livewirecalgary, The City has created a common definition of what 'closed' really means on a 311 request, now it's a question of getting everyone to use it. #yyc #yyccc #calgary
https://livewirecalgary.com/2024/05/31/calgary-311-when-closed-doesnt-necessarily-mean-complete/
livewirecalgary, An isochrone analysis shows that none of the suggested replacement facilities is within a 30-minute walk of Inglewood. #yyc #yyccc #calgary
https://livewirecalgary.com/2024/05/23/inglewood-pool-to-close-permanently-in-december/
msh, @livewirecalgary The "just go to Lindsay Park" reply is sadly typical of how the City of Calgary operates. They talk a big game about "complete communities" and densification and livability and sustainability, but then betray themelves with their actions.
In discussion forums relating to an Area Structure Plans a resident asked about there being no land zoned for a community recreation centre, especially given that the closest existing facilty is already over capacity despite recently having undergone a major expansion.
A city bureaucrat replied that the community in question was in the "catchment area" of two existing facilities, and that the second-closest one was deemed to be of sufficient capacity to handle the demand from the new development. Catchment Area...so...city planners think of people the same way they think of stormwater it seems. Anyways what they mean by that term is an area that is within a 15 minute commute...even if it is by car on a freeway! So...yeah that works :blobrollingeyes:
robsonfletcher, This chart shows annual hours of smoke-filled skies in Calgary from 1953 to 2023.
As the first wildfire smoke of the 2024 season blew into the city this week, it's hard to convey the sadness it elicited in a lot of folks here.
There's a growing realization this is our new reality. And a genuine sense of mourning.
#calgary #alberta #canada #ableg #cdnpoli #climate #climatechange #wildfire #wildfires #smoke
timbray, Shame, shame. U of C President Ed McCauley should resign immediately.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/university-calgary-palestinian-protest-police-removal-1.7199937?cmp=rss
CanuckistanBob, @timbray And now U of A.
I particularly like how the Uni Prez keeps citing "Policy and Procedure" like it is Holy Writ. I write P&P professionally: sausage-making has nothin' on it. But evidently "following P&P" is the new version of "just following orders."
The press is always at pains to identify how many protesters/arrestees "aren't students." Those dastardly Outside Agitators are at it again, corrupting and misleading our naive young.
robsonfletcher,
Auxonic, @robsonfletcher unrelated: I see a MEC snowfield tent in there (yellow and blue dome to the lower right). That’s a great tent and I still have the one my family bought in 1992.
robsonfletcher,
Calgarygirl2023, #Hawtdate day with the Fox
#BlowersandGrafton
#Calgary
Deep fried T&T pepperoni
Fish & Chips
Fish Tacos
Sriracha Cauliflower
livewirecalgary, Councillors say colleague Coun. Sean Chu is participating via camera online, but couldn't explain the lack of in-person attendance at Calgary's citywide rezoning public hearing. #yyc #calgary #yyccc
https://livewirecalgary.com/2024/04/24/questions-sean-chu-blanket-upzoning-public-hearing-2024/
meejah, @livewirecalgary Why is a fucking rapist allowed on council period?
roger, Here's my take on the big #calgary rezoning thing:
It's not nearly as impactful as most people on either the for- and against- sides think.
Right now, over 95% of the individual requests to do this sort of rezoning on an individual lot are approved.
This change, if it goes through, will speed things up by a few months in a process that takes a few years.
Perrin49,
msh, @Perrin49 @roger not only that but more and more larger homes end up with boarders in the basement or even illegal suites. The house next door was once rented out to 4 young guys, each with their own vehicle, and it isn't even a big house.
In some neighbourhoods there are lots of larger homes with boarders or extended families with like 8+ people living there and 4 or 5 cars.
In a lot of cases rezoning is about acknowledging the current reality and enabling more appropriate ways to manage population density and affordability.
robsonfletcher, Calgarians' submissions to city council on the blanket-rezoning proposal have been published and more than a few folks seem to think this is the work of the World Economic Forum...
Example #1: "This city is now run by a mayor and councillors who are simply disgusting demons following WEF agenda"
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robsonfletcher, Example #11:
"The current liberal government is being governed by principles of the world economic forum and the United Nations agenda 2030. This is communism and you are acting in a manner that Will destroy the city."
robsonfletcher, @Jonathanglick FWIW these 11 responses are among more than 5,000 (!!) submissions on the topic so I don't think they're too out of the range of expectation.
