This is Calgary

Weekly deep dives into major news stories and issues affecting Calgary AI summary

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What Calgarians are talking about. Every Wednesday, we dive into one story, to keep you up to speed on the biggest issues affecting Alberta's biggest city. Hosted by Jenny Howe, and powered by CBC Calgary journalism.

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Why is it so dangerous to be a pedestrian in Calgary?

2026-11-13 · 23 min · Season 4, episode 17

The year 2025 marked an 11-year high for pedestrian deaths in Calgary. Fifteen people on foot in this city were killed in traffic collisions. And to date this year, ten more Calgarians have lost their lives, including…
Digging through the details of Calgary's preliminary budget

2026-11-11 · 16 min · Season 4, episode 16

What's in the city's 2027-2030 budget? And (gulp) how much will property taxes go up? Municipal affairs reporter Brendan Coulter walks us through the details. Plus, host Loren McGinnis talks to Mayor Jeromy Farkas about…
Water is about to get more expensive in Calgary. Here's why.

2026-11-04 · 22 min · Season 4, episode 15

Effective today (Nov. 4, 2026), water restrictions are back in effect for Calgary and area, as crews connect the new Bearspaw South feeder main into the city water system.But replacing that pipe is just one of many…
Aerosols, chip bags, and more: Calgary’s new recyclables

2026-10-28 · 18 min · Season 4, episode 14

Calgary just expanded its recycling program... meaning all sorts of stuff that used to go to the landfill can now go in the blue cart. Jenny finds out more from Sharon Howland, program management leader with the city's…
Inside Alberta's historic referendum vote

2026-10-21 · 27 min · Season 4, episode 13

This week, Loren talks about the results and implications of the 2026 Alberta referendum with Calgary pollster and political commentator Janet Brown and professor of political science Jared Wesley, who leads the…
BONUS political panel: Carney's visit to Alberta

2026-10-16 · 11 min · Season 4, episode 12

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Calgary ahead of Monday's historic referendum. Loren walks through the significance and implications with Shannon Phillips, a former Alberta NDP cabinet minister and founding partner of…
Where does Alberta separatism come from?

2026-10-14 · 23 min · Season 4, episode 11

The Alberta referendum is just a few days away. How did we get here? Jenny digs into the history of Alberta separatism with CBC referendum unit producer Pippa Reid.This is Calgary is produced by CBC and hosted by Jenny…
BONUS political panel: The 'other' nine

2026-10-09 · 10 min

With a little over a week until Albertans cast their ballots in the provincial referendum, hear what our political panel thinks about the first nine questions being asked. Shannon Phillips is a former Alberta NDP…
Let's talk about those 10 referendum questions

2026-10-07 · 20 min · Season 4, episode 9

Got questions about The Questions?!Us too. And the Alberta referendum is less than two weeks away!So we thought a convo about the 10 referendum questions -- including the challenges of understanding them -- was…
BONUS political panel: Pacific Link

2026-10-02 · 11 min · Season 4, episode 8

Canada has just designated the Pacific Link pipeline to the west coast as its first project in the national interest. This week on our political panel, Loren walks through the significance and implications with Shannon…

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