Cailynn Klingbeil
@cailynn.bsky.social
Alberta-based freelance writer, editor and journalist. Happiest outside, especially urban cycling and mountain hiking. www.cailynnk.com
Gift link. "For my family, bike lanes are simply how we get around Calgary together. My kids chatter from the front box of the cargo bike, pointing out every squirrel, bus and construction vehicle we pass. It’s one of my favourite parts of the day." #yycbike www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b86a88d...
Alberta’s bike lanes aren’t a problem to be solved – they’re how people get around
I bike most days in Calgary, often with my two children
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Bike lanes aren’t a problem to be solved – they’re how people get around. Cycling lanes need to be treated as transportation infrastructure, not a transportation problem, by @cailynn.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Alberta’s bike lanes aren’t a problem to be solved – they’re how people get around
I bike most days in Calgary, often with my two children
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This week I wrote three stories, all surfacing from overlooked public documents in Alberta. On Monday, we revealed that power generators are expecting wholesale electricity prices in Alberta to triple when first data centres come online. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/20/a...
Alberta electricity industry expects tripling of power prices from data centres
In Capital Power's latest earnings call, the company's CEO, Avik Dey, told analysts that he couldn't rule out prices of "$80 or $90" per megawatt hour of electricity by early 2028. By 2029, rival comp...
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I took another strange trip back home to check in on the independence movement during Stampede. What I found was a city that - outside the die-hards on other side - seems to want to pretend like none of this is real.
"Alberta wants to profit from the AI boom by building power- and water-hungry data centres. In one town, the neighbours had other ideas." macleans.ca/longforms/th...
The Farmers Who Fought a Data Centre—and Won - Macleans.ca
Alberta wants to profit from the AI boom by building dozens of power—and water—hungry data centres. The neighbours have other ideas.
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Boy, the Alberta Transportation's new Barbaric Urban Bicycle Lanes Tip Line, and that drop-down menu sans "Other" field. www.alberta.ca/report-conce...
Check out @shifter.info's video on choosing a cargo e-bike. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIhb... Plus look at what I'll do for the sake of research.
someone buy Blake's bike so I'm not tempted to do so
Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦@blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 2mo agoHey #YYCbike, i'm selling my beloved Riese & Müller Packster 70 cargo bike. Dual battery (both recently replaced), custom rain cover, winter tires, twice yearly serviced at @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social, excellent condition. Replacement cost >$14k. Asking $7,200 www.facebook.com/share/14fE3J...
When we talk about building more affordable housing in #yyc, I think of the triangle site in Sunnyside slated for affordable homes for more than a decade. 🤯 Attainable Homes broke ground there in May. This story gets into non-market housing delays: www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #yyccc
Calgary’s efforts to boost non-market housing mired in delay
Improvements introduced by housing strategy, alongside funding programs, have been slow to meet the scale of the challenge
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Another very fun Sunday morning joining the #yycbike #kidicalmass ride. Thanks to @whoalansi.bsky.social for organizing and @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social for the cookies!
Thanks to some bike holder hooks from Etsy, we can now easily carry 2 kids and 2 kids' bikes on the cargo bike. #yycbike #yegbike #cargobike
They’re packaging it like this so it looks like a shallow trend, but Gen Z has gone through two financial crises, a pandemic, rising fascism, active shooter drills since they were toddlers, and are now being told by the oligarchy they’re to be replaced by robots. Socialism is the logical conclusion.
The Economist@economist.com · 2mo agoThe next generation of illiberal leftism is gaining ground. It is time to fight back econ.st/3RPYFPV
✨🚲🌈Join us June 14 for the best party in town before 11am! 🌈🚲✨ Our route will ride through Sunnyside, with an after party at Riley Park. Kids, parents, and adults of all ages are welcome. More information coming soon. #yycbike
I’m at Calgary Climate Week today, lots of good presentations about climate mitigation technologies and strategies. Not one mention yet of the simplest and most cost effective tool for fighting climate change:
Mr Bean Holiday: Rowan Atkinson on Bicycle
Alt: Mr Bean Holiday: Rowan Atkinson on Bicycle
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Impromptu summertime hamburger night with some of our favourite neighbours. We may need a bigger garage…
Back from a lovely backcountry trip! I forgot how refreshing no cell service for a few days feels. Plus the mountains were beautiful, the weather was perfect, and we saw a bear (from a very safe distance).
As promised, I went ahead & set the dates for this summer's Kidical Mass rides! Hope to see you out there #yycbike
Important read, plus glad to see this included: The Times is currently hiring for a Western correspondent in their Canada bureau, with a posted salary range that goes up to $235,000—around three times what the average Canadian journalist makes.
Michelle Cyca@michellecyca.com · 3mo agonew from me, at @thewalrus.ca: it is, in fact, a big deal! thewalrus.ca/the-new-york...
"Farkas said he thinks the bike lane debate is a “channel changer” away from other controversies the province currently faces." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Agree -- and I wrote about this last summer: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #yycbike #yegbike
Calgary mayor calls province's focus on bike lanes 'symbolic virtue-signalling' | CBC News
Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen is considering legislation that would give the province more oversight of local bike lanes, but some Calgary city councillors believe the province should focus o...
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🚨New paper about the second largest tsunami ever recorded, just published in @science.org A short 🧪⚒️🌊 thread #EGU26 @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social doi.org/10.1126/scie...
A 481-meter-high landslide-tsunami in a cruise ship–frequented Alaska fjord
Early in the morning of 10 August 2025, a >64 × 106 m3 landslide struck Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska. The landslide was preconditioned by glacial retreat caused by climate change. The resulting 481 m run...
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"Alberta’s democracy was stolen. It was sold for profit. And loaded up onto a far-right mobilization app by a pro-sovereignty group called the Centurion Project." thewalrus.ca/how-did-an-a...
How Did an Alberta Separatist Group Get Its Hands on the Voter List? | The Walrus
The data breach, likely the largest in Canadian history, raises urgent questions about election security
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Learned from my 101-year-old grandfather that one problem of being a centenarian is that airlines apparently only have a 2-digit age variable, meaning that every time he shows up at the airport, the data in the system at the check-in counter thinks he's a 1-year-old unaccompanied child.
The Calgary Urban Affairs Book Club meets tomorrow night! Come out for a timely conversation, plus author Jessica Barrett will join in the second half. No RSVP necessary. #yyc #yyccc
Cailynn Klingbeil@cailynn.bsky.social · 4mo agoAfter a five (!) year hiatus, the Calgary Urban Affairs Book Club is back. Please share with anyone you think may be interested. #yyccc #Calgary #yyc
“Drive until you qualify.” That’s the advice Canadians long followed to find an affordable home. But no one talks about how much that “drive” can cost you: about $140,000 over nine years. Read @cailynn.bsky.social's story:
Your car is a second mortgage (actually)
The 30% rule is how Canadians measure housing affordability, but it's missing half the picture.
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Stop scrolling! Get off your phone! Come have a conversation with real people! @cailynn.bsky.social and I are bringing back the Urban Affairs Book Club after. Read the book & discuss w other cool Calgarians interested in urban issues on April 28. We'll even hear from the author in the 2nd half. 🎉
