Many Calgarians will be looking for a reprieve from the heat this May long weekend but they won’t find it in a local outdoor pool or splash park.

Only two of the city’s outdoor pools are open and those two pools took a gamble with reduced capacity.

Despite the wet forecast, several outdoor pools are set to open in Calgary on Saturday.

Calgary’s outdoor pools have been popular locations this week with unusually warm weather. In 2003, the city proposed the closure of four of Calgary’s outdoor pools, but the community associations involved in the running of them objected. City council obliged and a non-profit group called the Calgary Outdoor Pool Association was created, which now manages...