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The area councillor said he'd been working with the Confluence and city administration to avoid such an outcome. #yyc #calgary

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Country Thunder cancels weekend Calgary festival

On the hooves of the Cowboys Music Festival noise debacle, the Country Thunder Music Festival has announced that it is cancelling this weekend. The group behind the Country Thunder Alberta 2026 has cited city-created safety and operational barriers as the reasons behind the cancellation. They said in a media release on Wednesday that traffic reduction […]

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LiveWire Calgary Jun 13

Saturday morning coffee and a read: Come Aug. 4, 60,000+ parcels around LRT, BRT and MAX BRT Stations will be downzoned, despite transit zones being the widely suggested place to put more density. There is still no replacement plan. #yyc #calgary #yyccc

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60,000+ parcels near LRT and BRT stations face downzoning, with no Calgary replacement plan in place

More than 60,000 parcels within 600 metres of Calgary Transit LRT or Max BRT zones will be downzoned come Aug. 4, despite being where blanket rezoning opponents suggested greater density. The full repeal of citywide rezoning, as approved by council, will come later this summer, without a formal replacement framework before council. In two months, […]

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LiveWire Calgary Jun 12

This one might be only for the most serious city hall watchers, but something the general public might want to know. #yyc #calgary #yyccc

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How much time has Calgary city council spent behind closed doors?

Calgary city council is preparing to audit its own closed-session habits. The data behind that decision tells a more complicated story than expected. According to data found in the City of Calgary’s composite minutes, the current council has had 34 closed session meetings and spent nearly 54 hours in camera. In comparison, the prior council […]

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LiveWire Calgary Jun 11

After a banner year in 2025, Calgary's non-market home units under development slowed to a trickle in Q1 of 2026. There's one big barrier... #yyc #calgary

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58 units: Calgary's non-market housing pipeline nearly empties after record year

Calgary’s record-breaking year for non-market housing has given way to a near-standstill, with just 58 units under a development permit in the first quarter of 2026 — a fraction of the 3,000 the city aims to build every year. The figures come from the city’s Q1 2026 performance report, released June 4 to Calgary’s Open […]

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LiveWire Calgary Jun 11

The story continues: Mayor Farkas floats the idea of extending the Green Line further south, not going as far into downtown (with the current line), and then seeking a fed-only deal for an underground downtown line. #yyc #calgary #yyccc

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Farkas pitches federal-only deal to put downtown Green Line underground

Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas is floating a plan to split the Green Line into phases and pursue federal funding for a downtown underground tunnel — without the province at the table. Farkas made the comments the day after the Government of Alberta said that they are open to adjustments on the downtown segment of the […]

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LiveWire Calgary Jun 10

Just as Calgary's Safer Mobility report comes to a city committee, data compiled by Sarah Palmer shows that Calgary recent traffic safety measures aren't being put where the bulk of pedestrian incidents are happening. #yyc #calgary

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Calgary pedestrian traffic incidents surge amid safety infrastructure gaps

Safety infrastructure has recently been installed in developing communities over hot-spot intersections with high pedestrian incident rates.

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LiveWire Calgary Jun 9

Mayor Farkas said that the current elevated option could literally crash into a proposed Calgary-to-Banff rail line. #yyc #yyccc #calgary

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No tunnel: Province open to adjustments on the downtown Calgary Green Line

The Government of Alberta is sticking to its guns on an elevated Green Line in downtown Calgary, though city council could once again look at alternative alignments. Members of Calgary’s Executive Committee approved an amendment from Ward 13 Coun. Dan McLean to explore other downtown Green Line alignments over the next couple of months in […]

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LiveWire Calgary Jun 3

When data tells a different story: Paid fare Calgary LRT stations top social disorder hotspots.

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Calgary's free fare zone isn't the safety problem councillors say it is, data shows

Calgary Transit’s own data tells a different story than city council has been hearing: When boardings are factored in, not a single downtown free fare zone station ranks among the city’s top 15 LRT social disorder hotspots. The finding comes as Calgary city council kicked a potential decision on the fate of the downtown free […]

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LiveWire Calgary May 28

The modernized tech will allow Calgary police officers access to real-time translation of more than 60 languages.

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Calgary police to roll out AI-powered officer-worn translating devices

Starting June 1, the Calgary police are modernizing their operations by rolling out officer-worn language-translating devices.

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LiveWire Calgary May 13

The survey also shows that two-thirds of Alberta respondents believe that the separation discussion is hurtful to the provincial economy. #yyc #calgary

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Calgarians among strongest opponents of Alberta separation, survey finds

Calgarians overwhelmingly reject the idea of Alberta’s separation from Canada, according to the results of a new survey. The results were part of a new survey done by Manitoba-based Probe Research that dove into Albertans’ views on the provincial government’s upcoming nine referendum questions. Those nine questions include ones on immigration control, qualifying for social […]

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