Back to School Safety

Alberta Health Services EMS would like to remind parents and students of safety tips as the school year begins again this fall. Pedestrians and motorists both have a key role to play – road safety is a shared responsibility.  Motorists Pedestrians

Glenmore Landing Redevelopment – Substantive Change in Land Use

Attached is the revised Circulation package received from the City for Glenmore Landing development. This updated Circulation Package represents a substantive change to the previous land use application. There is a significant increase in the number of buildings, the height of buildings and changes to the surrounding municipal reserve/parklands affected.  There is also 265% increase in the projected density and occupancy numbers. The new proposed height in each tower is: NOTE: Calgary DMAP states that […]

Help Get Procedural Fairness is Dealings with the City and Defend our Neighborhoods, Parks and Drinking Water

by Donating to the PALLISER BAYVIEW PUMPHILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (PBP CA) Legal Defense Fund Dear Calgarians, With our growing population and need to make difficult decisions, we must define our priorities and determine what we need, cherish and want to maintain in our beautiful City. We, at the Palliser Bayview Pumphill Community Association (PBP CA) believe that Calgarians should be spared unnecessary and avoidable traffic congestion and problems with parking and pedestrian safety. We believe that public parklands, wildlife habitat, and […]

Casino Volunteers Needed

February 20, 2024 PBP Community Association 0

PBPCA’s Fundraising Casino has been scheduled for September 27 and 28 2024 at the Deerfoot Inn and Casino. We are looking for volunteers to fill a variety of positions on both days. No experience needed! Casino funds keep the lights on for our Community Association. They go towards utilities, maintenance, facility improvements, and more. As we jump into 2024 the CA is looking to offer more and a successful casino is how we make that […]

Addressing Calgary’s Housing Crisis Wisely

February 13, 2024 PBP Community Association 0

We are all aware of the housing crisis facing our City, with the number of people moving here.  Despite the increasing cost to buy or rent a home, it seems more affordable than Vancouver and Toronto. Finding the right way to provide affordable / subsidized housing is a serious challenge. We have to be careful so as not to experience the extent of problems with homelessness that cities like Vancouver and Portland have had.  If and […]

Community Associations – Duty to Advocate in Planning Matters

February 13, 2024 PBP Community Association 0

Duty to Advocate and Shared Concerns As confirmed  in  the City of Calgary website: https://www.calgary.ca/communities/community-associations/general-information.html#def confirms that, according to City guidelines, Community Associations (CAs) are expected to both promote the protection of their community’s natural resources and beauty and voice community concerns on issues affecting their community. Further, it is confirmed at https://calgarycommunities.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Establishing-a-Community-Association-Summary-for-External-Use.pdf  that the PBPCA is expected to provide information to residents through a newsletter and/or web presence,  act as a unified voice on issues affecting the community and provide input into the planning […]