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 ...

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 ...

Print a piece of local history—by hand! The Sprawl has been experimenting with letterpress printing since 2023, when Meta blocked news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada. At the time, I joked that ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Calgary Party Official Party The Calgary Party publicly launched in October 2024 with employment lawyer Brian Thiessen declaring his intention to run for mayor. Former Naheed Nenshi chief of staff ...

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 ...