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The directory was Yahoo!'s first offering and started in 1994 under the name Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web. [1] When Yahoo! changed its main results to crawler-based listings under Yahoo! Search in October 2002, the human-edited directory's significance dropped, but it was still being updated as of August 19, 2014. [2]
Sum Ying Fung (née Eng, Chinese: 吴如英, 27 January 1899 – 6 December 2011), was a Chinese Canadian supercentenarian who was the oldest person in Canada in 2011. Sum Ying Eng was born in Wing On Village, Yanping, China in 1899. [37] In 1926, she married Chong Lim Fung, who had been working in Canada since 1911.
The directories were published by Winnipeg-based Henderson Directories Limited, founded by James Henderson (ca. 1846-1919), [2] whose obituary refers to him as "one of the best known publishers on the continent." [3] At the time, many other directories publishers were operating in Canada, covering different geographical areas. [4]
Today, the Journal publishes six days a week, with regular sections including News (city, Canada, and world), Sports, Opinion, A&E, Life, and Business. The newspaper participated in the Critics and Awards Program for High School Students (Cappies), [11] now called the Alberta Youth Theatre Collective, and has partnerships with a number of arts organizations in Edmonton, including the Edmonton ...
Peter Hide (born 1944), British-born sculptor, living in Edmonton since 1977 [98] Arthur Hiller (1923–2016), Hollywood film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America; Carl Honoré (born 1967), grew up in Edmonton; journalist and author of In Praise of Slowness [99] Mel Hurtig (1932–2016), publisher, author, and ...
The poorest Catholic parish in Edmonton, Sacred Heart's outreach ministries are an important part of downtown Edmonton's network of social services. Holding free community meals on a monthly basis, the church also serves as the epicenter of a Christmas hamper charity program, and provides funerals at no cost for those who cannot afford them. [4]
He was also appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1997, and the Alberta Order of Excellence in 1998. [1] Sandy Mactaggart Award at the University of Alberta is named after him. Sandy Mactaggart married Cécile Erickson in 1959. [1] He died on July 3, 2017, in Islay, Scotland, aged 89. [6] [7]
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]