everythingcalgary.com isn't owned by a media group or a broadcaster. It's an independent, locally owned guide to Calgary and the Calgary Region — and everything on it, for everyone, is free to read. If it's useful to you, help us keep it running.
No vague promises. Here is where the money goes, in plain terms.
Headlines, events, obituaries, road conditions, gas prices, air quality and cinema times are pulled in around the clock from across the Calgary Region — so one page tells you what's happening today.
Every business in the region has a page here whether they pay us or not. Non-profits post events free, forever. That is deliberate, and it's the part that costs us rather than earns us.
Our anonymous wellness service needs no login and no name, and the conversation is encrypted with a key we never hold. It exists because the alternative in a small city is often nothing at all.
Any amount genuinely helps. Monthly helps most — it's what lets us plan past next month.
How would you like to give?
🔒 Payments are handled by Stripe. Your card details are entered on Stripe's own page and never touch our server. Cancel a monthly contribution any time.
Sponsorship is not advertising — your listing is already here and already free. This is for businesses who want to visibly back something local, and get real placement while they do it. Every tier is month-to-month with no contract, and a real person will contact you within one business day to set up your placement.
Everyone here chose to be named. ♥ marks a monthly supporter.
Genuinely. A site nobody uses isn't worth funding — using it is support.
No — and we'd rather say so plainly than let you find out at tax time. everythingcalgary.com is a locally owned business, not a registered charity, so we cannot issue a charitable receipt. What you're doing is backing a local business you find useful, the same way you'd back a local paper. You'll get an email receipt for your records, but it is not a charitable donation receipt.
Server and hosting costs, the data services behind the news, events, gas prices and listings feeds, the AI that powers the wellness service and the local news summaries, and the time it takes to keep 10,000+ listings and the events calendar accurate. It is not a big operation — which is exactly why a handful of monthly supporters makes a real difference.
Yes. Everything is processed by Stripe, and your card number is entered on Stripe's own hosted checkout page — it never reaches our server, so we could not store it even if we wanted to. We keep your email for the receipt, and your name only if you asked to be listed.
Any time, no reason needed and no awkward retention conversation. Reply to your receipt email or use the contact form and we'll stop it the same day.
No paywall — ever. The whole reason this page exists is so the site can stay free to read. Local businesses can pay for featured placement, and that plus community support is the model. If you're reading this, nothing on this site will ever be locked behind a payment.
Say so in the message box above, or get in touch. If you want your contribution going to the wellness service, event coverage or the local news gathering specifically, we'll put it there and tell you what it did.
