The once and future Calgary Public Library
The Calgary Herald, in three separate articles this past week, has come up with a stunning revelation: The city’s new central library will be “more of a community centre than a book depository.” Well, folks, I have news for you.
Read MoreThe Calgary 1988 Olympics – 25 years on
It began not with a hockey game, a figure-skating contest or a ski-jumping competition. The Calgary 1988 Olympics began with the biggest festival of music, theatre, dance, visual and literary arts ever staged in conjunction with a Winter Games.
Read MoreCelebrating the death of a friend
He never learned to play an instrument and could barely carry a tune. Yet my friend John MacManus was a far better judge of musical talent than Simon Cowell or Paula Abdul.
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