The Jim Gray Safer Calgary Awards are presented to individuals and organizations that have made a significant contribution to making Calgary a safer place to live and work.  The City of Calgary Animal & Bylaw Services, the Calgary Police Service and partnering municipal departments will be recipients of the Jim Gray Safer Calgary Award.   Continue Reading

100 block of Canterville Road S.W. 

A fire that destroyed a home on March 2 was started by an unattended candle.  The damage to the home in the 100 block of Canterville Road S.W. has been estimated at approximately $650 000 in structure damages and $140 000 in loss of contents.  No one was home at the time of the fire, which has been deemed accidental.   Continue Reading

March is Fraud Prevention Month.  The City of Calgary is reminding citizens of a service that can help protect them against contractor fraud.  In the city of Calgary, contractors are required to hold a valid City of Calgary business license and citizens of Calgary are encouraged to call 3-1-1 to confirm that a would-be contractor has a valid business license. Continue Reading

Photo of Naheed Nenshi on the Facebook page to draft him for mayor
By Markham Hislop, editor

In the wake of Mayor Dave Bronconnier’s decision not to run again, Calgarians are taking to social media in hopes of drafting mayoral candidates for the upcoming civic election in October.  Thus far, there are three Facebook pages dedicated to Calgary mayoral candidates, all of them prominent political figures.  Continue Reading

Bonnie Grainger, secretary at the A.E. Cross School and victim in Thursday’s hostage-taking drama 
By Chelsea Grainger, student-reporter 

Bonnie Grainger spent two hours terrified her captor could snap at any moment and stab her with the knife he was waving behind her back.  In an exclusive interview with The Calgary Beacon, Grainger tells her side of the story that unfolded so dramatically at the A.E Cross School in Thursday afternoon. Continue Reading

The Bonnybrook waste-water treatment plant was evacuated Thursday because of a reported chlorine leak.  The Calgary Fire Department sent out the hazmat team when a small chlorine leak was reported inside one of the buildings.   Continue Reading

3100 block of 42 Street S.W.

The Calgary Police Service is looking for a man who has broken into the same house at least four times. He has also attempted to break into the home, which is in the 3100 block of 42 Street S.W., on multiple occasions. Continue Reading

Urban chicken farmer Paul Huges in his SW backyard where six chickens are raised free-range 
By Markham Hislop, editor 

There’s a showdown coming between the City of Calgary and urban farmers after well-known activist Paul Hughes was charged recently under a bylaw prohibiting the keeping of livestock within city limits.  The ticket was issued for having six chickens in the backyard of his southwest home.  Hughes says he intends to challenge the ticket when it goes to court March 25. Continue Reading

100 block of Citadel Forest Place N.W.

The Calgary Police Service has charged a man in relation to a devastating fire that occurred in Citadel in December of 2009.  Russell Hugh McDougall, 33, has been charged with 16 counts of arson by negligence in connection with the fire that destroyed five homes in the northwest community.   Continue Reading

Louise Station project under construction

Eighty-eight new affordable housing units have been built in the downtown core of Calgary.  The housing tower in the Louise Station redevelopment, located in the community of Eau Claire was officially opened on Friday.   Continue Reading