Happy Halloween, Calgary Journal readers!

This newsletter is packed with breaking local stories, an intriguing profile, and some festive Halloween events to keep you busy. Whether you’re out celebrating or enjoying a quiet weekend in, this week’s edition offers insight, inspiration and some Halloween spirit.

Thanks for spending part of your Halloween morning with us. Let’s get into it.

Here are some articles to get you up to speed:

Calgary John Howard Society’s Natalie Noble on hope, homelessness and breaking the cycle of crime

The executive director reflects on her journey from the front lines to leadership.

Calgary’s first rally for Sudan brings protest to city hall

Supporters push for a ceasefire, highlight human rights issues.

Alberta students back in class after teachers strike, threatened mass walkout fizzles

UCP uses Charter’s notwithstanding clause to shut down a province-wide teachers’ strike.

Bank of Canada lowers key interest rate to 2.25% in second straight cut

Central bank drops lending rating amidst U.S. trade uncertainty.

Photo Gallery

A volunteer dressed as the prominent Halloween character, Michael Myers, from the slasher film series, stands with a bloody knife in front of the Wainwright Hotel in Heritage Park on Oct. 23. PHOTO: AVA FREE
Volunteers roleplay as 1800s, funeral carriages, or hearses, in Village Square at Heritage Park on Oct. 23. PHOTO: AVA FREE
Two volunteer actors at Heritage Park dressed as ‘Granny’ and ‘Red Riding Hood’ pose for a photo at Ghouls’ Night Out on Oct. 23. PHOTO: AVA FREE
Calgary summers are dry and usually filled with relentless rain, but occasionally, you stumble across a sight like this. PHOTO: ABIOLA FAMAKINWA

Here is what’s happening in Calgary this weekend:

Halloween Night Hike
When: Oct. 31. 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Where: Weaselhead Preservation Society
Cost: $12.06

Tres Beaches Halloween Party
When: Oct. 31. 9:00 p.m.
Where: Simmons Building Calgary
Cost: $7.05

Festival of Crafts
When: Oct. 30 to Nov. 2. 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Where: BMO Centre, Stampede Park
Cost: $8.00

Unsettled Night at Heritage Park
When: Nov. 1. 6:00 p.m.
Where: The Settlement in Heritage Park
Cost: $29.95

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Riley Stang is a fourth-year journalism and digital media student. She is a passionate Calgarian interested in creating media showcasing our community. Riley is skilled in visual layout and web design.

Riley Fonger currently works as a freelance writer while pursuing a Bachelor of Communications, majoring in Journalism and Digital Media, at Mount Royal University.