Новости за 23.01.2016

Our beloved Rockies were a well kept secret until the 1920s. It was then that tourism in one of the most beautiful places on earth really took off. Of interest is that it was way back in 1887 that Canada’s first national park-Rocky Mountains Park- was established. And thanks to the Canadian Pacific Railway, the […]

An editorial cartoon in the Financial Times this week depicted an employee saying to his boss, “Bad news, sir, we have found more oil.” It was a little black humour in a gut-wrenching week for investors where both stocks and oil prices were in free fall. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell almost 550 points […]

Mounties are investigating the death of a man on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation early Friday.

Crossing a southern Alberta bridge overweight has left a truck driver $20,000 lighter. Provincial officials say a semi-truck operator on Jan. 15 ignored warnings on Highway 22 when he drove over a damaged span on the Oldman River that was under repair. Before he continued on his way with a load of grain packed in two […]

Three people were rushed to hospital after a SUV crashed into several horses west of Cochrane late Friday.

Eight-year-old T.J. Lorenson took his math skills to the streets and ended up tabulating Calgary motorists’ worst habits. When the Grade 3 student and his classmates at Langevin Elementary School decided to count all the distracted motorists they saw in their travels, sometimes it was their parents getting busted. “We’d keep an eye on our […]

Start placing your bets now. In just five games — and eight goals during that span — Calgary Flames rookie forward Sam Bennett has put himself into the Calder Trophy talk. Yes, it’s only January. And yes, he still needs to play catch up. But, hey, if you look at the 2014-15 season and remember […]

He was a self-made billionaire, a business titan who rubbed shoulders with royalty and presidents. In one of Linda Southern-Heathcott’s favourite photos of her father, though, he is wearing a garment that speaks of another role in his epic life, one that few outside his inner circle have ever heard about. “He was the referee,” […]

One of the most valuable messages in Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s novella The Little Prince is that one sees clearly only with the heart. To that end it is fair and important to note that the new musical version of The Little Prince getting its world premier in Calgary courtesy of Theatre Calgary and Lamplighter Drama […]

As the ranks of the unemployed in the province grow, calls are mounting for Ottawa to enhance federal employment insurance benefits for laid-off workers in Alberta. New figures from Statistics Canada this week indicate the number of Calgarians collecting regular employment insurance benefits in November shot up an eye-popping 104 per cent from the same time a year ago. Across the […]

Back in the late 15th century, an Italian monk, Girolamo Savonarola, rose to prominence and power in Renaissance Florence, in part because of his oratory. One historian wrote of how Savonarola could bring an entire congregation to its knees, weeping and crying over their sins. Savonarola also attracted followers because of his calls for reform of […]

By Colin Craig “We ask, again, that you kindly refrain from contacting us . . . .”  Those are the words of the Alberta Health Services after a Calgary taxpayer tried to bring a good revenue generating idea to their attention – again.  The story traces back to 2006 and involves Scott Kellock, a Calgary […]

It’s nice that city council will consider giving small- and medium-sized businesses a tax break on Monday, but sadly, the politicians are simply addressing a problem of their own making. Property taxes have increased well beyond the rate of inflation, and when there’s been an opportunity to lessen the burden for Calgarians, city politicians have chosen […]

Stop sending money east Re: “Alberta stung by rejection,” Jan. 22 So Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is going to oppose the Energy East pipeline because, “The economic benefits are slim, with negligible job creation.” These would be pretty good points, if they were correct. Even so, they’re such good points, we should look at all […]

By Greg Clark Pipelines to get our oil to tidewater and overseas markets are vital to the economic success of our province. The obstacles new pipeline projects face, coupled with the dramatic plunge in oil prices, makes strong government support even more important. Pipelines have been wrongly identified as the villain on a number of […]

“Hello from the other side. We’ll make this call a thousand times. To tell you, be sorry, for all the things that you’ve done. Be bigger, sooner, than two parties of none. Hello from the other side….” — With a apologies to Adele It’s a song that’s getting louder by the minute, and with what […]

It’s 10 a.m. and the hill is looking, well, slick. Thanks to a cold night and no recent snow, she’s basically a skating rink tilted at a white-knuckled, 35-degree angle. It’s possible, I’m thinking, that the nut job who drives the Zamboni at the nearby outdoor rink has also made a few loops on the […]

Well … if that’s how you’re going to act, you can forget about getting invited back. Calgarians Brayden Point and Zach Sawchenko came home on Friday night and threw one heck of a party. A house-wrecker, you might say. Point scored once and added a trio of helpers while Sawchenko kicked out 38 of 39 […]

Chelsea Carey has earned another shot at Val Sweeting after a thrilling win over four-time provincial champion Shannon Kleibrink on Saturday. Carey made a tough pick with her final shot for a 5-4 win in the B qualifier at the 2016 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts at North Hill Curling Club. She plays […]

Drugging and forcing one woman into prostitution and trying to do the same to others landed a former Calgary woman an eight-year prison term Friday. Justice Earl Wilson said Amanda Katherine McGee was lucky she pleaded guilty instead of going to trial, because she would have faced a life sentence if convicted. “If this had […]

Convicted killer Nicholas Rasberry forfeited $7,500 Friday of the $60,000 bail money he posted for his release for drinking while on judicial interim release. Crown and defence lawyers made the agreement after Justice Jo’Anne Strekaf ruled the prosecution had the authority to go after the bail posted to gain Rasberry’s release — which included his […]

Yes, Sam Bennett deserves all of the attention he has been getting. But, in the background, his linemates have been enjoying some of the same glory. While Michael Frolik has been cruising along since returning from his shoulder injury on Jan. 16 (a goal on Thursday plus an assist against the Edmonton Oilers), Mikael Backlund […]

As Canadians reel from the tragedy of a school shooting in northern Saskatchewan on Friday, an Alberta father who lost his son in a school shooting nearly 17 years ago recalled the horror of that day. “It’s hard to imagine a more painful situation for people than losing a child,” said Rev. Dale Lang. “It’s […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he chastised Leonardo DiCaprio over the Hollywood actor’s harsh comments on the energy industry. The two men have both been attending the meeting of the world’s economic elite in Davos, Switzerland, where DiCaprio — a longtime critic of the oilsands — gave a speech calling for an end to fossil-fuel use. Trudeau told […]

Before you make an immediate judgment on the news of the Buffalo Bills hiring Kathryn Smith, the first full-time female coach in the National Football League, consider this perspective from Brad Treliving. Who, maybe like you, is raising daughters. Who, maybe like you, has grown up immersed in hockey. “You always use that as your […]