Executive Director of Reel Can shares the story behind National Canadian Film Day coming up on its 12th year April 16th with a special 40th anniversary screening of CRIME WAVE as part of the Calgary Underground Film Festival.
PALGARY ALMANAC #202

Playlist:

• Men I Trust - Girl (2025)
• better joy - can i land the plane?
• Hannah Cohen - Summer Sweat
• Stef.in - Here's to Circle
• Pedro Monkeyfinger - dwelling
• Sam Lynch - Moth
• Ghost Cartridge - Interdimensional White Coat Hypertension
• Illya DeTorres - I'm a Ghost
• Matt McBane - Arpeggiator
• Laurie Anderson - Crossing the Equator (feat. ANOHNI)
• Prism Shores - Drawing Conclusions
• Devarrow - Come Again
• the innocence mission - This Thread Is a Green Street
• Franc Moody - Square Pegs In Round Holes
• Japanese Breakfast - Winter in LA
• Joni Void - L'Empire Des Lumières
• Destroyer - The Same Thing as Nothing at All
• Ashi Shonen - Spell
• Jenny Hval - The artist is absent
• Jonah Yano - Someone Asked Me How I've Been
• Ezéchiel Pailhès - Louanges
• Perfume Genius - No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)
• Youth Lagoon - Parking Lot
• Devours - Pirouette
• Brock Geiger - Say Enough (feat. Amaara)

How one small Alberta newspaper is leading the $8-billion class action against tech giants Google and Meta.
PALGARY ALMANAC #202

Playlist:

• Men I Trust - Girl (2025)
• better joy - can i land the plane?
• Hannah Cohen - Summer Sweat
• Stef.in - Here's to Circle
• Pedro Monkeyfinger - dwelling
• Sam Lynch - Moth
• Ghost Cartridge - Interdimensional White Coat Hypertension
• Illya DeTorres - I'm a Ghost
• Matt McBane - Arpeggiator
• Laurie Anderson - Crossing the Equator (feat. ANOHNI)
• Prism Shores - Drawing Conclusions
• Devarrow - Come Again
• the innocence mission - This Thread Is a Green Street
• Franc Moody - Square Pegs In Round Holes
• Japanese Breakfast - Winter in LA
• Joni Void - L'Empire Des Lumières
• Destroyer - The Same Thing as Nothing at All
• Ashi Shonen - Spell
• Jenny Hval - The artist is absent
• Jonah Yano - Someone Asked Me How I've Been
• Ezéchiel Pailhès - Louanges
• Perfume Genius - No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)
• Youth Lagoon - Parking Lot
• Devours - Pirouette
• Brock Geiger - Say Enough (feat. Amaara)

PALGARY ALMANAC #201

Playlist:

• Pedro Monkeyfinger - eighty-one september
• Japanese Breakfast - Orlando in Love
• Ezéchiel Pailhès - La Ligne (Modular version)
• Men I Trust - I Come With Mud
• Takuro Okada - Following Morning
• Joni Void - Muffin - A Song For My Cat
• Hannah Cohen - Earthstar
• Ichiko Aoba - pirsomnia
• Leif Vollebekk - Moondog
• Basia Bulat - Curtain Call
• Nick Storring - Falta De Ar
• L'omelette - Speaking in Thumbs
• Brock Geiger - Some Nights
• the innocence mission - Cloud to Cloud
• Ada Lea - hometown
• Devarrow - Come Again
• POSTNAMERS - Better Angels
• Hamilton Leithauser - Off the Beach
• Youth Lagoon - Speed Freak
• Ashi Shonen - Nous Écoutons
• Jasmine.4.T - Guy Fawkes Tesco Dissociation
• Benjamin Booker - SLOW DANCE IN A GAY BAR
• T. Gowdy - Strewn
• Ginger Root - Giddy Up
• Michael Kiwanuka - One and Only
• Prism Shores - Unravel
• Ki! - Elko

Proposed Alberta government plan would wipe out two southern mountain caribou populations - CPAWS Northern Alberta Program Director Tara Russell explains the potential devastating impacts of the new draft plan.
PALGARY ALMANAC #201

Playlist:

