The City of Calgary held a press conference this afternoon at 4:00 pm to announce that a state of emergency for the City has been declared on account of the flood risk. Police Chief Henry indicated that no widespread overbank flooding is expected, but some communities will be affected.  Bowness and Sunnyside communities were identified as areas where some flooding and basement seepage is expected. A berm will be constructed […]

The City of Calgary and Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) will host a live-streamed media briefing at 4 pm today to share details about the current weather event and any potential flood risk. Tune in here: https://www.calgary.ca/cfod/csc/livevideo.html?redirect=/live At this time, we do not have any additional details to share. We encourage you to watch the live-stream and to follow these social media accounts for urgent updates: https://twitter.com/cityofcalgaryhttps://www.facebook.com/cityofcalgary We will do our […]

Weather forecasting agencies are keeping an eye on a potential rainfall event that could trigger advisories to be issued by Sunday night if it escalates. We send this information not to be alarmist, but to encourage awareness.  We ask all of our members to follow the resource links (at the bottom of this email) to stay up to date with information. CRCAG will push out information as we are able to but […]

On Thursday morning, just over one month from the ninth anniversary of the 2013 Southern Alberta Floods, Premier Jason Kenney and Government of Alberta officials stood at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers in East Village to announce that construction of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) had begun. It has been a long road but we are in the home stretch. Our mission was to comprehensively protect all […]

In 2021, we saw significant milestones achieved on critical flood mitigation infrastructure for Calgary. Yet, while we were protecting ourselves, our neighbours in British Columbia were being subjected to their own dose of devastation. We’ve rounded up the news highlights from the year below. But first, we want to share a recent story from the Globe & Mail that presents a thorough dive into the Sprinbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) project. […]

After a very busy winter 2020 and spring 2021 preparing for and participating in the last regulatory hurdle of the NRCB hearing, and following a summer of positive announcements regarding the completion of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir, we’ve realized that this November marked an important milestone in its own right.  CRCAG was borne 100 months ago (as of November 2021), just weeks after the 2013 floods. We want to use […]

We are all watching in horror as British Columbia grapples with its devastating, widespread flooding. Four people have died and one individual is still missing, nearly 20,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes, and thousands of animals have died. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to everyone impacted as they navigate this extremely difficult time. For many of us, watching this disaster unfold upon our neighbours is triggering—a reminder […]

One of the biggest remaining hurdles for the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project (SR1) was provincial cabinet approval of the Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) decision. That hurdle has now been cleared. Effectively, the Provincial and Federal regulatory approval processes are now concluded, and our Provincial Government is officially committed to completing SR1. On October 6, the Lieutenant Governor in Council authorized the NRCB’s decision report on SR1 (that concluded SR1 […]

On Thursday, the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change issued his decision regarding the Springbank Off-stream Reservoir (SR1) Project. The decision concludes that the project is not expected to cause significant adverse environmental effects after taking into account the proposed mitigations. Read the decision here. The assessment of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project has been marked as “complete” on the IAAC website and the final Environmental Assessment Report is posted. A […]

Last week, on June 22, 2021 — immediately following the 8-year anniversary of the Southern Alberta Floods — there was a collective sigh of relief when the Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) announced its approval of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project (SR1). Read the NRCB press release here. We are nearly there. We could have shovels in the ground as early as spring 2022. Here’s what the final sprint looks […]