Western Canada High School

• Calgary teen killed in Iran plane crash remembered with memorial scholarship

  "I told them how much I appreciated the lovely person their son was and they could be so proud of him," Forde said.

  Canada

  Jan 8
• Calgary’s Brenda Strafford Centre gets help from students

  "The work the Western Canada High School leadership team has done is phenomenal, it's amazing," said Linda Mclean, executive director of the Brenda Strafford Centre in Calgary.

  Crime

  Mar 2, 2020
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• Friends of Calgary student say he wasn’t supposed to be on deadly Iran flight

  Global News has learned more about the impact of the tragic loss of two Calgarians on Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752.

  Jan 9, 2020
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• 2 Calgarians believed to be among the dead in Tehran plane crash

  A Calgary high school student and engineer were killed in the plane crash on Wednesday, according to officials.

  World

  Jan 8, 2020
• Calgary band director receives national teaching award: ‘He puts in an insane amount of work’

  Western Canada High School's band director Brendan Hagan is one of 35 teachers nationwide to receive a Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence this year.

  Education

  Jun 5, 2019
• Calgary high school principal apologizes after video of school kissing ‘prank’ gone wrong posted online

  A prank at a local high school pep rally that was captured on video, then posted and shared hundreds of thousands of times on social media, has spurred an apology from the Calgary Board of Education.

  Nov 2, 2018
• Musician who suffered PTSD after 2013 High River flood performs at benefit concert

  Some Calgary high school students are holding a special event to support mental health and it’s an effort that really strikes a chord for one local musician.

  Health

  Apr 11, 2018
• ‘She was brave’: Calgary student wins award for tribute to Canadian civil rights leader

  Fatima Mir Baloch was recognized for her essay on Viola Desmond, whose life changed forever when she went to see a movie in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2018
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• Calgary teens charged with assault causing bodily harm after fight near Western Canada High School

  EMS said the student suffered serious, non-life threatening injuries.

  Crime

  Oct 10, 2017
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• Calgary teen taken to hospital with serious injuries after fight near Western Canada High School

  The Calgary Board of Education told Global News the students were injured in an altercation off school property behind a restaurant on 17 Avenue.

  Crime

  Oct 6, 2017