I don't really know if or why it's any greater here than elsewhere but I'd guess these things tend to build within a particular community and then become self-reinforcing, especially when repeated over and over in social circles & on social media.
People start to take it as fact because everyone around them believes it too.
dabertime, Eavesdropping on a conversation.
#Calgary #Alberta #Photography
Two Canada Geese chilling in a pond on a snowy Spring day in the woods.
chad, Hero the dog lives up to his name and leads rescuers to owner who spent 2 days in a ditch | CBC #Calgary
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/hero-dog-taber-alberta-police-rescue-man-1.7159594
gemelliz,
chad, #Calgary church to merge drag show with Easter Sunday service as ‘sacred act of protest’ | Calgary Herald
livewirecalgary, Calgary tattoo shops are getting the ink ready for a massive fundraiser for trans youth legal aid. #yyc #calgary
https://livewirecalgary.com/2024/03/22/calgary-tattoo-shops-get-inked-up-for-trans-youth-legal-aid/
wiebepaul, Document shows Conservatives and UCP behind the petition to recall Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek.
#yyc #Calgary #Gondek
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/more-than-a-petition-document-shows-organization-behind-recall-gondek-campaign-1.6814272
chad, Standoff enters 2nd day in #Calgary neighbourhood after police shot at | Global Calgary
chad, Update: at 8:30pm, after over 24 hours, CPS discharged their service weapons and one man was declared deceased.
No bystanders or officers were harmed and ASIRT is now investigating.
https://newsroom.calgary.ca/penbrooke-meadows-shooting-incident-resolved2/
dabertime, As seen on Global National News, March 8, 2024. 🙂
#Calgary #Alberta #Canada
#Photography
jace, Get me out of this wild rollercoaster ride called #Calgary weather. The migraines aaaaaaa a a a a aaaa aaa
KimberlyN, We are in Ontario, but same. We’ve recently spent the equivalent of a VERY nice luxury car payment on Rx migraine medication for the two of us. 🫣
ximenaka, I realize i was spoiled by the proximity and quality of the defunct Eau Claire Y, in #Calgary. But as public pools slowly disappear from the city’s centre, i worry swimming is becoming an exclusive activity.
https://iwouldprefernotto.substack.com/p/finding-a-pool-to-swim-in
JEmphatically, As Calgary experiences a backlash against its single use plastics bylaw, this report is pretty relevant:
"But as DeSmog reported last year, advanced recycling is an industry concept, not a scientific one. In fact, according to CCI, “‘Advanced recycling’ is the industry’s most recent false solution intended to shield petrochemical companies from backlash associated with the plastic waste crisis they have created.”
#plasticpollution #yyccc #calgary #ableg
https://www.desmog.com/2024/02/15/recycling-plastic-center-for-climate-integrity-report-fraud/
livewirecalgary,
vsp, @livewirecalgary ...
Smh.
livewirecalgary,
chad, There's demonstrations in both #Calgary and #Edmonton this weekend.
Saturday, #yyc City Hall Municipal Building, 2pm
Sunday, #yeg Legislature Building, 2pmI'll see you at the Legislature. Please boost!
#ableg #abhealth #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #HateHasNoHomeHere
CALL TO ACTION! RALLY TO PROTECT TRANS KIDS ALBERTA LEGISLATURE SUNDAY @ 2-4PM FEB 4
chad, 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
Ways to contact the PremierPhone: 780-427-2251 (Edmonton)
Toll free: 310-0000 (in Alberta)
Phone: 780-427-2711 (outside Alberta)
Office of the Premier
307 Legislature Building
10800 - 97 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2B6Email: premier@gov.ab.ca
ScribblersEmporium, Also, please boost.
ximenaka, New from me for @thetyee 👇
Touted as a win-win strategy to address both our downtown woes and increase the supply of affordable #housing, office conversions have put #Calgary on the map.
But the devil is in the details, and the equity-deserving populations this program claims to support might be shortchanged.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/25/Calgary-Affordable-Bedrooms-Without-Windows/