11+ hour, 17+ min ago   (719+ words) When the headlines of a 20 per cent tax increase burst onto the scene almost two weeks ago, I was as shocked as anyone, but probably for very different reasons. I thought it would be more. And public demands of the…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (260+ words) The Calgary police will deploy drones as first responders in a pilot project starting this month to help provide real-time information as situations unfold. The Drones as First Responder (DFR) trial will start Sept. 10 with two Skydio X10 drones and go…...

4+ day, 6+ min ago   (579+ words) Sidewalks in Calgary could get a boost, as a city council committee voted in favour of pursuing a potential funding path that would add millions to maintenance budgets. Members of Calgary’s Infrastructure and Planning Committee heard that there’s a $246 million…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (792+ words) Calgary police marked 50 years of its school officer resource program by honouring where it started and looking at where it’s going. The Calgary Police Service (CPS) hosted a gathering for current and former school resource officers and local school board…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (552+ words) A Calgary committee held its collective nose in recommending that city council move forward with a surface alignment along 10 Avenue SW to get the $6.25 billion Green Line into the downtown. Councillors got a presentation at the Sept. 8 Executive Committee meeting…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (469+ words) Associate professor of archaeology at UCalgary, Lindsay Amundsen-Meyer and her team shared what they uncovered during this summer’s excavation at the John Ware homestead located near Millarville, Alta. Ware, one of Alberta’s first non-white settlers, was enslaved in the southern…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1035+ words) Calgary’s city solicitor outlined myriad potential outcomes following a breach of confidentiality related to details around the upcoming four-year city budget, underscoring the duty councillors have when elected. During a special meeting called for Tuesday, city councillors got a legal…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (796+ words) A local marketing expert calls Calgary Transit’s free-fare-zone sponsorship pitch attractive but missing balance as a crucial ingredient. A briefing note in the Infrastructure and Planning Committee’s Sept. 9 agenda includes a presentation from the administration outlining transit’s pitch to secure…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (639+ words) City administration was also asked to provide preliminary key performance indicators and deliverables aligned with key strategic priorities, assessed against the operating and capital spending provided through the updated revenue projection. In 2025, the last year of a four-year budget, the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1071+ words) Downtown Green Line alignment options have been made public, and there are many opinions on how Calgary city council should proceed – including staying the course on an underground train. An update on the Downtown Green Line alignment comes to the…...