Calgary is filled with landmarks that most people can recognize instantly, but behind their familiar looks are often overlooked stories.

Much could be made of the fact that little is being done to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of Fort Calgary, the locus of European settlement at the confluence of the Elbow River and ...

In the early 1920s, the Calgary Winter Carnival, which took place on the Stampede grounds we know today, was a big deal. The city's population was just over 63,000. The Exhibition flooded the ...