Why Calgary Says Yahoo Instead of Yeehaw at the Stampede
Yee-haw is the sound of the Hollywood West. Yahoo is Calgary's own, a single syllable that started as an insult and became the city's loudest welcome.
Didsbury Opens the First Sound Stage Outside Alberta’s Big Two
Rural Alberta film studio West of 22 Productions opened in Didsbury on July 1, built to help productions hold the province's 30% rural film incentive.
The Canmore NWMP Barracks and the Year the Mounted Police Came to the Bow Valley
The North-West Mounted Police reached southern Alberta in 1874 and Calgary in 1875, but did not build the Canmore barracks on 8 Street until 1893.
The A.E. Cross House and the Big Four Calgarian Who Funded the First Calgary Stampede
Alfred Ernest Cross arrived in Calgary in 1884 as a young veterinarian and joined the Big Four who put up $100,000 for the first Stampede back in 1912.
Haultain School and Calgary’s Oldest Standing Public Schoolhouse from 1894
Haultain School on 13 Avenue SW opened in 1894 and taught Calgary children for eighty-five years, named for territorial premier Frederick Haultain.
The Last Sentinel of Sharples
Parrish and Heimbecker built the 30,000 bushel Sharples elevator in July 1923 on a CPR spur through the Knee Hills Creek Valley, and demolition is expected.
Judge This Entrepreneur Fund by Its Results, Not Its Launch
Ottawa announced $5.6 million for three Alberta entrepreneur organizations with targets of 280 jobs, 950 businesses served and more than 700 people trained.
The Track Will Not Be the Same Without Tom Glass
Chuckwagon racing lost Tom Glass at 77 after a stroke. The High River boy became a three-time world champion and the face of the sport's biggest years.
Small Cheques Are Nice but Alberta Energy Needs Room to Build
Ottawa announced just over $19.4 million for 13 Alberta energy projects, including about $2.45 million for rural utility EQUS to test EV charger effects.
Edmonton Lands the Kind of Tech Job Alberta Actually Needs
Teledyne is putting $20 million into expanding its Edmonton plant, which builds micro electro-mechanical sensors for vehicles and medical diagnostics.
