Calgary News Watch

Greg Kolodziejzyk broke the record by pedaling his boat a total of 173.76 kilometers around Glenmore Reservoir for 24 hours this past weekend.

“I’m just tired like crazy,” Kolodziejz said. He celebrated his record with a bottle of champagne.

He broke the old record set by John Howard in 2000 by 5 kilometers and pulled up to the dock 15 minutes early.

But this isn’t Kolodziejzyk first record. He also holds the 24 hour land speed record on bicycle which he set in California. Read the rest of this article »

It began before it went National back in 2001. Last year, over 38,000 people participated.

Sunday, June 3^rd, marked the beginning of this year’s week long challenge. Commute. Put your shoes on the pedals; take public transportation; or just hitch up your shoe laces and walk.

This kicks off Canada’s Environment Week.

Last year’s results with 38,000 participants equaled the usage of 704 less cars for an entire year. Read the rest of this article »

Commuters can release the breath they’ve been holding since the talks between Calgary and the transit union began to get nasty. Union members voted 69% to accept the city’s last minute deal.

In perhaps what is a fitting finale for this upheaval, Mayor Dave Bronconnier described the majority of the union members (1,464 voted) were in support of the deal which offered a 12% pay raise. He also points out that perhaps the bus and the C-Train drivers didn’t really want to strike after all.

“I don’t believe our employees really wanted to go on strike – they wanted a fair settlement and they got one.”

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