Politics
Diane Colley-Urquhart - The veteran Calgary alderman is still battling for fiscal conservatism, while working as a nurse and lifting weights at the Talisman Centre.
Arts
Andrew Wedderburn - A local musician gets a surprise international nod for his first novel with a curious name.
Tyler McKee - He shows how a Snapple-drinking, religion-studying university student can stake a place in an angry rock band.
Health/Medicine
Ron Salt - For a man who died 12 years ago, he’s looking pretty good.
Media
Jason van Rassel - The Calgary Herald crime reporter self describes as moody, temperamental and toxic. Now, if only he can convince his bosses to let him loose with a column.
International
Alice Nelson - For the girl from Grand Prairie, there was just no getting away from becoming a clown.
Family
Ameera Abbo finds leaving a marriage also means divorce from the Darfurian community that once embraced her.