FFWD
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Fast Forward Weekly (FFWD) is a news and entertainment weekly which provides alternative viewpoints, entertainment information, review articles and specialized advertising. It is distributed throughout Calgary, Banff and Canmore. It is owned by Great West Newspapers, LP.
The paper originated in December 1995 and as of 2005 is the only freely distributed weekly newspaper of its type in the city, having outlasted a number of competitors including a short-lived Calgary edition of The Georgia Straight from 1997-2002, the long-running Calgary Mirror (which folded in 2001), and the Mirror's successor, FYI Calgary In-Print, which ran for only five months in 2001. The founding editor, Ian Chiclo, is now the paper's publisher.
While the paper was initially arts-focussed, in recent years it has been cover more news stories and social issues, and is now seen as one of the most respected urban weeklies in Canada.
One of FFWD's most popular editions is its annual Best-of-Calgary readers' poll. For this, readers voluntarily submit their responses to a large variety of questions, indicating their favourite (or least favourite) aspects of Calgary, including its food, people, culture, infrastructure, political leadership and more.
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