During the CO-VID 19 pandemic, history buffs may have taken notice of some interesting similarities and contrasts between CO-VID, which hit Canada in early 2020, and the Spanish Influenza of 1918-1920. CO-VID has infected approximately 191 million people worldwide and resulted in 4.1 million deaths. The Spanish Flu infected 500 million people (about a third of the world’s population at the time). The death toll of the Spanish Flu is still widely contested, with estimates rang

The Blairmore Bandstand has a rich and storied history 100 years in the making. It’s no wonder that the bandstand will be a featured theme for this year’s Crowsnest Pass Doors Open and Heritage Festival happening August Long Weekend (July 29th to August 2nd). Throughout the 1920s to 1940s, the bandstand was used for music, celebrations, union rallies, and political activities. In the 1940s, during WWII, the bandstand served the new function of supporting the war effort by pro

Do you have a cat? Do you like cats? Do you enjoy hilarious photos of cats or cat memes? I bet the answer to at least one of those questions is a yes, unless you are firmly and exclusively in the “dog person” camp. Regardless of your convictions, cat videos, photos, and memes are fundamental to present internet culture. Sometimes I wonder what a person from the past would think of social media, and moreover, what would they post? Pictures of nights out with their sweethearts