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It was a cold, windy afternoon when a drag queen had taken the stage of a nearly deserted 2018 Pride event in Medicine Hat to give it all that she had and more. She put on a show for those who were there that they would not forget. Her name
Growing up, I heard the phrase “best friends forever” or “BFFs” everywhere from Disney shows to Hallmark movies but I have come to realize that those friendships are rare. The hard truth is that when you enter any new stage in your life, losing friends is a natural part of
When season one of Indian Matchmaking premiered in 2020 on Netflix, it attempted to authentically show the process of modern arranged marriages through Sima Taparia — or Sima Aunty as she is more respectfully known as — and her clients but as the show returns for season two, we get the sense
Everyone has listened to one album or another about the joys of falling in love with the one. Calgary-based hip-hop artist Kam Prada’s debut album With or Without You which released today is everything but that, as he celebrates the single life. The relatable album with inspiration
Fairy lights and festival chairs made their return to the beautiful Prince’s Island Park last Thursday when the annual Calgary Folk Music Festival started its four-day family-friendly cultural and musical extravaganza. On entering, I immediately stumbled into the food vendor alley where food trucks were lined up
The Yukon has a world-renowned fossil record of ice-age animals, but the same cannot be said for mummified remains — that is, until June 21 when an almost complete, mummified baby woolly mammoth was found in the Klondike gold fields within Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Traditional Territory. Travis Mudry, a young
KAYAM is kicking off the summer by opening for Bryce Vine at the Calgary Stampede on July 15 with a performance of his new single “PATAGONIA” — which officially releases the week after on July 22. The versatile summer-fling single draws inspiration from the U.K. dancehall genre and Tory
A new study has found a genetic subpopulation of polar bears in Greenland that do not need sea ice to survive — despite the long-standing concern that the survival of polar bears has only been threatened because of climate change melting the Arctic sea ice. The research team based at
Those who were in The Palomino Smokehouse for Sled Island on June 23 could not keep their eyes off Kamikaze Nurse — a rock band from Vancouver, B.C. made up of members KC Wei, Ethan Reyes, Sonya Eui and John Brennan — who were performing their newly-released second album Stimuloso.