Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ...... 3 CULTURE ...... 93 Performing Arts Funding . . . Matt Master’s Top Five Area NEIGHBOURS OF THE WORLD ...... 7 Honkytonks . . . Jann Arden . . . Cowboy Icon . . . The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth . . . Stampede Numbers . . . Top Five Calgary TIMELINE ...... 9 Authors . . . Les Kimber . . . Paul Brandt . . . Honens Piano From 12 500 Before Present to 2007 . . . The First European Couple Competition . . . Kirsten Kosloski’s Top Five Local Bands to Watch . . . Marry in Calgary . . . . . . The First School . . . Beginning of the Calgary Stampede . . . Oil! . . . Brian Brennan’s Top ECONOMY ...... 115 Five Scallywags in Calgary’s History . . . University of Calgary . . . The From GDP to Property Taxes and More . . . Average Wages . . . Todd Flames Make It to the 7th Game of the Stanley Cup . . . Hirch’s Top Five Reasons Why Calgary’s Economy is the Best in the Country . . . King of Beers . . . Bio: Clive Beddoe . . . Small Business CALGARY ESSENTIALS ...... 19 Types . . . Top Five Largest Employers . . . Self Employment . . . From the City Flag to Population Trends . . . Languages We Speak . . . Infrastructure . . . Downtown . . . Gas and Oil . . . Mad Cow and Population in Perspective . . . You Know You’re From Calgary When . . Beef . . . . Gerry Meek’s Top Five Essential Reads . . . Religious Affiliation . . . Will Ferguson’s Top Five Things You May Not Know About Calgary . . . POLITICS ...... 141 Colleges and Universities . . . Professional Sports Teams and Their High Cost of Government . . . George Murdoch . . . ‘Bible Bill’ . . . Notable Wins . . . Calgary’s Mayors . . . Women in Politics . . . Mayor Bronco’s Top Five Reasons He Loves Being Mayor . . . Dinosaur Farts and other CALGARY SLANG ...... 35 Kleinisms . . . The Prime Minister Connection . . . From Buckle Bunnies to the Red Mile, We Give You the Lowdown on Hip Cow Town Wordage . . . THEN AND NOW ...... 157 Population Then and Now . . . Father Albert Lacome . . . Norm Kwong URBAN GEOGRAPHY ...... 43 . . . Tumultuous Times in Turner Valley . . . Guy Weadick . . . Calgary’s Two Rivers Run Through it . . . Top Five Things You Can Do for Free in Titanic Survivors . . . Drought of Epic Proportions . . . The Great Calgary . . . Urban Oasis . . . The Palliser Hotel . . . Bev Sandalack’s Top Depression . . . Let There Be Light . . . Five Streets . . . Plus 15 . . . Calgary’s Five Best Kept Secrets . . . Towering? . . . Nose Hill Park . . . Olympic Park . . . Chinatown . . . FIRST PEOPLE ...... 171 WEATHER ...... 63 Education and Employment . . . Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot . . . And the Winner is . . . Sun City . . . David Spence’s Top Five Aboriginal-Inspired Place Names . . . The Sacred Pipe . . . Treaty Seven . Influential Weather Events . . . When the Bow and the Elbow Flood . . . . Social Organization . . . Joane Cardinal-Schubert . . . Story Robes . . . . Freaky Weather . . . The Alley . . . Top Five Hottest and Coldest White and a Red Paper . . . National Aboriginal Awareness Day . . . Days . . . Wither the Luck o’ the Irish? . . . Chinook Wind . . . GO AHEAD, TAKE FIVE MORE ...... 187 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT ...... 75 Jason Smith’s Top Five Battle of Alberta Moments . . . John Gilchrist’s Calgary Crimeline . . . In the Line of Duty . . . Calgary’s Jack the Ripper . . . Five Restaurants for a Truly Calgary Experience . . . Duff Gibson’s Advice to Young Men . . . Black Friday . . . Policing Calgary . . . The Clown Suggestions on How to Slow Down and Enjoy Life . . . Sean Myers Tells Prince . . .Taking a Big Bite Out of Crime . . . Pig Farmer and Hell Raiser . . Us Why Calgary Kick’s Edmonton’s Butt . . . Susan Weatherby’s Five . Fine, Then . . . Hoax of the Century . . . Madame Pearl Miller . . . Best Day Trips . . .

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