Howdy y’all,
It’s hard to believe the semester is already coming to an end. And with the end of the semester, it will also mark the end of our time as your newsletter editors 🙁
Thank you so much for your support this semester. Now, let’s get into this week’s roundup!
— Mofe and Zach
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NEWS FRONT: What’s on Alberta’s mind
Calgary Herald – Business leaders are worried about Calgary’s rapid rise in rents and home prices. Link
CityNews – Dozens of youth died after receiving child intervention services in Alberta: report. Link
CBC – The drought that has plagued Alberta recently could have lasting long-term effects on the province’s oil and gas industry. Link
CTV – A skier unfortunately passed away in an avalanche to the west of Lake Louise. Link
Global News – WestJet Encore pilots voted in support of a potential strike in overwhelming fashion. Link
CityNews – What does the carbon price increase mean to you? (podcast episode) Link
Get busy
Our Calgary Journal editors have picked 10 spring events around the city for you to check out. Link
The Rwandan Canadian Society is once again commemorating the 1994 Rwandan genocide of the Tutsi and moderate Hutu. They invite Calgarians to come together and remember this tragedy. Link
If you’re feeling stressed about exams or final projects, check out SAMRU’s “stress-less” events and resources. Link
Artist highlight
The final artist highlight of the winter semester is multimedia multidisciplinary artist Star Crop Eared Wolf, who is Contemporary Calgary’s Ksahkomiitapiiks artist resident for 2024. Her work with pressed prairie flowers and use of organic materials and playing with texture has received the attention of art lovers all over Alberta. The pieces she creates are filled with her Blackfoot heritage and she utilizes the flora and fauna from places that evoke the teachings of Blackfoot elders. Wolf’s photography work also evokes her connection to her tribe and its ongoing dialogue with the modern interpretation as a child growing up on the Blood reserve near Sikóóhkotok, what is commonly referred to as Lethbridge. More on her residency can be found here.
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The Calgary Journal works and learns in the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina, and the Iyarhe Nakoda. The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation.
