Dina O'Meara

Dina O'Meara landed in Alberta in 1980 after having lived in North and South America, Asia and Israel. Upon freezing her hair for the first time on a beautifully bright - but -40C - day in Edmonton, she became enamoured of the possibilities and contradictions of this province. For almost 20 years she has worked as a journalist, writing about most corners of Alberta, from knuckle jumpers at the Arctic Winter Games in Slave Lake, to the fact Medicine Hat stocks rattlesnake anti-venom in its...See more

Dina O'Meara landed in Alberta in 1980 after having lived in North and South America, Asia and Israel. Upon freezing her hair for the first time on a beautifully bright - but -40C - day in Edmonton, she became enamoured of the possibilities and contradictions of this province. For almost 20 years she has worked as a journalist, writing about most corners of Alberta, from knuckle jumpers at the Arctic Winter Games in Slave Lake, to the fact Medicine Hat stocks rattlesnake anti-venom in its hospital because it has to. Dina now works and lives in Calgary, where it's a quick ride out to the windswept prairies or to all kinds of hiking trails in the mountains. See less