cancer is ravaging his body, and Mr. Heer doesn’t expect to make it to the spring.
Woodcarver’s home goes out with a blaze
“Forty years of history down the drain,” said Mr. Heer on Friday, November 23rd as fire hoses blasted the charred remnants of his iconic home and business, The Home Of A Thousand Faces.
“I don’t know how I’m going to handle this,” he said as he shivered and pulled on a pink fuzzy housecoat, one of the few items he was able to save before his home burned to a crisp. “I might be crying for three weeks.”
More wizardry from The Woodcarver
Rolf Heer sits before a woodstove inside a teepee made of tarps. Outside a wooden sign says OPEN, inviting customers to check out his latest wooden wares.
In November a fire consumed Mr. Heer’s Home Of A Thousand Faces, which doubled as his shop.
Now, two and half months later, the wizard is back in business.
Radium’s wizard settles into new lair with cancer in remission
Rolf Heer relaxes on a plush sofa in a sunbeam that gleams through the window in the Columbia Garden Village suite where he now lives and where he intends to spend the remainder of his days.
Today, in this moment, as he sips apple cider and vodka from a red Solo cup, he’s happy.
But how the 65-year-old wizard feels changes by the day as do his thoughts on medically-assisted dying.
Radium man considers assisted death
When Rolf Heer’s doctor walked into the examination room and closed the door, Mr. Heer got right to the point.
“You know why I’m coming to see you? I want a medical-assistance death as soon as possible,” he said. “I’ve been in so much pain it’s unbelievable.”
While his doctor empathized with Mr. Heer’s pain and offered medication, he said: “My opinion is really to try and dissuade you from this line of thinking."