Today, City Council approved the Making Waves scenario from GamePLAN, marking a significant step forward in reimagining Calgary’s public recreation system. GamePLAN, a city-wide vision and strategic framework, addresses challenges for the public recreation system posed by Calgary’s aging recreation facilities, rising operational costs and growing population. With most of Calgary’s public recreation facilities being...
Calgary City Council passed amendments to the Calgary Traffic Bylaw and Street Bylaw to regulate and deter the harmful behaviour of predatory tow truck operators at vehicle collision sites. Under the bylaw amendments, no towing service vehicle can approach a collision or incident within a 200-metre radius zone, unless requested by emergency responders or the...
With Environment Canada forecasting warmer temperatures in Calgary for the next week, The City is taking steps to prepare for melting ice and snow and want Calgarians to be prepared too. Although the forecast doesn’t suggest a rapid melt, temperatures can rise quickly. As ice melts during the day and refreezes at night, we could...
The City of Calgary and ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. have received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) for a new natural gas franchise fee rate, set to bring more predictable bills to Calgarians starting March 1, 2025. The new rate improves the stability and transparency of the natural gas franchise fee by...
Getting around Calgary Transit Over the Family Day long weekend, we’ll be adjusting our service hours. On Monday, Feb. 17 we will be operating buses, CTrains and On Demand on a Sunday level of service. More information on fares, schedules and Customer Service hours over the long weekend can be found on the Calgary Transit website, along...
Police are investigating after they were called to three robberies in just over two hours in Calgary on Monday. Calgary police were called to a gas station near 4 Street and 68 Avenue NW around 10:45 a.m. for reports of an armed robbery. The suspect reportedly left in a black SUV before officers arrived. He...
Police are investigating a crash over the weekend that left a passenger with life-altering injuries. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Nose Hill Drive and 87 Street NW around 3:40 p.m. Sunday for reports of a crash. Calgary police (CPS) say a white 2018 Nissan Murano with a driver and one passenger was...
Finn Lee-Epp has his sights set on becoming a movie director, and his recent win in a City of Calgary video contest may have him one step closer to that dream. Finn’s innovative video took the concept of distracted driving to an extreme by staging a game of Scrabble between the driver and front-seat passenger...
An Alberta junior soccer coach accused of vanishing with thousands of dollars raised by his team has been arrested. RCMP say they found Randy Knodel on Saturday in a vehicle in a parking lot in Sherwood Park, east of Edmonton. Cpl. Troy Savinkoff says the 46-year-old head coach of the Selects Football Club’s Tier 1 boys team...
Several groups of Alberta education workers across the province hit the picket lines on Monday. This comes after the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said around 2,000 education workers from Foothills, Black Gold, Calgary Board of Education (CBE) and Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) served up notices of strike action last week. Happening now...