Equipment – and a new snow route notification system – are ready for deployment as the city of Calgary braces for a potential dump of snow this weekend. Starting Wednesday night Calgary will see showers
In this month’s show, host and editor of livewirecalgary.com, Darren Krause, talks with the man behind the I Love… sticker project, Ben Laird. It’s created a lot of buzz! We touch on the Canadian federal
The Calgary bike share pilot program has, well, back-pedalled a bit. The vision of thousands of e-assist bikes cruising Calgary streets during phase two of the city’s dockless bike share pilot program just hasn’t come
The folks at Vivo brought in a fireplace, lit it, and were roasting marshmallows for PARKing Day along Kensington Road in Calgary. They call it fire pit Friday. It’s something they do every Friday in
More than 300 people rallied outside Calgary city hall to demand action on climate change during the Global Climate Strike on Friday. It follows 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg’s call to action for people
When’s the last time you were in one of Calgary’s back alleys? No, not that back alley. Students in the University of Calgary’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape have been working for two months
Hundreds of city schools will be without long time reading support programs now that Calgary Reads has suspended two of their in-school offerings due to budget uncertainty and a drop in donations. Calgary Reads has
Failure of a sprinkler valve at Calgary’s Deane House has forced the building’s closure due to extensive water damage throughout the historic home. A sprinkler valve located in the attic failed on Sept. 8 as
The Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation is looking for fresh branches to feed two moose calves at the facility. “Our staff and volunteers have actually been driving around for an hour every day and getting
There’s nothing wrong with loving Alberta’s oil and gas industry. But Calgary photographer Ben Laird thinks there’s a lot of other things we should love, too. Laird is behind a growing campaign for Albertans –