The paper chase: How 4 Calgarians made their cities better with bookstores

A trip into Western Canadian book culture. Featuring Don Stewart of MacLeod's Books (Vancouver), Céline Chuang of Paper Birch Books (Edmonton), Rodney Clarke of The Paper Hound Bookshop (Vancouver) and David Sidjak of Sigla Books (Calgary). All of them grew up in Calgary.

Paying For It: Calgary Developers Face New Scrutiny

A slowdown on sprawl? New councillors consider it as Calgary city hall reckons with a looming $49 billion price tag for infrastructure over the next decade.

Why Calgary Said No To The 2026 Olympics

A decade ago, under Mayor Nenshi, city council started work on a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics. It went downhill from there.

As the city grows in size and population, Calgary's new city council grapples with an old problem: how to pay for half-decent transit service.

As the city grows in size and population, Calgary's new city council grapples with an old problem: how to pay for half-decent transit service.

Can local journalism be... joyful? You bet it can. Sprawl editor Jeremy Klaszus catches up with roving election reporter Asad Chishti to reflect on Calgary's 2025 election and why we covered it the way we did.

Tune in to this special 2025 Funding Drive edition of Sprawlcast, hosted live at CJSW 90.9FM by Jeremy Klaszus and Lauz (host of Rock Bottom)!

Fort Calgary's anniversary has traditionally been celebrated as the city's "birthday" but this time city hall isn't celebrating. Is this historical awareness—or amnesia?

Calgary’s urban tree canopy coverage is among the lowest in Canada. We dig into why—and what city hall is doing about it.

In the 1970s, a new freeway cut one side of Calgary off from the other. We dig into why the city remains divided when it comes to amenities and infrastructure on each side of Deerfoot Trail.