Common Ground YYC - LiveWire Calgary

Former Calgary MLA and soon-to-be-former CEO of Tourism Calgary, Cindy Ady, takes LiveWire Calgary editor and Common Ground YYC host Darren Krause on a journey that spans decades and includes insight into some of Calgary most important events over the past 20 years.  The pair talk about the childhood influence of growing up in Hawaii, her first public service advocating for the delivery of new sch...

Jeromy Farkas has been one of the most polarizing figures in Calgary civic politics over the past decade. While many are critical of his actions while councillor for Calgary's  Ward 11, he held a devout following of people who subscribed to his penchant for political rhetoric.  After losing the 2021 Calgary mayoral election, Farkas went on a personal journey - literally and figuratively - and...

For years, Esmahan Razavi has been a strong voice behind equal representation in Calgary's municipal political scene.  Having co-founded the Ask Her movement to improve the quantity and quality of female representation on municipal councils, Razavi has sought to ensure that people from different viewpoints are represented in the halls of power.  She's also a part of the Ward Zero YYC pod...

How does a professional basketball team come to Calgary?  In this month's episode of Common Ground YYC, you get the inside scoop on how the Calgary Surge came to this city.  Common Ground YYC host, and LiveWire Calgary editor Darren Krause, sat down with the principal architects of the plan to bring the team here, Usman Tahir Jutt and Jason Ribeiro.  The one thing that sticks out is the impor...

Brad Parry, President and CEO of Calgary Economic Development, is excited about where Calgary's economy is headed. It really shows when you sit down and chat with him about it. Whether it's the energy sector, tech, film and television, or things like potential in AI and quantum computing,  you can hear how passionate he is about moving the city forward.  It helps that he has a really coo...

In the latest Common Ground YYC podcast, LWC editor Darren Krause sits down with Fort Calgary president, Jennifer Thompson.  Thompson took on the role in mid-February, and she's got a renewed vision for the spot, even suggesting that the grounds around Fort Calgary could be Calgary's Central Park.  Darren and Jennifer go on a journey; they go back in time to learn what influenced her as...

After a three-year, pandemic-induced hiatus, the Common Ground YYC podcast is back with in-depth conversations with the people and topics that Calgary cares about.  In our re-launch episode, we've gone back to our roots with the original host, Josh White. He's now the director of city and regional planning with the City of Calgary.  We dig deep on Josh's planning motivations before...

How exactly are libraries changing and evolving? We talked with Calgary Public Library CEO, Mark Asberg about this and a whole host of other library-related topics. OUR PATRONS ARE LISTENING TO BONUS CONTENT WHERE ASBERG SAID THAT DIGITAL CONTENT (AUDIO/DIGITAL BOOKS), “MAY OR MAY NOT BE SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG TERM.” In this episode, hosts […] The post Common Ground YYC – S2E4: Mark Asberg, CEO –...

Increasingly when you hear about development in Calgary, you hear about the divide between suburban (new) and established area growth. It often pits citizens against one another, insisting that one must happen to a greater degree than the other. There’s no doubt it’s a divisive issue in Calgary. In Season 2, Episode 3, co-host Darren […] The post Common Ground YYC – S2E3: Brian Hahn, BILD Calgary...