Having lived for the past three years on three different continents and telling people where I am from on a near-daily basis I would say Calgary is NOT an international city.
Generally people ask (usually after assuming I am American): "where in Canada are you from?" And generally people stare blankly when I say Calgary (which begs the question, why did they ask where in Canada in the first place?)
A lot of people have heard the name, but don't know where it is (Is that near Toronto? near Vancouver?). I just say near the Rocky Mountains.
Sometimes you luck out and someone knows about skiing, the Stampede, the Olympics, or--very rarely--the Calgary Flames.
But I've got the Guardian here and Calgary isn't listed on the weather page's world cities list and I think that is the true litmus test!
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Shot down in Flames!
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