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

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

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 ...

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 was the end of 2009. I had just left my job as a news writer for Fast Forward Weekly, Calgary’s alternative weekly newspaper.I was going to be home with my daughter and try my hand at ...

Bill 83 notwithstanding, that plastic box your blackberries came in from Mexico will still leave your house in the same way. You’ll still pop the last berry in your mouth, rinse the box and—because ...

Sprawlcast is a collaboration between CJSW 90.9 FM and The Sprawl.It's a show for curious Calgarians who want more than the daily news grind.A full transcript of the episode is below. This Sprawlcast ...

The Sprawl has been experimenting with letterpress printing since 2023, when Meta blocked news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada.This inspired us to get a (rather small!) cast iron press. Since ...

“The Stampede is just not fashionable, and the rejection of the Stampede myth ensures that any public expressions of cowboys, horses, and steers will continue to be confined to the Stampede grounds ...

“The market sorts people out in space,” Miller said. “Increasingly, the more desirable places are viewed as being in the inner city, so higher income people will outbid lower income people… and 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: ...