Calgary's three liquor stores busy, as province gives $20 oil dividend to Albertans: From the archives, 1957

There was a time when $20 had significant purchasing power. Just travel back in time 65 years. That's when $20 could buy you two loaves of bread per week for the entire year or enough gas for your car for almost two months. Those 1957 prices now seem the stuff of dreams — $2,800 for a brand new car or $20,000 for a single family house in Canada's most expensive cities. Read More