Happy New Year, Calgary — there were days we worried you were gone for good. But you can’t keep a great city down forever. So, yes, we’re back and ready to roll into 2026.

It won’t be smooth rolling, of course. There are serious headwinds ahead, mostly on the financial front.

The Alberta government will awaken Jan. 1 with a doozy of a headache — energy prices are sliding down a cliff, and the piper will have to be paid in the year ahead. As this province’s biggest city, Calgary won’t be immune from the resulting tune played on that dusted-off austerity fiddle.

But, for now, let’s celebrate good news — after a decade of what seemed like deliberately induced division from on high, we’re finally back on track.

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