Some news tidbits now that Calgary election nominations have closed: —Dave Cree (Calgary Party) dropped out of W8 —3 Catholic trustees up for acclamation (no contenders) —Gordon Ferguson, CBE candidate we wrote about last week, isn't running —9 mayor candidates, 73 councillor, 44 trustee #yyccc

IT'S OFFICIAL - Nominations for Calgary's 2025 election have now closed. No new candidates can register. Candidates have until 12pm Tuesday Sept 23 to withdraw. Here is the final list of candidates (unless some drop out). #yyccc

Calgary Ward 7 forum tonight—with all six official candidates! Watch live now. Starts at 6:45pm. www.sprawlcalgary.com/live-tonight... #yyccc

LIVE NOW: Calgary Ward 6 candidate forum in Strathcona Park (with all four candidates!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDeW... #yyccc

We need just 3 more members to be halfway to our fundraising goal of 80 new monthly members in September! Want to hit that halfway point tonight but only you can make that happen. If you value our independent Calgary journalism, help us out! sprawlcalgary.fundjournalism.org/donate/

After Calgary's delay-plagued 2017 election, Elections Calgary switched to ballot tabulators for 2021. But now we're going back to hand counts at the province's behest—at an estimated cost of $3.3 million. #yyccc #ableg

Happy 8th birthday to The Sprawl!@sprawlcalgary 🎉 sprawlcalgary.com/ Celebrate by joining me in supporting this fantastic Calgary news source - now featuring resources like the election forums list and the candidate tracker as well as great local coverage and intriguing in-depth stories….

Sooo... this happened today! And 15 of these are recurring members. Well on our way to our campaign goal of 80. Support our independent Calgary journalism as we keep digging into the municipal election! sprawlcalgary.fundjournalism.org/donate/

I just supported #TheSprawl!

Today is @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social’s Birthday! 🎉 Fantastic local journalism!! 💚 Join me and support #TheSprawl as we need them more now than ever before: www.sprawlcalgary.com/sprawl-birth... #YYC #ABleg #YYCcc #ABpoli ooh! also, get informed & vote on Oct. 20th! The #Sprawl has got you covered! ✨

The Sprawl has the best coverage of Calgary municipal politics and is celebrating it's 8th Birthday today. Go read up on your local ward election races to inform yourself. And if you can, sign up as a member. We've never needed independent journalism more than we do now.

🥳 🎉 Today is our 8th birthday!! 🎉 🥳 The Sprawl started as a pop-up experiment to cover Calgary's 2017 election. Now we're heading into another election—doing independent journalism no one else is doing. To mark 8 years, we're aiming to get 80 new monthly donors. Read on and help us out!

For anyone in #yyc looking to get informed, might I recommend @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social's page? www.sprawlcalgary.com/stories/calg... #abpoli

NEW STORY: The push to 'conservatize' Calgary's public school board. Six CBE trustee candidates have campaign materials that look identical—so we took a closer look. #yyccc #ableg

We are livestreaming lots of Calgary election forums in the coming weeks. Tuesday (Sept 16) is Ward 4 at @tgcayyc.bsky.social, 7pm. Subscribe to our YouTube channel—there are many more coming! #yyccc

ALBERTANS: will you be voting for an independent or party-affiliated candidate on October 20? @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social founder @klaszus.bsky.social says voters aren't exactly sold on municipal political parties: youtu.be/IC0hg-j_TME?... #abpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg

Calgary politics nerds! We've made a public Google Calendar of all the upcoming municipal election forums between now and Oct 20. Will be continually updating both our list and calendar as we learn of new forums, many of which we will be livestreaming. Check it out! #yyccc

It's the eternal question of Calgary: Where do you put all the new people who are coming here? On the fringes or in existing neighbourhoods? www.sprawlcalgary.com/blanket-rezo... #yyccc

CALGARY MAYORAL DEBATE. Couldn't make it to Killarney last night? We livestreamed the forum and you can watch the whole thing here. www.youtube.com/live/TR6gLX9... #yyccc

Our upcoming Ward 4 Candidate Forum is going to be livestreamed by The Sprawl, so if you can't make it please tune in, and please fill out the survey before the Sept. 12 deadline! Info: www.tgcacalgary.com/ward-4-candi... #yyc #yycelection

About to livestream Ward 8 election forum from Killarney. Featuring four councillor candidates: Miguel Cortines (independent) , Dave Cree (The Calgary Party), Nathaniel Schmidt (Independent) and Cornelia Wiebe (Communities First). Starts at 6pm! www.youtube.com/live/G9tgfbh... #yyccc

The Sprawl is building a list of debates for Calgary's upcoming municipal election. If you know of a forum that's not our list, let us know and we'll add it!

The Sprawl is tracking who is running in Calgary's upcoming civic election. We started this list in Nov 2024 and have been updating it regularly since. Check it out if you want to know who's running and what they're about. Stay tuned for more election coverage—and support independent journalism!

Finally getting around to putting some copies of the new @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social #zine in the Zine Box! This one is about the Calgary Brewery!

