The same strategy called for 180 kilometres of painted bike lanes by 2020. Today Calgary has a quarter of that, with 45.6 ...

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In 2019, the City of Calgary had a conundrum. Two years earlier, Canada had lost China as its primary plastics importer, and plastic clamshells—the kind used to package berries in supermarkets—had ...

KLASZUS: When Fort Calgary was established 150 years ago in 1875, there weren’t many trees here. For the most part, the only trees were huddled around the river. Today, the city is home to about seven ...

The confluence: As long as the rivers flow Revisiting Calgary’s early history — and our present.

The development and home-building industries are the most obvious place to point a finger. It was, after all, developers and home builders that plotted to install an industry-friendly slate of ...

How local history is evolving.It was a new pilsner to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the HMCS Calgary, a Canadian Forces ship named after our city. The HMCS Calgary has been deployed everywhere ...

The gift: What Ian Tyson left us We’ve lost a relentless chronicler of the West.

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City zoning shapes our lives. But for many of us, this powerful tool remains hidden and confusing. I spoke with Sara Bronin, a Cornell University professor and director of the National Zoning Atlas in ...