Новости за 19.01.2016

Luxury homes worth more than $2 million appeared to be the hardest ones to sell in Calgary’s real estate market last year. Data supplied by the Calgary Real Estate Board indicates that while all MLS sales in the $1-million-plus category fell by 39.6 per cent in 2015 compared to the previous year, transactions for those properties […]

Barry Morishita takes over as new mayor of Brooks.

Ten years in, things are looking pretty peachy for Sled Island. Er. Sorry, Peaches. On Tuesday, the Calgary alternative music and arts festival announced that it had brought Canadian artist Peaches on board as the guest curator for its 2016 event, which will take place June 22-26 at various locations around the city. “We’re really […]

Calgary’s retail real estate market remained resilient during 2015 despite the drop in discretionary spending, says a new report by Barclay Street Real Estate. The overall vacancy rate rose to 2.7 per cent, up by 0.4 per cent from 2014. “The major impact on vacancy stemmed largely from successive retail chain store closures with Big […]

By Ricardo Miranda My name is Ricardo Miranda. I’m a member of the legislative assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Cross, and I’m a proud resident of northeast Calgary. However, before I was any of these things, I was a refugee, fleeing a wartorn country, hoping for a better life. I was born in […]

The death of a 78-year-old woman found inside a south side Lethbridge home Sunday has been ruled a homicide.

A Radisson Heights resident got a rude awakening early Tuesday morning when she was awoken by the sound of gunfire and found a hole in her bedroom wall. Police got the call to a fourplex in the 2700 block of 10th Avenue S.E., around 2:20 a.m. When they arrived, they determined the shot had come from an […]

As far as co-headlining tour’s go, it’s a biggie. And it’s headed to Calgary this summer. Musical legend’s Sting and Peter Gabriel have teamed for the Rock Paper Scissors tour which they’re taking on the road for a 19-city North American jaunt stopping in town for a July 23 Saddledome show. The final date of the […]

Kevin O’Leary, Bishop Henry and campaign finance set the backdrop for a look at who won the week in Alberta politics. Herald Columnist Don Braid and Politics Editor Chris Varcoe take a look at the issues moving to the front burner this week.

Sardine cans Re: “Transit officials ‘unmask’ new CTrain car,” Jan. 15. The new CTrain cars unveiled last week look very nice and shiny, and they have some nice features. LED lights, wow! However, when I am waiting for the train at 6:45 a.m., I will be hoping for the old cars. The seating arrangement demonstrates that […]

There are probably many ways to describe the new “best practices” guidelines for LGBTQ students in Alberta, but “totalitarian” is not one. Frankly, it’s rather hard to see how voluntary guidelines for schools boards — which are intended to reflect Alberta’s human rights legislation — are even remotely totalitarian in nature. It’s especially ironic that such an […]

A carrot is always better than a stick, and city council cannot keep hitting speeding motorists with a stick and expect results. This month, a city committee is going to look at a recommendation to reduce the speed limit in residential areas from 50 km/h to 40 km/h. In a perfect world, perhaps it’s not […]

When it comes to aging, it’s a man’s world — or at least it’s a “middle-aged “man’s world. Otherwise, how could one explain an abundance of grey hair as being considered sexy and crow’s feet perceived as distinguished? This couldn’t ring truer for Dave Kelly. After more than 20 years in show biz (as a presenter, actor, […]

I am Sam. Sam I am. While no one’s sure of his fondness for Green Eggs and Ham, what Sam Bennett definitely does not like is not contributing, not excelling, not winning. “He’s got that ‘It’,” is how Calgary Flames’ GM Brad Treliving puts it. Succinct, but apt. ” ‘It’ being star quality, a table-tipping […]

Enmax terminates Battle River Power Purchase Arrangement; unloads contract to Balancing Pool

Schools within the Calgary Catholic School District will continue to uphold existing policies of inclusiveness and respect for gender diversity after Bishop Fred Henry’s comments last week that provincial diversity guidelines are “totalitarian” and contrary to church teachings. Jennifer Woo, supervisor of instructional services, religious education and family life for the Calgary Catholic School District, said […]

Kevin Yablonski still curls in the same pants he wore seven years ago at the Canadian junior championships. There’s a small Alberta crest on the back left leg that gives them away. On Monday he could call them his lucky pants. The 2009 Alberta junior champion secured his first trip to the men’s provincials as […]

It’s great to feel brand new again. Especially if you’re veteran Calgary blues act the Kirby Sewell Band, who on Monday night were named the New Artist of the Year at the 19th Annual Maple Blues Awards Gala in Toronto. The hardworking, local party-starters, who are led by frontman Kirby Sewell, beat out Cécile Doo-Kingué, Jenie Thai, Samantha […]

Moody’s Investors Service left the province’s prized credit rating unchanged at Aaa Monday, but it was a backhanded compliment, couched in warnings about Alberta’s growing debt and the shaky fiscal future. The NDP government was mildly relieved. It could have been worse. A second credit rating downgrade, following Standard & Poor’s recent demotion to AA+, would have been deeply […]

As a left winger, Glenn Frey made a pretty fair vocalist, guitar player and keyboardist. “They were … OK,’’ says Charlie Simmer, part of the L.A. Kings’ fabled Triple Crown line when the Eagles had established themselves as a California mellow-rock sensation. “A lot of Hollywood stars played hockey back then. They weren’t as clumsy, as […]

City manager Jeff Fielding unveiled Monday a major leadership and departmental shakeup he says will break down entrenched departmental silos, streamline development approvals, and prioritize capital projects.  “From an organizational standpoint we needed to adjust and refocus our efforts,” Fielding told reporters, following a six-hour, closed-door session with council and top city bureaucrats, where they discussed […]

A second major bond rating agency has changed its credit outlook for Alberta. Moody’s is shifting its outlook to negative from stable, but Alberta retains its triple-A rating. “The negative outlook for the province of Alberta reflects the rising risk that the province’s fiscal position will deteriorate further than previously expected in an environment of […]

Meet the 2016 champions in the Novice divisions during Esso Minor Hockey Week 2016.

The billionaire shareholder who became the public face of Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. opposition to a hostile takeover bid says he is now a big fan of bidder Suncor Energy Inc. and plans to continue to own it after swapping his five per cent stake in COS. The sharp slide in oil prices from the […]

A Calgary police officer under investigation after a rifle and police notebooks were stolen from his personal vehicle will not face criminal charges. The three-year member of the force, identified by sources as Const. Stephen Baker, was cleared Monday in a criminal investigation by the Edmonton Crown prosecutor’s office. Baker remains the subject of an […]