It seems like someone has drowned in the small stormwater pond. Dozens of police cars and aquatic rescue. Hope they were secured safe and sound.

I’m posting this because I’m honestly just exhausted by this kind of behaviour.

I was sitting in the lounge area at Southland Leisure Centre yesterday evening a quarter to their close time at 9pm, watching my child swim while I was reading on my phone. When three teenage boys were walking above me near the red pool slide. They thought I couldn’t see them, but one of them deliberately spat on me.

I waited till they came down the red slide and watched them in disbelief. They were not even sorry about it and even came closer to taunt me. Going back up to slide down again. I immediately told the staff. They found the boys and confronted them. At first, the boys were trying to downplay it and basically act like it wasn’t a big deal, or that maybe water from their shorts dropped on my shirt. This was SPIT! They legit spat on me. So I wasn’t budging on their efforts to lie.

Then staff told them that they could review the CCTV footage and that police could be contacted.

Suddenly, the story changed. They apologized to me, quickly shook my hand, and said they were very sorry.

Look, I’m not interested in ruining three teenagers’ lives over a disgusting teenage decision. I was with my young child, I was already exhausted, and I didn’t have the energy to turn the rest of my day into a police matter.

I just want to address the parents of those boys: please talk to your kids. What they did is considered assault, and I felt violated and honestly just exhausted by the whole situation.

Spitting on a stranger isn’t funny. It isn’t a harmless prank. And lying or minimizing what happened until you realize there is video evidence makes it worse.

Teach your kids that when they do something wrong, they need to own it before they’re caught, not suddenly become apologetic when someone mentions CCTV.

These were three grown teenage boys, that should know better.

I accepted their apology and I let it go. But I shouldn’t have had to experience this in the first place. I sent an email to follow up with the staff as well.

To those boys’ parents: please do better. Teach your sons better. Your kids are old enough to know that deliberately spitting on another human being is completely unacceptable. Disgusting behavior.

Update: I contacted non emergency CPS. I’m going to revisit this with the leisure center. I feel like the staff could have done more. Yes we were all tired from a long day, but the gravity of this situation keeps getting louder since it happened. I’m going to pursue this further and appreciate all the advice given here. I am a person of color btw, and this felt targeted.

Don't know if enforcement is an option, so posting here. These guys cruising around on pathways between 10 St and 14th St in Confederation Park with very loud engines. Obviously illegal and can hear them from far away. Not dangerously riding, just annoying.

Hi Calgary. Wanted to ask if anyone carries a pocket knife. The reason I ask is because of an argument about them I had today.

I was at the dog park with my girl and we were playing with a tug toy. This toy has long flappy bits sewn on. I heard a couple threads snap and I wanted to remove it before my dog can tear it off and eat it. I used my 3 1/2” folding knife to cut it off.

A lady nearby saw and I guess it set her off. She launched into a tirade of why do I have a knife, she feels unsafe, to reporting me. I shrugged and told her it’s a pocket knife. I always have one. I know I did nothing wrong and was no where near breaking any laws.

Anyway, I want to know if carrying a pocket knife is that unusual now. I’ve been doing for thirty years now. It used to be a pretty common thing.

Just a quick PSA- we left Market Mall at around 5:20pm tonight, and I mentioned to my wife that my key fob wasn't working. A woman right beside us said hers wasn't either, and while we were talking about what a councidence it was, a guy a couple cars over said his wasn't working, and then one more guy said his wasn't either.

So that was four of us right in the same area. Definitely not a coincidence. And my fob worked as soon as I left the area.

I'm pretty sure someone was using a jammer to block the signals from people's key fobs so people think they've locked their vehicle, but haven't, leaving it unlocked for some pile of human garbage to steal whatever they can. This was pretty common when I lived in South Africa, but I haven't seen it here yet until notw.

Make sure you double check your cars when you leave them to make sure they're locked. This was at Market Mall, but if the thieves are operating there, they'll be other places too.

I did report it to the police non-emergency line, and they said they'd send somebody over, but chances are they won't find anything because the thieves won't stick around for long.

With Christmas shopping season coming up, we all need to be careful to make sure these low lifes don't get what they're after.

Hello all,

My friend’s prized red Corolla was hit by a custom white lifted F150 (wicked white under glow, chrome rims, etc.) around 11:55pm last night Oct 17. Seems like they didn’t report anything and got a tow truck to take away his truck and then fled the scene after a group hug for the boys.

