Despite what CTV, Global, and all the other local TV and Radio stations say (forget newspapers, we stopped counting those 15 years ago when they checked out), here are the most popular news stories in Calgary in 2024. What’s interesting to note is that all but one post came after July 10. The first half of 2024 must have been uneventful.
#10 COP is a super villain’s secret base
2,900 Upvotes and 480 comments
July 21, 2024
Another amusing post where people were asked which Calgary landmark would make the perfect base for a super villain.
#9 An Onion for Halloween
3,600 Upvotes and 267 comments
October 31, 2024
Just a funny post about a man adding an onion to the Halloween treats to see if anyone would pick that over candy – and a few people did!
My husband thinks he’s funny. So far 16 kids have chosen candy and 2 have chosen onion
byu/CirclingBackElectra inCalgary
#8 Ungrateful Immigrants
4,400 Upvotes and 107 comments
October 21, 2024
There’s a lot going on in the world these days and somehow, Trudeau took it upon himself to bring a million refugees to Canada without filtering out the criminals. This post is about the mess being created in Calgary by a few of those immigrants.
#7 Deerfoot Driving
4,500 Upvotes and 430 comments
April 4, 2024
A common post about Calgary’s Ram pickup truck drivers was very popular this past spring. To add context to the post, Ram 1500 drivers tend to be young losers who, one day, will look back on their lives and think owning a Ram truck all those years ago was the biggest highlight.
#6 Westbrook Walmart Tire Theft
4,500 Upvotes and 220 comments
December 23, 2024
This post turned out to be a little bit of click bait. What looked like the tire theft of a police vehicle was a request tire change.
#5 Construction company illegal dumping into a protected wetland
5,200 Upvotes and 553 comments
August 21, 2024
#4 Polite Bus Passengers in Calgary
6,100 Upvotes and 1,900 comments
July 10, 2024
#3 Delay, Deny, Depose
7,300 Upvotes and 238 comments
December 29, 2024
The #1 and #3 posts are on the same topic of the fraud heath providers commit on their customers. A very popular comment was, “They underfund healthcare in Alberta to make it seem like the only way out is privatization…”
#2 The Infidelity Sign Posted in a Calgary Neighbourhood
70,000 Upvotes and 394 comments
November 15, 2024
The most reasonable comments on this was, “One person violated their marriage contract and it wasn’t this woman. She is a THIRD PARTY” and “Blast the husband too”
#1 Graffiti and Health Care
22,000 Upvotes and 1,900 comments
December 15, 2024
“It’s not just about health insurance. It’s about how we’re collectively getting screwed by corporate interests with the help of their bum chums in government.”
