Was given an assignment to capture some images from the Stampede’s Indian Village Thursday. The Indian Village has been an integral part of the Calgary Stampede since 1912. A pow-wow, a native dance competition/exposition, was scheduled in the village in the afternoon. I opted to hang out backstage to find images of the competition’s participants […]
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi performed at the Saddledome Thursday. Have never been a huge fan of Jon’s or his band, though I might have had a cassette copy of Slippery When Wet at some point. But, then again, didn’t we all. The hair isn’t as big as it used to be but Jonny still knows how to […]
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The few get fewer
Calgary MLA Dave Taylor left the Alberta Liberal party Monday. Taylor had some parting words aimed at the province’s Liberal party leader David Swann, saying he had lost confidence in the party’s chief. Taylor will continue his political life as an independent.In conservative friendly Alberta this resignation won’t drastically change the provincial political landscape. The […]
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Cirque de Coulter hits Calgary
Controversial American conservative pundit Ann Coulter spoke in Calgary Thursday night. She’s famous for spouting her ultra right-wing views from atop a slender, mini-skirted, leather booted frame. A similar event to the Calgary appearance was canceled at the University of Ottawa earlier in the week because of a perceived security risk caused by the presence […]
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New WestJet CEO
Calgary based airline WestJet presented their new CEO Gregg Saretsky last week. He has had an interesting career arc in the flying industry. He started out as a flight attendant for Air Canada. Although not a pilot, he wanted a photo of himself sitting in the captain’s chair. It turns out his brother is a […]
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Arts school earns high ranking
This year’s Fraser Institute Report Card on Alberta Elementary Schools was released recently. I was sent to provide images for a portion of the story Calgary Herald education reporter Sarah McGinnis was working on regarding Capital Hill School, which has garnered praise for it’s artistic approach to education. It’s obvious, in observations of the students […]
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Murder trial
Arcelie Laoagan, 41, was raped and killed as she walked home from work near a light rail train station in northeast Calgary, Alberta late on the night of Jan. 18, 2008.Her accused killer Christopher James Watcheston, 24, is currently on trial for the crime. As part of the Calgary Herald’s coverage of the trial, I […]
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Olympic Torch Relay
I spent four days on the road with Calgary Herald columnist Valerie Fortney covering the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay in southern Alberta, Canada. We were somewhat disappointed when we realized that it wasn’t a relay in the true sense of the word. It turns out the flame isn’t carried from town to town by […]
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