Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס
@harrymsanders.bsky.social
Editor of Alberta History, the journal of the Historical Society of Alberta. Calgary historical consultant and the city’s historian laureate emeritus.
Acclaimed British comedienne and singer Gracie Fields (1898–1979) performed in Calgary 85 years ago today. She sang for 2,000 soldiers at Currie Barracks and for an audience of 10K at the Stampede Grandstand (pictured here in 1922) in aid of the Navy League of Canada. 📷: @UCalgaryLibrary
August 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Acclaimed British comedienne and singer Gracie Fields (1898–1979) performed in Calgary 85 years ago today. She sang for 2,000 soldiers at Currie Barracks and for an audience of 10K at the Stampede Grandstand (pictured here in 1922) in aid of the Navy League of Canada. 📷: @UCalgaryLibrary
Emergency at Calgary City Hall. The entire municipal complex has been evacuated.
August 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Emergency at Calgary City Hall. The entire municipal complex has been evacuated.
Some gentleman just stole my scooter. Thanks, a__hole.
July 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Some gentleman just stole my scooter. Thanks, a__hole.
Celebrate Canadian Jewish Heritage Month by attending “Sharing Our Story, Ourselves,” a presentation by Katie Baker on May 20, 2025 at 7:00 pm at the Central Library. Part of a monthly lecture series by the Chinook Country Historical Society.
#CanadianJewishHeritageMonth #JewishHeritageMonth
#CanadianJewishHeritageMonth #JewishHeritageMonth
May 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Celebrate Canadian Jewish Heritage Month by attending “Sharing Our Story, Ourselves,” a presentation by Katie Baker on May 20, 2025 at 7:00 pm at the Central Library. Part of a monthly lecture series by the Chinook Country Historical Society.
#CanadianJewishHeritageMonth #JewishHeritageMonth
#CanadianJewishHeritageMonth #JewishHeritageMonth
April 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Calgary Transit's Blue Line, a light rail transit line, began service #40YearsAgoToday (April 27, 1985) as Route 202. The Blue Line name was originally used for a streetcar route that became commonly known as the Belt Line. Today's Beltline district maintains the name. @calgarytransit.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Calgary Transit's Blue Line, a light rail transit line, began service #40YearsAgoToday (April 27, 1985) as Route 202. The Blue Line name was originally used for a streetcar route that became commonly known as the Belt Line. Today's Beltline district maintains the name. @calgarytransit.bsky.social
Snow in #YYC on Erev Pesach. Holiday of Spring indeed. Feh. #HappyPassover
April 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Snow in #YYC on Erev Pesach. Holiday of Spring indeed. Feh. #HappyPassover
#90YearsAgoToday in #YYC (Apr. 12, 1935): The Governor General, the Earl of Bessborough, lays cornerstone for Calgary's Permanent Force Barracks. In 1937, the base is named Currie Barracks for the late General Sir Arthur Currie. Decomissioned 1996 & redeveloped. Photo: @ucalgary.bsky.social Library
April 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#90YearsAgoToday in #YYC (Apr. 12, 1935): The Governor General, the Earl of Bessborough, lays cornerstone for Calgary's Permanent Force Barracks. In 1937, the base is named Currie Barracks for the late General Sir Arthur Currie. Decomissioned 1996 & redeveloped. Photo: @ucalgary.bsky.social Library
The historic Hudson's Bay Company store on #YYC's Stephen Av is in its final days. #OTD in 1970, Lt.-Gov. Grant MacEwan opened the store's new 6th-floor exhibit celebrating the #HBC's 300th anniversary. There was no repeat celebration for the 350th in 2020—COVID-19 had begun. @calgaryherald.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The historic Hudson's Bay Company store on #YYC's Stephen Av is in its final days. #OTD in 1970, Lt.-Gov. Grant MacEwan opened the store's new 6th-floor exhibit celebrating the #HBC's 300th anniversary. There was no repeat celebration for the 350th in 2020—COVID-19 had begun. @calgaryherald.com
#55YearsAgoToday in #YYC (Apr. 9, 1970): Lt.-Gov. Grant MacEwan cuts a buckskin ribbon to open the Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary exhibit on the 6th floor of the historic Calgary store. L–R: Mayor Rod Sykes; J.R. Murray, HBC managing director; H.E. Dunn, store manager; MacEwan. #hbc
April 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
#55YearsAgoToday in #YYC (Apr. 9, 1970): Lt.-Gov. Grant MacEwan cuts a buckskin ribbon to open the Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary exhibit on the 6th floor of the historic Calgary store. L–R: Mayor Rod Sykes; J.R. Murray, HBC managing director; H.E. Dunn, store manager; MacEwan. #hbc
This is the only one I've seen, Clint. Taken Apr. 14, 1957, two years after the fire. Rosettis Studio, photographer. @ucalgary.bsky.social Libraries, CU1131645
April 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is the only one I've seen, Clint. Taken Apr. 14, 1957, two years after the fire. Rosettis Studio, photographer. @ucalgary.bsky.social Libraries, CU1131645
#70YearsAgoToday in #YYC: Marshall-Wells hardware warehouse (118–11 Av SE) burns. Smoke column casts a shadow on the Palliser Hotel. Built in 1912 for Wood, Vallance & Adams. Replaced on site by Regency Building; now Impark Lot #243. Rosettis Studio, photographer. Photo: @ucalgary.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
#70YearsAgoToday in #YYC: Marshall-Wells hardware warehouse (118–11 Av SE) burns. Smoke column casts a shadow on the Palliser Hotel. Built in 1912 for Wood, Vallance & Adams. Replaced on site by Regency Building; now Impark Lot #243. Rosettis Studio, photographer. Photo: @ucalgary.bsky.social
Ghost sign for Budget Rent-a-Car at the old Fire Hall No. 1. Converting the old fire station into a car rental agency years ago was a clever adaptive re-use.
