Once Damery files her nomination papers, there will be at least 14 people running for mayor, with a little more than five months to go before the Oct. 18 vote
The Dairy Queen drive-thru that used to sit on Centre Street just north of the Trans-Canada Highway in Calgary may have burned down in 2019, but it managed to light a whole new fire in the city this past week. After a proposal to rebuild the restaurant in that location was rejected by the city, whose representatives suggested it could be put to better use with more density, it became a new front in the ongoing culture war between those who believe in things like urban densification and investments in public transit and those who cling to the status quo.
That’s in large part because
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Mayor Naheed Nenshi is officially off the ballot for the 2021 municipal election and that means big changes for this year’s campaign season.
It’s not quite six months until Calgarians head to the polls with no incumbent mayor for the first time in a decade. Including the mayor’s chair, there are open races for at least seven spots on council.
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That’s nearing the threshold for change across the eight votes that add up to a council majority, determining whether motions or administration recommendations pass or fail.
CALGARY Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi will not seek re-election in the October municipal vote. The now 49-year-old has held office for the last decade, first being elected in 2010 after starting as a largely unknown figure, he defeated then-city alderman Ric McIver and former CTV Calgary News anchor Barb Higgins in a close race. He then won easily in 2013 and again in 2017. Nenshi made the announcement he won t run for re-election in 2021 during a Facebook Live session on Tuesday. After being swept into office on a wave of support dubbed the Purple Revolution which was one of the earliest to adopt social media as a central strategy and use it to engage younger voters Nenshi became best known for his handling of the 2013 flood, where he was seen as a calm, stable voice during what was then the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history.