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This is What's Awesome in Canada This Week

The Canada Is Awesome network has websites and social media extensions in Vancouver , Whistler , Calgary and Toronto , with many more on the horizon.

The Canada Is Awesome network has websites and social media extensions in Vancouver, Whistler, Calgary and Toronto, with many more on the horizon. Our goal is simple: we let people know about all of the awesome things that make their Canadian cities great, despite the bad. I'm the founder of this network and each week in this What's Awesome post I bring you the top stories from each of our properties, giving you access to the best of our content all in one place.

CALGARY

Beakerhead Arrives With Graffiti

Beakerhead, Calgary’s new and only arts and science festival, is kicking off the 2014 edition early. They commissioned artist Michael W. Mateyko to create a special graffiti mural which you can see for yourselves in the underpasses on 4th Street and 14th Street along 9th Ave in the Southwest. The result is a collection of cool, wonderfully weird creatures.

 

TORONTO

Finalists for the 2014 Trillium Book Award

The finalists for the 2014 Trillium Book award have been announced. The annual award is rewarded for excellence in literature to Ontario-based writers. The event also increases awareness of the diversity and quality of writers from Ontario. Winners receive $20,000 and their publishers win $2500 to promote the winning title. All of the finalists will receive $500.

VANCOUVER

A Bunch of Shirtless Dudes Digging a Trench Downtown

The trench for the water main in downtown Vancouver (c. 1956). Every week or so I highjack a GIF from Vancouver Rising on Tumblr which takes archival videos and turns them into sweet animations. VISIT THEM and follow!

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