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It was a good week for Calgary's post-secondary institutions. The University of Calgary landed $4.25 million in federal funding to accelerate cleantech materials research, while Mount Royal University was chosen to lead a new $5.65 million logistics and transportation hub. Both investments point to the same broader idea — that building Calgary's economic future runs through its universities.

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Calgary is getting a new hub dedicated to strengthening Alberta's transportation and logistics sector, with Mount Royal University tapped to lead the initiative.

The Alberta Logistics Centre of Excellence (ALCoE) is being established with up to $4.15 million from the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund, plus $1.5 million previously announced through Prairies Economic Development Canada — a total of $5.65 million in combined investment.

The centre aims to address some of the sector's most pressing challenges: fragmented industry networks, trade disruptions, and a growing shortage of skilled workers. Over four years, ALCoE expects to train 150 people, create 80 high-skilled jobs, and support 75 companies in Calgary through targeted training, applied research, and proof-of-concept projects.

MRU will serve as the primary lead, drawing on its existing supply chain management program and industry relationships, while an industry-led advisory committee will guide the centre's direction. Students will also have access to work-integrated learning opportunities through the program.

The timing is deliberate. Alberta's transportation and logistics sector contributed $22.5 billion to provincial GDP in 2024 and employs more than 178,000 people — and with trade uncertainty and rapid technological change putting pressure on supply chains, ALCoE is designed to help companies adapt and stay competitive.

The centre is part of Calgary's broader Innovation Strategy, which aims to generate 187,000 new jobs and contribute more than $28 billion to the local economy by 2034.

⚖️ Child pornography charges against former Calgary elementary school principal Bruce Campbell were withdrawn after he entered into a peace bond. As a condition, Campbell cannot hold a position of trust or authority over children under 16.

💉 Calgary's Sheldon Chumir supervised consumption site will close on June 30, the province announced Friday. The Alberta government says funding will be redirected toward addiction recovery services, including expanded treatment beds and more downtown outreach teams.

🚔 Calgary police have carried out three single-day enforcement blitzes downtown since November, but experts say the sweeps can't solve the city's disorder problem on their own — and some warn that clearing encampments may make things worse.

👔 A Calgary man was fired by Coca-Cola Canada Bottling after 35 years on the job, following a serious workplace injury. The company cited a rarely-used legal doctrine called "frustration of employment," which allows termination when keeping a worker becomes an undue hardship.

💔 Seven people were displaced after a fire broke out at a fourplex in Calgary's Highland Park neighbourhood early Monday morning. One woman was taken to hospital in stable condition and several cats did not make it out of the building.

🚗 Five people were injured in a three-vehicle collision in northeast Calgary late Sunday night, with two adults extricated from their vehicles and taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

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A University of Calgary research centre focused on making clean energy technologies cheaper, more durable, and more efficient has received a significant boost — $4.25 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's Innovation Fund.

The funding goes to CeFar, the Centre for Far-From-Equilibrium Nanostructured Cleantech Materials, which brings together 10 research labs across UCalgary's Schulich School of Engineering and Faculty of Science. The centre studies materials that, when driven by external forces like electric fields or temperature changes, reorganize into structures with superior properties — a behaviour researchers are harnessing to improve batteries, fuel cells, solar panels, and critical mineral extraction.

"If you want to go towards net zero, it boils down to understanding how do we actually make these technologies more accessible in terms of cost, how do we prolong their durability and how do we enhance their efficiencies," says Dr. Milana Trifkovic, who co-leads the centre with Dr. Kunal Karan.

The investment will fund new research tools that allow scientists to observe and manipulate materials at the nanoscale in real time — something that's currently extremely difficult without specialized equipment. Beyond the research itself, CeFar aims to train more than 150 students and postdocs annually, with the goal of building out Canada's cleantech workforce from the ground up.

🍴 Roy's Korean Kitchen: A family-run Korean restaurant on Macleod Trail SE, Roy's recently moved to a larger space and serves up a mix of traditional and modern Korean dishes — think short ribs, bibimbap, japchae, and ox bone soup — with a reputation for quick, friendly service.

🍴 Pat & Betty: Named after the mothers of its two founders, this European-inspired dinette and bar in Victoria Park is built around the idea of food as a celebration of togetherness — indulgent comfort food, vivid wines, and warm service in a space that feels genuinely personal.

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🎟️ Candlelight Jazz — Frank Sinatra & Nat King Cole: Studio Bell is the setting for an intimate candlelight jazz concert celebrating the music of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, with a live jazz band working through classics like Fly Me to the Moon, Unforgettable, and New York, New York. The 60-minute show runs on select dates.

🎟️ Earth Hour at the Central Library: The Arusha Centre and the City of Calgary are hosting a free Earth Hour celebration at the Central Public Library on March 28, starting at 6 p.m. — with green activities, a live DJ, traditional dancing, Lion Dancers, and a Repair Exchange where volunteers will help fix broken items on the spot. All ages welcome, no cost to attend.

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