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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

After three days of public hearings on the Guidebook for Great Communities, councillors opted to send the 131-page document back to administration. A robust 139 people participated in the virtual public hearing – the highest

The public hearing on the Guidebook for Great Communities began Monday, with residents describing fear over loss of heritage, lack of engagement and calls to delay the document. The Guidebook has come under intense scrutiny

Calgary’s heritage advocates generally view the Guidebook for Great communities as good, but they say it lacks meat for in preserving the city’s neighbourhood history. The Guidebook for Great Communities comes to Calgary’s combined meeting

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

Whoa Nelly! This issue with a planning document that’s generally speaking a set of language to be used when going through the local planning process has become a beast of its own. LiveWire Calgary editor

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

When a land use redesignation came to council in mid-February, concerns were raised that a five-unit row house was just adding traffic to an already crowded area of Calgary. One area homeowner said felt the