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Five Calgary chefs set for next season of Chopped
Five Calgary chefs — including one currently competing on Top Chef Canada — are set to show the country their ability to transform random ingredients into delicious dishes on the new season of Chopped...
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Top Chef Canada recap: the all tied up and down for the count edition
It’s Sports Day for the Top Chef Canada competitors today. And I mean that both in terms of that yearly event at elementary schools that featured such activities as caramels on a ruler race, potato...
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Ruth Myles: Instant eviction forces Neda to act in isolation on Big Brother...
There was no resurrecting Allison’s game this week on Big Brother Canada as she was voted out of the house during an instant eviction on Easter Sunday. (What? I’m cruising along on cheap drugstore...
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Ruth Myles: Rachelle talks eviction before moving into Big Brother Canada...
The Gremlins are no more. The BFFs of Rachelle Diamond and Sabrina Abbate were torn asunder when Rachelle was voted out of the Big Brother Canada house on Thursday. I caught up with the 20-year-old...
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Calgary’s New Poet Laureate: Derek Beaulieu
Of all the unlikely venues – and hours (9:30 Monday) – to attend a poetry reading, City Hall’s Council Chambers ranks right up there. Yet, the hall was ripe with literary embellishment this morning,...
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BroadbandTV launches Brand Solutions to help companies harness the power of...
Vancouver’s BroadbandTV, which has succeeded where others have failed in making money off YouTube videos, is cashing in on the growing trend of online viewing with a virtual one-stop shop for brands...
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How to Travel Like a Local
Who wants to show up at your vacation destination and be treated like a tourist? Not you! No, you want to soak up the best your city or hideaway has to offer – and not at inflated prices. Sure you want...
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Ruth Myles: W Network’s #RippleEffect looks to make waves via social media
It doesn’t get much more meat than this: when filming the new reality web series #RippleEffect, producers will post video clips via social media. The leading ladies in the clips will take in the...
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Ruth Myles: Bruce McCulloch’s TV series Young Drunk Punk will film in Calgary
Young Drunk Punk, Bruce McCulloch’s semi-autobiographical tale of growing up in Calgary, is coming to TV. The show, to be shot in Calgary, will air on City at a yet-to-be-announced date. The...
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Ruth Myles: Snakes alive! The Amazing Race Canada hits the streets of Hong Kong
If The Amazing Race Canada’s foray into China this week left you hungry for more international flavour, you’re in luck: there’s a second helping of Asian spice next week as the teams head to Macau....
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Egotistical
Re: “With new memoir, Trudeau opens up on faith and family,” Oct. 18. How arrogant do you have to be to write a memoir when you have done nothing of significance your whole life? Justin Trudeau was...
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Evil cowards
I think I speak for many Canadians when I ask the media to provide us with all the details on the lives of the two soldiers killed in Canada this week. However, I ask you to give little attention to...
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Worst of the Worst:Calgary has provided the most contestants to Canada’s...
Maybe it’s because she is convinced her days of awful driving are behind her. But Calgarian Chanie Richard is happy to list off the many bad habits she possesses as a motorist that led co-workers to...
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Halloween by the numbers: How many kids dress up like Duck Dynasty?
Back in 2011, I started collecting data on Calgary’s trick-or-treaters for the Herald. On the newspaper’s website, I asked readers to tell us their neighbourhood, the number of trick-or-treaters who...
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The poseur's guide to Yvon Chouinard
While a flannel shirt and hemp pants will ensure you look the part of a rugged, arts-loving rock-climber, boning up on the biography of Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival guest Yvon Chouinard will...
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Bowes: CBE is wrong to silence parent group
Now is a time when an independent parent voice is particularly needed. The Calgary Board of Education system is still bursting at the seams, a new provincial government is a real possibility, low...
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Shomi video streaming makes its debut this week
Video streaming has already gone mainstream, largely through the success of Netflix. This week brings the debut of Shomi, a Canadian-only service available exclusively to Rogers and Shaw customers....
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Public library fees eliminated ahead of schedule
Next time you head into a local library branch to renew your card, get a new membership, download an e-book, or browse the Internet, you won’t have to pay a cent. Membership fees at the Calgary Public...
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TV renovation star goes bankrupt, leaves Calgary homeowners stuck
Becki and Steve Mravunac paid a contractor nearly $300,000 for a home renovation that hasn’t been started — and may not ever be, considering the builder declared bankruptcy two weeks ago. As bad as...
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CBC shortens Calgary's supper-hour TV newscast to 30 minutes
Calgary is among the cities that will have its CBC supper-hour newscasts cut back from 90 to 30 minutes in the fall, but how this will affect staffing has not been determined, said the managing...
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