I’ve decided to keep these blog headings until sometime after the final on Sunday, perhaps in a desperate denial of fact. Less than 24 hours after arriving back home, I find myself navigating the crowded streets of downtown Calgary. Friday means day 1 of the Calgary Stampede and the jean wearing, plaid shirted, stetson topped […]
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Calgary Punk Music
I was sent to the Distillery a few Saturday’s ago to work on a story on Calgary’s punk/hardcore music scene, that Calgary Herald music writer Heath McCoy was working on. The Calgary Beer Core, a local punk and hardcore music promotion, was holding it’s 10 Bands for 10 Bucks event at the downtown Calgary club. […]
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No Flames No! (in the play-offs that is)
The Calgary Flames were eliminated from this year’s Stanley Cup play-off race Tuesday. Calgary’s 2-1 loss to San Jose at home and Colorado’s penalty shoot-out victory in Vancouver combined to wash away the Flames’ tenuous hopes of earning the western conference’s final play-off berth.This is the first time since the 2003 season that there will […]
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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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