Новости за 01.02.2016

Editor’s note: We’re testing a new item this month — a morning notebook of business indicators and related stories that help paint the picture of the economy in Calgary and Alberta. We’ll be updating it Monday through Friday with the latest from the business world. Let us know in the comments below how you like […]

The avalanche that closed Highway 93 North on the weekend was accidentally triggered by one of Parks Canada’s specialists.  Around 12:30 Friday, the specialist from Jasper National Park was conducting an avalanche forecast assessment in the Parker Ridge area, which is along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. He triggered the avalanche as he was skiing.  “It […]

The Beeba Boys are in town, the Glenbow opens late and more fun things to see in Calgary this week.

Police are investigating a suspicious death in the northwest community of Ranchlands, where a neighbour says a four-year-old boy is dead. Officers were called to the 400 block of Ranchlands Grove N.W. at about 10 p.m. Saturday and found a person dead at the scene. An adult from inside the home was taken to hospital in stable, non-life […]

Alberta will provide financial incentives for companies willing to invest in petrochemical facilities as the NDP government attempts to counter an oil industry downturn with the expansion of other sectors. The program will offer incentives worth $500 million for the construction of plants using methane or propane to maker such products as plastics, detergents and […]

Now, he arrives at the CPO just in time to help the orchestra — which he used to perform with in the 1980s and '90s — celebrate its 60th anniversary, in what also happens to be Music Director Roberto Minczuk's final season as its conductor.

Confused, misinformed or unaware of a pending bylaw change, some condo and apartment building owners are still unprepared to provide mandatory recycling services for residents when a new bylaw takes effect Monday. And once that deadline passes, the city will launch a new campaign to make recycling mandatory for all businesses and organizations. “I’m getting […]

Calgary home sales and average prices dropped in January, as the real estate market’s struggles continued. According to preliminary data from the Calgary Real Estate Board, sales were down 13 per cent from January 2015. The average price dropped about 0.2 per cent to $459,874, while the median price slipped to $409,000 — a 3.1 per […]

Mike James, 83, has discovered the keys to a long and healthy life. Exercise and diet, of course. “And a good woman — it’s all you need.” He discovered that third ingredient on the dance floor of a posh hotel in Sheffield, England. “Where many wealthy people lived — doctors, lawyers, professionals,” says James. “I guess we […]

This profile is part of a series of 20 pieces spotlighting members of the Calgary music community.

This profile marks the first in a series of 20 pieces spotlighting members of the Calgary music community. The attached video is one of several special performances recorded at the Calgary Herald as part of this project. For a Q&A with Jocelyn Alice and her collaborator Hello Moth, see this link. For more Calgary 2016: Year […]

Jocelyn Alice’s musical career is kicking into high gear, with recent successes including a major record deal and a chart-topping single. The singer stopped by the Dead Storage room, in the depths of the Calgary Herald warehouse, to perform that popular song, Jackpot, along with her co-writer and collaborator on the track, Hello Moth.  Their performance is […]

High-level talks on a new charter for Alberta’s two biggest cities and upcoming amendments to the Municipal Government Act (MGA) have shut out a key voice: school boards, say Calgary public and Catholic trustees.  “We have not been at the table for conversations regarding the intersection of the MGA and school jurisdiction operations,” said Mary […]

In a glass-walled, second-floor room, Blackfoot elder Clarence Wolfleg presides over a sacred ceremony. Just below him, one can hear the crowds of students as they line up for coffee and race in and out of classrooms. He smudges paint onto the face, hands and shoulders of a woman whose white hair is pulled back into […]

Every performance by these musicians has a certain resonance. Epic drum battles The wadaiko drums used by Yamato: The Drummers of Japan have been an essential part of Japanese culture for nearly 1,500 years. Although they were typically used for religious functions, their role could be more dramatic—in feudal Japan, they were used to tell […]

CAMROSE — Nothing was going to stop Edmonton’s Jessie Kaufman on Sunday. Not even a battle with vertigo. Kaufman and partner Brock Virtue of Lethbridge earned a 6-3 win over Adam and Stephanie Enright in the final of the 2016 Mixed Doubles Curling Provincials at the Rose City Curling Club. The duo will represent Alberta […]

A bus that struck and killed a pedestrian near Standoff on Saturday night was carrying minor hockey players, Blood Tribe police say. The young hockey players were on their way home from a game when the incident occurred, shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Hwy. 2 about three kilometres south of Standoff. Police said in a […]

If you assumed that Calgary Flames' goaltender-in-grooming Joni Ortio lost his confidence along the way, well . . . guess again.

Sunday's Saddledome crowd missed the NHL All-Star Game(s). But they were treated to just about as many goals.

He figured he was on the road taken by the likes of Jonathan Toews and Zach Parise.

As corporate Calgary tightens its belt to weather Alberta’s flagging economy, purveyors of downtown parking stalls are offering online deals or slashing prices for monthly spots that once boasted lengthy wait lists. Not long ago, finding a monthly stall in the core was next to impossible, with vacancy rates hovering under one per cent and […]

Why is Canada being such a schmuck? In worldwide oil play, where every other country does whatever it can to develop its oil and gas assets, how is it that Canada is the only player actively taking itself out of the game? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s latest announcement that there will be additional delays in pipeline […]

Seven months after city council outlawed e-cigarettes in all public places except vape shops, a city review has found the new bylaw is working. At the end of June, council passed one of the most stringent e-cigarette bylaws in Canada. The rules prohibit the electronic devices everywhere traditional cigarettes are already banned, but exempt so-called vape […]

Back to work, boys. The Calgary Flames will report for duty Monday after a four-day mini-vacation during the NHL’s all-star break. They better be ready to roll, too. The Flames, who dropped three straight games before their getaways, find themselves in sixth spot in the Pacific Division standings, eight points out of a playoff position. […]

Some Shaw customers in Calgary and Edmonton had trouble making and receiving calls on their home lines on Sunday, prompting police to encourage citizens to use a cellphone or ask a neighbour for help in the event of an emergency. Some home phone customers experienced no dial tone, a fast busy signal or issues with […]