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It looms on the edge of downtown a stone’s throw from the Calgary Tower, a splash of colour amid aging buildings, railway tracks, parkades and a steady stream of traffic. It’s billed as the world’s tallest mural, painted by one of the globe’s top graffiti artists, and is part of …
Read More »Their sister died in December and was buried in January. Why weren’t they notified?
It breaks Candice Wheeler’s heart to know she missed her big sister’s funeral in January. It’s not that she didn’t want to be there — she simply didn’t know it was happening. Now, Candice and her family in Calgary are searching for answers about how authorities failed to notify them …
Read More »5 nonfiction books that inspired Son of Elsewhere author Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Elamin Abdelmahmoud has a way of making everyone else look lazy. The Toronto-based, Kingston, Ont.-raised culture writer for BuzzFeed News is also the host of CBC’s pop-culture podcast Pop Chat, the founding co-host of the CBC Politics podcast Party Lines, and a contributor to The National’s At Issue panel. His writing has appeared …
Read More »Willy Joosen, the Calgary Flames’ organist since 1988, has died
On Friday, the Calgary Flames’ longtime organist, Willy Joosen, died at the age of 66. The well-known jazz pianist has been sitting behind the organ at the Scotiabank Sattledome since 1988. “For 34 years, organist Willy Joosen brought so much joy and happiness to everyone who came to Flames games. He …
Read More »Freedom Convoy protesters return to Ottawa for Canada Day
Many protesters involved in the Freedom Convoy and Rolling Thunder protests in Ottawa earlier this year are back in the city, co-ordinating events on Canada Day. James Topp, a veteran marching across Canada to protest remaining COVID-19 vaccine mandates, ended his journey with his supporters Thursday at the National War Memorial. …
Read More »Inaugural Chief Pinesi Day held to honour long-forgotten ‘great warrior’
One eastern Ontario First Nation is marking this Canada Day by honouring an important but largely forgotten historical figure. The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation is celebrating the first ever Chief Pinesi Day and reflecting on the life of Chief Constant Pinesi — the last grand chief of the Algonquins …
Read More »Damian Warner on what motivates him since record-breaking decathlon gold
Olympic decathlon gold medallist Damian Warner sat down with CBC’s Ian Hanomansing and shared why staying humble is so important to him, and what drives him after breaking the Olympic record for decathlon points. News Source link
Read More »New Calgary park and monument honouring Vietnamese community unveiled
Hundreds of people gathered at the grand opening of the Journey to Freedom Park in southeast Calgary on Friday. The park, which has been under construction since April 2021, was built to honour the journey of thousands of Vietnamese refugees who fled to Canada after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Tu …
Read More »How a Canadian team solved a century-old mystery to lay WW I soldier to rest
A young soldier from Newfoundland killed during the First World War has finally been laid to rest by the Canadian military after a century-long mystery into his death. Archeologists unearthed the remains of Pte. John Lambert in a Belgian farmer’s wheat field in 2016, almost 100 years after he died. But it wasn’t …
Read More »Massive cricket-processing facility comes online in London, Ont.
In the next few days, the first farmed insects will arrive at a new massive cricket-processing facility in London, Ont. At full capacity, Aspire Food Group’s facility is expected to house four billion crickets and produce 13 million kilograms of the insect each year at what’s believed to be the biggest cricket-specific processing facility in the …
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