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City micro grants support 43 Neighbour Day events on June 21

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

Some 12 years after the flood of 2013, and 20 years after the flood of 2005, Neighbour Day has continued to prove a strong reminder of how Calgarians came together to support one another during those challenging times. New for this year, was a series of micro grants offered by the City of Calgary, to help community organizations hold even bigger and better celebrations.
International Rotary members given warm Calgary welcome

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

Hundreds of Rotary members from across the United States and internationally were given a warm hug of western hospitality on June 19, as they disembarked from their flights for the Rotary International Convention. Greeters from Tourism Calgary welcomed the Rotarians, dressed in the iconic Calgary white hat emblazoned with the Rotary logo, while a trio of stages set up throughout the airport had local musicians playing.
Calgary opens first office-to-hotel conversion with Element by Westin

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

Calgary’s first hotel opening of 2025 also happens to be a major milestone, with the first completed office-to-hotel building conversion in the city’s history. Element by Westin, which now occupies the 833 – 4 Avenue SW location in the heart of the downtown west end, was once home to Mount Royal College. Now, the education will be in Calgary’s western hospitality, along with the economic benefits that come with an additional 226 modern hotel suites that will also accommodate long-stay guests.
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.
Advanced technology leads to fewer traffic jams in Calgary

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

Situated on intersection lights across the city are hundreds of cameras that track in real time the traffic patterns, but what Calgarians might not know about is the drones in the sky, and the VR in the control centre putting all of that data to use. Calgary has been leading the way on using low-cost, off-the-shelf technologies, along with in-house developed artificial intelligence, to make roads a little easier to navigate.
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.
Housing options to be explored at Fish Creek-Lacombe, Dalhousie and Anderson LRT stations

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

Community engagement is set to begin at the end of the month on a trio of Calgary Transit Park and Ride sites to begin exploring transforming the parking lots into housing. Fish Creek-Lacombe, Dalhousie and Anderson Park and Ride lots were identified by the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) as locations for transit-oriented communities (TOC). All of those locations are on Calgary Transit’s Red Line.
Ground broken on Attainable Homes' Albert Park townhouse development

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

In early 2026, the first families will be moving into the 230-unit Albert Park – Radisson Heights townhouse development from Attainable Homes. The one-to-five bedroom development, when complete, will represent a major milestone in the creation of affordable housing in Calgary, with a unique model for purchasing rather than renting properties. While work is already underway to develop the 8.77 acre site where the former David D.
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.
Vecova bids farewell to home of 56 years

1 week ago | livewirecalgary.com | Aryn Toombs

For the past 56 years, Vecova’s home next to the University of Calgary has served the disabled and abled communities alike with programming space and one of the city’s only warm water pools. As of June 17, that facility will no longer be serving the hundreds of thousands of visitors it has received each year, as the organization transitions into a hub and spoke model for programming, and a partnership with Vivo and City of Calgary Recreation for pool space.