Alberta Voices — Keith F. Pope: Grandparents believed in Alberta's prosperity. We should, too

On my desk is a stack of paper that predates me by almost 40 years. It belonged to my grandparents, Fred and Edna Pope, who homesteaded near Oyen from 1909 to 1952, through the worst of the Depression. One piece is a Prosperity Certificate: a $1 bill issued by Premier William Aberhart’s Social Credit government […]

Calgary Herald · Sep 19, 2026