• Pedro Monkeyfinger - eighty-one september
• Japanese Breakfast - Orlando in Love
• Ezéchiel Pailhès - La Ligne (Modular version)
• Men I Trust - I Come With Mud
• Takuro Okada - Following Morning
• Joni Void - Muffin - A Song For My Cat
• Hannah Cohen - Earthstar
• Ichiko Aoba - pirsomnia
• Leif Vollebekk - Moondog
• Basia Bulat - Curtain Call
• Nick Storring - Falta De Ar
• L'omelette - Speaking in Thumbs
• Brock Geiger - Some Nights
• the innocence mission - Cloud to Cloud
• Ada Lea - hometown
• Devarrow - Come Again
• POSTNAMERS - Better Angels
• Hamilton Leithauser - Off the Beach
• Youth Lagoon - Speed Freak
• Ashi Shonen - Nous Écoutons
• Jasmine.4.T - Guy Fawkes Tesco Dissociation
• Benjamin Booker - SLOW DANCE IN A GAY BAR
• T. Gowdy - Strewn
• Ginger Root - Giddy Up
• Michael Kiwanuka - One and Only
• Prism Shores - Unravel
• Ki! - Elko

Drew Anderson, Prairies Reporter for the Narwhal, explains the investigation into that uncovered many prominent Albertans behind delinquent oil and gas companies in the province.
PALGARY ALMANAC #201

Playlist:

• Pedro Monkeyfinger - eighty-one september
• Japanese Breakfast - Orlando in Love
• Ezéchiel Pailhès - La Ligne (Modular version)
• Men I Trust - I Come With Mud
• Takuro Okada - Following Morning
• Joni Void - Muffin - A Song For My Cat
• Hannah Cohen - Earthstar
• Ichiko Aoba - pirsomnia
• Leif Vollebekk - Moondog
• Basia Bulat - Curtain Call
• Nick Storring - Falta De Ar
• L'omelette - Speaking in Thumbs
• Brock Geiger - Some Nights
• the innocence mission - Cloud to Cloud
• Ada Lea - hometown
• Devarrow - Come Again
• POSTNAMERS - Better Angels
• Hamilton Leithauser - Off the Beach
• Youth Lagoon - Speed Freak
• Ashi Shonen - Nous Écoutons
• Jasmine.4.T - Guy Fawkes Tesco Dissociation
• Benjamin Booker - SLOW DANCE IN A GAY BAR
• T. Gowdy - Strewn
• Ginger Root - Giddy Up
• Michael Kiwanuka - One and Only
• Prism Shores - Unravel
• Ki! - Elko

Playlist:

• Takuro Okada - The Near End, The Dark Night, The County Line
• Ichiko Aoba - Lucifèrine
• Ethel Cain - Punish
• the innocence mission - We Would Meet in the Center City
• Ashi Shonen - Entendre
• Ada Lea - serait-il?
• Basia Bulat - The Moon
• Youth Lagoon - Neighborhood Scene
• Frog - DOOMSCROLLING VAR. II
• Ezéchiel Pailhès - Unless
• Hannah Cohen - Dusty
• Yves Jarvis - All Cylinders
• Ginger Root - No Problems
• Prism Shores - Southpaw
• Devarrow - Lightning Bolt
• Destroyer - Cataract Time
• Nulle part - Laura Cahen
• Hamilton Leithauser - Ocean Roar
• Matt Berninger - Bonnet of Pins
• Jasmine.4.T - Elephant
• acrxxkedclwn - moon, my muse
• POSTNAMERS - The Best Little Disco In Texas
• Street Legal - No Gods! No Masters! No Doorlists! No bouncers!
• Sam Sellers - Pompeii Statues
• N Nao - Peine Lune

A look back at the provincial government's "Alberta is Calling" campaign with Rebecca Graff-Mcrae from the Parkland Institute at the U of A. Was it false advertising?

Playlist:

• Takuro Okada - The Near End, The Dark Night, The County Line
• Ichiko Aoba - Lucifèrine
• Ethel Cain - Punish
• the innocence mission - We Would Meet in the Center City
• Ashi Shonen - Entendre
• Ada Lea - serait-il?
• Basia Bulat - The Moon
• Youth Lagoon - Neighborhood Scene
• Frog - DOOMSCROLLING VAR. II
• Ezéchiel Pailhès - Unless
• Hannah Cohen - Dusty
• Yves Jarvis - All Cylinders
• Ginger Root - No Problems
• Prism Shores - Southpaw
• Devarrow - Lightning Bolt
• Destroyer - Cataract Time
• Nulle part - Laura Cahen
• Hamilton Leithauser - Ocean Roar
• Matt Berninger - Bonnet of Pins
• Jasmine.4.T - Elephant
• acrxxkedclwn - moon, my muse
• POSTNAMERS - The Best Little Disco In Texas
• Street Legal - No Gods! No Masters! No Doorlists! No bouncers!
• Sam Sellers - Pompeii Statues
• N Nao - Peine Lune

