Green Line construction contract awarded for Bow River crossing
Advance voting runs until Oct. 17, plus the ID you need and a new landscape show opening this week.
Three Green Line bridges, at Ogden Road, over the Bow River and across Deerfoot Trail, now have a builder. A new path for people walking and cycling comes with the same package.
Aecon has won the Green Line contract for the Bow River package, so construction can begin on one of the line's showpiece stretches. The work zone starts north of the Lynnwood/Millican station and ends just west of Deerfoot Trail. Three bridges are in the job: Ogden Road, the Bow River and Deerfoot Trail. People on foot and bike get something too. A new multi-use pathway is planned beside both the Bow River and Deerfoot crossings. The first phase as a whole is backed by $6.248 billion in funding from the city, the province and Ottawa. That money covers 17 km of a 46-km plan, with 11 stations, three park-and-ride lots, one maintenance and storage yard and 28 new low-floor light rail vehicles. A contract award is a starting line, not a ribbon cutting.
Calgary university students weigh what the referendum means to them
Carina Moreno Certad, a Mount Royal University student whose family came from Venezuela, worries about separation. "If Alberta stands alone, I honestly don't think I'd want to stay here anymore," she said. Autumn Ewaskow, a student originally from B.C., travels between the two provinces often and wants Alberta to stay part of Canada. Chris Mueller, a policy studies student, is focused on the five immigration questions, which he links to jobs and housing. Jada Hartin, a science student, said she didn't know the ballot had questions beyond separation until someone told her. SAMRU, the students' association, has been running information sessions where students can drop in, ask questions and trade views on the vote. Mariana Mejia, SAMRU vice president external, said the sessions are meant to help students understand "where people are coming from" in the choices they make. She added that students who feel the vote affects them directly are more likely to cast a ballot.
Referendum voting: when, where and what to bring
Advance voting in the referendum, which opened Oct. 13, continues until Saturday, Oct. 17, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. You can use any advance location in your riding. Voting day is Monday, Oct. 19, with the same hours, but only at the place assigned to you. Bring ID showing your name and current address; an Alberta driver's licence covers both. Without one, bring two pieces, and at least one has to show your address. A passport by itself does not count. Expect 10 ballots, one for each question. You can answer every question, pick a few or leave them all blank.
Royal West show jumping runs daily at Stampede Park
- When
- Daily
- Where
- Nutrien Western Event Centre, Calgary Stampede Park
Riders from across North America are competing for a prize purse of over half a million dollars at the 2026 Royal West. Events take place every day in the Nutrien Western Event Centre. This year the competition hosts the Show Jumping Canada Championships.
Elzbieta Krawecka's landscapes go on show
- When
- Oct. 15 to Nov. 4 · Opening reception Saturday, Oct. 17, 2 to 5 p.m.
- Where
- Wallace Galleries, 724 11 Ave SW #100
Elzbieta Krawecka's landscape show, A Space That Remembers, runs Oct. 15 to Nov. 4. The opening reception is Saturday, Oct. 17, from 2 to 5 p.m., and the artist will be there. Her paintings start from the idea that places live in us as much as we live in them. She describes the work as spaces "that invite us to look closely, to reflect." It hangs at Wallace Galleries, 724 11 Ave SW #100.
Prime Minister Carney is in Calgary for a Forever Canadian rally
Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to share a Calgary stage tonight, Oct. 15, at 6:45 p.m. with Thomas Lukaszuk, the former provincial minister who founded Forever Canadian. It is the first of two back-to-back rally appearances, with the second set for Edmonton on Friday. Before the rally, his office says he will meet "community members at a local business," along with "union workers" and "post-secondary students." The rally lands four days before the vote. On Oct. 19, Albertans decide whether to clear the provincial government to hold a binding vote on leaving Canada. That makes this ballot a step toward a possible exit vote, not the exit vote itself.