Community pays tribute to Chinese railroad workers

Members of Calgary's Chinese community paid tribute to Chinese railroad workers Friday, in a Canada Day wreath-laying ceremony. When British Columbia joined Canada in 1871, Canada agreed to extend the railroad all the way to the Pacific Ocean. It took 17,000 Chinese men a little over four years to finish it. During construction, over 4,000 died in landslides and premature blasting. Organizers of Friday's event said it's important to remember the sacrifices those men made. "In our culture, we alw