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May 22, 2022
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OPINION: Alberta’s students depend on your vote this fall

October 5, 2021 Contributed 0

Contributed by Lorrie Jess, President of the Alberta School Boards Association As the new school year approaches, we’re all sure to be facing a variety of emotions as we take a big step back into

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OPINION: Calgary planning and ‘misaligned expectations’

July 9, 2021 Contributed 3

Real estate expert Jyoti Gondek is considered a strong contender to be our next mayor.  So as debate about densification in Calgary continues – witness opposition to the Guidebook and North Hill area planning –

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Essay: Okotoks remembers a mayor… I remember my Grade 6 teacher

July 7, 2021 Darren Krause 0

Do you remember your Grade 6 teacher’s name? I do. His name was Bill Robertson. Mr. Robertson, or Mr. R, to many of my vintage. I was introduced to Okotoks’ future mayor at the spry

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OPINION: It’s too damned hot, and it’s going to get hotter

July 1, 2021 Contributed 0

Contributed by Dr. Joe Vipond and Joan Lawrence – Calgary Climate Hub —– Hot enough for you?  If this week’s heat feels weird, it’s because it is. The ‘heat dome’ pushing up from the southern

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OPINION: If we love detached houses so much, why do we need zoning to protect them?

April 17, 2021 Contributed 3

Editor‘s Note: This piece by Nathan Hawryluk is a rebuttal to Friday’s opinion piece by Richard White. Richard White closed his piece about loving detached houses by talking about the supply and value of detached

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OPINION: This is Calgary – where we love our single-family homes

April 16, 2021 Richard White 6

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that people living on single-family home streets in Calgary’s established communities are not keen to have their streets invaded by four-plexes and heaven forbid townhomes or apartment blocks. That’s the fear

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OPINION: I maintain our roads and see first-hand that Calgary needs to grow responsibly

March 21, 2021 Contributed 1

By Dafydd Urquhart Dafydd Urquhart is a born-and-raised Calgarian, father, equipment operator for the roads department and a member of Calgary’s Future, an advocacy group for everyday Calgarians. Calgary is a sprawling city. We have

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OPINION: Guidebook for Great Communities: Great for Who?

March 17, 2021 Richard White 5

The City of Calgary has recently completed a new document titled The Guidebook for Great Communities, with the subtitle of “creating great communities for everyone.”  The document is 131 pages. That’s hardly what I would

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OPINION: Grid vs. curvilinear – give me grid neighbourhoods anytime

February 28, 2021 Richard White 1

In December 2019, I spent four weeks exploring the streets of London UK. While I love the street life, I hated trying to navigate the network of curved streets and back alleys to get to

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OPINION: Let’s create a Calgary historical home preservation foundation

February 6, 2021 Richard White 0

For many years now, I’ve been listening to a Calgarians lament about how the monster new infill homes are destroying our inner-city neighbourhoods by demolishing the tiny cottage homes. They want the City of Calgary

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