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Calgary’s $1.4-billion West LRT opens to great fanfare

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Politicians, city officials and transit-loving Calgarians celebrated Saturday morning the ceremonial opening of the largest infrastructure project in the city’s history: the $1.4-billion west LRT. (Read full story here.) "Transit matters. Transit investments are among the best investments any city can make, any government can make for that matter. They're investments in reducing congestion, investments… Continue reading Calgary’s $1.4-billion West LRT opens to great fanfare

Pots, pans and protest

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On May 30, roughly 170 Calgarians joined thousands of Canadians in a nation-wide casserole rally in support of Quebec students who have protested proposed tuition hikes, as well as Bill 78 — a law the Quebec government recently passed that restricts public assemblies. (The video and photos were shot entirely on an iPhone. Most of… Continue reading Pots, pans and protest