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Farkas warns Calgary water crisis approaches “loss-of-life territory”

Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas urgently demanded that Calgarians drastically cut their water usage or face a “loss-of-life” disaster.

Isaac Lamoureux, True North
Jan 05, 2026
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Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas urgently demanded that Calgarians drastically cut their water usage or face a “loss-of-life” disaster.

At 6 a.m. on Monday, Farkas wrote on X that water use had “slipped further into the redzone” overnight.

The mayor’s post sparked early backlash, much of it focused on city council and administration rather than Farkas…

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