Jim Brown

Radio Host, The 180 at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

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'Black cloud': Alberta's latest fight with Ottawa could drive oilpatch investment away

Nov 28, 2024 | cbc.ca | Jim Brown |Joel Dryden

As the province and Ottawa take part in yet another constitutional squabble over jurisdiction, some oil and gas sector watchers are worried about the effect on the industry caught in the middle.
Calgary's Green Line: Shorter and more expensive, once again

Jul 31, 2024 | cbc.ca | Jim Brown

Calgary·NewTuesday's council vote to cut six stations from Phase 1 of the Green Line was not the first time the project has seen its costs go up and its reach diminished. Mayor still optimistic funds will be found to build entire LRT lineJim Brown · CBC News · Posted: Jul 31, 2024 7:46 PM EDT | Last Updated: 20 minutes agoAn artist's rendering of the Eau Claire area that will be redeveloped as part of the Green Line LRT project.
Calgary's first municipal political party launches

Jun 19, 2024 | cbc.ca | Jim Brown

Calgary's first municipal political party launchesJim Brown | CBC News | Posted: June 19, 2024 10:47 PM | Last Updated: Just nowA Better Calgary says its candidates will focus on common sense government and fiscal responsibilityImage | hi-calgary-city-hallCaption: The provincial government created legislation earlier this year paving the way for political parties in Alberta's two big cities. A Better Calgary is the first one to emerge. (CBC)Calgary's first municipal political party has arrived.
'Better than what we hoped to achieve': Calgary water consumption hits new low

Jun 16, 2024 | cbc.ca | Jim Brown

Calgary·BreakingMayor Jyoti Gondek says water consumption in Calgary and area hit its lowest level yet on Saturday, after a large feeder pipe broke nearly two weeks ago and people were urged to limit their usage. Mayor says water usage on Saturday lowest since water crisis beganJim Brown · CBC News · Posted: Jun 16, 2024 12:58 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes agoA drone image of the water feeder main on June 13.
WestJet issues lockout notice to mechanics union

May 4, 2024 | cbc.ca | Jim Brown

Calgary·BreakingAirline president says work stoppages could begin as early as Tuesday at noon MT. Calgary-based airline and union have been negotiating new contract since SeptemberJim Brown · CBC News · Posted: May 04, 2024 3:12 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoWestJet president Diederik Pen says work stoppages could begin as early as Tuesday at noon MT. (Daniel Thomas/CBC)WestJet has issued a 72-hour lockout notice to the union representing the Calgary-based airline's mechanics.
Canadian Palestinian citizen journalist, who lived in Calgary, reported missing in Gaza

Jan 28, 2024 | cbc.ca | Jim Brown

Government officials in Ottawa say they are monitoring the situation surrounding a missing Calgary man who was working as a citizen journalist and aid worker in Gaza. Family and friends of Mansour Shouman say they haven't heard from him in a week and they are growing more and more concerned over his welfare. Shadi Sakr is a member of the volunteer team in Canada that helps Shouman post videos online. He says the last time Shouman was heard from was Jan.
ANALYSIS | Thousands will soon be moving into Calgary's converted office towers. What are they going to do there? | CBC News

Dec 25, 2023 | cbc.ca | Jim Brown

Calgary·AnalysisDowntown resident Paul Fairie says the core needs more of “the boring things,” like grocery stores, inexpensive restaurants and coffee shops that stay open after 6 p.m.‘Improving the downtown will require radical strategies,’ says urban designerIt is a staggeringly ambitious plan. Given the situation, it had to be. When the economy started slumping in 2015, office vacancies in downtown Calgary began to climb.
Undercover CTrain operation shows progression of relationship between police, service agencies

Dec 21, 2023 | cbc.ca | Jim Brown

Calgary·NewThe growth in the relationship between service agencies and police means both a more efficient use of resources, and better outcomes for individuals, according to Alpha House program director Shaundra Bruvall.
ANALYSIS | On deployment of sheriffs, public safety minister and Calgary police don't seem to be on same page | CBC News

Nov 27, 2023 | cbc.ca | Jim Brown

Calgary·AnalysisSafety minister says Calgary should be more like Edmonton and ask for more sheriffs to work in downtown crime hotspots. Calgary police say it's not that simple. CPS spokesperson says there is interest in discussing increased use of sheriffsSometimes, the things that don't get reported on when politicians talk to the media are just as interesting — and illustrative — as the things that do.
Calgary protester accused of hate-motivated disturbance says charge 'never should have been laid'

Nov 19, 2023 | cbc.ca | Jim Brown

The Calgary man accused by police of using an antisemitic phrase during a downtown rally earlier this month says he should never have been charged and was assured by police before his arrest that he wouldn't be. Wesam Cooley, 32, who also goes by the name Wesam Khaled, was arrested after a rally on Nov. 5. He was charged with causing a disturbance, with "hate motivation" applied to the charge. Police announced that the charge was stayed on Friday.

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Articles

'Black cloud': Alberta's latest fight with Ottawa could drive oilpatch investment away

Calgary's Green Line: Shorter and more expensive, once again

Calgary's first municipal political party launches

'Better than what we hoped to achieve': Calgary water consumption hits new low

WestJet issues lockout notice to mechanics union

Canadian Palestinian citizen journalist, who lived in Calgary, reported missing in Gaza

ANALYSIS | Thousands will soon be moving into Calgary's converted office towers. What are they going to do there? | CBC News

Undercover CTrain operation shows progression of relationship between police, service agencies

ANALYSIS | On deployment of sheriffs, public safety minister and Calgary police don't seem to be on same page | CBC News

Calgary protester accused of hate-motivated disturbance says charge 'never should have been laid'