was, and remains, a bizarre anomaly: an urban park—now fully surrounded by city lands—managed not by its host city, but by an Alberta government considerably removed. Calgary planners first thought about turning the area into parkland in the 1960s. In 1973, former alderman and future Alberta Solicitor-General Roy Farran introduced a private resolution in the legislature to give the province the mandate to create and fund parks within cities. To secure all the land for what would be one of the world’s largest urban parks, the government had to expropriate prime ranchlands formerly occupied by area pioneers Pat Burns and William Roper Hull. When Premier Peter Lougheed opened Fish Creek Provincial Park (FCPP) 38 years ago, there were but a few picnic tables and 100 parking spaces, and(YouTube)

(CNSNews.com) -- Three illegal aliens with criminals records involving sex offenses against children were arrested in three separate incidents in Texas, reported the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP).

The agency said that on tuesday, Oct. 9, its officers in McAllen, Texas "arrested a Mexican national after he illegally entered the United States near Mission, Texas." During his processing, a records showed that the alien had been arrested previously for "indecency with a child" and had served a three-year prison sentence.

Also on Tuesday, Fort Brown CBP agents arrested a Mexican national near Brownsville, Texas. A records check showed the Mexican had been arrested in Greer, South Carolina, "for sexual conduct with a minor," and had served a 12-year prison sentence.

On Wednesday, Oct. 10, CBP agents arrested a Salvadoran