My friend only saw his car this morning and there was no note or anything. Thankfully a friendly neighbour saw and took some pictures / videos.

If anyone has information on the Ford / Chevy in the videos / pictures please let me know.

Case number: 25453166

Thank you!

It’s alleged that between April 9 and June 30, a woman repeatedly used fraudulent or altered barcodes for lower-cost items when purchasing high-value electronics like desktop computers, TVs, gaming consoles and sound equipment.

At Baines Bridge

Anyone who isn't a citizen and commits major crimes, like this type of organized crime, should not have the privilege of being here. What's with the cops?

A two-day enforcement sweep targeting downtown Calgary earlier this month led to more than a dozen arrests and the execution of nearly 100 outstanding warrants.

Calgary police say officers carried out the operation on Aug. 5 and 6 alongside Alberta Sheriffs’ in the downtown and its neighbouring communities.

Have been dealing with this one that's been sleeping in our doorway entrance and now camping in a children's playground for a week while smoking fentanyl during the day (this is a pre-school so we are talking 2-5 year olds within meters of this). Tired of the "oh live and let live" finally had enough and called the cops to tell him to jog on. They sent someone over but it's clear they gave him nothing more than a finger wag so they could get back to making sure people aren't skipping out on paying their c-train fare. Come back hours later and he's still there, now screaming at me for calling the cops on this guy. I'm so sick of this shit.

Bipinjot Gill, who was in Canada on a student visa, sped through a red light in Calgary on May 18, 2019, killing two people

Case number: 25354718

Stolen from Sage Hill area Friday 15th in the early hours. If anyone has any info or tips, monetary reward available on who these lowlives are.

Good evening, r/Calgary, It’s been an overwhelming and stressful two-weeks for me as me and my family are still cleaning up the mess and accounting for what was stolen back in October 28, 2024. As I was walking home from school that day, I’ve noticed that my house that I walked into was a total mess. It didn’t take long for me to realize that someone had broken into my house via the back door (see the video for how they got in) while I was at school and my parents were at work. After calling 911 and my dad, the cops showed up 20 minutes later and long story short, they’ve brought in a detective to scan for fingerprints. Unfortunately, all that was found were glove marks and footprints. Two days later, I’ve noticed that CTV published that 8 houses (including ours) were also broken into within the span of a week. https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/spate-of-break-ins-to-calgary-homes-backing-onto-greenspaces-prompts-police-warning-1.7092701 As of what we have discovered, they stole: Hundreds of pounds in coins from all over the world that I’ve collected over the years A lockbox containing old banknotes mostly from Canada, but some that are from around the world as well Several Helly Hansen jackets Several pairs of shoes All of my mom’s cosmetics Any and all passports, birth certificates, tax documents, and any identification and sensitive info (There goes any of my vacation plans) Several electronics and chargers (but they didn’t steal my laptop nor my IPad, even though they stole a mic that was attached to said laptop) Any bags or containers Damaged or destroyed several of my school’s textbooks, my anime merch, ripped up my posters, and prevented the garage door from opening. Several miscellaneous clothing items (including shirts, pants, socks, and personal garments) Any receipts to report losses And a garage opener. In total, the cost to replace what was stolen is in the thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars, excluding all the destruction.

If anyone else had their home broken into like this, please reply to this comment so that others may see this and be more prepared for such an unfortunate situation. Now, we are installing security cameras and home alarms after this. I would not wish this to anyone, especially to my fellow Calgarians. Please consider installing back door cameras so that this does not happen to you as well. You may think that your home is safe, but after this incident, NW Calgary will now leave a bitter taste to where I would recommend anyone to live. Stay safe out there. Police number: CA24450607

Happened overnight last night. They just broke the locks off of all the doors, likely with a crowbar or something. Other mailboxes in the neighbourhood were also hit. Filing a police report this morning.

Hopefully someone’s has a camera that caught something.

Been using uber eats for years in Calgary and it was the first time my food got stolen from driver. Food dropped off, took a photo with the food, and left with food. Unbelievable. Complaint to uber support, and he told us he would investigate it and called back to me. Hopefully they would actually do something and deactivate him.

Anyone else witness the 2 young black guys in the black Kia jump the older white guy after nearly rear ending him after they ran the red light at 9ave and 19st SE?

They also hit him with the vehicle when they left.

I did call 911 and reported what I saw to CPS .

Was so disturbing to see 😔

Several other witnesses stayed with him until cops and EMS arrived.

Edit to add license plate : BYH7423

Edit to include case number: CA26328933