There are two huge, stately trees out front, framing the building. I am leaving Calgary, but taking everything I learned with me. Meghan Lett is a journalist who interned at The Sprawl for her SAIT ...

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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 ...

At The Sprawl, we want to hire another Alberta journalist to dig into stories that others won’t. To do that, we need your support! Sign up for as little as $5 a month to help us reach our target of ...

Editor's note: The Sprawl is taking a pause until late September. You can read more about this here. It's rooted in one of our original (but forgotten!) principles: “In a world of noise, we embrace ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story is part of The Sprawl's edition on Calgary's shifting civic identity. We're asking: What is authentic about this place? What is contrived? Where is the line between the two? Sign up for our ...

The Sprawl’s pop-up press is an all-ages, kid-friendly letterpress experience—and an ongoing experiment in community engagement. It started in the summer of 2023, when Meta blocked all news on ...

This comic originally appeared in the Ramsay community newsletter. Sam Hester is a Calgary-based graphic recorder and longtime indie comics creator.

On weekends, The Sprawl sends out an email newsletter. Subscribe here so you don't miss a dispatch! Here is this week's edition. Happy spring! April marks half a year until Calgary’s municipal ...