That’s how long Calgarians went without riding the rails for urban transit. Calgary's last streetcar ran in 1950. The CTrain opened in 1981. During the 31 years in between, the car was king, in ...

Sprawlcast is Calgary’s in-depth municipal podcast. Made in collaboration with CJSW 90.9 FM, it’s a show for curious Calgarians who want a deeper understanding of the city they call home. FRANCISCO ...

The Sprawl connects Calgarians with their city through in-depth, curiosity-driven journalism. But we can't do it alone. If you value our work, support The Sprawl so we can keep digging into municipal ...

The Sprawl connects Calgarians with their city through in-depth, curiosity-driven journalism. But we can't do it alone. If you value our work, support The Sprawl so we can keep digging into municipal ...

Sprawlcast is Calgary’s in-depth municipal podcast. Made in collaboration with CJSW 90.9 FM, it’s a show for curious Calgarians who want a deeper understanding of the city they call home. COUNCILLOR ...

I was upfront with my editor from the outset: “I'm no cowboy.” It was the end of 2009. I had just left my job as a news writer for Fast Forward Weekly, Calgary’s alternative weekly newspaper. I was ...

This is the third and final story in the 5th edition of the Sprawl: The Summer Bike Edition. If you value our work, please support the Sprawl so we can keep doing local journalism like this! When ...

In 2019, the City of Calgary had a conundrum. Two years earlier, Canada had lost China as its primary plastics importer, and plastic clamshells—the kind used to package berries in supermarkets—had ...

The Sprawl connects Calgarians with their city through in-depth, curiosity-driven journalism. But we can't do it alone. If you value our work, support The Sprawl so we can keep digging into municipal ...

In January, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney held a press conference and called for economic sanctions against the United States. That bit of bluster got some attention. But the real headline was that ...

At a time when the internet increasingly takes more than it gives, we have been mulling over how best to reach and engage with Calgarians. The conventional wisdom is that if you are publishing ...