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...
UK-based px Group is expanding its specialist sustainability services across the Americas to help industry meet their decarbonization targets. Geoff Holmes, CEO of px Group, said: “We are excited to be bringing px Group’s international knowledge of the energy sector to the North American market and supporting industry to transition towards a more sustainable future.”...
For many small/local Calgary businesses, the thought of Amazon, Walmart, or Costco carrying the same products as you can be a stressful event. A Calgary resident highlighted his struggles with trying to buy local ended up wasting his time and did nothing but create frustration. Instead of being silent about this common small business problem,...
While hunting for the latest business story in Calgary, I ran across a Reddit article from a Calgary-based business providing “The Ultimate Guide to … Tires.” I don’t know a lot about tires but, the Consumer Reports article was more “ultimate” and I did see a lot of gaps about specific temperature ratings to know...