Новости за 25.01.2016

Allegations spray-painted racist graffiti at a northwest LRT station were motivated by hate have been added against one of two suspects. A lawyer for Kyle Kames Mackenzie appeared in provincial court Monday where a new information charging him with publicly inciting hatred was put on the record. Defence counsel Lori MacKay waived reading of the […]

The first of three board-game cafes to open in Calgary (the others, Metal Galaxy and Boxcar Board Game Cafe, are due to open later this month and next month, respectively), PIPS Board Game Café follows a template that has proven hugely successful at Vancouver’s Storm Crow Tavern, Toronto’s Snakes and Lattes, and countless other game […]

WestJet is discontinuing 11 flights out of Calgary and Edmonton because of the economic downturn. The Calgary-based carrier announced its summer schedule Monday, which will see six fewer daily flights from Calgary’s international airport and five fewer from Edmonton. Officials with the airline are blaming the economic downturn in the province for the suspended flights. Despite the downturn, Westjet […]

There are a few ways to wear these Local Laundry T-shirts. They can be a kind of heart-on-the-sleeve gesture, announcing to the world where you’re from. Or they can be a sort of low-tech GPS, reminding you of where you’re going. For Connor Curran, they are the former; he came up with the idea while […]

Calgary police are updating the media on Sunday’s officer-involved shooting at a home in Huntington Hills. Annalise Klingbeil has the latest. For our previous story on the shooting, click here. Police chief Roger Chaffin is speaking. Says ASIRT investigating, as is standard procedure — Annalise Klingbeil (@AnnaliseAK) January 25, 2016 Police were called to Huntington […]

Montreal’s mayor doubled down in his opposition to the proposed Energy East pipeline amid questions whether the dispute could deteriorate into an east-versus-west clash among provinces. Denis Coderre, who also heads a coalition of 82 Montreal-area municipalities, triggered sharp criticisms from politicians in western Canada last week when he announced his group believes the pipeline’s environmental risks […]

Transportation Minister Brian Mason says he’ll do what he can for residents of west Calgary concerned about the massive footprint of the planned ring road, but maintains the NDP government is constrained by tight deadlines. The president of the Discovery Ridge community association worries residents are being “stalled” on the ring road issue, while the local city councillor […]

Wildrose Leader Brian Jean wants the NDP government to hold a special jobs summit to help figure out ways to help Alberta through its economic recession. It’s an idea that manages to be both worthwhile and useless. On paper, it’s worthwhile because, let’s face it, we need all the help and ideas we can get […]

Solidarity has disappeared Re: “Alberta stung by rejection,” Jan. 22. My father was a military man and we proudly lived in all parts of Canada, as well as abroad. I have always been very proud to wear the Maple Leaf wherever I travelled.  Sadly, I am not feeling quite the same. This country once stood […]

By Denis Coderre For three years now, the oil pipelines issue has mobilized the elected representatives and citizens of Greater Montreal. As president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community, I made known on several occasions our position of “zero tolerance” toward the environmental risks of transporting petroleum products by pipeline.  I have repeatedly said that when it comes […]

Why is this new Calgary community attracting attention from new homebuyers?

High school students are sitting down to write a less-weighted diploma exam this month, with hopes that results will improve under less stress and a deeper appreciation for course work. It’s the first time a majority of Grade 12 students are writing provincially mandated exams in core math, science and language courses since the weighting […]

Chelsea Carey would not use the word ‘vindicated’ to describe how she was feeling Sunday afternoon. Dumped by one team last spring, the former Winnipegger-turned-Edmontonion-turned-Calgarian captured the 2016 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties title at North Hill Curling Club, skipping her new team from The Glencoe Club to an 8-5 upset over Val Sweeting of Edmonton. […]

RALEIGH, N.C. — The game had importance, it really did — regardless of what the rest of North Carolina thought as they were immersed in a National Football League playoff just two and a half hours away. For the Calgary Flames, paying a visit to the Carolina Hurricanes meant the chance to collect two points against […]

In the absence of Micheal Ferland, suddenly, the Calgary Flames needed to make a few adjustments to their power play heading into Sunday’s game. So, Micheal Frolik was plugged into the equation — the first unit with quarterback Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan. And, if necessary, Sam Bennett was designated as the net-front presence in […]

Police have surrounded a Huntington Hills home and are telling nearby residents to take shelter in their basements after shots were fired. Several police vehicles descended on the residential community Sunday afternoon, and police will only confirm they have responded to a weapons call in the area. Police took to Twitter to warn people in […]

Hundreds of Calgarians laced up their skates and hit the ice Sunday for a good cause. It was the inaugural Skate the Lake event, a fundraiser for the Canadian Children’s Brain Cancer Foundation, held at McKenzie Lake in memory of eight-year-old Jordan Feradi. The young hockey player died in 2012 after an eight-month battle with diffuse […]

Calgary Flames (21-21-3) at Carolina Hurricanes (21-20-8) 4 p.m. MT, PNC Arena The news was no shock. David Jones will replace Micheal Ferland (who is out with an upper body/head injury) on the Calgary Flames top line tonight against the Carolina Hurricanes, a role he’s assumed for a portion of this season already. Meaning that […]

When Rita Khanchet fled her home of Damascus, Syria, with her husband and young son a month ago, she bid farewell to her brother, her sister, and other loved ones. But she was also leaving behind memories of destruction, death and a war that had claimed many lives including her father’s, a Red Cross volunteer. Arriving in Calgary […]