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 year 2025 marks 150 years since the North West Mounted Police established Fort Calgary in 1875. And while Calgary wasn’t ...

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 ...

Sprawlcast is Calgary’s in-depth municipal podcast. Made in collaboration with CJSW 90.9 FM, it’s a show for curious Calgarians who want a deeper understanding of the city they call home. KEVIN LEE: ...

Curious Calgary is a mini-comics series by Sam Hester that can be read online—and/or printed at home and folded into a zine. The entire comic fits onto a single page of 8 ½ by 11 paper. All you need ...

Sprawlcast is Calgary’s in-depth municipal podcast. Made in collaboration with CJSW 90.9 FM, it’s a show for curious Calgarians who want a deeper understanding of the city they call home. FRANCISCO ...

I started The Sprawl in 2017 as a pop-up journalism experiment in response to the hollowing of local newsrooms. Today there are even fewer journalists covering Calgary but the need for in-depth local ...

The closure of the Inglewood and Beltline pools stems from a 2019 city council decision that Naheed Nenshi once described as one of his biggest regrets from his time as Calgary’s mayor—a decision ...

Curious Calgary is a mini-comics series by Sam Hester that can be read online and/or printed at home and folded into a zine. The entire comic fits onto a single page of 8 ½ by 11 paper. All you need ...

Sprawlcast is Calgary’s in-depth municipal podcast. Made in collaboration with CJSW 90.9 FM, it’s a show for curious Calgarians who want more than the daily news grind. If you value in-depth Calgary ...