Florence Lassandro: Bootlegger’s moll and executed murderer
One of Alberta’s most notorious murder cases of the 1920s occurred in the Crowsnest Pass in 1921, when Prohibition was in full force.
Read MoreJohn Brownlee: Disgraced premier
Long before Bill Clinton “did not have a sexual relationship with that woman,” Alberta’s own John Brownlee denied seducing a junior government stenographer.
Read MoreHenry Marshall Tory: University of Alberta founder
The University of Alberta was founded in 1908 for the most pragmatic of reasons: to sell the young province to prospective settlers.
Read MoreHenry Wise Wood: Farm leader and wheat pool creator
Henry Wise Wood was the first in a series of semi-mystical visionaries – William Aberhart and Ernest Manning followed in his footsteps – who rose up when called upon to give voice to the concerns of western Canada.
Read MoreBob Edwards: Booze-loving newspaper satirist
Bob Edwards was Calgary’s first media celebrity, a genuine pre-television superstar who put the frontier town on the North American map long before the cowboy showman Guy Weadick launched the Calgary Stampede or Mayor Don Mackay gave away his first white hat.
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