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Reel Metro's musical tribute to the Calgary Folk Festival

July 26, 2010

What better way to tell the story of the Calgary Folk Festival than with music itself?

Wipeout Canada hopefuls go faster, higher, sillier

July 21, 2010

Calgarians clad in their craziest costumes packed the Telus Convention Centre yesterday hoping to catch the eye of judges for the upcoming television show Wipeout Canada.

Reel Metro: The advantages of a Stampede King

July 19, 2010

For many years the Calgary Stampede has been ruled by a monarchy of Queens and Princesses, but not anymore.

The case for year-round partying

July 12, 2010

Why do we really have to wait around for special times of the year for a company to have a good party? Why not any time of the year?

Coming soon to a city near you: Noise Bylaw

June 28, 2010

This controversy over a proposed noise bylaw on motorbikes and after-market car parts is starting to sound as epic as a Hollywood thriller.

Festival farewell: Saying goodbye to Calgary with a bang

June 22, 2010

Summer's now in full swing, and Calgary has a hot list of the coolest festivals with over 50 to choose from. Too bad my one friend won't be around to see it all.

Calgary Peace Bridge

June 14, 2010

Since the city's committed to the new $25-million Peace Bridge without going through a design bidding process, I decided to show them what they've missed out on

Parallels between Star Wars and Sex and the City fans

June 07, 2010

It all started with a tweet about the recently released movie, Sex and the City 2.

Calgary Lilac Festival a draw despite rain

May 31, 2010

Cotton candy, buskers, music and shopping drew crowds to the 21st annual Lilac Festival despite the cold and rain.

Calgarians react to National Park booze ban

May 25, 2010

With a drinking ban - and the threat of hefty fines - in place at 3 well-known camp sights in Alberta's National Parks, I went out asking Calgarians: "Where are they hiding the booze?!"

Date No. 30 of 50: Robin Kuniski, meet Sky Mitchell

May 10, 2010

The woman behind 50 Dates in 50 Days meets her match when our own Internet-famous man-about-town and videographer Robin Kuniski go on a date.

Calgary's theatre scene is alive and kicking

May 03, 2010

Believe it or not, the theatre scene is thriving in Calgary. But there are surprising ways to liven it up, as well.

Robin, usually in the never ending battle for truth, justice, and the Calgarian way, is now on the hunt to find out if there was something you learned from a comic book or superhero that you apply to your life.

Predicting the hockey playoffs

April 19, 2010

Videographer Robin Kuniski catches playoff fever when his buddy from back home asks from some advice on how to pick his hockey pool.

Is Calgary a fashionable city?

April 12, 2010

Action News Stampede Extreme Team of Robin Kuniski is the One man news team that takes on Calgary and it's fashionistas

The hunt is on ... for a good place to go on a first date in Calgary

April 05, 2010

Private sleuth Robin Kuniski dusts off his detective tools to find out where is a good place go on a first date in Calgary?

Calgary's love affair with coffee

March 29, 2010

It doesn't matter where in the city you live, you've likely stood in long line at Starbucks or Second Cup or been caught in the traffic jams caused by the Tim Horton's drive thru.

Do you know your Calgary?

March 22, 2010

How much do know about your city?

Whiz kids vie for prizes at Calgary Science Fair

March 18, 2010

While there might not be any Frankenstein resurrections, over 1,000 of the city’s best and brightest in the science field will show off their experiments and research projects for more than 500 volunteer judges.

Oh Cana-Wha?

March 15, 2010

It’s something we stand up to sing at many events – and whether we hum, mumble, sway to the beat – we do our best to look like we know the song we’ve been singing since we first set foot in kindergarten.

Post Apoc-olympic blues in Calgary

March 08, 2010

We spent hours watching, riveted to our seats, cheering on the great performances of the Olympics.

Video: Canvas auction raises money for Stampede chuckwagon teams

March 05, 2010

Bids for Calgary Stampede chuckwagon canvasses went as high as $120,000 this week. Watch the action go down in this special video report.

What’s your must-have app, Calgary?

March 02, 2010

Is it, Twitterific, Metro, Pandora, ESPN, Foursquare – or something else? Metro Calgary went on the road to find out just a few of the must-have apps Calgarians need on their iPhones.