The City of Calgary thanks Calgarians for their participation in the Olympic Plaza Brick Retrieval Program. The registration period, which allowed original purchasers to request an inscribed Olympic Plaza brick, has officially closed. City teams are now processing the submitted applications. Over the registration period, The City received 5,105 applications to have inscribed bricks retrieved...
The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) has approved a new franchise agreement between The City of Calgary and ENMAX, set to bring more affordable and predictable electricity bills to Calgarians. Starting Jan. 1, 2025, the electricity franchise fee (also known as a Local Access Fee on electricity bills) will be calculated using only a fixed rate...
Wednesday Cart Collection No Wednesday cart pickup on Christmas or New Year’s Day. Instead of the usual Wednesday pickup, blue, black and/or green cart will be collected on: Monday, Dec. 23 and Monday, Dec. 30. Only Wednesday blue, black and/or green cart collection is changing. All other households will have their regular pick-up on their...
The City of Calgary is informing Tax Instalment Payment Plan (TIPP) participants that, due to the recent Canada Post labour disruptions, recalculation letters — typically mailed in December — could not be sent as originally planned. As a result, January payments for TIPP participants will remain unchanged, unless notified by The City. TIPP recalculation letters...
Calgary City Council has unanimously approved amendments to the Business Licence Bylaw for short-term rentals (STR). The amendments aim to balance housing affordability, safety, community impact and enforcement while continuing to support property owners and the economic benefits short-term rentals bring to the city. Changes will come into effect on April 1, 2025. “Calgary has...
Jess Kondas was home for the holidays in Calgary when the phone rang with the best early Christmas present she could have imagined. After an entire calendar year on the Toronto Sceptres three-player reserve list, there finally was a spot on the roster for the 24-year-old defender to make her Professional Women’s Hockey League debut. She didn’t...
Lethbridge police say a body found in a motel room on Saturday is being treated as suspicious, the second sudden death in three days. Officers say they were on the scene of a Superlodge along the 2200 block of 7 Avenue South. However, no additional details about the death have been shared at this time....
Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice and the Calgary Flames beat San Jose 3-1 on Saturday night, handing the Sharks their seventh straight loss. Mikael Backlund also scored and Nazem Kadri had two assists for the Flames, and Dustin Wolf had 21 saves. Macklin Celebrini got his 12th goal of the season for San Jose, and Yaroslav Askarov stopped...
Calgary police are investigating after a man was shot in the leg in downtown Saturday. Officers say they responded to reports of gunshots fired by Reconciliation Bridge near the Drop-in Centre at around 7:30 p.m. They found a man with gunshot wounds, who was then rushed to hospital, adding he was in stable condition Three...
An arrest has been made after three people, including two youths, were stabbed in Airdrie early Saturday, according to RCMP. Mounties say they went to the northwest area of Airdrie near Williamstown on reports of multiple stabbings at around 1 a.m. Three stabbing victims, which include two youths, were found and rushed to hospital. Two...