Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
And here's that same bridge in the daytime.
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Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
We got back in to Calgary this evening. We went on from Golden to Yoho national park, then lake Louise and Banff.
Last stop was the Chiniki Cultural Centre on the Stoney-Nakoda reserve. It's an interesting little museum and, of course, their story is very sad. I didn't take any pictures on the reserve because I didn't want to be a touristy scrote making a people's tragedy a holiday snap.
Stoney Nakoda Nations | People of the Mountains
Last stop was the Chiniki Cultural Centre on the Stoney-Nakoda reserve. It's an interesting little museum and, of course, their story is very sad. I didn't take any pictures on the reserve because I didn't want to be a touristy scrote making a people's tragedy a holiday snap.
Stoney Nakoda Nations | People of the Mountains
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Yeah, I heard it's because of salt from gritted roads that gets stuck to cars. The moose want salt so they know they can lick stationary cars but then they get stuck 
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Blimey, Robert Stack is a blast from the past.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Peace bridge, Calgary, today from my oldest son.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
so that's not a kayak on the right, s/he appears to be sitting on it flat.
spring-peeper
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Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
That's a great movie!
petee
no gods, no malarkey
holds up, doesn't it
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
It was recommended to me by locals as 'quintessentially Canadian' when I first arrived! Really funny.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
spring-peeper
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Here is another quintessentially Canadian production - "The Last Timbit".
toronto.citynews.ca
The head-scratcher will come in the form of “The Last Timbit,” a musical for which Tim Hortons has assembled a who’s who of Canadian artists to stage at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto this June.
The production is loosely based on a 2010 snowstorm that was so bad, drivers on a highway east of Sarnia, Ont., were forced to hunker down in cars and others had to wait out the inclement weather at a local Tim Hortons.
Turning the story into a theatrical production was the brainchild ofGut, a marketing firm Tims hired to help it conjure up a way to celebrate its milestone year.
Tims was determined to give Gut as much room to be creative as possible, so it didn’t even specify the firm had to come up with an event. All the chain said was to find “something with heart” and that would reflect the relationship the fast-food eatery has with its customers, recalled the chain’s chief marketing officer Hope Bagozzi.
'A little wacky': Tim Hortons to stage theatrical production called 'The Last Timbit'
In the last year, Tim Hortons has treated cottaging Canadians to a boat drivethru, revived its beloved Dutchie doughnut and launched flatbread pizzas. But perhaps its biggest surprise will come this summer, on the heels of its 60th anniversary on May 17, when it enters a realm so unexpected for...
toronto.citynews.ca
The head-scratcher will come in the form of “The Last Timbit,” a musical for which Tim Hortons has assembled a who’s who of Canadian artists to stage at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto this June.
The production is loosely based on a 2010 snowstorm that was so bad, drivers on a highway east of Sarnia, Ont., were forced to hunker down in cars and others had to wait out the inclement weather at a local Tim Hortons.
Turning the story into a theatrical production was the brainchild ofGut, a marketing firm Tims hired to help it conjure up a way to celebrate its milestone year.
Tims was determined to give Gut as much room to be creative as possible, so it didn’t even specify the firm had to come up with an event. All the chain said was to find “something with heart” and that would reflect the relationship the fast-food eatery has with its customers, recalled the chain’s chief marketing officer Hope Bagozzi.
spring-peeper
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Other Canadian movies would be
Bon Cop, Bad Cop - Wikipedia, is also a Canadian classic. It explores the francophone/anglophone relationships. It is more for us Easterners that for the western provinces that are not as bilingual.
Men with Brooms - Wikipedia is about Canadian curlers.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
Fast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies ravages the picturesque resort town of Jasper
A fast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies that had prompted 25,000 people to flee has roared into the near-deserted town of Jasper, causing devasting damage.
apnews.com
spring-peeper
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Yes, it is horrible.
There is an iconic building called the Jasper Park Lodge. They are saying that they were able to save most of it. If you click on the link to the resort ( Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge - Luxury Hotel in Jasper (Canada) ), there is an opening letter that tells about the fire.
Rebuilding a town for scratch takes time. A while back, a forest fire destroyed most of Fort McMurray. Five years on, and still working on it.
I'm not sure what will happen with Jasper. It is a tourist town, and now the forests surrounding the town are gone. I wonder if the tourists want to see the burned down forest.
Below is a picture of Jasper in the 1970's
I wonder if Serge Forward got there on his trip.
There is an iconic building called the Jasper Park Lodge. They are saying that they were able to save most of it. If you click on the link to the resort ( Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge - Luxury Hotel in Jasper (Canada) ), there is an opening letter that tells about the fire.
Rebuilding a town for scratch takes time. A while back, a forest fire destroyed most of Fort McMurray. Five years on, and still working on it.
I'm not sure what will happen with Jasper. It is a tourist town, and now the forests surrounding the town are gone. I wonder if the tourists want to see the burned down forest.
Below is a picture of Jasper in the 1970's
I wonder if Serge Forward got there on his trip.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Nope, didn't get that far north. My son has hiked up that way several times.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Rompipalle
“Mad as hell & I’m not going to take this anymore”
We were in Jasper just last month. This is utterly devastating and it will take decades to recover.
Obligatory 'which one is you'...?
