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Originally Posted by the2bears
Calgary was supposed to get the University, but through some back-handed political dealings it went to Strathcona - technically a different city at the time. Calgary was quite pissed off.
Or so I heard.
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Yup.
They made the same deal in Saskatchewan at the same time: Regina became the capital, Saskatoon got the university. Only Saskatchewan didn't renege on the deal the way Alberta did.
As things turned out, Calgary didn't get a university of its own until the 1960s. Just one of many ways Edmonton has given us the shaft over the years.