Oof—made a stupid mistake in this story, saying the downtown cycle track network is 20km (what city hall told me). It is not! It's way lower. Should have verified. Thanks to readers who flagged this. Story updated with correction. Will update w/ correct number when I get (and confirm!) it. #yycbike

A decade after Calgary opened its downtown cycle track network, no one is leading the cycling file at city hall. We dig into what city hall has—and hasn't—done. #yycbike

The Alberta Magazine Awards finalists have been announced and The Sprawl is nominated in five categories! Congrats to all nominees—and huge thanks to everyone who supports our independent Calgary journalism. www.sprawlcalgary.com/alberta-maga...

Congrats to @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social‬ The Sprawl is nominated in five categories at the 2024-2025 Alberta Magazine Awards. #cdnmedia

'My husband's an advisor to me': Premier Smith defends spouse attending a confidential government meeting on a Calgary-Banff rail line, which would connect with the Green Line downtown #ableg #yyccc

"The fort was established so that they could settle the Indians out here." The anniversary of Fort Calgary's establishment in 1875 is no longer an uncritical celebration like it has been in the past. We explore how local history is evolving, 150 years later.

The urge to #print, to create in any form, runs deep for both The Sprawl and UPPERCASE, as they explore innovative ways to connect with their communities. Learn more on our website! @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social buff.ly/0CXMid2

In all the craziness everywhere, little attention has been given to Bill 51 and the UCP's new powers to take over new K-12 school sites. I dug into it in my latest @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social dispatch. #ableg #yyccc

The UCP's takeover of new K-12 school sites. “The main concern from some of us is it’s a way to take land out of the public system and give it to private schools or do whatever else the province wishes to do with it," says one Calgary councillor. #ableg

Who's running for mayor and council in Calgary's upcoming municipal election? We are continually updating our candidate tracker—take a look at who's running! #yycvote

Join us Saturday, May 10, outside the Village Square Leisure Centre library in Pineridge! We'll be on site with our pop-up press from 1 to 3pm with a special bit of Village Square history for you to print. (Photos from last weekend's pop-up by the Glenmore Reservoir)

CARGO BIKE MEETUP CALGARY! June 1st. 12-3pm Tuxedo Playground Park 2925 Centre St N Cookies! Coffee! Cargo bikes! Community! ...and...Jeremy from The Sprawl will be there with his super cool mobile printing press. Please RT and share! #yycbike

Sunday read for 1) its enabling parts: an opportunistic find, niche community goodwill, caring and creative hands, and meticulous attention to detail and 2) sparking joy: Jeremy's unique eye to see in something antiquated a remedy for a contemporary social need. www.sprawlcalgary.com/pop-up-lette...

Love love love that this is rolling around in my city. #yycbike #calgary

I did a Jane's Walk* (*bike) around the east side of the Glenmore Reservoir with @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social about the history of the reservoir's development, concluding with @calgaryhester.bsky.social sharing her dad's story of Glenmore Landing. And I made a souvenir print with a press on a bike!

Say hello to The Sprawl's new community project: a pop-up printing press on wheels! Hitting the road today!!! 👋

Hey #yyc! Come join me for a post-Jane's-Walk chat about Glenmore Landing with @klaszus.bsky.social of @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social! We'll gather by the Glenmore Landing sign at noon tomorrow (Sat. May 3) in the green space south of the mall, by the bike path along 90th Avenue SW. I'll have zines!

Growing the urban tree canopy sounds easy: just plant a bunch of trees. But in Calgary, high and dry on the prairies, it’s not so simple. www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-tree...

Hello! In today's issue of "The Drawing Book," a behind-the-scenes look at my new @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social #zine. It's all about the fascinating subject of #yyc pedestrian crossings! samhester.substack.com/p/the-jaunty...

Hey #yycbike! Join The Sprawl for a Jane's Walk bike ride into urban development by the Glenmore Reservoir. We'll start at the water treatment plant and end at Glenmore Landing, where we'll meet up with @calgaryhester.bsky.social. Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/save-that-...

Downloads of the new Sprawlcast after one day. This is wild to see! Now just need to get all these listeners to donate (hint, hint): sprawlcalgary.fundjournalism.org/donate/

If you live in YYC this is worth a listen

New Sprawl deep dive! The Deerfoot divide: how a freeway cut Calgary into 'two cities' www.sprawlcalgary.com/the-deerfoot...

This weekend's Sprawl newsletter. @klaszus.bsky.social reflects on how to sanely navigate a non-stop, ever-changing news cycle.

Today marks seven years since the first Sprawlcast episode came out and aired on CJSW 90.9 FM. Seven years!! Thank you to everyone who has listened and/or read, supported, yelled at the radio, etc. Working on Ep. 88 as we speak.

In Calgary, incumbents almost always win their bids for re-election. With rare exceptions, they can stay in office as long as they want. But the introduction of municipal parties complicates this and could lead to more new blood on council more often. www.sprawlcalgary.com/the-end-of-e...