This is Calgary

Calgary has a new professional women's soccer team and a new women's sports bar with a catchy name. We'll hear if seats at McMahon Stadium and Goal Diggers pub are filling up.

Strike on, strike off? Book ban, books back? School sports forms? There’s a lot going on in public schools in Alberta right now. Reporter Janet French brings us the latest.

The building has stood in downtown Calgary for more than a century, but after Hudson’s Bay closed its doors, its future is murky. What options exist for the “grand lady” along Stephen Avenue? We bring in the experts!

On This is Calgary we get into the stories that define this city and break down the big, weird and wild things you need to know. Join us each week for chats with Calgarians at the heart of the stories that matter to you. Find new episodes in your feed with host Jenny Howe every Wednesday.

After Katie Ouriou died of cancer at 16, a book of her letters was published titled "Love Ya Like a Sister.” We’ll learn more about Katie’s life, and hear about a beloved mother who has three bench dedications in Calgary, in our final summer episode.

First up, a chat with a wedding content creator about landing the gig of a lifetime and having her work featured by a global fashion authority. After that, the local tie to the missing person documentary everyone's talking about, Amy Bradley Is Missing.

Extra extra, fresh summer content! If you want to explore Calgary by walking, Lori Beattie is your gal. She has just published the third edition of her book “Calgary’s Best Walks”. Today, she takes Jenny Howe on one of them, through the northeast community of Bridgeland.

We're putting up new episodes every two weeks as we settle into the summer! Today, a curated pick from Saskatchewan that has deep Calgary ties. Every July, more than 20,000 people move into Craven, Saskatchewan for the Country Thunder music festival. The same one that comes here in August. Owner Troy Vollhoffer reveals how he turned the small town event into an international company that brings in millions of dollars every year.

It’s many things to many people. A rodeo, a midway or maybe even a headache... but would you call it a music festival? On this week’s episode we tease out the identity of the Calgary Stampede, and its outsized impact on music in this city.

This city loves to queue up for hype. Take the recent opening of a popular American doughnut chain as an example. Get in line, because we’re getting to the bottom of this phenomenon.