Mike
@wangm.bsky.social
Your average Calgarian trying to stay informed and make sense of things in these depressing times.
Casual cyclist and hiker.
Casual cyclist and hiker.
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Jan. 15, 8:00 a.m. update
🚨On Jan. 14, our water use was 501 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water for just a little bit longer. Continue skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
🚨On Jan. 14, our water use was 501 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water for just a little bit longer. Continue skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Jan. 15, 8:00 a.m. update
🚨On Jan. 14, our water use was 501 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water for just a little bit longer. Continue skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
🚨On Jan. 14, our water use was 501 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water for just a little bit longer. Continue skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
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Hello from the City of Calgary’s emergency operations centre for today’s update on the water situation.
January 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Hello from the City of Calgary’s emergency operations centre for today’s update on the water situation.
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Site update. Jan. 14, 10:00 a.m.
🚨On Jan. 13, our water use was 499 ML, putting us in the strained zone. We still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
🚨On Jan. 13, our water use was 499 ML, putting us in the strained zone. We still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Site update. Jan. 14, 10:00 a.m.
🚨On Jan. 13, our water use was 499 ML, putting us in the strained zone. We still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
🚨On Jan. 13, our water use was 499 ML, putting us in the strained zone. We still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
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16 Avenue N.W. update. Jan. 14, 8:30 a.m.
🚗 Eastbound lanes are fully open.
🚧 Westbound lanes are reopening in phases:
✅ Inside lane is open
❌ Curb lane and right-turn lane remain closed
Stay informed at calgary.ca/watermainbreak
🚗 Eastbound lanes are fully open.
🚧 Westbound lanes are reopening in phases:
✅ Inside lane is open
❌ Curb lane and right-turn lane remain closed
Stay informed at calgary.ca/watermainbreak
January 14, 2026 at 3:25 PM
16 Avenue N.W. update. Jan. 14, 8:30 a.m.
🚗 Eastbound lanes are fully open.
🚧 Westbound lanes are reopening in phases:
✅ Inside lane is open
❌ Curb lane and right-turn lane remain closed
Stay informed at calgary.ca/watermainbreak
🚗 Eastbound lanes are fully open.
🚧 Westbound lanes are reopening in phases:
✅ Inside lane is open
❌ Curb lane and right-turn lane remain closed
Stay informed at calgary.ca/watermainbreak
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I'm one of those that asks my e-bike battery midwinter: Are you ok?
Good explainer here on why your e-bike battery range sucks in winter cold. www.bikeradar.com/features/qa/...
Good explainer here on why your e-bike battery range sucks in winter cold. www.bikeradar.com/features/qa/...
This is why your electric bike's battery dies when it's cold | BikeRadar
Plus what you can do to keep it going further for longer
www.bikeradar.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I'm one of those that asks my e-bike battery midwinter: Are you ok?
Good explainer here on why your e-bike battery range sucks in winter cold. www.bikeradar.com/features/qa/...
Good explainer here on why your e-bike battery range sucks in winter cold. www.bikeradar.com/features/qa/...
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City administration is giving Calgary's executive committee an update on the Bearspaw feeder main independent report.
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
City administration is giving Calgary's executive committee an update on the Bearspaw feeder main independent report.
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Jan. 13, 10 a.m. update.
🚨On Jan. 12, our water use was 503 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
🚨On Jan. 12, our water use was 503 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Jan. 13, 10 a.m. update.
🚨On Jan. 12, our water use was 503 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
🚨On Jan. 12, our water use was 503 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
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Watching them all fall in line to brazenly lie to protect their new secret police/terror squads from accountability for shooting a scared mom in the face 3 times, is a reminder (in case we still needed one) that it’s no where near enough to just replace Trump. It’s the entire immoral & corrupt GOP.
Mike Johnson on Renee Good: "This woman was taunting ICE officers. She was impeding law enforcement. She was violating a number of laws. They were very patient ... what I saw was she hit the accelerator and hit the ICE officer and he reacted in a split second."
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Watching them all fall in line to brazenly lie to protect their new secret police/terror squads from accountability for shooting a scared mom in the face 3 times, is a reminder (in case we still needed one) that it’s no where near enough to just replace Trump. It’s the entire immoral & corrupt GOP.
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The best time for all politicians and government agencies to leave Twitter/X was 2 years ago.
The next best time is now. Like, right now. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/o...
The next best time is now. Like, right now. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/o...
Twitter is a litmus test for Canada
With Twitter, the medium really is the message — one that should be clearly unacceptable for our elected officials and political leaders.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The best time for all politicians and government agencies to leave Twitter/X was 2 years ago.
The next best time is now. Like, right now. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/o...
