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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

CBC did a transposition of votes to show the results of a Calgary-Shaw election under the Boundary commission’s new electoral maps (yes plural). We don’t know what the official map looks like just yet but this helps illustrate how a big boundary change can change thjngs youtu.be/i9tpD8VNQrs?...

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How Alberta's new boundary maps could impact election outcomes

YouTube video by CBC News Alberta

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Pssst guess who took a ride on the Thunder Run for the first time (and maybe last?) — funny enough @andrewphung.bsky.social remembers it well, describing every twist and turn to a T! Or was my ride coloured by his memory of the slide? You tell me: youtube.com/shorts/bVzTw...

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Comedian pitches one more teen night to honour Thunder Run’ slide #cbcnews #yyc #alberta

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Marked safe from the Zara “death pants” www.cbc.ca/news/world/z...

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Scoped out Eurovision 2026 in Vienna, joked I was checking it out for when Canada joins, well here we go! 😂🇨🇦

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Roadside attractions — when are they a money making pitstop, and at what point do they turn into money PITS check out this video, with yours truly behind the camera: youtu.be/nNgbzIrD_wA?...

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The economics of roadside attractions

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

@jmcelroy.bsky.social alerting you that Crumbl cookie has a Nanaimo bar flavour this month that I guess was sent to influencers who then tried to pronounce Nanaimo vt.tiktok.com/ZSQG5cpAR/

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

A new poll suggests a vast majority of Albertans agree that privacy law should apply to political parties. This, after nearly 3 million Albertans’ personal information was exposed from a copy of the voters’ list www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg

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Poll suggests 84% of Albertans want privacy law to cover political parties and candidates | CBC News

At least four in five Albertans agree that the privacy law applying to businesses should also apply to political parties, suggests a new Ipsos poll, conducted for a B.C. privacy advocacy organization.

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Corner stores are treading water - will the next generation grow up to spend allowance money at these community shops like their parents did? youtu.be/elUZSW5lPoM

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What's the future of Calgary's corner stores?

YouTube video by CBC News Alberta

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In news that’s not about separation or politics in Alberta… I tried to find out what this rail was doing under a Calgary road YT: youtu.be/BNXhwdEqQOI?... TikTok: vt.tiktok.com/ZSxVPL8w2/

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The free fare zone lives! But will it live another day?

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Ah yes, separation referendum-ception A separation referendum once removed if you will

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Went to Vienna for a week. Here’s a few things about their transit system: - no turnstiles, fare payment is an honour system - annual pass is the price of 2 monthly Calgary Transit passes, and includes more modes/frequency

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a goalie that far from the net. Does he get an upgrade for also playing defence?

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

As the province officially announces this pilot, here's a recent video I made asking engineers about the impact of matching the posted speed, and design speed, of a highway: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFhe...

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What 120 km/h could mean on Alberta highways

YouTube video by CBC News Alberta

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🥲I asked a customer service bot on the Neuron app if there are bikes this year and it said no, just scooters!

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I think every day is April Fools when there’s AI, deepfakes and and and

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Meanwhile in Canada

A car with a canoe on top driving in a blizzard

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I love Calgary in spring. Chaotic weather rollercoaster and all. Last night was the first patio hang of the season, and the first scoot of the season. Today? Going skiing ✌️🤣

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Community is hard and so important these days!

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

My name never really took off…

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🥹https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/airdrie-pathway-connection-to-calgary-1.6002506

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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

When Danielle Smith claimed 80% of federally picked judges had donated to Liberals, that was way higher than any figure I'd researched. I dug into it. Could confidently write here: "It is not true. The single media source Smith got that fact from has since corrected it." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith says court 'skewed' to Liberal donors, but UCP picks have political ties just as often | CBC News

CBC analysis suggests about one-fifth of federally named judges match with Liberal donor lists. About as many judges picked by the province likely gave to UCP.

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

How many sticks will drop this GAME?!?!? 🦫 🇨🇦

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

In times like these I wish this data was current: data.calgary.ca/Demographics... I probably didn't look hard enough to find the right dataset though and it might not be up to date cause our last civic census was in 2019

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Historical Calgary Community Populations | Open Calgary

The population, occupied dwelling count, and person per unit calculation of Calgary communities since 1968. <br /><br />These data are collected from different sources and may be based on community bo...

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

When I moved to Calgary and started working at Metro — I met Robson. I remember pitching a fairness at the pumps piece where I’d order pints at bars and check if they measured up as advertised… Silly, quirky and a story that some might scoff at. Not Robson!

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I have you seen excavators on the roof of this Kensington building? I don’t know much about demolition, but I do know when you see something strange it’s worth asking: what the heck? vt.tiktok.com/ZS578kfvf/

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Rick Garrett @ricksrambles.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

What were electric eels called before electricity was discovered?

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The last catastrophic Bearspaw feeder main failure was right around the time I started doing YouTube explainer videos for CBC Calgary — here’s a playlist youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Bearspaw Feeder Main - YouTube

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Jason and I share this tradition. It’s become an important moment of reflection for my partner and I. Last year I was home in Ottawa. I took to a quiet part of my uncle’s home to listen and my brother joined me. We both cried thinking of our grandmother — a person who loved us into this moment.

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Ok #yycbike I am in the market for a compact and light e-bike. I need to be able to carry it up and down several flights of stairs and fit it in an apartment without storage options. I have been eyeing a brompton, but am unsure on the price — thoughts? Advice?

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

University-aged me asking the same, but relevant questions: Is pizza corner still pizza corner? Discuss.

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 29/12/2025

Your local librarian here to say that it’s great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but we’re still not stopping you from reading them.

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Having to still check on Facebook occasionally for work, I have to say it has really turned into an AI video and photo cessepool. Seeing accounts pop up to peddle fake depictions of real events, like the storm that hit Alberta yesterday:

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 17/12/2025

"A Calgary woman accused of sending five emails that threatened former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis, his mother and several of his friends has seen those charges dropped after evidence was revealed in court that one of the emails was sent through an email-spoofing website..."

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She was accused of threatening a former Alberta justice minister, others — until a spoofed email came to light | CBC News

A Calgary woman accused of sending five emails that threatened former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis, his mother and several of his friends has seen those charges dropped after evidence was r...

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Someone had fun writing this header

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Helen Pike @helenipike.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Does anyone know what the Calgary budget means for non single family homes? I’d seen before adjustments multi-residential was seeing a big increase and I wonder what it means (renters?, landlords?)

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/11/2025

A big problem in urbanism: getting enough family-sized apartments built in dense areas. Without them, people come when they're young & then flee to the suburbs when they have a family.

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Cities made a bet on millennials — but forgot one key thing

Can cities learn to love kids again?

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