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Stories

  • So long, 16th Avenue shop

    Calgary is lesser without it.

    Dec 30 2019
  • A Very Ramsay Christmas

    Our turkey made a hard year better.

    Dec 23 2019 • Comics
  • S | The Budget Blues Edition

    Jason Kenney’s year of attack

    This helped Alberta how?

    Dec 21 2019
  • S | The Budget Blues Edition

    Building community should not be a luxury

    Who can afford the Calgary we’re creating?

    Dec 11 2019
  • In tense times, these Calgarians make space for dialogue

    Face to face, not just online.

    Dec 2 2019
  • Cheri Macaulay, 1962 – 2019

    Calgary’s relentless optimist.

    Nov 30 2019
  • S | The Budget Blues Edition

    Lessons from the 1990s for Calgary city council

    A Q&A with former councillor Bob Hawkesworth.

    Nov 28 2019
  • S | The Budget Blues Edition

    Steve Allan and the push for Calgary’s arena deal

    Yes to the Flames, no to starting the Green Line.

    Nov 23 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • S | The Budget Blues Edition

    A closer look at Alberta’s arena deals

    Public money for private profit.

    Nov 21 2019
  • S | The Budget Blues Edition

    Alberta’s cities get shoved backwards

    It’s more than just cuts.

    Nov 9 2019
  • S | The Budget Blues Edition

    Sprawlcast: Hands off the arena! But fine, gut the Green Line

    City council was warned — but they ignored it.

    Nov 5 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • Backyard suites get fresh boost in Calgary

    Enlivening drab alleys with gentle density.

    Oct 30 2019
  • S | The Budget Blues Edition

    In Alberta, we’re cutting away our own future

    Post-secondary cuts will hurt more than students.

    Oct 26 2019
  • Erosion of home: The loss of the Glenbow Archives

    Stowing away our past.

    Oct 15 2019
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    Sprawlcast Ep 21: The oil workers who welcome change

    Depolarizing the dialogue.

    Oct 7 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    The Listener: Climate action, the Calgary way

    This will need all our recipes for action.

    Sep 25 2019 • Comics
  • Should Calgary have free-fare transit?

    Unlike many cities, we already do — to a point.

    Sep 24 2019
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    Fed up with inaction, Calgary youth join global climate strike

    Here’s what they had to say.

    Sep 20 2019
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    The climate battle of Alberta

    Which city is being bolder, Calgary or Edmonton?

    Sep 16 2019
  • Sprawlcast Ep 20: This is a park for everybody

    The realities of supervised consumption sites.

    Sep 6 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • Why I’m celebrating 1969 and Calgary’s gay rights anti-hero

    Everett Klippert changed Canadian society.

    Aug 26 2019
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    The Sprawl is now in quiet mode.

    Returning in late August.

    Jul 31 2019 • Sprawl Update
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    ‘We need this’: Calgarians work through eco-grief together

    In oil-rich Alberta, it’s complicated.

    Jul 27 2019
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    Sprawlcast Ep 19: Green Line revisited (Part 2)

    Unpacking the route’s history — and its uncertain future.

    Jul 17 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    Insurance companies push cities to take climate action

    The cleanup bill is a powerful motivator.

    Jul 11 2019
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    Sprawlcast Ep 18: Green Line revisited (Part 1)

    UCP-connected heavyweights push for a pause.

    Jul 8 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    Calgary braces for hotter, drier summers

    A look at what’s coming.

    Jun 17 2019
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    Sprawlcast Ep 17: These Calgarians Are Taking on Climate Change

    Actions big and small.

    Jun 12 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    Alberta can’t afford more climate denial

    Time to face reality.

    Jun 10 2019
  • The Sprawl wins award, rolls out new crowdfunding system

    Now in Canadian currency.

    May 30 2019 • Sprawl Update
  • Sprawlcast Ep 16: The segregated city

    Calgary is increasingly divided by income.

    May 9 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • The Sprawl is now in quiet mode.

    Going away to cook up the next edition.

    Apr 19 2019 • Sprawl Update
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    Twitter suspends UCP critics before election

    ‘I still don’t know what the offending post was.’

    Apr 16 2019
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    This is no 1935 Alberta election

    But there is one similarity.

    Apr 15 2019
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    Alberta Election: PACs and who’s behind them

    This is the Wild West — and not the fun Stampede kind.

    Apr 14 2019
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    The divided Albertan

    At the end of all this, we’ll need compassion.

    Apr 13 2019 • Comics
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    Alberta Election: How climate plans stack up

    Who’s taking this seriously?

    Apr 12 2019
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    Alberta Election: Party positions on human rights

    Carding, hate speech and more.

    Apr 11 2019
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    Economy or equality? Albertans deserve both

    Lessons from Trump’s America.

    Apr 9 2019
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    Find your Calgary candidate forum

    Dates, locations and live-streams.

    Apr 7 2019
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    Sprawlcast Ep 15: God, Gays & GSAs

    What does real change look like?

    Mar 31 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    Rachel’s reforms

    A closer look at what Notley has — and hasn’t — done.

    Mar 30 2019
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    An election meditation

    Breathe, dammit.

    Mar 25 2019 • Sprawl Update
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    The kamikaze campaign

    A cartoon recap.

    Mar 24 2019
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    The Young Zealot: Part 2

    Jason Kenney’s fight against gay rights.

    Mar 23 2019
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    The Young Zealot: Part 1

    What Jason Kenney did in San Francisco.

    Mar 21 2019
  • S | The Alberta Election Edition

    Sprawlcast Ep 14: Oh Alberta

    What we can learn from the comments (yes, the comments).

    Mar 20 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • S | The 2044 Edition

    Extra! Extra! Get your Sprawl newspaper

    Here’s what you’ll find inside.

    Mar 15 2019 • Sprawl Update
  • S | The 2044 Edition

    ‘I want it to be a more inclusive city’

    Four Calgarians share their hopes and fears.

    Mar 15 2019
  • S | The 2044 Edition

    Sprawlcast Ep 13: The Li-Wen Podcast

    Students take the mic at the pop up newsroom.

    Mar 12 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • S | The 2044 Edition

    The newsroom classroom

    What we’re learning — and sharing — at the library.

    Feb 22 2019 • Comics
  • S | The 2044 Edition

    East Calgary is not a culture tour

    Time to stop treating it like a tourist destination.

    Feb 14 2019
  • S | The 2044 Edition

    Sprawlcast Ep 12: Building the new Calgary

    ‘We have an opportunity to pay attention in this quiet time.’

    Feb 12 2019 • Sprawlcast
  • S | The Climate Action Edition

    The climate cost of a sprawling city

    Calgary’s 2011 climate plan failed. Will the new one work?

    Feb 5 2019
  • In Calgary, the arena sales job is on

    Councillor Davison is rehashing the Flames’ old script.

    Jan 27 2019
  • S | The 2044 Edition

    Welcome to our pop up newsroom!

    What’s next for Calgary? Let’s dig in at the library.

    Jan 21 2019 • Sprawl Update
  • Sprawlcast Ep 11: The Year of Curiosity

    Better political conversations in 2019.

    Jan 4 2019 • Sprawlcast

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