The next best time is now. Like, right now. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/o...
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⚠️ Scam alert
▪️We have received reports of individuals posing as City employees to gain entry into homes. With the exception of Building Inspectors and emergency services, City staff will never ask to enter your home.
▪️Stay vigilant and always ask to see official City of Calgary ID at the door.
▪️We have received reports of individuals posing as City employees to gain entry into homes. With the exception of Building Inspectors and emergency services, City staff will never ask to enter your home.
▪️Stay vigilant and always ask to see official City of Calgary ID at the door.
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
⚠️ Scam alert
▪️We have received reports of individuals posing as City employees to gain entry into homes. With the exception of Building Inspectors and emergency services, City staff will never ask to enter your home.
▪️Stay vigilant and always ask to see official City of Calgary ID at the door.
▪️We have received reports of individuals posing as City employees to gain entry into homes. With the exception of Building Inspectors and emergency services, City staff will never ask to enter your home.
▪️Stay vigilant and always ask to see official City of Calgary ID at the door.
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The level of the Glenmore Reservoir is now at 87.5% (20566.59 cubic decametres).
January 13, 2026 at 2:34 AM
The level of the Glenmore Reservoir is now at 87.5% (20566.59 cubic decametres).
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Canada has the opportunity to help create a global tech landscape that isn’t dominated by US oligarchs.
That won’t happen if our political leaders refuse to quit toxic platforms like Twitter. What are they waiting for? #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/o...
That won’t happen if our political leaders refuse to quit toxic platforms like Twitter. What are they waiting for? #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/o...
Twitter is a litmus test for Canada
With Twitter, the medium really is the message — one that should be clearly unacceptable for our elected officials and political leaders.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Canada has the opportunity to help create a global tech landscape that isn’t dominated by US oligarchs.
That won’t happen if our political leaders refuse to quit toxic platforms like Twitter. What are they waiting for? #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/o...
That won’t happen if our political leaders refuse to quit toxic platforms like Twitter. What are they waiting for? #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/o...
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Jan. 12, 9 a.m. update.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨On Jan. 11, our water use was 505 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨On Jan. 11, our water use was 505 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water.
January 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Jan. 12, 9 a.m. update.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨On Jan. 11, our water use was 505 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨On Jan. 11, our water use was 505 ML, putting us in the unsustainable zone. We still need your help to save water.
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Jan. 11, 10:00 a.m. update.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
⚠️ On Jan. 10, our water use trended down to 493 ML, putting us in the strained zone. This is a step in the right direction, but we still need your help to save water.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
⚠️ On Jan. 10, our water use trended down to 493 ML, putting us in the strained zone. This is a step in the right direction, but we still need your help to save water.
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Jan. 11, 10:00 a.m. update.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
⚠️ On Jan. 10, our water use trended down to 493 ML, putting us in the strained zone. This is a step in the right direction, but we still need your help to save water.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
⚠️ On Jan. 10, our water use trended down to 493 ML, putting us in the strained zone. This is a step in the right direction, but we still need your help to save water.
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Jan. 11, 10:00 a.m. update.
⚠️ On Jan. 10, our water use trended down to 493 ML, putting us in the strained zone. This is a step in the right direction, but we still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
⚠️ On Jan. 10, our water use trended down to 493 ML, putting us in the strained zone. This is a step in the right direction, but we still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
January 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Jan. 11, 10:00 a.m. update.
⚠️ On Jan. 10, our water use trended down to 493 ML, putting us in the strained zone. This is a step in the right direction, but we still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
⚠️ On Jan. 10, our water use trended down to 493 ML, putting us in the strained zone. This is a step in the right direction, but we still need your help to save water. Keep taking action like skipping flushes, washing full loads only and limiting showers to 3 minutes.
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A Canadian MP spreading misinformation
January 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
A Canadian MP spreading misinformation
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These ICE guys have got to be among the most undisciplined, unprofessional and poorly trained law enforcement officers in the entire world
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 11, 2026 at 4:29 AM
These ICE guys have got to be among the most undisciplined, unprofessional and poorly trained law enforcement officers in the entire world
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All Calgarians know how to reduce their water usage. Every single one of them.
You just have to give them a financial incentive. Exhibit 11👇
You just have to give them a financial incentive. Exhibit 11👇
January 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
All Calgarians know how to reduce their water usage. Every single one of them.
You just have to give them a financial incentive. Exhibit 11👇
You just have to give them a financial incentive. Exhibit 11👇
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I feel like this is a “Read the Transcripts” moment for Calgary…
The good news is the report is only 88 pages long and half of it is supporting appendices.
So do your own reputation a favour and read the report.
Don’t rely on Post Media to form your opinion.
