"Well, I noticed that there was a gap in the city in terms of media coverage. I was working as a freelancer and freelance budgets were being cut around town," Klaszus told CBC News. The first edition: YYC votesInitially, The Sprawl was only meant to be a temporary experiment, Klaszus said, to cover the Calgary municipal election. He sent out a poll to his financial supporters asking what they wanted him to cover next: the Calgary-Lougheed provincial byelection or the municipal budget debate. "It allows other people like Jeremy, like the Sprawl, to step into that void and cover issues that aren't being covered."

Source: CBC News November 25, 2017 15:00 UTC