The last Calgary election to have worse turnout was 2007. (In 2013, voter turnout was almost but not quite as bad, at 39.4%.) ...

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 ...

If all goes well at city hall on Monday, December 11, council will take its first steps toward citywide secondary suite reform. This has been proposed many times since 2010—and failed. But with a new ...

The Sprawl connects Calgarians with their city through in-depth, curiosity-driven journalism. But we can't do it alone. If you value independent local news and The Sprawl's 2025 election coverage, ...

Since the Sprawl launched on September 18, we’ve been busy going to as many candidate forums as possible—particularly ward forums. We livestream them on Facebook (wifi dependent), and when the ...

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 ...

This ward hadn’t yet had a debate so The Sprawl organized one. All five candidates participated: Shane Byciuk (Communities First), Brent Curtis (Independent), Sarah Ferguson (The Calgary Party), Mike ...

Candidates who participated: Nickie Brockhoff (The Calgary Party), Andre Chabot (Communities First party) and Mahmoud Mourra (Independent). Absent candidate: Tarlochan Singh Sidhu (Independent). This ...

All 14 wards in Calgary have now had election debates. The Sprawl has recorded and livestreamed forums in every single ward. Asad Chishti and I had to organize and run four of them ourselves, but we ...

Bowness Ratepayers Scout & Guide Hall (8551 Bowness Road N.W.) Confirmed candidates: Matthew Fritz (Independent), Joey Nowak (The Calgary Party), Dan Olesen (Independent), Ali Oonwala (Independent) ...

Featuring councillor candidates Kourtney Penner (Independent), Alex Williams (The Calgary Party), plus CBE school trustee candidates Tyzen Ario, Pooja Sharma and Nancy Close at the Acadia Recreation ...