Darren Krause

Calgary

Editor / founder @LiveWireCalgary Activism ≠ Journalism Email: [email protected] Dad to 4 gr8 boys, husband to Superwife.

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City of Calgary planning ahead for potential weekend deluge of rain

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Darren Krause

Between 75 and 105 millimetres of rain is in Calgary’s weather forecast this weekend, and that has the city on alert for flood risk. Environment Canada is predicting rain on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and the Weather Network forecast model is suggesting between 50 and 75 mm could fall on Saturday alone.
City of Calgary planning ahead for potential weekend deluge of rain

1 week ago | buff.ly | Darren Krause

Between 75 and 105 millimetres of rain is in Calgary’s weather forecast this weekend, and that has the city on alert for flood risk. Environment Canada is predicting rain on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and the Weather Network forecast model is suggesting between 50 and 75 mm could fall on Saturday alone.
City handbook poised to educate citizens on property tax collection

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Darren Krause

For those citizens keen to dig into the origin story of their property tax bill, the City of Calgary has published a handbook to help navigate it. Calgary city councillors learned more about the 38-page Property Tax Policy Handbook during the June 17 Executive Committee meeting item on the financial task force recommendations. The handbook examines property assessment, budget setting, and then dives into the property tax policy and all the bells and whistles that go with it.
Construction set to begin on Calgary's Green Line LRT

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Darren Krause

Calgary’s $6.25 billion southeast LRT project will officially break ground later this month, signalling the construction launch of the beleaguered transit line. Members of Calgary’s Executive Committee heard news of the start during a Green Line update delivered Tuesday by Green Line Southeast LRT project director, Wendy Tynan.
City council to debate merits of individual land use items defeated in prior omnibus motion

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Darren Krause

Calgary city councillors will now consider a series of single land use bylaw amendments, originally part of an omnibus motion that was defeated earlier this year. Six separate Notices of Motion that were once part of a single Notice of Motion initially defeated during a May 6 public hearing meeting of council, and subsequently failed a reconsideration motion, will be review for technical merit at the June 17 Executive Meeting of Calgary city council.
City of Calgary named in $75 million class action Marda Loop lawsuit

1 week ago | buff.ly | Darren Krause

The City of Calgary has been sued for $75 million over alleged business disruption in Marda Loop due to ongoing construction projects in the area. The Statement of Claim under the Class Proceedings Act was filed May 30 with the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta, with Silver Sage Beef and Diner Deluxe named as the primary plaintiffs, representing a group of businesses and property owners that have carried out business in the area since June 3, 2023.
Calgary municipal parties split in spat over candidates

2 weeks ago | livewirecalgary.com | Darren Krause

One Calgary municipal political party is claiming a cooperation breakdown with another party has now led them to run candidates in wards where they claim there could be a vote split. The A Better Calgary (ABC) party issued a news release earlier this week saying that they will now run candidates in all wards, a 180-degree turn from a prior commitment not to run members in wards where Communities First candidates would run.
Calgary councillors put forward motion to rein in 'mission creep'

2 weeks ago | livewirecalgary.com | Darren Krause

A group of Calgary city councillors wants all reports coming to council to clearly mark if any action or cash required is better suited to another order of government, and a publicly available city function chart that shows which level of government is responsible for it. Members of the Communities First party will put forward a Notice of Motion for technical approval at the Executive Committee next week, which they say will rein in “city hall overreach.”Couns.
Resilient roofing program shows big benefit to Calgary homeowners

2 weeks ago | livewirecalgary.com | Darren Krause

The City of Calgary’s resilient roofing rebate program helped homeowners save nearly triple in costly damage compared with the city’s roughly $5.5 million investment, according to an upcoming city report. The report, coming to the June 12, 2025, Community Development Committee meeting, was the result of a notice of motion from Ward 5 Coun. Raj Dhaliwal in late 2024 to review the outcomes of the City of Calgary’s roofing rebate program.
Land use approval opens the door to Boro Block affordable housing in Haysboro

2 weeks ago | livewirecalgary.com | Darren Krause

Approval of a land-use change in southwest Calgary means a 196-unit affordable housing complex at the site of a former YMCA will move ahead. Calgary city councillors unanimously approved the change of a Special Purpose – Recreation site at the corner of Heritage Drive and Haddon Road SW to a Mixed Use – General during the June 10 Public Hearing Meeting of city council.