Calgary has moved to reduced Stage 1 water restrictions. Possibility of move to no water restrictions in the coming days. livewirecalgary.com/2024/07/23/c...
It was with welcome news that Mayor Jyoti Gondek announced a lifting of citywide water restrictions to Stage 1, effective immediately, on July 23. The announcement, which was originally scheduled f…
More data today about the water situation in Calgary, including which communities are seeing the most bylaw complaints made to 311 for water misuse and water wasting.
The more water Calgarians use, the sooner the taps will run dry, said Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek. In her morning briefing Friday, she said there was only one message for Calgarians: “We must do bet…
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.
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.
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…
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...
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…
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.
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…
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.
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 …
"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/...
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.
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...
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.
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…