https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62_EBaZjgds Calgary is a great place to live. We’ve got a beautiful metropolitan downtown core, with many different cool hubs outside of it. It’s got the liveliness of a big city but still be charm and friendliness of a small town. We have many amenities to take advantage of, and lots of places to go…
The City Mayors Foundation believes that a competitive project like The World Mayor Project is able persuade citizens to engage more strongly with the work of their mayors and at the same time provide them an opportunity to learn about the challenges faced by cities around the world. This project was conceived to commend city leaders chosen…
I first came across the Calgary Fringe Festival in a magazine and truth be told, I wasn’t immediately interested in it. However, after a few days, I thought that it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try and applied to be a volunteer (the volunteer sign-up process was online and easily accessible). As this was…
Hopefully by now you are in touch with the goals of the World Partnership Walk (WPW) through the articles that Malika and Sarena have both written. So on the Sunday morning that is June 9th, I volunteered there along with Malika (we saw Sarena later on) and off the day began! Without further ado, please enjoy this vertical wall…
The Mayor’s Youth Council with Sarah! (She is in the middle of the photograph.) A few months ago, the Mayor’s Youth Council of Calgary, along with Mayor Nenshi, had the amazing opportunity of meeting a young girl with big dreams. Sarah applied to be on the Mayor’s Council, but age restrictions kept her from being selected.…
That’s right, here is YOUR chance to hang out with Mr. Naheed Nenshi for the day! Spend a day in the mayor’s shoes and make your mark in our city! This new project is brought to you by Youth Central‘s Mayor’s Youth Council of Calgary and is related to Mr. Nenshi’s 3 Things for Calgary Initiative. Not too familiar…
I have to admit, I think Calgary is a pretty neat city. Having lived in so many different places in both the States and Canada, it’s hard not to have an immense appreciation for this place. However, perfection doesn’t exist, and there is ample room for improvement. Improvement is exactly the aim of Mayor Nenshi’s 3 Things for…
My 3 Things for Calgary! 1. Mow the neighbor’s lawn Through mowing neighbor’s lawns, it is entirely possible to maintain the aesthetic appeal of ever street and neighborhood in Calgary. In doing this, the general atmosphere surrounding the Calgary area will become more visually pleasing. 2. Organize a Block Watch As Calgary grows in population, the…
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Election day is one day away. Following the journalistic tradition, I will make some predictions on the election results. Polls are always a great spot to start. Recent polls had disclosing confusing figures. Most of the polls taken within the last week would suggest an extremely close race between Ric McIver and Barb Higgins. The…
Here in Calgary we are only one week from election day! Next Monday, hundreds of thousands of Calgarians will head to the polls and select a leader at a critical time in Calgary’s history. Not only are we faced with a major financial deficit, numerous issues plague our city infrastructure ranging from transportation to urban…
Let’s Pretend this is a High School Election… You go to a huge high school. Around a million people. A new school year comes along, and, with it, student elections. Only they call themselves “City Council,” and they happen to handle a substantially large amount of cash and resources, which makes this election a big…