Oliver Bowen News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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

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

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 ...

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." 

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 Calg...