A CALL TO ACTION WE NEED YOUR IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FOR THE SPRINGBANK OFF-STREAM RESERVOIR http://www.alberta.ca/springbank-road.cfm Dear CRCAG Members, It has come to our attention that a public rally at Calgary’s McDougall Center is being organized for this Thursday, March 5, 11 am to 1 pm, in support of a proposed upstream mitigation project on the Elbow River, the McLean Creek Dam (“MC1”) and against the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (“SR1”) option. Go to http://www.dammclean.org for additional information. While CRCAG […]

The Government of Alberta (GOA)  yesterday (Feb 26, 2015) released the Benefit-Cost Analyses of the three proposed Elbow River upstream flood mitigation projects presently under consideration by the GOA, and the Provincial Flood Damage Assessment Study upon which the benefit-cost analyses were based.  Completion of these studies is an important step toward having flood mitigation infrastructure in place to protect both Calgary and Bragg Creek.   In short, the benefit-cost analyses […]

The City of Calgary and Canadian Red Cross (CRC) are working together to help those still in need following the June 2013 flood. A flood grant permit program was created to help residential property owners that have reached their financial limits, pay for City permits to make repairs to their flood damaged property. The grant covers the costs associated with new permit(s) applications that are required to repair, restore or rebuild a […]

The Need for a Comprehensive Flood Mitigation Strategy to Protect the Economic Engine of Canada – Calgary, Alberta   By Calgary River Communities Action Group (CRCAG)   A bigger version of the flood overlay map can be viewed here.   Flooding is the most common hazard in Canada that leads to economic loss. Losses from the 2013 southern Alberta floods alone are estimated to be $6 billion – which is […]

The Calgary River Communities Action Group has been busy since the widely attended Town Hall meeting held on Oct 24th. Tuesday, November 5th – CRCAG met with Mr. Wolf Keller who chairs the City of Calgary’s Flood Mitigation Panel. A summary of the meeting will be posted by CRCAG. Wednesday, November 6th – CRCAG met with Mr. Andre Corbould, CADM Flood Recovery Task Force, for an update on the Disaster […]

On October 4th members of the Calgary River Communities Action Group attended the Flood Symposium Hosted by the Government of Alberta. This is the link to the video and slideshows that were presented at the Symposium. http://alberta.ca/flood-symposium.cfm We were thrilled to see the public presentation of Allan Markin’s Flood Advisory Panel recommendations for several berms upstream and bypasses that will greatly help the City of Calgary and Town of High […]

We are pleased to report that yesterday we had a meeting with Minister Doug Griffiths and Mr. Andre Corbould who is in charge of the Southern Alberta Flood Recovery Task Force. This was a two hour meeting and we had the opportunity to discuss a number of our concerns and ask some of the specific questions that you have been asking us. This is our summary of what we were […]

We are the Calgary River Communities Action Group. Our goal is to work with all three levels of government as they help us recover from the most devastating natural disaster that has ever impacted Calgary. We are the bridge between our past and the possibility of our future. Calgary was founded on the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers. It’s river communities are vibrant mixed use districts that border […]