There are over 500 places in Calgary devoted to culture and spirituality, and not one is specifically intended for Indigenous Peoples to gather. Until now. It started with one question posed by Chief Robert Joseph […]
Every time we get to the spring ahead portion of Daylight Saving Time (DST), the debate rages on in Alberta (and elsewhere) over whether we should be doing it at all. Alberta NDP MLA Thomas […]
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Vapourware. That’s the word that comes to mind when I read the 83-page draft hosting plan for the proposed Calgary 2026 Winter Games. Vapourware is a term that originated in Silicon Valley and has come […]
This is no longer a question of whether or not Calgary should host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. It’s way beyond that now. It’s more a question of whether we’re deserving of once […]
I’m not going to lie, when I first started walking through Calgary’s new Central Library on Tuesday, I started to tear up. For a kid who didn’t play hockey growing up, the public library where […]
It’s a different kind of trickle-down economics. This is the kind of subtle government decision making that has little to no downside, but an enormous upside. It’s not carbon tax nor is it minimum wage. […]
The likelihood of the City being able to keep the lid on potential peripheral Olympic costs was predictably slim. We would even say those odds were virtually zero. Now, with an Olympics plebiscite roughly six […]
I’m a freelance writer. Some months are great for work, others… crickets. I knew when I decided to make a career change and go into journalism that I was likely also committing myself to a […]
No one thinks the Saddledome is state-of-the-art. Its position at the base of our skyline triggers not pride, but nostalgia. It won’t hold the concerts we want to see, and it apparently doesn’t much inspire […]
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