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New to Calgary? Join this workshop, make connections and help us dig deeper
CBC Calgary is inviting people who recently moved to Calgary to a special workshop. We're putting on in collaboration with Wandering In YYC's Shabina Adeel and the Calgary Public Library.
Calgary is facing a population explosion. Are you feeling it? Living it? Let us know
If you've moved to Calgary in the last few years, tell us. Does Calgary feel like home yet? Why or why not? And if you've been here for years, we want to hear from you as well. What changes have you seen to your community?
Need a family doctor? For urgent cases, they're now taking calls through 811
Alberta Health Services signed up family physicians and emergency room doctors to take virtual calls through 811 Health Link. It gives options for people who need urgent care but not a trip to an emergency department.
As Calgary's Chinatown evolves, those who love it hope some things never change
To artist Danny Luong, Calgary's Chinatown is a place for bootleg Pokémon stuffies, great bubble tea, unexpected murals in remote back alleys and a constantly changing set of new businesses.
New testing aims to catch kids 'faking' their reading skills and actually get help
In Calgary public schools, kids who couldn't read would often fly under the radar until Grade 3, when they were far behind. That's why literacy advocates are celebrating a new screening tool being used in Calgary public schools.
Residents use 'tactical urbanism' to ward off overcrowding at inner-city parks
Community groups are using microgrants to start mini-park projects, add games and park chairs or picnic tables to inner-city neighbourhoods.
Is that water clean? Here are the best beaches getting tested around Calgary
When Sikome Lake comes up in social media chatter, it's often with a serious question: Is it safe to swim? Well, a beach on the prairies is rare enough. So we went on a hunt for answers.
Tackle a wall of flames moving faster than a truck? That's what these volunteers do
Extreme heat across southern Alberta is drying out crops and threatening a wave of intense and dangerous grassfires. Here are some of the volunteers who are constantly on alert.
Love for Jasper: An outpouring of grief for a place that has touched many Albertans
Jasper is a special place for many people in Alberta. The fire has been devastating for those who lost homes and businesses, and there's a second grief for those who simply ache for a place they found peace and wonder.
Oldest town in southern Alberta marks 150 years
The Town of Fort Macleod is celebrating 150 years of history with a long list of free barbecues and other events. The town sprang up around a fort built on the Old Man River to stop the American whisky trade — a key moment in the settlement of southern Alberta.