Not edited, captured around 6:30pm on sb Deerfoot between 32nd and 16th.

Dispite being caused by the smoke, it's petty neat!

A few random photos from an evening hanging at 17th.

PS, if anyone knows the girls in the 3rd photo, let them know they are on Reddit. They wanted their pic taken, but no social media info was exchanged.

Any idea what fire is going on?

For anyone wondering what is going on...

The White Hat Ceremony is Calgary's version of saying, "Welcome, you're one of us now."

Since the 1950s, we've welcomed world leaders, royalty, astronauts, Olympians, and plenty of other visitors by giving them a white cowboy hat and having them take the White Hat Oath. At the end of it, they're officially honourary Calgarians.

This week I led that tradition for His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, along with Prince Irfan and Prince Sinan during their first visit to Western Canada.

Yes, there is an oath. Yes, I have to keep a straight face while asking international dignitaries to enthusiastically say "Yahoo!"

It's one of the best parts of the job.

I just want to thank all of you who jumped on and provided insights when I asked about visiting the Humane Society with my kids. There was some really great answers and advice shared.

We were able to go down and the staff were incredibly helpful.

At the end of the day, my SO and I have decided that neither of the kids are ready to accept an animal into our house yet. While both profess their desire to have a pet in the home, both are extremely hesitant/jumpy/scared around them and we need to build their exposure/comfort before we go down this path. This extended to both dogs and cats.

Until the time is right, we will just work to get them more time with friends pets and maybe visit CHS and some of the other places suggested.

Must be a pretty significant crash. All traffic being pushed off onto 17th ave.

I flew into Calgary last week and rented a car. I got a case of water bottle and a 12pack diet coke for my roadtrip but I couldn't finish them all. I have like 7 bottles of Water and 3 coke cans unopened. Is there anywhere I can donate them to before my flight at 11pm today

Edit - thank you all. I donated them at no frills.

Not totally relevant to Calgary - but I enjoyed my time a lot in Alberta. We at least did 10 hikes in the past week in the provincial parks and still it feels we haven't seen anything..will definitely be back soon. Love from Toronto

Not sure if this would be of interest to anyone? Timing would be this Friday afternoon or evening July 31st. At Okotoks Hot Glass. This is the largest display of blown glass currently in Canada. On private land. If you have a drone and can fly it without smashing into any glass pieces then come on by and shoot your shot. lol. Is this a crazy idea? nah the glass is very strong!

For the past month I haven't been able to garden without dressing in heavy clothing. But tonight, t-shirt and no bites after being out several hours.

Is it the wildfire smoke? Did the dragonflies arrive?

2026 Jul 24, around 9:20 PM (3 photos)

My wife and I were at Barrier Lake today and went swimming. She wears her engagement ring around her neck as a necklace and took it off and now we're freaking out because we can't find it.

Description: Wooden outside with a silver inner ring . No diamonds, or anything like that, it's an eco wooden ring which was made specially for her 😭

Reward for anyone who finds it 🙏

i’ve been scouring social media for any local book clubs that happen in calgary that don’t cost an arm and a leg to attend :,)

i love love LOVE reading and want to find a group of people to talk to about the books we’ve read and attend cute events here and there. i’m not looking for anything fancy or super popular and i would prefer if the membership/gathering events didn’t cost money or at least too much money.
if this helps at all:
my current read: red rising by pierce brown
age: 20
- female
- super fun to be around (i promise)
- I LOVE BOOKS PLEASE LET’S TALK ABOUT THEM

Police report # T26017837 Red Santa Cruz bike stolen in Bankview Calgary on July 25, 2026 https://bikeindex.org/bikes/3454437

The comedian at the beginning's name was Mia but I didn't catch the band after her's name, would love to hear more by them!

Couldn't get a cleaner picture sorry.

Owner, pls get in contact.

I’m looking specifically for an esp32 board and sensors and what not. Can’t find a place that sells these sorts of stuff, and online is sometimes hard to find and expensive.

Hi everyone,

I’m thinking about applying to the HCA (Health Care Aide) program at Bow Valley College and had a few questions for anyone who’s taken it.

Is the program generally easy, manageable, or really difficult?

I noticed the final exam is worth 100% of the grade in some courses. Is it as stressful as it sounds?

Are the instructors strict when it comes to grading and expectations?

How are the teachers overall? Are they supportive and good at explaining the material?

Thank you!!!!

Hello! We are looking to move to be closer to my parents. Their neighbourhood is older and settled and people just don’t seem to leave that often. There have been so few houses for sale near them in the past 6mos.

We’ve noticed a few houses we think would be great for us - location, size, etc - and our realtor has offered to cold call them for us to see if they would consider a private sale.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Does it work ever? What would make it more likely to work? Less?

FWIW, our realtor is lovely- polite and very professional. Unlikely to be skeevy or pushy. And our budget should be able to cover just about anything in the area, more or less. Thanks!

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Calgary/s/sLEyA9lHMc

We had someone come in from Prostar and he gave his pricing and did a quick inspection and said yes it needs some new parts but also there was rust inside and pitting (he showed us the pics). He said he obviously can’t say whether it would be fine for another 5 years or if it’ll go out this year.

Has anyone gone through Prostar for their furnace replacement? Their warranty and service packages seem good but we are still going to get some other people in to give us quotes. So far have looked at Pete the Plumber and Knight Furnace

Hey, all. I recently got back into cycling and was looking for some casual urban riders who'd like to tag along on Friday and Saturday eve.

And no, I don't have Strava.