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History is an “unending dialogue between the present and the past.” Thus wrote E.H. Carr in his 1961 book What Is History?
The centrepiece of Smith's Green Line is a Grand Central Station north of the new Flames arena. The exact site hasn't been ...
The year 2025 marks 150 years since the North West Mounted Police established Fort Calgary in 1875. And while Calgary wasn’t ...
Despite plans to curb Calgary's urban sprawl, it keeps getting built.The city’s plan for long-range sustainability, ImagineCALGARY, was published in 2007. Plan It was passed by city council in ...
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It was the end of 2009. I had just left my job as a news writer for Fast Forward Weekly, Calgary’s alternative weekly newspaper.I was going to be home with my daughter and try my hand at ...
“The market sorts people out in space,” Miller said. “Increasingly, the more desirable places are viewed as being in the inner city, so higher income people will outbid lower income people… and the ...
“The Stampede is just not fashionable, and the rejection of the Stampede myth ensures that any public expressions of cowboys, horses, and steers will continue to be confined to the Stampede grounds ...
Sprawlcast is Calgary’s in-depth municipal podcast. Made in collaboration with CJSW 90.9 FM, it’s a show for curious Calgarians who want a deeper understanding of the city they call home. KEVIN LEE: ...
Bill 83 notwithstanding, that plastic box your blackberries came in from Mexico will still leave your house in the same way. You’ll still pop the last berry in your mouth, rinse the box and—because ...
How a freeway cut Calgary into ‘two cities.’ JEREMY KLASZUS (HOST): Picture this. It’s March of 2024. And it’s afternoon rush hour at the busy intersection of 16th Avenue and 19th Street N.E., just ...