April 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ghost sign for Budget Rent-a-Car at the old Fire Hall No. 1. Converting the old fire station into a car rental agency years ago was a clever adaptive re-use.
At the opening event for fireWORKS, an art installation between old Fire Hall No. 1 and the North-West Travellers Building. Ruth Scalp Lock of Siksika gave the blessing. cSpace will convert the buildings into Calgary’s newest arts and culture campus.
April 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
At the opening event for fireWORKS, an art installation between old Fire Hall No. 1 and the North-West Travellers Building. Ruth Scalp Lock of Siksika gave the blessing. cSpace will convert the buildings into Calgary’s newest arts and culture campus.
Hudson Bay to disappear "in several thousand years"—Professor
Canadian Press story from July 9, 1963.
Canadian Press story from July 9, 1963.
April 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hudson Bay to disappear "in several thousand years"—Professor
Canadian Press story from July 9, 1963.
Canadian Press story from July 9, 1963.
Ethel Egbert (1884–1976) retired #75YearsAgoToday (Mar. 31, 1950) after 18 years as the Law Society of Alberta's chief librarian. Daughter of former Alberta Lt.-Gov. William Egbert; served on the Calgary SPCA & Calgary Golf & Country Club executives. Photo: @ucalgary.bsky.social Libraries
April 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Ethel Egbert (1884–1976) retired #75YearsAgoToday (Mar. 31, 1950) after 18 years as the Law Society of Alberta's chief librarian. Daughter of former Alberta Lt.-Gov. William Egbert; served on the Calgary SPCA & Calgary Golf & Country Club executives. Photo: @ucalgary.bsky.social Libraries
"Just One Obstacle"—Roy Justus' cartoon in the Minneapolis Star, reprinted in the Albertan #75YearsAgoToday. #tariffs #tariffsimpact #politicalcartoons
March 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Just One Obstacle"—Roy Justus' cartoon in the Minneapolis Star, reprinted in the Albertan #75YearsAgoToday. #tariffs #tariffsimpact #politicalcartoons
#75YearsAgoToday in #yyc: Sketch of new #CalgaryStampede entrance gate published in the Albertan newspaper. The new gate at 17 Av SE & Macleod Tr evokes the palisade at Fort Calgary; built in recognition of the fort's 75th anniversary. The gate replaces the original sandstone arch built in 1907.
March 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
#75YearsAgoToday in #yyc: Sketch of new #CalgaryStampede entrance gate published in the Albertan newspaper. The new gate at 17 Av SE & Macleod Tr evokes the palisade at Fort Calgary; built in recognition of the fort's 75th anniversary. The gate replaces the original sandstone arch built in 1907.
#110YearsAgoToday in #yyc: Firefighter Lewis Henry Tarrant (1891–1915) is buried with full honours in Union Cemetery. Tarrant's lungs had been damaged in a fire a year earlier. He was a nephew of Fire Chief James "Cappy" Smart. Photo: University of Calgary Libraries
March 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#110YearsAgoToday in #yyc: Firefighter Lewis Henry Tarrant (1891–1915) is buried with full honours in Union Cemetery. Tarrant's lungs had been damaged in a fire a year earlier. He was a nephew of Fire Chief James "Cappy" Smart. Photo: University of Calgary Libraries
I receive this deceptive ad in my Gmail "Promotions" folder. The advertiser is AdsBliss B.V., Netherlands. The link is to an unrelated CBC story from today about Prime Minister Carney and U.S. tariffs. #cdnpoli
March 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I receive this deceptive ad in my Gmail "Promotions" folder. The advertiser is AdsBliss B.V., Netherlands. The link is to an unrelated CBC story from today about Prime Minister Carney and U.S. tariffs. #cdnpoli
#20YearsAgoToday in #yyc: Historic Rouleau House moved across 18 Av SW to its present site behind Alberta Ballet's Nat Christie Centre (the former CNR station). Built 1885 in Rouleauville, which became part of Calgary in 1907 and was renamed the Mission district. Photo: @cityofcalgary.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
#20YearsAgoToday in #yyc: Historic Rouleau House moved across 18 Av SW to its present site behind Alberta Ballet's Nat Christie Centre (the former CNR station). Built 1885 in Rouleauville, which became part of Calgary in 1907 and was renamed the Mission district. Photo: @cityofcalgary.bsky.social
March 6, 1924 headline in the calgaryherald.com.
March 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
March 6, 1924 headline in the calgaryherald.com.
#100YearsAgoToday in #yyc: Building permit issued for Arthur M. Webb residence (1040–5 Av SW), an Arts and Crafts-style house that survived to become one of the last single-family homes in Calgary's Downtown West End. Demolished March 30, 2024. Photo: HeritageCalgary.ca
March 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#100YearsAgoToday in #yyc: Building permit issued for Arthur M. Webb residence (1040–5 Av SW), an Arts and Crafts-style house that survived to become one of the last single-family homes in Calgary's Downtown West End. Demolished March 30, 2024. Photo: HeritageCalgary.ca