The Calgary Herald «s Dec. 24, 1983, edition was a reflection of its time: Jeanne Sauvé was appointed Canada's first female Governor General; retailer Waterbed Warehouse opened
its third local big box store; and a Vancouver janitor was en route to Parliament Hill to perform an anti-Trudeau (Pierre Elliott) version of «Twelve Days of Christmas,» complete with the lyric «five metric morons.»