With two kids, two cars and a dog, the Robsons are the image of the typical family.

Having purchased a larger home in the city's northwest to accommodate their growing family, the Robsons are typical in another way as well, as they're part of a growing number of Calgarians who are upgrading to bigger and more expensive homes.

The City has announced plans for an addition to the path and bikeway along the crest of the Glenmore Reservoir.

Once completed, the "missing link" — as the section of pathway is being touted — will provide Calgarians with both a scenic resource and recreational amenity joining an existing path in North Glenmore Park to the one along the Glenmore Trail Causeway.

The City is drawing up urban design guidelines for large commercial sites, guidelines that could change the face of big box shopping in Calgary.

According to the City, the guidelines would provide consistent guidance to developers and City staff to help ensure large commercial sites create a pleasant public realm, allow for safe pedestrian and cycling movement, reduce the need for car travel within the site, are environmentally sustainable and can be adapted for other uses.

The Arrowwood Community School had its grand reopening today, less than a year after being ravaged by a fire started by an arsonist in April of last year.

About 200 people gathered in the school's gymnasium to celebrate the reopening as several school board members, members of the community spoke and classes recited poems or sang songs.

Once thought of as one of Canada's youngest cities, Calgary's aging population could have implications on the city's real estate industry.

In 2011, the first wave of Calgary's 268,000 baby boomers – those born between 1945 and 1965 - turned 65.

It is estimated that there are around 100,000 seniors living in Calgary, a number that comprises roughly 10 per cent of the city's entire population. While it has taken a full 70 years for Calgary seniors to climb from five per cent to 10 per cent of the population, estimates suggest it will only take 30 years to climb to almost 20 per cent of the population by 2040.

The Government of Canada has announced changes to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) lending programs supporting existing social housing projects.

The Government — effective immediately — will be accepting the prepayment of closed CMHC mortgages with a yield maintenance prepayment penalty consistent with private lending institutions for eligible existing social housing projects that require capital repairs and renovations.