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Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס

@harrymsanders.bsky.social

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Editor of Alberta History, the journal of the Historical Society of Alberta. Calgary historical consultant and the city’s historian laureate emeritus.

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Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · 11d

I think I misheard CBC News this morning. It sounded like the federal government is projecting a deficit of 74 kajillion dollars.

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · 12d

Everyone keeps saying this is the first time since 1980 that a sitting Calgary mayor has been defeated.

But in 1989, Al Duerr beat Mayor Don Hartman. Alderman Hartman had been appointed mayor when Ralph Klein resigned, but he WAS mayor, no less so than if he had been elected to the job.

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Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Oct 1

I’m so glad I went to hear Jane Goodall at Calgary’s Jubilee Auditorium 15 years ago, on October 24, 2010. I went because my then eight-year-old son wanted me to take him. Jonas is now a grad student and the co-author of a scholarly science paper.

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Sep 23

Quick 30-minute visit to synagogue today, and I hit all the highlights: Torah reading, Haftorah, and shofar blasts. Time well spent! #ShanahTovah to all who observe the holiday.

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Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Sep 6

a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a living room .

ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a living room .

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Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Aug 13

Mom’s up on the roof?

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Aug 13

Everyone’s back in City Hall. No explanation given.

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Aug 13

Emergency at Calgary City Hall. The entire municipal complex has been evacuated.

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Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Jul 31

(I had spelled out the word instead of substituting a letter.)

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Jul 31

When I started composing my post, I referred to him as a pr_ck. I got a language warning, so I changed it.

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Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Jul 30

Some gentleman just stole my scooter. Thanks, a__hole.

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Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Jul 28

I’m tired of the worldwide craze for recently changing your menu options so everyone has to listen carefully.

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Jun 17

Hey, Paul!

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Jun 17

The genie returns with tomorrow’s headline: Bank thief escapes with cash. The thief carries out the heist. But he is caught the next afternoon. He asks the genie why the headline was wrong. The lazy genie explains that he went only as far as the next morning and came back with the morning edition.

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Jun 17

There was an old Shazam comic where a thief frees a genie from a bottle. He commands the genie to bring him tomorrow’s newspaper so he can find out if the bank robbery he is planning will be successful. The genie is lazy and protests; time travel is hard work and tiring. But the thief insists.

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Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · May 23

Seems to me they were also in Marda Loop where I live. I had one doughnut and got a sugar headache. Much too sweet.

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · May 19

I saw it in Seattle!

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · May 16

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

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · May 15

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Nearly century-old Edmonton school set to be demolished, replaced with new building

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Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · May 13

Of course, the question is in all-caps.

Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · May 9

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'Record year for demolitions': Calgary heritage expert laments blanket rezoning | CBC News

The 115-year-old MacLean house at the top of MacDonald Avenue in Ramsay will soon come down, replaced by a multi-unit complex covering the footprint of several adjacent homes.

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CTV News Calgary @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social · May 6

A historic building in Inglewood is coming down.

The Gresham Block was built in 1912 and was closed earlier this year. #yyc www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Gresham Block coming down in Calgary’s Inglewood

A 114-year-old building in Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood has seen its last days as work crews arrived at the site Monday to tear it down.

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Calgary Heritage Initiative society @calgaryheritage.bsky.social · May 6

#inglewoodyyc 's Gresham Block being demolished. Listed heritage building on the city's Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources www.calgary.ca/arts-culture... #yycheritage

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Harry Sanders 🇨🇦 צבי סנדרס @harrymsanders.bsky.social · Apr 29

Volos Pizza for election night! #CanadaVotes #MardaLoopYYC #CalgaryCentre

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