High in the sky

High in the sky
Actually, it wasn't really that high, just a few stories up, but it seems to look higher in this picture, at least to me. This was a Calgary Fire Department crew operating on Stephen Avenue Mall. I assume it was some sort of demonstration or training exercise, since I didn't see any fire, or dangling window washer.

Impatient to end the war

Impatient to end the war
There wasn't a huge turnout. It could be that this is one of the "lessor days" of protest (compared to the anniversary of the Iraq war, for example). Also, I'm thinking with Obama in office, and a deadline for Canada to end combat operations in Afghanistan, there's a lot less popular anger about Canada and U.S. military policy.