Jason Markusoff

Investigations launched after metal sheet falls 24 storeys

calgaryherald.com — A rainstorm is being blamed for a sheet of metal flashing that ripped free from the roof of the Calgary Courts Centre and crashed to the street during Monday's afternoon rush hour. No one was hurt by the desktop-sized sheet of metal that fell more than 24 storeys, but the incident shut down traffic at the 5th Street S.W.

markusoff: Three storeys of new dude-pub ...

twitter.com — Three storeys of new dude-pub on 17th ave: @sunrickbell called it The Thing. Actual name: The Pint. pic.twitter.com/cA3rTS70k3

markusoff: What are they building on 17th ...

twitter.com — What are they building on 17th ave at 4th street? Short retail/restaurant building. http://leasecorealty.com/index.php?page=PropertyDetail&id=28 ... #yyc pic.twitter.com/YYV0fgpxYG

Wheelchair photo retaken: ‘It’s gorgeous,’ mom says of her son’s new and improved class picture

calgaryherald.com — Anne Belanger shed many tears this week, overwhelmed by the public support she got after speaking out about an insensitive class photo that showed her young son in his wheelchair separated from his classmates. But on Monday, the New Westminster mom finally had reason to smile when she saw the retaken class photo.

Michael Hastings Dead at 33

rollingstone.com — Michael Hastings, the fearless journalist whose reporting brought down the career of General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone has learned. He was 33. Hastings' unvarnished 2010 profile of McChrystal in the pages of Rolling Stone, " The Runaway General," captured the then-supreme commander of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan openly mocking his civilian commanders in the White House.