
Brendan Coulter
Brendan Coulter is a reporter for CBC Calgary. He previously served as CBC British Columbia's Kootenay pop-up bureau reporter. He has also worked for the CBC in Kamloops and Edmonton. Reach him at brendan.coulter@cbc.ca.
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'Pretty devastating': Alberta charities cut language classes after Ottawa slashes funding
Newcomers settling in Calgary face massive wait times to access free English classes, ranging up to an entire year. Now, due to federal funding cuts, those wait times could get even longer.
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City of Calgary scores D+ grade for financial transparency in new report
The City of Calgary has a lot of room to improve its budget transparency, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
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Canada's first tornado of 2025 touches down in southern Alberta
Environment Canada said it was a landspout tornado, which are usually weaker than supercell tornadoes and can be whipped up by relatively benign conditions.
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Legendary grizzly 'The Boss' and other Alberta bears emerging from winter dens
The Boss is awake and ready for another year of munching grains and tromping around the Bow Valley.
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Students struggling to find summer work with recession fears cooling the job market
Fewer summer jobs are showing up on the University of Calgary’s student job board, and fewer summer co-op and internship opportunities are available to students, according to the university.
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Cleanup of Calgary's streets starts April 14
After months of dumping salt and sand material to fend off harsh winter driving conditions, the time has come for the city to start sweeping the streets.
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Olympic Plaza redesign includes skating rink and 12-metre-tall gold fountain
The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation has released long-awaited design plans for the Olympic Plaza Transformation.
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More Alberta propane flowing to Asian markets as trade relationship with U.S. falters
Last year, more than 40 per cent of Canadian propane exports flowed across the Pacific Ocean, with Japan and South Korea emerging as key markets.
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Crossfield rallying to end Alberta's Hockeyville title drought
As voting wraps up on Saturday to crown the next Kraft Hockeyville, Crossfield is bidding to claim Alberta's first grand prize in more than a decade.
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Group saves native plants from being bulldozed, gives them 2nd chance in Fish Creek Park
A Calgary group is leading the effort to restore native plants to Fish Creek Provincial Park — by rescuing them from private development sites.
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