Category Archives: Celebrations

Girls Just Want to Have Fun…at the Calgary Stampede

Posted on July 15, 2018 by

“When the working day is done.  Oh girls, they wanna have fun.”—Cyndi Lauper After a rough few weeks Ms Soapbox and her family dug out their cowboy hats, found some denim shirts and went stampeding. Ms Soapbox decided to retrace … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrations, Culture, Humour, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments

Overheard at Rachel’s Cocktail Party

Posted on July 8, 2018 by

It was packed, absolutely packed, at Rachel Notley’s cocktail party at Hotel Arts in Calgary last Wednesday. The event was billed as an evening of cocktails and conversation with Rachel Notley and her caucus.   Tickets were available with a minimum … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrations, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , | 47 Comments

Thoughts on Politics at Easter

Posted on April 1, 2018 by

Easter is not usually the time to reflect upon grumpy whiners; but given Jason Kenney’s mission to rebuild the conservative movement in Alberta this might be a good time to consider where the conservative Roman Catholic leader of the Opposition … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrations, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , | 31 Comments

Why Do We March?

Posted on January 21, 2018 by

Of the 120,000 people who attended the Women’s March in Canada, 10,000 marched in Alberta and 3,500 marched in Calgary. They were repeatedly asked, “Why do you march?” They replied they were concerned about equal pay, violence against women, protecting … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrations, Feminism, Politics and Government, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 36 Comments

Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 24, 2017 by

While Ms Soapbox was trying to get the dog to sit still for his annual Ziggy under the Christmas Tree photo Mr Kenney was busy telling The Sun how he was going to prevent bozo eruptions in the UCP…and had … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrations, Politics and Government | Tagged , , | 50 Comments

Happy Easter!

Posted on April 16, 2017 by

We will have plenty of time in the coming weeks to talk about the miserable state of the world (it’s getting pretty scary out there, isn’t it?) but today I want to talk about my favourite celebration, Easter. Hot cross … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrations, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 25 Comments

Why I Marched in the Women’s March on Washington

Posted on January 22, 2017 by

On Saturday morning Ms Soapbox boarded the Red Arrow bus from Calgary to Edmonton to join her friends supporting the Women’s March on Washington. My journey was considerably shorter than the one taken by Edmontonian Michelle Brewer who joined the … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrations, Politics and Government, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 32 Comments