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Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Adam Jackson is a sports journalist at the Kitchener Post and Waterloo Chronicle under the Metroland banner. Jackson is also an award-winning photographer.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Large sunflower


Sexsmith resident Isak Skjaveland stands next to his bizarre sunflower plant in his residential garden on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. The plant, which he suspects grew from sunflowers from a nearby bird feeder, has grown more than 20 flowers on one stalk. ADAM JACKSON/DAILY HERALD-TRIBUNE/QMI AGENCY

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Big update

Well, I've started a new job at the Daily Herald-Tribune in Grande Prairie, Alta.

Grande Prairie Fire Department's Stacie Frey rows during the first-ever autism rowing fundraiser at Save on Foods on Saturday. The event was inspired by one family with an autistic child's need for a service dog. A team of 25 rowers from the Grande Prairie Fire Department rowed for 24 hours straight. ADAM JACKSON/DAILY HERALD-TRIBUNE/QMI AGENCY

Sabrina MacLean, left, and Ryan Taylor, right, wash Buddy, a shepherd lab mix, during the charity dog wash and adoption day at the Holiday Inn Express on Aug. 20, 2011.  ADAM JACKSON/DAILY HERALD-TRIBUNE/QMI AGENCY

County of Grande Prairie bylaw officer Kim Donecz sits in an enforcement vehicle on Aug. 9. Donecz will represent both Grande Prairie and Canada at the World Police and Fire Games in New York City. ADAM JACKSON/DAILY HERALD-TRIBUNE/QMI AGENCY.

Grain elevator equipment is highlighted by stormy skies during the evening of Aug. 22, 2011 in Grande Prairie, Alta. ADAM JACKSON/DAILY HERALD-TRIBUNE/QMI AGENCY

Kaden Hiebert, 9, cools off by jumping on a wet trampoline with his friend Austin Wilson, 8, looking on in Clairmont, Alta. Monday, August 8, 2011. ADAM JACKSON/DAILY HERALD-TRIBUNE/QMI AGENCY.

Father Abe Krahn and son Noah, 3, attempt to fly a kite in a Grande Prairie park on Tues., Aug. 23, 2011. Wind gusts during the day reached a high of 80 km/h, but calmed down around 20 km/h. ADAM JACKSON/DAILY HERALD-TRIBUNE/QMI AGENCY

Zachary Hunt, 12, makes a leap of faith from a rock to the dock at Muskoseepi Park on Saturday.  ADAM JACKSON/DAILY HERALD-TRIBUNE/QMI AGENCY

Show jumper Chloe Bue competes during the 22nd annual Beaverlodge Agricultural Fair on Friday, Aug. 19 in Beaverlodge, Alta. ADAM JACKSON/DAILY HERALD-TRIBUNE/QMI AGENCY

Monday, August 15, 2011

Canola Kerfufle

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Farmers across northern Alberta, including canola farmer Harry Schidlo, are concerned about heavy rainfall in the area. Schidlo alone has received more than 16 inches of rainfall, which has effectively washed out up to 40 percent of his canola crops. ADAM JACKSON/DAILY HERALD-TRIBUNE/QMI AGENCY.

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