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Water usage has been growing by a little more than drips and drabs over the past few days in Calgary. This chart shows how that usage is over the 25% reduction line that allows for the system to be replenished with the 40% reduction to water supply due to the main break.

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Want to know what's playing during the 10 days of Stampede? LiveWire Calgary has you covered. We'll be updating this list of concerts throughout the month, but so far we've got 197 performances to check out in just about every musical genre out there.

All of the music concerts happening during the Calgary Stampede
All of the music concerts happening during the Calgary Stampede

Every year the 10 days of the Calgary Stampede brings some of the world’s top artists to Calgary to perform, and this year is no exception. From rock legends Mötley Crüe and I Mother Earth, t…

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Breaking: Government of Alberta pulling funding coverage for low income transit passes in Calgary. Last year there were 17,968,988 rides from low income pass holders in Calgary—after year of record growth by users. livewirecalgary.com/2024/04/30/l...

Low income transit pass provincial funding stripped from Calgary, Edmonton
Low income transit pass provincial funding stripped from Calgary, Edmonton

Calgary could have to fully fund the Low Income Transit Pass (LITP) moving forward, as the Alberta government has pulled their contribution to the affordability measure, at least according to Edmon…

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ICYMI: CCVO released their annual state of the sector report yesterday. Lots of systemic challenges ahead for Alberta non-profits, but they're also uniquely positioned to address some of the biggest problems we have with climate change and hate.

Non-profits ‘facing the storm’ as global trends continue to create local challenges for sector
Non-profits ‘facing the storm’ as global trends continue to create local challenges for sector

All is not well in Alberta’s non-profits, as efforts made to stabilize funding issues over the past year have been compounded by persistent systemic issues that threaten to undermine work bei…

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Everyday I get pitches to cover health stories from PR firms wanting to push peusdo-science, unnecessary testing, or worse—products that are untested and have dubious health claims. So it was a pleasure to chat with Dr. Jen Gunter about evidence based women's health and her upcoming Wordfest talk.

Dr. Jen Gunter working to end misinformation about menstruation, improve women’s health through knowledge
Dr. Jen Gunter working to end misinformation about menstruation, improve women’s health through knowledge

When writing Blood: The science, medicine, and mythology of menstruation, Dr. Jen Gunter wanted to address a pair of common issues that women face when attempting to access health care. She wanted …

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"A Quebec man who posted conspiracy theories online that forest fires were being deliberately set by the government has pleaded guilty to starting a series of fires himself that forced hundreds of people from their homes." 🔗: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Some info on what Calgary's ward boundary commissioners will be looking at doing, and won't be looking at doing. Also, a historical look at ward population sizes for Calgary's 6 ward and 14 ward system.

Calgary’s Ward Boundary Commission won’t be looking at changing Calgary ward boundaries
Calgary’s Ward Boundary Commission won’t be looking at changing Calgary ward boundaries

The latest version of the Ward Boundary Commission isn’t really even looking at changing the boundaries of Calgary’s wards. Even the commission chair figures the name is a bit misleading this time...

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The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo set a 90-year attendance record in 2023 (along with some other records), thanks to a number of things coming together in a "perfect storm" of visitor opportunities.

Calgary Zoo sets 90-year record for attendance in 2023
Calgary Zoo sets 90-year record for attendance in 2023

There’s no doubt about it, Calgarians loved visiting the zoo in 2023. On Tuesday, Dr. Clément Lanthier, President and CEO of the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo said that they had 1.54 million v…

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Journalist by way of words, photos, and data at LiveWire Calgary.
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