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Calgary police Chief Mark Neufeld made a secret deal with one of his deputies which saw the senior officer retire one day only to be rehired the next, allowing him to collect two pensions plus a nearly $250,000 per year salary, CBC News has learned. On top of that, the City …
Read More »Doug Mitchell, former CFL commissioner and Calgary lawyer, has died at 83
Douglas Mitchell, a former Canadian Football League player who went on to become commissioner of the league as well as a prominent Calgary lawyer and community leader, died on Wednesday at the age of 83. Mitchell played briefly in the CFL with the B.C. Lions and Hamilton Tiger-Cats and later went …
Read More »Creeping bellflower season in Calgary will be prolific, horticulturalist says
With a cool and wet start to summer, one Calgary horticulturalist believes this year’s crop of creeping bellflower will be prolific. And the flowering has already begun. The nodding, bell-shaped flowers look pretty — but they’re a menace. They trick people with innocent trumpet-shaped blooms that spit out seeds. Below …
Read More »Calgary renter fights 90-day notice from her Sunnyside landlord
Brianne Zimmerman says she’s not usually one to defy orders. But the Calgary-based photographer says something didn’t seem right about the notice her landlord slipped under her front door last March. It stated she and her neighbours had to vacate their apartment suites in a Sunnyside building by June 30. It didn’t provide a …
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Read More »Decades-old plaque stolen from Calgary park dedicated to Ukrainian pioneers
A plaque — funded by donations from Calgary’s Ukrainian community to thank Canada for accepting people from the country — has been stolen, a community group says. The Calgary branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) found out last week the plaque at Ukrainian Pioneers Park was missing. The park was …
Read More »Feel like there’s a lot of mosquitoes in Calgary right now? Well, there are.
If you’ve been outside lately, you’ve seen them. Or more realistically, you’ve felt them. Mosquitoes are back with a vengeance in Calgary this year. In just the last week, city officials have counted more mosquitoes in their traps than all of 2021 and 2022 (so far) combined. “We got about …
Read More »Downtown Calgary office vacancies hit new high – but it’s not all bad news
More than a third of office spaces were vacant in downtown Calgary in the second quarter of this year, which is a record high, according to a new report from commercial realty firm CBRE. It was also the highest vacancy rate in all of Canada, said the firm’s regional managing director …
Read More »Chuckwagon races vs. leadership races: Saddle up for the Calgary political Stampede
This column is an opinion by Michael Solberg, co-owner of a Calgary government relations firm and co-host of a Stampede party. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. Some people line up at the Calgary Stampede for hotcakes. Others come for hot takes. In among the 10 days …
Read More »A suburb named Nostalgia? For real, Calgary?
This column is an opinion by Annalise Klingbeil, a Calgary-based communications consultant. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. Picking a name is hard. I know. I had a baby eight months ago. Settling on a meaningful name with my husband was a lengthy and painstaking process. When I …
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