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Blues-coloured DNA: Second-generation musician Ronnie Baker Brooks learned from the greats
When Ronnie Baker Brooks was eight years old, his father made him a promise. It was 1975, and Lonnie Brooks was in Europe as part of a multi-artist Chicago blues tour. Lonnie was already well-established, having released in 1969 his debut, Broke an’ Hungry, for Capitol Records. So young Ronnie was well aware of what…
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Preview: From dance to death, Calgary Fringe offers something for everyone
From Aug. 1-9, Inglewood hosts the Calgary Fringe Festival as it has done for the past 18 years. Read More
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Your letters for July 30
Right now, the UCP government likes the way the electoral boundaries have been set up because it is to its advantage. In Calgary, we are the most disenfranchised. Our city’s population has grown a great deal in the past five years and we need more MLAs to represent us. Read More
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Opinion: For Alberta, true sovereignty must start with a written, structural constitution
Tate Kaufman is a Calgary contributor to Young Voices, a media non-profit focusing on political commentary. He is a student at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School and serves as an editor for the National Security Law Journal. Read More
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Is Calgary creating inner-city sacrifice zones with its new housing policy?
With its rapid new housing policy, Calgary may be creating inner-city sacrifice zones. Read More
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‘Akin to Lego’: Homes built in a factory may be ‘next frontier’
The latest apartment building to hit downtown Calgary’s skyline was not built from the ground up — but on an assembly line. Read More
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DOT: Closures opened, flights impacted
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Roads are heavy with traffic as people try to make it safely home or evacuate high-risk areas. “We opened up all of our closures,” said Ed Sniffen, Hawaii Department of Transportation’s deputy director. “The Likelike closure is opened up, we got rid of the contraflow in Nanakuli today because we saw a…
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Gov. Green: ‘You need to get to safety, now’
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A tsunami wave is expected to hit Hawaiʻi, and the first impact near Kauaʻi is projected to hit around 7:10 p.m. “This is the most serious warning that you can have,” Governor Josh Green, M.D. said. “It is not a watch. It is a warning. Which means we have to evacuate the…
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Oʻahu resources for shelters and evacuations
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A tsunami warning is in effect for the island of Oʻahu following alerts issued by the Oʻahu Department of Emergency Management on Tuesday, July 29. Officials warn that the first wave is expected to arrive at approximately 7:17 p.m. Residents in tsunami evacuation zones are being urged to evacuate immediately. The warning…
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Big Island tsunami resources, shelter locations
HONOLULU (KHON2) — In response to a Tsunami Warning, Hawaiʻi County has ordered an immediate evacuation of all tsunami inundation zones. You can click here to find the tsunami evacuation zones for Hawaii Island. The evacuation order follows an 8.7 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia, at 1:25 p.m. HST. Tsunami…