Storm‑pond fixes, Peter Maher & youth e‑scooter deaths — Calgary Thursday

🚨 Crime & Public Safety

1. Calgary man charged in 2025 crash that killed a pedestrian. Police charged the man in connection with a 2025 collision that resulted in a pedestrian fatality, the city file shows; court dates were not detailed in the headline.
2. Report: 10 Canadian youths died in 2025 from e-scooter or e-bike incidents. The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program survey found 48 serious cases in 2025 including 10 deaths, 26 hospitalizations over two days and 12 ICU admissions.

🏛️ Government & Politics

1. Judge dismisses First Nation’s challenge to Alberta oilsands cleanup program over legal notice issue. The ruling cited a legal notice problem as the reason for dismissing the challenge, according to the report’s headline.
2. Alberta’s Progressive Tories nominate their first candidate ahead of an upcoming byelection. The party named its first candidate, signalling entry into the forthcoming byelection campaign, per the headline.

🌦️ Weather & Roads

1. City of Calgary to upgrade safety at 15 stormwater ponds starting mid‑August. The City announced safety enhancements at 15 high‑priority ponds, including new signage, thorny vegetation, permanent partial fencing and the Legacy Small Pond—site of seven‑year‑old Drihanna Matamona’s drowning this summer.
2. Bridgeland street project wraps up after multiple years of construction. The project in Bridgeland is reported as concluding after several years of work, per the article headline.

🏥 Health

1. Babies and toddlers are sweltering in some daycares; calls for mandatory AC arise. The headline reports that infants and toddlers are overheating in certain daycares and raises the question of mandatory air conditioning.
2. New guidance says more than two alcoholic drinks per week carries health risk. Recent scientific guidance noted in the headline recommends fewer than two drinks weekly to limit risk.

🎨 Community & Culture

1. Peter Maher, longtime voice of the Calgary Flames, dead at 79. The veteran Flames broadcaster died at age 79, as reported in the obituary headline.
2. Special Olympics highlighted by athletes and volunteers after a winning combination. The headline credits athletes and volunteers for making the Special Olympics shine.

📰 Also Today

• Okanagan wildfires hurting tourism in B.C. towns hundreds of kilometres away.
• Cemetery in Rocky Mountain ghost town gets a new landline.
• Pediatricians report an "exponential rise" in severe e-scooter injuries among youth.
• Parks Canada reports success reviving threatened fish species in Banff.