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Canadian Candy Nostalgia, a candy manufacturer specializing in reviving discontinued snacks, took the country by storm in 2021 when it introduced its version of Rum & Butter bars, not dissimilar to Cadbury’s bar of the same flavour from over 40 years ago. After an initial surge of popularity two years ago, the candy company is […]
The Last of Us, HBO’s latest hit series, was filmed entirely in Alberta, so Travel Alberta is compiling all the locations seen in the show in one handy guide for tourists looking to explore the province. The website claims the series is the largest film production ever completed in Alberta and explained that some of the […]
Pope Francis delivered a public apology on Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s “catastrophic” residential school system for Indigenous children, and asked for forgiveness for the “evil committed by so many Christians.” “I am here because the first step of my penitential pilgrimage among you is that of again asking forgiveness, of telling you […]
The unscripted slap that Will Smith delivered to Chris Rock during the 94th annual Academy Awards will likely go down as one of the most shocking live television moments of all time. Smith, who approached Rock on stage moments after he delivered an off-side joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, managed to silence an […]
Hope you’re feeling pork for dinner, because Canada may be facing a serious surplus of the other white meat. A type of wild pig originally brought over to a few farms from Europe in the ’80s and ’90s has been reproducing and wreaking havoc across the Canadian prairies after breaking through national park boundaries in […]
Marika Sila’s family originally thought she would be a professional skier. The Inuk TikTok star, who grew up in Canmore, Alberta and still resides there today, had the skills and guts to make it happen, but during those pivotal teenage years, her true passion bubbled to the surface. When Sila was 17, she traded in her […]
Chuba Hubbard has always gone his own way. The 21-year-old from Sherwood Park, Alberta has made choices that outwardly defied convention in the world of football. After a 2019 for the history books and a 2020 of personal growth, Hubbard will be selected in the 2021 NFL Draft this weekend. Hubbard possesses blazing breakaway speed […]
Making it as a restaurant in some of Canada’s biggest foodie cities on a good year requires hustle, timing, that secret sauce, and a ton of luck. Add a global pandemic to the mix, and circumstances instead served newly minted restaurants with much of the opposite: public lockdowns (meaning no on-site patrons and a switch to […]
A dad in Alberta, Canada got a massive tattoo to match his son’s birthmark after realizing the eight-year-old was self-conscious about it. Derek Prue, Sr. spent more than 30 hours getting a scaled replication of his son’s birthmark on his chest and ribs. “I knew he was self-conscious about it,” Prue told the CBC. “I saw how he […]
A lot of different people expect Hubbard to be a lot of different things, especially following the events of this summer. A great football player. A great leader. Someone who is outspoken. Someone who represents Oklahoma State University and someone who represents Canada. Hubbard says he is comfortable with those expectations, though. “No, it doesn’t […]
