Uncle Ralph: Ralph Baak Baak

Uncle Ralph Dept: He was a regular customer at my parents grocery store in northwest Calgary, where he would stop in almost every day. I was 6 when I began selling Uncle Ralph cigarettes, according to The Star. When Uncle Ralph came into the store, we had the brand of cigarettes he smoked waiting on the counter. Some days he was a little shaky, a little tired, his eyes a little too bloodshot. On those days my father had us substitute the light brand for his regular brand and put them on the counter instead and Before he was King Ralph, before he was premier, even before he was mayor, he was just Ralph Baak Baak to us. Uncle Ralph. It was the late 70s and Ralph Klein was a reporter covering the municipal beat. Our grocery store was on his way to Calgary city hall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.