Growth Spurt: A look at what Calgary's growth means for both new and long-term residents
Nearly 100,000 people moved to the Calgary area in just a year. They're drawn here by the lower cost of living ... at least when compared to Toronto and Vancouver. We explore what that's like for those newly arrived, and for long-term residents.
CBC Calgary is looking deeper at the impact of growth all week
It's a different boom — an affordability-driven boom — which means a different motivation and demographic mix, and a different squeeze on the people and services already here.
CBC Calgary is looking deeper at the impact of growth all week.
We'll hear from those who arrived and fell in love with this city. From people settling in and making friends. We'll also hear from people feeling the squeeze in the school system, in the job market and next door to new row-house projects.
Watch, read and listen to these stories across all our CBC platforms. And check back for more of this reporting here.
Daybreak Alberta9:50Exploring Calgary's (and Alberta's) booming growth in new CBC series
Elise Stolte joins us to tee up a new series from CBC Calgary about the growth we've seen in the city.
Calgary Eyeopener7:16Growth Spurt: part one
We launch a series looking at how Calgary's population is growing in leaps and bounds, and meet one family who are glad they took the leap to move here.
Calgary Eyeopener6:46Calgary rowhouses
How many more houses are being built in Calgary since blanket zoning kicked in.
Calgary Eyeopener7:07Newcomer cleaning
We continue our "Growth Spurt" series with a closer look at the pressures on the job market for newcomers.
Calgary Eyeopener24:28Calgary Eyeopener podcast - Thursday, December 12
On today's show: lawmakers will meet face-to-face with airline executives this week about charging for carry-on bags. We connect with the CEO of WestJet; why hundreds of AHS workers are being switched over to a new agency, as the province continues its overhaul of the healthcare system; in the latest on our series looking into population growth in Calgary, we hear how complete strangers are ending up at the same dinner table.
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Here are the top 4 Calgary communities for row-house rezoning applications
2 days ago
Duration 2:12
The City of Calgary has received 189 development permit applications for R-CG developments (mainly row houses) since city council approved upzoning in May. A CBC News analysis found that the top four communities for those developments are Bowness, Glenbrook, Mount Pleasant and Capitol Hill. Industry experts explain why those communities are seeing an uptick and which neighbourhoods could be next.
How have Calgarians' habits on the road changed?
2 days ago
Duration 1:53
Calgary driving instructor Drashko Vujanovic says the city's roads are very different from the '90s, when he started teaching the rules of the road. He explains factors that may have led to these changes.
