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[[Calgary]] is the largest city in [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. It has a current population of just over one million people. The main industries in Calgary are oil and gas. Several other major Canadian corporations have their head offices in Calgary. The city has been one of the fastest growing in Canada, and the lowest unemployment rate in major centers. Because of the strong oil industry and western roots, Calgary is often referred to as the "Houston of Canada". In June 2008, Statistics Canada reported that Calgary has the highest rate of [[hate crime]] in the country, three times the national average. A white supremacist group in Calgary, The Aryan Guard, is known to recruit new members through the [[Stormfront]] organization by paying the security deposit on a new rental apartment if they relocate to the city.<ref>"Neo-Nazi group offers rent help for new recruits" 22 July 2008. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080722/nazi_cash_080722/20080722?hub=Canada CTV.ca]. Retrieved 24 July 2008</ref> Calgary is per capita the most conservative city in Canada, even more so that Edmonton.<ref>"Statscan study"[http://www.statscan.gc.ca/search&go=Go&query=Calgary.php/8429080358098085080385908340809380980809sha-340808]</ref>
[[Calgary]] is the largest city in [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. It has a current population of just over one million people. The main industries in Calgary are oil and gas. Several other major Canadian corporations have their head offices in Calgary. The city has been one of the fastest growing in Canada, and the lowest unemployment rate in major centers. Because of the strong oil industry and western roots, Calgary is often referred to as the "Houston of Canada". In June 2008, Statistics Canada reported that Calgary has the highest rate of [[hate crime]] in the country, three times the national average. A white supremacist group in Calgary, The Aryan Guard, is known to recruit new members through the [[Stormfront]] organization by paying the security deposit on a new rental apartment if they relocate to the city.<ref>"Neo-Nazi group offers rent help for new recruits" 22 July 2008. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080722/nazi_cash_080722/20080722?hub=Canada CTV.ca]. Retrieved 24 July 2008</ref> Calgary is per capita the most conservative city in Canada, even more so that Edmonton.<ref>"Statscan study"[http://www.statscan.gc.ca/search&go=Go&query=Calgary.php/8429080358098085080385908340809380980809sha-340808]</ref>
Calgary, along with a number of other areas in southern and central Alberta, were adversely affected by flooding caused by heavy rains and the subsequent overflows of the Bow, Elbow, Oldman and Highwood rivers in that part of the province in June 2013.<ref>[http://www.calgarycitynews.com/2013/06/state-of-local-emergency-declared.html State of Local Emergency declared - Calgary Flood] at City of Calgary news blog</ref> Calgary schools were closed and approximately 75,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes near the Bow and Elbow rivers due to the flooding.<ref>[http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/06/21/schools-closed-thousands-of-calgary-homes-evacuated-in-calgarys-flood-of-a-lifetime Schools closed, thousands of Calgary homes evacuated in Calgary's 'flood of a lifetime] at the ''Calgary Sun''</ref> Among the facilities in Calgary damaged by the flooding were the [[Calgary Stampede]] grounds and the Scotiabank Saddledome, the home arena of the NHL's [[Calgary Flames]].<ref>[http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=425999 Saddledome, Stampede Grounds hit by flooding in Alberta] at TSN.ca</ref>
==Calgary Sports Franchises ==
==Calgary Sports Franchises ==