#Calgary
The good news is the report is only 88 pages long and half of it is supporting appendices.
So do your own reputation a favour and read the report.
Don’t rely on Post Media to form your opinion.
#Calgary
Live in Calgary, have you read the Bearspaw South
Feedermain report?
Or are you relying on what Post Media is telling you is in the report?
Just did a word search… bike lane, bag fee and blanket Rezoning are never mentioned let alone listed as causes. 🤔
#Calgary
www.calgary.ca/content/dam/...
Feedermain report?
Or are you relying on what Post Media is telling you is in the report?
Just did a word search… bike lane, bag fee and blanket Rezoning are never mentioned let alone listed as causes. 🤔
#Calgary
www.calgary.ca/content/dam/...
www.calgary.ca
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I feel like this is a “Read the Transcripts” moment for Calgary…
The good news is the report is only 88 pages long and half of it is supporting appendices.
So do your own reputation a favour and read the report.
Don’t rely on Post Media to form your opinion.
#Calgary
The good news is the report is only 88 pages long and half of it is supporting appendices.
So do your own reputation a favour and read the report.
Don’t rely on Post Media to form your opinion.
#Calgary
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Jan. 10, 9:00 a.m. update.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
❗️On Jan. 9, our water use was 504 ML which is 19 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML. We are still experiencing a strain on our distribution system.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
❗️On Jan. 9, our water use was 504 ML which is 19 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML. We are still experiencing a strain on our distribution system.
January 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Jan. 10, 9:00 a.m. update.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
❗️On Jan. 9, our water use was 504 ML which is 19 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML. We are still experiencing a strain on our distribution system.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
❗️On Jan. 9, our water use was 504 ML which is 19 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML. We are still experiencing a strain on our distribution system.
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Jan. 10, 9:00 a.m. update.
🚨On Jan. 9, our water use was 504 ML which is 19 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML. We are still experiencing a strain on our distribution system, limiting our ability to produce treated water, refill underground reservoirs overnight and move water to everyone.
🚨On Jan. 9, our water use was 504 ML which is 19 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML. We are still experiencing a strain on our distribution system, limiting our ability to produce treated water, refill underground reservoirs overnight and move water to everyone.
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Jan. 10, 9:00 a.m. update.
🚨On Jan. 9, our water use was 504 ML which is 19 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML. We are still experiencing a strain on our distribution system, limiting our ability to produce treated water, refill underground reservoirs overnight and move water to everyone.
🚨On Jan. 9, our water use was 504 ML which is 19 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML. We are still experiencing a strain on our distribution system, limiting our ability to produce treated water, refill underground reservoirs overnight and move water to everyone.
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Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m. update.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨 On Jan. 8, our water use was 508 ML which is 23 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨 On Jan. 8, our water use was 508 ML which is 23 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML.
January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m. update.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨 On Jan. 8, our water use was 508 ML which is 23 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨 On Jan. 8, our water use was 508 ML which is 23 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML.
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Some data regarding the water levels of Calgary's only current source of water: the Glemore Reservoir has dropped by almost 5% in total capacity over the past five days, going from 94.8% to 89.9% since January 3.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Some data regarding the water levels of Calgary's only current source of water: the Glemore Reservoir has dropped by almost 5% in total capacity over the past five days, going from 94.8% to 89.9% since January 3.
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More on the findings of an independent panel’s review of Calgary’s Bearspaw feeder main, including chronic underinvestment in the water system over last 20 years.
globalnews.ca/news/1160486...
globalnews.ca/news/1160486...
Calgary was ‘chronically underinvesting’ in its water system over last 20 years: report - Calgary | Globalnews.ca
The independent panel's report found the City of Calgary's water utility spent its entire capital budget only twice in the last 20 years.
globalnews.ca
January 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
More on the findings of an independent panel’s review of Calgary’s Bearspaw feeder main, including chronic underinvestment in the water system over last 20 years.
globalnews.ca/news/1160486...
globalnews.ca/news/1160486...
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#Calgary officials warn the city’s water system remains under strain, as daily demand continues to outpace what the network can safely deliver following a second major rupture of the Bearspaw South feeder main.
More here 👇 #yyc #yyccc @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
More here 👇 #yyc #yyccc @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Calgary’s water system ‘still under strain’ as feeder main repair continues: CEMA
Calgary officials say water security is just three fewer toilet flushes away as repairs continue on a fragile feeder main.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
#Calgary officials warn the city’s water system remains under strain, as daily demand continues to outpace what the network can safely deliver following a second major rupture of the Bearspaw South feeder main.
More here 👇 #yyc #yyccc @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
More here 👇 #yyc #yyccc @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...