The City of Calgary is partnering with local agencies to help Calgarians in crisis. On Thursday, the city announced the creation of Action Table Calgary (ATC), a partnership between the city, Calgary police and the United Way, with the goal of co-ordinating support services for Calgarians with multiple risk factors …
Read More »Calgarians have lost over $22 million to cryptocurrency scams in 2023 – Calgary
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Calgary police want to caution and educate the public about the red flags of cryptocurrency scams after Calgarians were swindled out of more than $22.5 million in 340 reported cryptocurrency scams so far this year. Compare that with 2022, when Calgarians lost …
Read More »These Calgarians say TikTok told them they had ADHD — turns out, they do
In March of 2020, a recently laid off Ellyce Fulmore found herself doing what a lot of people were doing — scrolling through TikTok — when she started to see a lot of content she unexpectedly related to. “It was a lot of content about ADHD and it made me …
Read More »Here’s how thousands of Calgarians celebrated the return of the in-person Pride parade
Rainbow flags, dancers, drag queens and trailblazers filled the streets of downtown Calgary on Sunday as the annual Pride parade made its much anticipated in-person return. Thousands of people — both allies and community members — gathered to celebrate the movement, the achievements, and mark the end of a two-year absence …
Read More »Is it time for rent control in Alberta? Some Calgarians say yes
As the city’s rental market continues to heat up, some Calgarians say they’ve experienced steep rental hikes when their leases have come up for renewal. Lindsay McNally, 30, has lived in her one-bedroom Beltline apartment for two years, paying $1,350 a month for rent and parking. When it came time to …
Read More »50 Calgarians summoned from mall for immediate jury selection
Dozens of Calgarians were summoned for jury selection — immediately — during lunch hour at a downtown Calgary mall this week, invoking a rare procedure imported from England. Alberta officers issued 50 summonses to people who were at the Core Shopping Centre on Thursday, documents which required the recipient to at …
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