Calgary residents asked to be patient ahead of G7 summit in Kananaskis [Video]

It’s an exciting time to be a Calgarian, as world leaders and a small army of delegates will touch down in Alberta over the coming days for the G7 summit in Kananaskis.

The annual Group of Seven (G7) summit brings together the leaders of seven of the world’s advanced economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the European Union.

Canada assumed the presidence of the group for 2025, thus is hosting this year’s gathering from June 15 to 17 in the Alberta rockies west of Calgary.

For weeks, various stakeholders such as police and the military have been preparing for the high-security gathering.

On Wednesday, Mayor Jyoti Gondek and city general manager Doug Morgan laid out some of the changes Calgarians will see, focusing on increased congestion in the downtown core, as well as the airport.

Gondek is asking Calgary …