Aryn Toombs

Calgary

Journalist and Writer at LiveWire-d in Calgary

Journalist by way of words, photos, and data at @LiveWireCalgary.

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Articles

Nonprofit Chamber's new CEO sees role in upcoming municipal election

4 days ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

In April, the Nonprofit Chamber introduced their new President and CEO, Angie Gélinas, who took over the organization at a politically charged time for Calgary. Just two weeks after that announcement, the federal general election was held, and now the Calgary municipal general election is just mere months away. What has not changed is the pressure that non-profits are facing, and the need for non-profit organizations and charities to be heard by politicians, both present and future.
BMO Centre wins award for excellence in woodworking

4 days ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

The BMO Centre, Calgary’s Tier 1 convention centre, has been at the heart of many international conversations about excellence in design and construction. Trade organizations have lauded the expansion, and have given the building, its construction teams, and its designers and architects award after award. The latest laurel for the building came in May, when the BMO Centre became a winner of the AWMAC Award of Excellence in Woodworking.
G7 attendees will come to Calgary and go home safe: final security preparations for meeting underway

4 days ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

The combined RCMP, Calgary Police Service, Alberta Sheriffs, Alberta Conservation Officers, Canadian Armed Forces, and other law enforcement agencies that make up the security planning for the upcoming G7 conference are confident. Confident that world leaders will be able to travel to Calgary, enjoy themselves in the world-renowned beauty of Alberta’s Kananaskis region, and then return home safe. “They’re going to benefit from seeing the area, and then they’re going to go home safe and secure.
320 room hotel to open on Stampede Park in 2028

5 days ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

Calgary developer Truman is set to open its first hotel in Calgary, with a 320-room boutique hotel located on Stampede Park next to the BMO Centre. The hotel development deal was announced by Truman, the Calgary Stampede, and the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation on June 6. When complete, the hotel will be the first full-service, convention-designed hotel built in Calgary in the 21st century.
Calgary Wild FC strikes deal to strike out social media hate using AI

5 days ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

Using social media can be a pretty toxic experience, and as statistics show, that toxicity is overwhelming for women on social media sites. A recent survey commissioned by Amnesty International UK, revealed that three out of every four Gen Z social media users witnessed misogynistic content, with half encountering that same content on a weekly basis.
Parks Foundation CEO Sheila Taylor leaves big legacy as search for new leader begins

5 days ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

The Parks Foundation Calgary has begun the search for a new CEO, after long-time leader of the civic partner Sheila Taylor announced that she would be leaving at the end of the summer. Taylor, who joined the foundation eight years ago during a period of financial turbulence, led Parks Foundation into a series of sustainable successes across the city and to the highest level of donations in the foundation’s history. “I feel like it’s both the right time for me and for the foundation.
2026 Olympics fumble a huge missed opportunity for Calgary, says Minister

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

Sporting events are set to play an even larger part of the cultural fabric of Alberta, as the province moves towards growing the provincial tourism economy to $25 billion by 2035. Speaking to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on May 30, during a fireside chat on tourism, former Minister of Tourism and Sport and current Minister of Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration Joseph Schow said that getting large scale sporting events to Alberta was an important goal.
Art and conservation gets Washed Ashore at Calgary Zoo

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

For the past decade and a half, volunteers with Washed Ashore have collected trash on the beaches of Oregon, and in turn, created an art from the detritus of modern life. The organization has turned over 60,000 lbs of trash into artistic works like sharks, eels, jellyfish, polar bears, and even a northern leopard frog as a way of reminding the public how plastic waste affects ecosystems.
Ground broken on nationally important dementia inclusive park

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

For the past four years, Parks Foundation Calgary has been working on a first of its kind park in Canada that’s specifically designed to support and engage seniors living with dementia. Ground was broken on the park on May 29, marking a major milestone towards the completion of the Martin Family Legacy Garden in 2026.
Housing report card gives Alberta D+ grade

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

A new report released by the Missing Middle Initiative at the University of Ottawa has given the Government of Alberta the weakest grade for housing in the nation. The report, funded by the Clean Economy Fund and was commissioned by the Task Force for Housing and Climate, gave the Alberta Government a D+ overall, the only D grade with all other provinces in the nation receiving between C- and C+.