Wicked Alberta Snow Storm Shuts Down Highways Amid Whiteout Conditions

Calgary’s water crisis is a warning we must heed

'No essential service should be designed and operated this way,' says head of independent review into 2024 feeder main break.

Call for Enmax-style water company gets mixed reviews from Calgary council

An independent review of the 2024 catastrophic break of the Bearspaw feeder main recommended a series of changes to the city's water system, including to introduce a dedicated water utility department that could become a municipally owned corporation, similar to Enmax.

Current, former Calgary councillors say they weren’t aware of feeder main’s fragility - Calgary

Former Calgary city councillors who served over the last 20 years said they were unaware of the criticality of the Bearspaw feeder main.

Former Calgary Mayor Nenshi Says He Wasn’t Told Water Main Was Flagged as High Risk While in Office

Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi says he wasn’t informed that Calgary’s largest feeder main, which ruptured for a second consecutive year last week, had been flagged as high risk of failure while he was in office. The Bearspaw South Feeder Main, which carries about 60 percent of Calgary’s potable water, was recommended for inspection in 2017, 2020, and 2022, but those inspections were deferred or redirected, even though the feeder was repeated…