What is Calgary's oldest surviving park? Central Memorial Park!
As the local history librarian at the Calgary Public Library, Jennifer Bobrovitz wrote a weekly column for the Calgary Herald ...
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Cockles, Mussels and Bodyguards: Dublin Acts to Protect Molly Malone Statue
The city said it would provide stewards for its statue of the folk song figure — and repair its bust, which has been damaged by excessive touching. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from London In song ...
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Team Canada's Ben Hebert rocking curling playoff beard at worlds
In fact, the Team Canada lead has been growing out his beard since a bonspiel in January when skip Brad Jacobs noticed Hebert had more facial hair than usual. “I’ve never grown a beard in my ...
New York Post4d
Georgia police find ‘inconsistencies’ in job-seeking dad’s whereabouts after leaving kids at McDonald’s
The Georgia father accused of leaving his three young children alone at a McDonald’s while he went for a job interview was not looking for work at the time of his arrest as police spotted ...
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Dublin's Molly Malone statue to get stewards to stop 'groping'
Stewards are to be stationed next to a statue of Molly Malone in Dublin to discourage people from touching it. Dublin City Council is running a pilot scheme for a week in May after complaints of ...
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Archaeologists Discovered Two Life-Size Statues at Pompeii, Covered With Mysterious Symbols
Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. Experts believe the couple depicted were of ...
CNN5d
Rare, near-life-sized statues discovered in Pompeii tomb
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Archaeologists say ...
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Council hires stewards to stop ‘disgusting’ touching of statue’s breasts by tourists
Stewards have been brought in to protect a famous statue of Molly Malone in Dublin after complaints people were groping the sculpture’s breasts. Dublin’s City Council has taken the action and ...
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Life-sized statue of Roman priestess discovered in Pompeii
A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult. The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated ...
BBC6d
'Last in England' smashed medieval statue recreated
A 15th Century statue that was found smashed into 170 fragments behind a church wall has been painstakingly pieced together using computer animation. The painted statue of The Mass of St Gregory ...
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Rare life-sized statues of toga-clad couple found in Pompeii tomb
Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the ...