Calgary & Alberta Economy

[darwink]

I still think you have a great success spreading out the events to Edmonton and/or Red Deer.

Having Red Deer certainly makes it easier. HSR would make the games easy peasy. renovating Red Deer for short track (with an international sized ice surface) would also likely be way more acceptable than renovating the NHL arenas.

 

[trtcttc]

The university spends a lot of money, but can't reallocate the funds it spends like a government can. The university is also starved for funds, with a 30% cut in provincial funding since the UCP took office iirc.

In agreement we should spend more on our post secondaries, and making it attractive to talent. I don't see why the University would ever want to spend on the Oval, it's not really used by them and if they had a bucket of funds, renovating Active Living would make a lot more sense. Definitely needs to be a transfer or some sort of agreement in place.

 

[trtcttc]

Not Calgary specific, but glad to see Canadian founders pushed for this.

"After hearing feedback from Canadian founders in our network, we’ve decided to add Canada back to our list of accepted countries of incorporation."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-05/y-combinator-reverses-decision-to-stop-investing-in-canada-firms?srnd=homepage-americas

Adding Canada Back to Our List of Accepted Countries of Incorporation | Y Combinator

After hearing feedback from Canadian founders in our network, we are adding Canada back to our list of accepted countries of incorporation.

www.ycombinator.com