28 Aug
Featured

Lightning struck

Amanda BorysAugust 28, 2023

 Sprites, elves, and blue jets. Gnomes, trolls, pixies, blue starters, and upward super bolts! All the ingredients for a good fairy tale or — a bad storm!?!

All of these are forms of high-altitude lightning, but the most dangerous for people is sheet lightning.

In Canada, 90 per cent of lightning-related deaths have occurred in four provinces – Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. And about 85 per cent of those deaths were men.

Calgary has seen its share of electrified demises.

In 1915 sweethearts Charles Tawse and May Swindell were struck down at an intersection in Mount Royal, while Staff Sergeant Bossange of the...

17 Aug
Featured

One Hundred and Eleven Days

Andrew McCutcheonAugust 17, 2023

50 years of history is a long, long time.

Most of the historical stories we have covered have gone back into the archives, but this one focuses on something a bit more recent. It is unique because it is the only time in 50 years that Kerby Centre has closed its doors.

People may be sick of hearing about it, but COVID-19 changed the world over, and Kerby Centre was no exception. Even now, the remnants of the virus still loom in the background, but after three years, since seemingly have returned to some semblance of normalcy.

But those were a long three...

27 Sep
Current Events

The next 50 years

AndrewSeptember 27, 2023

I was asked the other day, what is Kerby Centre going to do differently in our next 50 years of operation? To answer that I would have to look far down the road, but I can assure you that in...

25 Sep
Money

Hello New Adventures!

Debra MolzanSeptember 25, 2023

Hello New Adventures! Autumn is the season of change. It can also be a time of reflection and a time to plan for your future. What type of lifestyle would you like? More time to travel, perhaps meet new friends. Is...

30 Aug
Wellness & Healthy Aging

We love geraniums!

Deborah MaierAugust 30, 2023

It feels like I just finished planting the last of my Pelargoniums. Well…I was still planting them on August 6. But that’s part of the beauty of Pelargoniums, commonly known as annual geraniums. They can hang out in their nursery...

22 Aug
Money

Know your limit and invest within it

Yibin YuAugust 22, 2023

Understanding the level of risk you are willing and able to take with your investments is critical to your success as an investor. All investments come with some degree of risk; the higher the potential return of the investment, the...

4 Aug
Featured

The 1916 Soldiers’ Riot

Amanda BorysAugust 4, 2023

The White Lunch restaurant occupied the ground floor of the building at 128 8th Ave S.E., (where the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre stands now) with a second location at 108 9th Ave S.W. (near what is currently Banker’s Hall)It was...

1 Aug
Current Events

Halfway through our 50th

Larry MathiesonAugust 1, 2023

As you are reading this, we are closer to the end of our 50th anniversary year than we are to the start of it. As with most of our previous 49 years, the 50th has been a particularly good year,...

31 Jul
Featured

Big sister, little sister

Barbara EllisJuly 31, 2023

For the better part of seven decades, I had a big sister and she meant the world to me.Unfortunately, I lost her a couple of years ago, but not a day goes by that I don’t think of her. We...