‘Shocking’ Arctic ice melt year’s top weather story: Environment Canada
The top weather story of 2007 was about climate change, Environment Canada said Thursday in releasing its annual list of most important, widespread and most newsworthy events.
Landfills wish for a green Christmas
Alberta’s landfills are taking in higher-than-normal trash loads this week because of all the wrapping paper, ribbons and boxes being tossed out this week following holiday gift giving.
Canada remains undefeated at Spengler Cup
Canada posted a 4-2 win over Adler Mannheim of Germany on Sunday at the Spengler Cup hockey tournament in Davos, Switzerland.
Q: How Many Musicians Does It Take To Write A Song?
A: In this case six, but it was by commission. I’ll explain, but first, a radio producer joke of the same ilk. (Though it could also be applied to many other kinds of “producers.”) Q: How many Producers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: I don’t know — what do you think? Well, maybe it’s only funny if you’ve ever worked as a producer. Anyway, here’s the scoop with the Song For 2007, performed Saturday night on Canada Live (8 p.m.). At the beginning of 2007, CBC asked 6 musicians to write 27 words (as in 2___7, get it?) that described how they felt about the new year. Those 27 words were passed along to someone else in the group, who then wrote the first draft of a song based on the words. As the year progressed, the drafts passed hands, until finally there were six new songs that involved all of these musicians — Jim Bryson, Zaki Ibrahim, Sandro Perri, Jenny Whiteley, Andre Ethier and Catriona Sturton. Kind of reminds me of that old camp game, where one person starts a story, leaving it at a cliff-hanger, then the next person in the circle picks it up. Very fun. (At least, if you’re of a certain cast of mind.) And tonight the songs are being performed by the composer(s), in a mass collaboration on the “final drafts” of each song. My only quibble is I think they should have used seven musicians, just for some form of arithmetical satisfaction. Then they could continue, so 2008, 8 musicians, etc. Just think of the year 2049!
RCMP investigate death in holding cell
Police are looking into the death of a woman at the RCMP detachment in Airdriem Alta.
Gunman opens fire outside Calgary bar
A man with a gun opened fire early Thursday morning outside a Calgary nightclub.
Calgary moves against trans fats
The Calgary region is to become the first in the country to require restaurants to cut the use of trans fats, suspected of killing up to 5,000 Canadians a year from heart disease.
