Back during my summer vacation, I was driving out to Saskatoon to see some old friends from there. As I passed through Vegreville, Alta., I thought to myself, "I've never been to Hairy Hill."

That gap in my life experience was remedied.

Here's a quick profile I did for CTV.ca of new Alberta Tory leader Ed Stelmach .

Not that I know the guy personally, but I know that area northeast of Edmonton quite well. My dad's quarter-section of land is about a 20-minute drive from Andrew, which is where Stelmach's farm is located.

That's a pretty damned Ukrainian part of Alberta! (as opposed to being a pretty damned part of Alberta, because of the Ukrainians)

And if you ever go to western Ukraine, you can see why. For my grandparents, it would have been a lot like home.