OH CANADA

Talisman Sports Centre

Shelli hugs her new lawnmower

billion dollar Penny Lane office towers

37 and 48 storeys tall going up on spec
The billion dollar "The Bow" , EnCana Energy's new head office is to start this spring.

future skyline from Stampede Park

Stampede Casino ( now under construction)

Renoir condos NW corner of 12 Ave & 7 St SW

Churchill Estates condos (almost finished) at 3 Ave & 7 St SW.

Centrium Place office building (almost finished)

6 Ave & 3 St Sw where the YWMCA was.

Torode office building

Interplex Opus Business Park

Buddhist temple on 4 Ave. & 10 St. SW. This used to be a small office building and then it became the Mountain Equipment Co-op store for years and now it is slowly transforming in to the temple shown in the rendering. They still need to put the big roof on top.

Palliser South at the Calgary Tower

Proposed twin office towers at the Calgary Tower

new Golder & Associates head office at Interplex Opus Office Park on Barlow Tr. NE

Colonade on 4 Street SW

SAIT - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology- new student residence

Foothills Hospital

Foothills Hospital

Bow Valley College

Weekly Horoscope: Sunday, March 25, 2007

All Signs:
This is a milder week: you can catch your breath. The Sun in Aries makes everyone a bit feisty, but in the big picture, Saturn continues to oppose Neptune. (This opposition is strongest in June/July.) The Saturn/Neptune dance promotes flu epidemics. It also means you're trying to attain an ideal, but falling short of it in reality. Whoa! Lots of ammunition for self-criticism! (Which is a bummer trip and totally anti-productive.) The trick is to turn this around - 180°. Think of what you're doing right! (785 million people can't read - you can.) Instead of worrying about what can go wrong; think about what you want to go right. (I know what I want to go right. I want to go right to the fridge and have a little nosh.)

Le Germain Calgary: new boutique hotel, office and condos

to be built at 9 Avenue and Centre Street SW

"The first of its kind
Le Germain Calgary will combine a 150-room boutique hotel with an 11-story office tower, bridged by 42 luxury residences with a breezeway beneath. This innovative development in the heart of downtown Calgary will be the first project in Western Canada for Groupe Germain."

from their website

http://legermainliving.com

Quarry Park

a billion dollar office, retail, residential development in an old quarry in SE Calgary. It will be the new Canadian head office location for Jacobs Engineering.

new office building on 11 avenue SW

to be a "green" building

'Coming back to Canada, it's so good,' detained boy says

Last Updated: Friday, March 23, 2007 2:11 PM ET
CBC News
After six weeks eating canned food in a Texas detention centre, where Kevin Yourdkhani and his family were held for trying to fly back to Canada on doctored passports, munching on a burger and fries feels like home to the nine-year-old.
"Coming back to Canada, it's so good, nothing can change Canada to bad," the Canadian-born son of two Iranians said Friday in an interview with CBC Newsworld.
Kevin Yourdkhani is looking forward to going back to school.(CBC)
Kevin mused about his return to normal life and all he has to look forward to — fast food, "going back to school, finishing my education, getting a house," he said.
"The education [in the detention centre] is very low, we can do nothing. Every day we just go colouring, making pictures, doing nothing every day."
Kevin's parents arrived in Canada 10 years ago seeking asylum, but were unsuccessful and deported to Iran in December 2005, where they said they faced torture. Kevin was born when they lived in Canada.
When the family tried to return to Canada in February, their flight was diverted to the U.S. for a medical emergency. U.S. officials discovered that Kevin's parents had false passports, and the family was sent to an immigration holding centre in Austin, Texas. The conditions were atrocious, they said.
In a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper written in crayon, Kevin had pleaded to be allowed home.
They got their wish two weeks ago when Immigration and Citizenship Minister Diane Finley granted them temporary residency, and the family finally returned to Toronto on Thursday.
Majid Yourdkhani, the boy's father, said he is confident the family will not be uprooted a second time.
"We are glad we are here today. We have lots of hope this time to stay here," he said. "We have no chance to go back."