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Premier Jason Kenney issued this statement in recognition of Black History Month:  Some parts of this page will not display. JavaScript is not available in this browser or may be turned off. “Black History Month is a time to reflect on the legacy of our fellow Albertans of African, African American and Caribbean heritage. “Alberta’s Black history is a history of familiar stories, stories of fur traders, cowboys and homesteaders, of farmers, miners and labourers, of craftspeople, artists,...

Posted: Jul 22, 2017 8:32 AM MT | Last Updated: February 1 John Ware was freed as a slave at age 20 and made his way to Alberta in search of a new life.(Glenbow Archives) This podcast originally aired in 2017. Enjoy it again, or for the first time, in celebration Black History Month.  They say there wasnt a horse John Ware couldnt ride. They say he could walk across an entire pen of cattle on the backs of the steers. They even say he discovered an oil field one day — by flicking a match ov...

Walter C. Parsons budget funerals offer no-frills send-offs to prevent families getting into debt The family-run funeral director, with seven generations of experience, explains how to achieve a dignified funeral for less than £2,000 Updated Advertorial John Ware, the assistant managing director at Walter C. Parson explains what a budget funeral looks like We all want the very best for our loved ones but funerals can be expensive and often an unexpected cost for families. But that doesnt mean ...

The BBC Panorama team investigating how Martin Bashir obtained his notorious interview with Princess Diana have been left frustrated after the Corporation denied them easy access to even the most basic documents. Journalists commissioned to produce a special edition of the programme that will scrutinise Bashir and the circumstances surrounding the interview – once hailed as the scoop of the century – have complained that BBC bosses are unwilling to co-operate. Producers trying to access the...

News executives kept Princess Dianas Panorama interview hidden from BBC chairman Marmaduke Hussey over fears his wife Lady Susan - lady-in-waiting to the Queen - would inform the royal family Head of Panorama at the time Steve Hewlett and Richard Ayre, controller of the BBC editorial policy, reportedly concealed the controversial interview in 1995 It is also claimed the duo failed to brief the BBCs royal liaison unit about episode Official inquiry was set up to address claims of deceit used by ...

The BBCs Panorama is to launch an unprecedented investigation into its own affairs in an effort to get to the bottom of how Martin Bashir obtained his notorious interview with Princess Diana. John Ware, one of the Corporations most respected journalists, has been commissioned to create a special edition of the show which will scrutinise his former colleague and the BBC over the interview, once hailed as the scoop of the century. The investigation, which is likely to be highly embarrassing for b...

Diana, Princess of Wales during her 1995 Panorama interview with Martin Bashir Credit: Tim Graham /Corbis Historical  Panorama is investigating itself over Martin Bashir’s interview with Princess Diana. The flagship current affairs programme has commissioned a documentary into Mr Bashir’s conduct in securing his interview with the Princess and subsequent allegations of a cover-up by the corporation. The programme threatens to take navel gazing at the BBC to a level that even the satirists...

Published date: 18 December 2020 09:18 UTC | Last update: 3 months ago Like Jeremy Corbyn, any British politician who condemns Israels treatment of Palestinians risks being sucked into the vast, toxic sludge surrounding the issue of antisemitism  The day after Labour leader Keir Starmer suspended his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn, from membership of the parliamentary Labour Party, the Daily Telegraph published an article headed "Keir Starmer must go fur...