The drive into Calgary is worth a chuckle, thanks to Joseph Kruis, an intern in the city of Calgary's transportation department
Every Tuesday after the workday has begun in Calgary, Joseph Kruis can count on a handful of friends to drop him texts or Facebook messages with laugh-cry emojis or remarks like: “nice one.” They’ll relay the pun or quip that made them chuckle a few minutes earlier, but Kruis is more likely to smirk than laugh out loud. He’s already heard that jokey message. Odds are he helped write it.
The idea originated in a long-running safety campaign from Iowa’s freeway system, Message Monday. But it was Kruis who suggested his department adapt the program to Calgary’s roads after watching Iowans extol it during a webinar last November. He had only started work with the city seven months earlier as an engineer-in-training, working on various small transportation network improvements.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Markstrom records another shutout as Flames top Penguins 4-0Jacob Markstrom stops 45 shots as Calgary Flames blank Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0 to sweep five-game road trip
Read more »
KaDeem Carey and Kamar Jorden help Stampeders double Redblacks 26-13Rene Paredes boots four field goals as Calgary Stampeders double up Ottawa Redblacks 26-13
Read more »
Could Calgary Event Centre be too big to succeed?Designers hope to make venue more than just the Flames’ new arena, but behemoths tend to deaden sidewalks and this city needs all the street life it can get
Read more »
Defence wraps up case in Calgary toddler murder trial, closing arguments next weekRobert Leeming has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett and not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Aliyah Sanderson
Read more »
Trial hears Calgary man took steps to hide deaths of girlfriend and her daughterMurder suspect hoped to mislead police: trial
Read more »