We're starting interviews today for Calgary's next City Manager, and I want to fill you in on where we're at in the process.

Whether it's fixing potholes, keeping our streets safe, improving transit, or making sure your tax dollars are spent wisely, our City Manager has a huge role in getting things done.

This is probably the biggest decision we will make this term, and we need to get this hire right. Back in June, we brought in an executive search firm. In July, we launched recruitment. Over August and September, we reviewed candidates and developed a shortlist.

And today, interviews begin, with our goal to identify our preferred candidate in November.

I want to thank Councillor Yule, our committee chair, and Councillor Wyness, our vice chair, for their leadership and hard work getting us here.

In talking with Calgarians, I think our city is looking for someone who's a strong leader and a great communicator. Someone who knows how to listen, bring people together, and work with our nearly 20,000 City employees to get things done. Someone who respects your tax dollars, takes accountability seriously, and understands that City Hall works for you.

Because we've got some incredible people working for our city. They deserve leadership to support them, give clear direction, and do our best work for Calgarians. We've made good progress, and I'm looking forward to sharing more as we get closer to making a decision.

Elections Alberta continues to count ballots in this week's referendum. As of now, questions 1-5 are looking to be solidly 'Yes', while 6-9 have now flipped to 'No'.

https://results.elections.ab.ca/8400

hi everybody, my friend lost a cat and needs help especially from the carrington area😭if anyone can contact her if the cat is found, or if there are any updates i will be forever grateful

I've been looking for some of the best decorated houses to go and see this year and wondering if anyone has any they would like to share or if there is a map maybe that track this stuff?

Found this one in Woodbine sw right off 24th street any more like it?

I'm 19m, working out regularly and want to become a firefighter to get away from my parents and this home, I'm getting my advanced first aid, class 5 then class 3 with air brake, cpr, volunteer hours and planning to get some references from my current nursing home job, what should I know/get to prepare for being a firefighter? and any workouts that seem to be good for the job so I can add them to my workouts.

I also have no post secondary/college degree but I do have a high school degree at least, I really, really want to help people as a firefighter but I don't want to delude myself into thinking I can get in first try, what would the likelihood be to get in at such an early age? And last thing is if I should apply to other firefighting places outside calgary, i.e. cochrane or airdrie.

Thank you so much in advance.

8th Street between 8th Avenue and 10th Avenue, now who wants to take this challenge!

Happy Wednesday!

This is a continuation of my pattern of posting what I think are decent grocery deals with the hope that this will save some people some money. As noted previously this is heavily skewed to items that I and my family eat. There are probably additional items that are good deals but I don't know it because they aren't items I use but hopefully my list is still useful to you.

A few quick reminders:

• PC Optimum points are collected at No Frills and Superstore. 1,000pts is worth $1.
• Scene+ points are collected at Safeway, Sobeys and FreshCo. 100pts is worth $1.
• The value of Save on Foods points depends on what you redeem them for. If you redeem them for a 4L jug of milk then 1,000pts is worth about $1.50. Other redemptions might make them more or less valuable.

Superstore, No Frills, FreshCo and Save on Foods are generally willing to price match identical products from (some) other major grocery stores if you show them the item in the competitor’s flyer while checking out so knowing what is on sale at stores that you don't visit can still be useful. There are some restrictions on this... FreshCo won't price match Safeway or Sobeys. Superstore (at least some locations) won't price match Coop. The No Frills on 85st SW won't price match FreshCo.

Finally, thank you to everyone that has posted positive comments. It's always nice to receive positive feedback.

Real Canadian Superstore:

• No Name canned tuna (170g): $1.00
• Strawberries (2lb): $5.98
• Gala apples (5lb): $4.95
• Lean ground beef (2x450g): $11.88 (approx. $6 / lb)
• Nestle Halloween chocolates (120 count): $16.00, buy 1 get 2,500pts, effectively making them $13.50ea
• No Name bacon (375g): $3.99
• Hershey’s Halloween chocolates (90 count): $11.00
• No Name Naturally Imperfect bell peppers (2.5lb): $6.00
• Christie crackers: $1.97
• Oreos: $2.50
• Palmolive dish soap (828ml): $4.00
• Get 20,000pts when you spend $100+ on select Proctor & Gamble products including Pampers diapers. It looks like this can be spread across multiple purchases and is once per account between October 8 and November 6.
• Chinese jumbo carrots: $1.00/lb
• Yop drinkable yogurt (200ml): $0.97

NoFrills:

• Royal gala apples (5lb): $4.95
• Gay Lea butter (454g): $4.99
• Strawberries (1lb): $2.99
• Breton crackers: $2.00
• Nestle Halloween chocolates (100 count): $12.99, buy 1 get 1,500pts, effectively making them $11.49ea
• Roma tomatoes: $1.99/lb
• Cucumbers (3-pack): $3.99
• Carrots (5lb): $4.99
• Campbell’s chunky soup: $2.29
• Get 20,000pts when you spend $100+ on select Proctor & Gamble products including Pampers diapers. It looks like this can be spread across multiple purchases and is once per account between October 8 and November 6.
• 10,000pts for every $50 spent on Huggies baby products (including diapers)

FreshCo:

• Classico pasta sauce: $2.97, buy 5 get $10 off, effectively making them $0.97ea – an amazing price. This offer is once per receipt, maximum 10 times per Scene card between October 1 and November 11, Scene card required.
• Schneiders bacon (375g): $3.99
• Avocado (5-pack): $2.49
• Mandarin oranges (4lb): $5.99
• Kraft dinner (12-pack): $9.99, buy 1 get 100pts, effectively making them $8.99 ($0.75/box)
• Green grapes (2lb): $6.99, buy 1 get 100pts, effectively making them $5.99ea
• Carrots (3lb): $2.99
• Onions (3lb): $2.99

Safeway / Sobeys:

• Raspberries (170g): $2.50
• Top sirloin oven roast: $8.88/lb
• Chapman’s premium ice cream (2L): $5.49
• Potatoes (5lb): $3.99, buy 2 get 300pts, effectively making them $2.49ea when you buy pairs
• Lean ground beef (5lb) tube: $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 500pts, effectively making them $5.99/lb
• Carrots (3lb): $2.99
• Onions (3lb): $2.99
• Get 500pts when you spend $15 of participating General Mills products. Family size cereal are advertised at $5.99, so those are effectively $4.32ea when you buy 3 which is a very good price. I believe that this offer is once per receipt.

