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Vital Signs: Calgary Foundation Vital Signs

Calgary Foundation Vital Signs: The city earned a B on this year's Calgary Foundation Vital Signs report card , despite weathering one of the largest natural disasters the province has seen, according to Huffington Post. The 2013 report card measures the vitality of the city and identifies trends and assigns grades to key issues by measuring perceptions from 846 residents and combining it with expert research and While Calgary is still not an A-student, the marks are improving and residents give the city a passing grade. The Vital Signs survey ran during the middle of the flood period and we were interested to see that there was virtually no change in grades from the pre-flood to post-flood respondents , Kerry Longpr , vice president communications at The Calgary Foundation, told CTV News. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.