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Article: Still growin': Calgary's economy and population may be booming, but the city of itinerants doesn't have much civic life--yet.(CITY LIFE)
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- Western Standard
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- November 20, 2006
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AS the after-work crowd files into Calgary's bustling Ship & Anchor pub, the eclectic mix of patrons doesn't quite jive with the iconic images of cowboys building a frontier town or, more recently and importantly, roughnecks tapping the oil just below the foothills. An array of hockey jerseys--not all Calgary Flames--mixes with gothic black, charcoal three-piece suits, gay advertisements, aging hippiewear and vaguely immigrant dress. But whatever their background, the patrons all know that for a Tuesday evening in Boomtown, the Ship is one of the few places to be.
Economic booms and busts have defined this southern Alberta city, nestled in the Rocky Mountain ...