Tyler Chiliak (AKA The Crackpot Farmer) is a young farmer from east Central Alberta.

Tyler gets a lot of experience in repairs and maintenance on the family farm, and will be sharing how almost anyone can learn to service and repair almost anything. He will explain such things as electricity, water systems, hydraulics, engines, and will be happy to take questions. Righty tighty lefty loosy!

Tyler will also be addressing the issues of propaganda in today's relevance, and how we can learn to discern what is truth and what is twisted.

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Find him on Facebook @The Crackpot Farmer

Michelle Smith is the owner of Higher Self Holistics. She's an intuitive energy healer who offers Reiki, astrology, BQH and other healing modalities. She supports clients through challenges like grief, major life transitions, and health issues.

In addition to one-on-one healing, she hosts group regression sessions, local artisan markets, workshops, and festivals—including the Higher Heart CommuniTEA events -- which bring like-hearted individuals together to celebrate creativity, alternative healing, and community.

A passionate gardener, she loves growing heirloom plants from seed, seed saving, and discovering unique edible perennials that grow in our zone. After leaving a 25-year office career in 2022, Michelle turned to her garden to decompress and began creating botanical plaster cast artwork (also called botanical bas relief art), a technique that preserves the natural beauty of plants in sculpted form. She has recently begun sharing this art with others through workshops.

Website: www.higherselfholistics.net

Instagram: @higher_self_holistics and @higherheartcommunitea

I was born in Lethbridge in 1974 and grew up on the north side and have lived here my whole life.

I am a Jack of all trades master of one - I am a Master electrician. I have hunted and fished my whole life. I can track a bull elk, tell which set of tracks are a bull or cow. I rifle hunt and long-range hunt because of my bad knees. I love bow hunting elk in the rut. I fish for all the varieties of trout, as well as walleye and pike. My safe place to find myself is hiking and/or hunting in the mountains west of Lethbridge.

My greatest accomplishment is my girls - Emily and Abby.  They are the reason I was at Coutts. I was arrested on February 13, 2022, at the Coutts blockade because law enforcement lied. If you followed our story much you will know there were many lies told. I served a week less than two years. In normal circumstances the crime I committed is a fine if anything. My release anniversary as a political prisoner is coming up in February of 2025. Since being released, I have been trying to get back into working shape. WCB will let me know when that is. The money isn’t great but it’s something. Just not much left afterwards to put towards what I still owe the good lawyer that got me out. But I will keep shaving a little extra every time I have extra money.

While in jail, when I wasn’t cleaning my cell and trying to stay active, I learned how to bead on a loom. We used cardboard for the loom and dental floss to start until we were granted better tools. I made several very detailed lanyards and a few larger pieces.  I figured I might as well make the best of my time there and learn a new skill, keep my mind off things and make my girls something they could hold onto in my absence.  Being away from them just about broke me, but it’s also what kept me strong.

I can’t wait to meet you all and teach you all how to bead (old school).