I look into artist Lauren Crazybull's WISH YOU WERE HERE exhibition running at Contemporary Calgary until November 2, 2025.
PALGARY ALMANAC #199

Playlist:

• Ariel Ulysses - The care we drove in on
• Ezéchiel Pailhès - Piccolo
• Youth Lagoon - Canary
• Jasmine.4.T - You Are the Morning
• Ethel Cain - Etienne
• Jenny Hval - To be a rose
• Joni Void - Vertigo (feat. Sook-Yin Lee)
• Laura Cahen - Quitter la ville
• the innocence mission - The Camera Divides the Coast of Maine
• POSTNAMERS - The Withdrawing
• Mia Dyson - Sunny Hills
• Sam Fender - People Watching
• acrxxkedclwn - sea in me
• N Nao - Corps
• Young Neighbours - Broken Arms
• Ada Lea - hometome
• Destroyer - Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World
• Ki! - Cuidado (feat, Charlotte Shultz)
• David Ivan Neil - Little Bird
• Yuma Abe - That Feels Good
• Katie Tupper - Jeans
• Benjamin Booker - NEW WORLD
• Gus Englehorn - Metal Detector
• Devarrow - Heart Shaped Rock
• Basia Bulat - Daylight
• Mary Ocher - I Am the Occupation (feat. Serafina Steer)
• Cameron Winter - Nausicaa (Love Will Be Revealed)
• Avril Jensen - SUPERNOVA

PALGARY ALMANAC #199

Playlist:

• Ariel Ulysses - The care we drove in on
• Ezéchiel Pailhès - Piccolo
• Youth Lagoon - Canary
• Jasmine.4.T - You Are the Morning
• Ethel Cain - Etienne
• Jenny Hval - To be a rose
• Joni Void - Vertigo (feat. Sook-Yin Lee)
• Laura Cahen - Quitter la ville
• the innocence mission - The Camera Divides the Coast of Maine
• POSTNAMERS - The Withdrawing
• Mia Dyson - Sunny Hills
• Sam Fender - People Watching
• acrxxkedclwn - sea in me
• N Nao - Corps
• Young Neighbours - Broken Arms
• Ada Lea - hometome
• Destroyer - Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World
• Ki! - Cuidado (feat, Charlotte Shultz)
• David Ivan Neil - Little Bird
• Yuma Abe - That Feels Good
• Katie Tupper - Jeans
• Benjamin Booker - NEW WORLD
• Gus Englehorn - Metal Detector
• Devarrow - Heart Shaped Rock
• Basia Bulat - Daylight
• Mary Ocher - I Am the Occupation (feat. Serafina Steer)
• Cameron Winter - Nausicaa (Love Will Be Revealed)
• Avril Jensen - SUPERNOVA

Euan Thomson with the Each+Every organization responds to the Alberta Government's announcement to build forced abstinence drug treatment facilities.
PALGARY ALMANAC #199

Playlist:

• Ariel Ulysses - The care we drove in on
• Ezéchiel Pailhès - Piccolo
• Youth Lagoon - Canary
• Jasmine.4.T - You Are the Morning
• Ethel Cain - Etienne
• Jenny Hval - To be a rose
• Joni Void - Vertigo (feat. Sook-Yin Lee)
• Laura Cahen - Quitter la ville
• the innocence mission - The Camera Divides the Coast of Maine
• POSTNAMERS - The Withdrawing
• Mia Dyson - Sunny Hills
• Sam Fender - People Watching
• acrxxkedclwn - sea in me
• N Nao - Corps
• Young Neighbours - Broken Arms
• Ada Lea - hometome
• Destroyer - Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World
• Ki! - Cuidado (feat, Charlotte Shultz)
• David Ivan Neil - Little Bird
• Yuma Abe - That Feels Good
• Katie Tupper - Jeans
• Benjamin Booker - NEW WORLD
• Gus Englehorn - Metal Detector
• Devarrow - Heart Shaped Rock
• Basia Bulat - Daylight
• Mary Ocher - I Am the Occupation (feat. Serafina Steer)
• Cameron Winter - Nausicaa (Love Will Be Revealed)
• Avril Jensen - SUPERNOVA