The Desk

The Beat On August 4 2026, the zoning on almost every low-density parcel in Calgary reverted to what applied before the 2024 citywide rezoning, which ...

The Beat One Monday, two systems The last boxes come off the truck on a weekend near the end of August. Two mornings later a lunch bag sits on the ...

The Beat Two construction sites are open in East Village this summer. One sits immediately east of the Central Library, where Bankside Properties ...

The Handbook The tomatoes are still on the vine and the patio chairs still out, and somewhere in the second week of September the forecast carries a ...

Events Where August ends Heritage Park runs its Historical Village daily until August 30 and then closes the daily season. It goes out on Alberta ...

The Leaves Natural Resources Canada puts Calgary at plant hardiness zone 4a on the 1991 to 2020 climate normals. On the 1961 to 1990 set the same ...

The Plates The colour of the year is an annual marketing exercise, and this year it produced a legible result. Thirteen paint and coatings companies ...

The Atlas Your first Saturday in Elboya starts on the ridge. The pathway below has joggers on it by eight, and the pool at Stanley Park opens its ...

The Atlas The stairs are yours in Rosedale. Down them, Kensington's coffee and the river. Up them, the rim path where the skyline accompanies your ...

The Atlas Your platform in Sunalta stands one storey above the neighbourhood, and the ride downtown opens on the skyline before settling into a ...

The Atlas Tuxedo Park stations your week between a deli counter and a drive-in. Saturday the Italian market handles your list and feeds you lunch for ...

The Atlas The line outside the diner is your first landmark in West Hillhurst, and within a month you are in it on a Saturday holding a leash and a ...

The Atlas Your backyard in Winston Heights and Mountview runs bigger than the city usually allows, and beyond the fence a private golf course donates ...

The Atlas The hill teaches you its streets one wrong turn at a time, and in Mount Royal you learn to enjoy being lost two minutes from home. The ...

The Atlas Your front yard in Parkdale technically belongs to the city, runs along a river, and comes with a bakery. The pathway sets the ...

The Atlas In July, Ramsay charges you nothing for the seats other people plan their year around. You carry a blanket up Scotsman's Hill, the ...

The Atlas Weekends in Renfrew begin with a real dilemma at the bottom of the hill, which breakfast counter gets you today. You walk down through ...