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City flags will be flown at half mast for 10 days, except for one day marking the accession of her successor. The public will be able to sign a book of condolence in the municipal building atrium beginning Sept. 12.
The Canadian flag outside Queen Elizabeth Elementary School in Calgary flies at half-mast following the death of the Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, September 8, 2022.Traptow said he was on a phone call when a notification of the royal stalwart’s death popped up. Elizabeth visited Calgary with her husband Philip in 1951, the year before she was crowned queen, and in 1959, 1973, 1990 and finally in 2005. She also visited Alberta in 1978.Article content
“Her second visit to Calgary and again she visits elbow River Camp, she watches the chuckwagon races and is hosted at another barbecue, and she also stops at the Jubilee Auditorium,” said Cummings.Article content “I recall her walking down the steps of the Saddledome with then-mayor Dave Bronconnier and doing an inspection of the guards, particularly the Calgary Highlanders — she was their colonel-in-chief,” he said.Article content
“I think it’s the end of a generation, the end of an era, and she was a wonderful example for all of us when it comes to commitment and steadfast and taking her job seriously and never quitting and never bowing down,” said Hodgkinson, co-owner of the British Chippy restaurant, who came to Canada 21 years ago.Article content
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