Stepping into the Canadian New Year with Peruvian traditions
Heavy snow and a chill wind did not stop the Peruvian traditions last night as we made our family walkContinue Reading
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Arya the Airedale has a merry red Christmas
Two days of precipitation accumulating to around 12 cm tapered out in the wee hours of Christmas morning creating a winterContinue Reading
Aboriginal street art: HeavyShield at MRU
I met the Aboriginal artist, Ryan Jason Allen Willert HeavyShield a few weeks ago on Main Street, just across from theContinue Reading
MRU paints Calgary blue
ColourUBlue Calgary was coloured blue today. A thousand or so Mount Royal University students picked up some nice new whiteContinue Reading
Niitsitapi First Nation gets academic year going at MRU
Mount Royal University has earned a strong reputation for having a close contact between faculty and students including smaller teachingContinue Reading
Canada win rugby international against Russia in Calgary
To Canadian sports fans of a certain age, the mention of Canada vs Russia brings out memories of that hockeyContinue Reading
Zinnia in Space: NASA Veggie Lab bio experiments & future food
This should become an epic space shot. Photograph that is. Not only for the splendid colour contrast of these orangeContinue Reading
Fala meet Meelo
Fala, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s dog with Meelo (aka Meatloaf).© J. Ashley Nixon Fala (1940-1952) was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s dog. TheContinue Reading
Curling lanes loaded in Calgary
I was at Acadia Athletic Park tonight for my daughter’s minor hockey game. The plan was to watch one gameContinue Reading
Looking at faces
I was waiting for a long-overdue haircut this morning at Angles in Strathcona. With calming peppermint tea in hand, I lookedContinue Reading
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