'Our city is filled with incredible Calgarians': Mayor, council present 2023 Calgary Awards
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The 2023 Calgary Awards were handed out on Wednesday night, recognizing individuals and organizations that make the city a better place to live.
The 2023 Calgary Awards were handed out on Wednesday night, recognizing individuals and organizations that make the city a better place to live.
Mayor Jyoti Gondek and members of council announced the recipients at city hall.
The prestigious W.O. Mitchell Book Prize went to Suzette Mayr, for her novel The Sleeping Car Porter.
Set in 1929, Mayr's novel tells the story of R.T. Baxter, a Black train porter who grapples with the many humiliations of his job yet is focused on achieving his dreams.
Twelve other awards were presented on Wednesday night.
The East Side Dance Festival Society, Usman Tahir Jutt, Meenu Ahluwalia, the Centre for Sexuality, Chantalle Bourque, elder Dr. Reg Crowshoe and elder Rosemary Crowshoe, Josh Traptow, inclusion FACTOR and Jeanae Elisha C. Ventura received community achievement awards.
Garden Loft received the Award for Accessibility.
Toronto could see the first taste of winter weather this morning as a low-pressure system brings snow to the city on Wednesday morning.
Montreal's transit authority failed to properly consult with the public over its 'indefensible' plan to force an elderly couple out of their home to build a new ventilation station in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie, a commission was told Tuesday evening.
In the oldest Chinatown in the entire country sits Loy Sing, a business that holds the title of longest continually run Chinese business in North America. It has now been in operation for 136 years and counting.
The Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan is recommending that the province improve its system of monitoring sales of farmland to foreign entities.
With seven months under their belt, Gather Local Market at River Landing continues to try new ideas to move their concept forward. The latest addition is helping small businesses get off the ground.
A Quebec man has been sentenced to prison after attempting to smuggle more than 1,000 forged documents into the country, including Canadian permanent resident cards and driver's licences.
An outspoken former Calgary bishop who was outspoken on several issues such as LGBTQ policy and school HPV vaccinations has died.
Revelations about a cheeky comment during a dinner meeting at president-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort between Trump and Prime Justin Minister Trudeau last week are creating waves.
The Waterloo Regional Police Service has issued a public plea after three youths fell through the ice at a Cambridge pond.
A man was severely injured Tuesday morning when he leaped onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled in the Far North community of Fort Severn.
Quebec's health minister has tabled a bill that would force new doctors trained in the province to spend the first five years of their careers working in Quebec's public health network.