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Feds invest $325M to help electrify Calgary's bus fleet

Electrifying Calgary's bus fleet gets $325M in federal support

Federal ministers were in Calgary Monday to announce a $325-million grant that will help the city purchase 259 new electric buses.

Black History Month: The legacy of Oliver Bowen, architect of Calgary's CTrain system

How civil engineer Oliver Bowen became the architect of Calgary's CTrain system.

Looking back to look forward

Below is a non-exhaustive list of articles, films, books and more that chronicle everything from 19th-century Black literary works to 21st-century Black collective action. CBC Stories CBC News Saskatchewan25 days ago 11:36In this story from 2000, CBC reporter Sandra Batson takes a look at the history of African Americans who came to the Canadian Prairies, and the discrimination they confronted in search of a better life.11:36 In this 2000 report for the The Magazine, Sandra Batson (now the host of CBC Edmonton News) explores the history of African-Americans who came to the Canadian Prairies and the discrimination they confronted in search of a better life.

Designing while Black: Exploring the evolution of Black Prairie design aesthetic

Green Walters is an oddity. At least that is how he is described by his contemporaries.  He came to Alberta in 1881 and, like most uneducated Black men of the era, found himself taking a stab at whatever opportunity he could find. Walters was what we might today think of as a serial entrepreneur.  He tried his hand as a hay contractor, a ranch hand, a cook, a servant and a cleaner. In some of these roles, his skills were considered less than desired. A. E. Cross, who would become a senator, said that as a cook Walters was neither "methodical" nor "clean." 

Amber Valley, Canada's Northernmost Black Settlement

Black History Month: 3 Black Calgarians who changed the city's history

Find out how these Calgarians changed their city CBC News Calgary24 days ago 7:40For Black History Month, we take a look at the lasting impact of three Calgarians.7:40 comments February is Black History Month, and we recognize it by celebrating the contributions that Black Canadians have made to Canada's history and culture.  CBC Calgary is highlighting the legacies of three Black Calgarians who broke barriers, changed the city's history and influenced its present. WATCH | Find out more about their lives in the video above Virnetta Anderson became the first Black city councillor in Calgary.(Anderson family, CBC) When American-Canadian activist and politician Virnetta Anderson was elected to city council in 1974, she became Calgary's first Black municipal councillor.

'One of the biggest Black settlements in Western Canada' has rich history | iNFOnews

Colette Derworiz Ron Mapp poses for a photo in Edmonton, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Mapp grew up in Amber Valley, Alta. and his great-grandfather was one of the scouts who visited the area and returned with the first wave of African-American settlers in 1910. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson February 04, 2021 - 8:36 AM There isn't much left in Amber Valley. There's a community hall, a few homes and a cemetery. Former residents say people driving by on the highway might not even notice it's there. But they quickly add the almost forgotten community in northern Alberta has a rich history. "Amber Valley was one of the biggest Black settlements in Western Canada," Ron Mapp, an Edmontonian who grew up in the community, said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

Communities such as Alberta's Amber Valley highlight importance of telling Black stories in Canada