The year 2025 marks 150 years since the North West Mounted Police established Fort Calgary in 1875. And while Calgary wasn’t ...

Sprawlcast is Calgary’s in-depth municipal podcast. Made in collaboration with CJSW 90.9 FM, it’s a show for curious Calgarians who want a deeper understanding of the city they call home. KEVIN LEE: ...

Sprawlcast is Calgary’s in-depth municipal podcast. Made in collaboration with CJSW 90.9 FM, it’s a show for curious Calgarians who want more than the daily news grind. If you value in-depth Calgary ...

Now more than ever, we need strong independent journalism in Alberta. That's what The Sprawl is here for! When you become a Sprawl member, it means our writers, cartoonists and photographers can do ...

The Sprawl connects Calgarians with their city through in-depth, curiosity-driven journalism. If you value independent local news, support our work so we can keep digging into municipal issues in the ...

According to the Calgary Real Estate Board, in the second quarter of 2020, a detached or semi-detached home in the city centre (which includes most of what the city considers inner city) is in the ...

It was the end of 2009. I had just left my job as a news writer for Fast Forward Weekly, Calgary’s alternative weekly newspaper.I was going to be home with my daughter and try my hand at ...

How a freeway cut Calgary into ‘two cities.’ JEREMY KLASZUS (HOST): Picture this. It’s March of 2024. And it’s afternoon rush hour at the busy intersection of 16th Avenue and 19th Street N.E., just ...

“The Stampede is just not fashionable, and the rejection of the Stampede myth ensures that any public expressions of cowboys, horses, and steers will continue to be confined to the Stampede grounds ...

Despite plans to curb Calgary's urban sprawl, it keeps getting built.The city’s plan for long-range sustainability, ImagineCALGARY, was published in 2007. Plan It was passed by city council in ...

City zoning shapes our lives. But for many of us, this powerful tool remains hidden and confusing. I spoke with Sara Bronin, a Cornell University professor and director of the National Zoning Atlas in ...