diff --git a/resources/recipes/calgary_herald.recipe b/resources/recipes/calgary_herald.recipe
index 884a951d96..e8080d71aa 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/calgary_herald.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/calgary_herald.recipe
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class CanWestPaper(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     language = 'en_CA'
     __author__ = 'Nick Redding'
+    encoding = 'latin1'
     no_stylesheets = True
     timefmt = ' [%b %d]'
     extra_css = '''