Darren Krause

Work continues to progress on Calgary's Scotia Place, with a tight timeline and an eye on the project's $1.25 billion budget.

It’s a three-peat for the Ward 5 councillor, and it’s earned him the moniker ‘the Chicago Bulls of council’ for his – and his constituents’ – work to fight hunger in Calgary. Coun. Raj Dhaliwal earned the Golden Lettuce Award for the third consecutive year, tallying the most Calgary Food Bank donations in the now-annual […]

Misinformation, disinformation and malinformation are an increasing problem in civic affairs, according to one Calgary councillor—and he’d like a third party to review their impact on the city. While he’s still investigating the elements of those topics, Ward 8 Coun. Courtney Walcott said he’ll bring a Notice of Motion forward sometime in March that will […]

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said it's absolutely possible for the province and City to approve a Green Line alignment by the end of January.

Calgary city council will not freeze their pay at 2024 levels for this year, upholding recommendations from the council compensation review committee to keep the average weekly earnings calculations in place. Councillors discussed the item at the end of the Jan. 14 Public Hearing meeting of council, and required them to reconsider their prior approval […]

The lifeguard situation has stabilized at Calgary aquatic centres after struggling to find labour to keep pools operating at target levels. Ward 1 Coun. Sonya Sharp questioned aquatic facility hours during the Jan. 13 Public Hearing Meeting of Council. She said that patrons at many community pools are wondering why there are restrictions on hours […]

Yuri Vol said Calgary job seekers are wasting too much time trying to navigate a world where robots are filtering the vast majority of resumes and applications. His company, Job Auto Pilot, has its own robot that “fights” employers’ robots. Vol, who came to Canada two years ago from Ukraine, said he struggled to find […]

The spokesperson for a group of Calgary RV dwellers said that they’d be open to a dedicated space for their homes, but they have to be involved in how it comes together. The idea of the City of Calgary looking at sites to accommodate RVs as residences is being put forward by Ward 10 Coun. […]

Calgary city councillors gave preliminary approval for a plan to borrow $30 million to expand the City’s residential Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP), and create one for commercial property owners. The two separate items—one for the residential loan, and the other for commercial—came to the Jan. 21 Executive Committee meeting. For residential, city administration asked […]

Coun. Carra said that there's an overwhelming demand for recreation space in Calgary and this could be one way to help fund it.