In Alberta, a combination of high house prices, soaring personal debt levels and a wave of job losses have pushed many into foreclosure Calgary resident Trina Trapp, pictured with one of her three daughters, Emily, is losing her house to foreclosure. The Calgary Herald 's Dec. 24, 1983 edition was a reflection of its time: Jeanne SauvA© was appointed Canada's first female Governor General; retailer Waterbed Warehouse opened its third local big box store; and a Vancouver janitor was en route to Parliament Hill to perform an anti-Trudeau version of Twelve Days of Christmas, complete with the lyric “five metric morons.”