Calgary Coop:

• Yop drinkable yogurt (200ml): $1.00
• Campbell’s Chunky soup: $2.50 (decent, NoFrills is better this week)

Save on Foods:

• Western Family butter (454g): $4.99

Walmart:

• Cucumber: $1.24
• Gala apples: $1.28/lb
• Gay Lea butter (454g): $4.97
• Astro yogurt (12x100g): $4.27

Hi everyone!

I’m wondering if there are any fellow Athabasca University students here in Calgary who are currently completing their courses remotely.
I’m working toward my Bachelor of General Studies, with a focus on Psychology, and would especially love to connect with anyone pursuing the same program or taking similar courses. However, I’m open to connecting with other AU students as well!

One thing I’ve been considering is finding someone who might benefit from body doubling while studying.

For anyone unfamiliar with the concept, body doubling is essentially when two people work independently alongside each other. You don’t necessarily need to be working on the same subject or even interacting much. It’s simply having another person physically present who is also focused on their own work, which can help with motivation, accountability, and staying on task.

I’m hoping to find someone in Calgary who might be interested in meeting up occasionally at a library, coffee shop, or another quiet public space to study together.

Just to clarify, this wouldn’t be a paid position, tutoring arrangement, or necessarily an attempt to build a friendship. I’m simply looking for another student who understands the challenges of independent online learning and might also benefit from having someone nearby to help maintain focus and motivation.
The idea would be to have a mutually beneficial arrangement where we can both work toward our own academic goals without any pressure to socialize or help each other with coursework.

If you’re studying through Athabasca University and this sounds like something that could help you, please DM me!

If you lost a silver ring in the Beltline area, reach out with a description and hopefully I can return the ring to its owner.

Super gorgeous building, didn’t take any inside though ahahaha

I’m looking for places in Calgary where I can hang out for a few hours or even most of the day without having to buy anything. Ideally somewhere comfortable to sit, read, use my laptop, or even just pass the time, with free public washrooms available because I do tend to need to visit the bathroom more frequently than the average person it seems.

Libraries are an obvious option, but I’m curious if there are other places people would recommend that I might not know about, particularly places where you can comfortably spend a decent amount of time without needing to buy anything.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

So I've lived in calgs most of my life atp, and I wouldn't say im well traveled (only been to s few cities in north America like Toronto, Vancouver, Dallas, NYC, Seattle, Atlanta, ect) but we really do have some amazing modern architecture here. Even without the Rockies as a backdrop, the combination of the Calgary Tower, the Bow, Telus Sky, Brookfield Place, among others, create a very striking image.

When I've been to other cities I've always noticed how a lot the buildings are very homogeneous and blend into eachother.

Idk, I was just thinking about it and appreciate the variety of architecture in our city that contributes to it being so beautiful. ❤️

I was recently in Calgary for work. For some background, I lived there about 10 years ago and come back to visit family every couple of years. This time, the overall feel of the city seemed drastically different. People seemed noticeably crankier, and more vocal about it. There was a lot of honking downtown, and a pedestrian even yelled at me for "taking up the entire sidewalk." He wasn't even homeless just a guy on his way to the office. For context, I travel internationally often and live in Montreal, so I'm used to busy cities. Did I just run into some outliers, or has the atmosphere here actually gotten worse?

I am renovating my bathroom, and looking to install a new tub and surround. As it's an older house, I was hoping to find something less Big Box Boring and more unique. I am already planning to watch the ReStores, but are there any other cool shops I should watch??

Anyone know what I can do with a used crib mattress? I’m getting rid of it because it’s sinking. I don’t want to donate it to anyone as it’s not fit for my daughter so wouldn’t be fair to give it to anyone else. If throwing it away is the only option, that’s fine. Just thought to ask here as I’ve seen some pretty creative responses to questions like this in the past!

Because no way these clubs are charging an arm and a leg just to get in and in this economy too🥹?

Just saw a post saying Walmart is coming to southcenter mall it will be two levels opening 2028… I think that’s gonna cause such heavy traffic and issues with parking what are your thoughts?

Hi, I'm looking for any local businesses that have urn jewelry or pendants. I found one on Etsy that is solid gold and shaped like a sun and the ashes go inside the pendant. I'd like to get something like this from a local business. I'm not opposed to glass ash jewelry or pressing it into a stone that can be set. I'm just looking for options right now. Thank you.

Thank you to everyone that showed interest in making this happen for a third time!

Once again, this will be a casual meetup for guys who want to grab a beer, shoot the shit, and meet some new people.

Whether you're into a specific hobby or interest, enjoy sports, the outdoors, or just looking to get out and meet some new people and have a laugh. Feel free to pull up and join the conversation!

There will also be a toy drive component! I've partnered with 'The Magic of Christmas' to collect and donate new/unwrapped toys to families in need this holiday season (toy donation is optional). Anyone that brings a toy will receive a 1 hour gaming card for their arcade.

When you arrive, let them know you're there for the 'In Good Company' event.

Register Here:

https://ingoodcoapp.com/event/eed69d32-0ac3-4d05-be0d-a5a69a89f469