Ximena González

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Calgary journalist. Sad twitter evacuee.
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As the cost of living rises, wages stall and job stability dwindles in Alberta, some question the effectiveness of a middle-of-the-road approach to the pressing issues facing workers. Ximena González reports. #abpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/29/Has-Alberta-NDP-Veered-Labour-Roots/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Has Alberta’s NDP Veered Too Far from Its Labour Roots? | The Tyee

Wait and see, urges Nenshi. But the AFL’s McGowan says the power of pivoting to a worker agenda is clear.

The Tyee

The number of Calgarians who trust the city has seen a 12% drop since 2021.

Amid polarization and a drinking water crisis, how to get it back, reports @ximenaka.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/26/Calgary-Citizens-Losing-Trust-City-Hall/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Why Calgary Citizens Are Losing Trust in City Hall | The Tyee

And how to get it back amidst polarization and a drinking water crisis.

The Tyee

“We are the voice of music, arts and culture in Alberta.”

The Edmonton radio station CKUA enjoys scads of public support but faces a financial “perfect storm.”

@ximenaka reports. 📻

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/21/Canada-Faces-Loss-First-Public-Broadcaster/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Canada Faces the Loss of Its First Public Broadcaster | The Tyee

The Edmonton radio station enjoys scads of public support but faces a financial ‘perfect storm.’

The Tyee

Calgary has lost 1,500 non-market rentals since 2021, laying bare Canada’s affordable housing problems. And its solutions. @ximenaka reports. 🏡

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/09/Calgary-Lost-Non-Market-Rentals/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Calgary Has Lost 1,500 Non-market Rentals Since 2021 | The Tyee

Trends in the city lay bare Canada’s affordable housing problems — and solutions.

The Tyee

As many Canadian cities face challenges, some city halls are slow to involve citizens in serious discussions about what actions to take.

That’s not only bad for democracy. That can backfire, writes @ximenaka. 🏘

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/23/Calgary-Has-Big-Housing-Plans/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Calgary Has Big Housing Plans. Residents Would Like a Word | The Tyee

When cities stifle citizen engagement, it’s not just bad for democracy. It can backfire.

The Tyee

“In Remembering Our Relations, a collaborative oral history led by members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Dënesųłıné people tell the stories of betrayal, dispossession and erasure that enabled the creation of Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta.”

Book review article: https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/04/Remembering-Our-Relations-Book
By @ximenaka
Book to order: https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773854113/

‘Save the Buffalo, Shoot the Dene’ | The Tyee

A new book explores the dispossession of Dënesųłıné people during the creation of Wood Buffalo National Park.

The Tyee

🦬 “Save the Buffalo, Shoot the Dene”: Under the guise of conservation, Canada set out to create national parks in the 1800s.

To do so, it forcibly removed the ancestral stewards of the land.

Ximena González explains the creation of Wood Buffalo National Park.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/04/Remembering-Our-Relations-Book/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

‘Save the Buffalo, Shoot the Dene’ | The Tyee

A new book explores the dispossession of Dënesųłıné people during the creation of Wood Buffalo National Park.

The Tyee
Is Calgary a beautiful city?

According to 100 of my twitter followers, the answer is yes — but why does it matter?

I Would Prefer Not To

After a decade-long struggle, #Calgary‘s condo market has finally recovered. However, despite the supply crunch, the share of condos being built today is smaller than it was in 2014, when this market last peaked—why?

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/calgary-and-edmonton/article-in-calgary-some-condo-owners-cashing-out-as-others-climb-in/

In Calgary, some condo owners cashing out as others climb in

What’s going on in Calgary’s condo market: who’s buying, who’s selling, and why aren’t builders building as many condos as they did in the past

The Globe and Mail

As #Calgary realtors stand in opposition to the city’s proposal to allow for higher density everywhere, some have argued this is proof that upzoning will deliver the kind of housing lower income Calgarians need—but, is it?

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/calgary-and-edmonton/article-realtors-criticize-calgary-upzoning-move/

Realtors criticize Calgary upzoning move

Calgary Real Estate Board release a statement in opposition to ‘blanket upzoning’ citing concerns such as parking, community character and property depreciation

The Globe and Mail