It’s coming up to Halloween, Feast on this bloody mess – and have fun doing it! Led by the Feast trilogy, Alliance Films Home Entertainment gives horror-loving Canadians something to terrify, gross-out or otherwise amuse us as we approach the night of haunting. When the house is festooned for Halloween and pagan impulses take over,…
One. 21 pianists from 1 2 countries converge on Calgary for the Honens International Piano Competition which runs until November 6 (one of the world’s most prestigious events). Two. The city of Calgary has organized a forum on November 2, 2009 from 5;30 to 7:00 p.m. at the auditorium in Bankers’ Hall where buskers will…
On these close to Halloween celebrating days it came to Janko’s mind the childhood’s stories told by his Dad more than half a century ago. It was in Slovakia, in the region of Trenchin when Viktor Holly was serving the Army he was told by the local people this legend which is called “Tale of…
One. Rally for Health Care! Promote and Strengthen Alberta’s Precious Public Health Care System. Rally takes place at Olympic Plaza, 222 8 Ave. SE, Calgary on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 1.00 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. Read more about Poor Management of Health Care in the article of Ralph Coombs, former President of the Foothills…
The history of Halloween Halloween (the short form of English called All Hallows Eve – eve of evening) is a celebration on the eve of All Saints on the night of 31 October to 01 November. Different traditions for Halloween could be traced back to Celtic traditions. The 31st October ended after the Celtic custom,…
One. Pushkar, India. At the Pushkar Camel Fair, one of India’s most spectacular festivals which this year takes place from October 25th to November 2nd.,аbout 50,000 camels and cattle are bought and sold as usual during the first few days. But for visitors the real attraction is the cultural performances and sideshows in a carnival-like…
One. Great-Grandma Ruth Frith, a 100-year-old Australian, competes in the women’s 75+ shot put final at the World Masters Games in Sydney Olympic Park, and goes for gold. She trains five days a week and bench-presses 35 kg weights to stay in shape, Reuters said. Two. Chris Yee, 34, a Calgarian, visiting the city 45…
One. The organizers of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics pumped in 17,6 – million dollars to improve snowmaking on Whistler Mountain, home to the ski races on the Creekside half of the area. Two. Last week, the committee awarded U.S. President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize. Three. Two American economists Elinor Ostrom and Oliver…
One. The free movie, popcorn and information about research into how genes and viruses might be used to fight diseases such as diabetes and cancer, is on at the Plaza Theater (1133 Kensington Rd., N.W.) on October 15, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Two. Google Street View captured high-resolution views of almost all of Calgary’s public…
Although as one knows the media is pretty much dwelling on sensational stories, overblown opinions, meaningless political drama which tires the average person and makes him indifferent to what it is talked about on the news. An example is the low voters’ turn-out in the Provincial and Federal elections. As well as the Hollywood Stars…