The Sprawl connects Calgarians with their city through in-depth, curiosity-driven journalism. If you value independent local ...

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 centrepiece of Smith's Green Line is a Grand Central Station north of the new Flames arena. The exact site hasn't been ...

History is an “unending dialogue between the present and the past.” Thus wrote E.H. Carr in his 1961 book What Is History?

The gift: What Ian Tyson left us We’ve lost a relentless chronicler of the West.

How local history is evolving.It was a new pilsner to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the HMCS Calgary, a Canadian Forces ship named after our city. The HMCS Calgary has been deployed everywhere ...

Should Calgary ditch the cowboy motif — or embrace it? It’s not as clear-cut as it sounds.

The Sprawl connects Calgarians with their city through in-depth, curiosity-driven journalism. If you value independent local news, support our work so we can keep digging into municipal issues in the ...

It’s no secret that there are better transit systems in the world than Calgary’s. But as we strive towards a greener—and better—city, how far-fetched is the idea of free-fare transit?

KLASZUS: When Fort Calgary was established 150 years ago in 1875, there weren’t many trees here. For the most part, the only trees were huddled around the river. Today, the city is home to about seven ...

Here we go again: Calgary developers push for more New communities undermine city’s growth and climate plans.