Новости за 11.02.2016

Robert Maxwell’s Isolde, which is playing at Theatre Junction Grand until Feb. 13, is apparently inspired by the Tristan and Isolde myth but, for me, it’s just as strongly rooted in the fable of The Emperor’s New Clothes. Isolde (Tony Vazquez) is a famous actress who is in the early stages of dementia. She is […]

A person of interest that police were searching for in connection with Lethbridge’s second homicide of 2016 has gotten in touch with investigators. Police say Jillian Wendy Across The Mountain, 54, is not considered a suspect but may have information that could help with the investigation into the death of 56-year-old Frances Candice Little Light. Across The Mountain […]

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nazem Kadri was fined US$5,000 by the NHL on Thursday for an inappropriate gesture aimed at Calgary Flames defenceman Mark Giordano during a game this week. Kadri was upset after Giordano drilled him with an open-ice hit in the first period of Calgary’s 4-3 home win on Tuesday night. Kadri made […]

Precision Drilling Corp. said Thursday it has written off 79 of its older drilling rigs, boosting a substantial fourth-quarter net loss with a decommissioning charge of $166 million, but transforming itself into an exclusively Tier 1 drilling company. As predicted, the company also eliminated its payouts to shareholders to preserve capital as North American oil and gas producers hard hit by low […]

RCMP are looking for a man who robbed a Red Deer pharmacy Wednesday afternoon armed with a needle he claimed was infected.

Mounties are searching for a suspect in a British Columbia home invasion who may now be in the Calgary area.

Police say there is no criminal investigation taking place after a woman arrived at the Peter Lougheed Centre with stab wounds Wednesday afternoon.

Like many others who travel away on vacation, I always insist on eating the local foods and visiting places of interest outside of the big cities. Admittedly wineries are at the top of my list, but I have also enjoyed a tour of an olive farm in Spain, a potato plant in Washington state, fish […]

Calgary entrepreneurs talk about their budgeting strategies

If you could be any animal in a nightclub, what would you be? A shrieking baboon, perhaps, unselfconsciously working out your primal energy on the dance floor? Or maybe for you a night out is a chance to immerse yourself in the jungle beats while, tree frog-like, contemplating your fellow creatures undetected from a corner […]

Oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit are at their peak in midwinter. Grab them while they’re bright and flavourful, and available in many more varieties than at any other time of year.   Grapefruit Cake with Lemon Drizzle With zest in the batter and juice in the drizzle, this loaf cake is a zippy little number. […]

When it opened last spring, The Beltliner quickly earned a spot on the list of best places to brunch in Calgary. Although I don’t hate brunch, waiting 45 minutes just to eat loads of carbs and fat before noon just isn’t a draw for me, so it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that my […]

It’s one of our most beloved recreational sports: accessible, affordable and sociable, not to mention one of the most effective ways to shift a few pounds. Which is why, according to Statistics Canada, 23 per cent of adults age 12 and older claim to regularly run or jog. But, next time you’re out chasing your […]

Injury or illness is something every Albertan hopes to avoid. But when they do need medical treatment, the last thing they should be saddled with is hefty parking fees. That’s the case in Alberta, just as it is in many communities across the country. The provincial government doesn’t fund hospital parking facilities, so it’s left to […]

Authenticity is the key when it comes to most things. You want to know that someone lived what they’re selling you, that it really is as much a part of them as they would have you believe, that deep down inside it actually is part of their genetic makeup. On first blush, or actually first […]

RCMP auxiliaries are invaluable Re: “RCMP limits auxiliaries,” Editorial, Feb. 2. As a younger man, I was a member of a large metropolitan police force. I even served briefly on the SWAT unit. That said, I feel that rural RCMP officers are the bravest of the brave. My back up was mere seconds, or a few short […]

The environmental do-gooder Leonardo DiCaprio has never put me in mind of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party — until I saw the movie The Revenant on the weekend. DiCaprio plays an American hunter and guide in the American West of 1823, who is viciously mauled by a bear, choked by a colleague, thrown into a shallow […]

Really, who could blame Bob Hartley? The man was on a quite a roll, after all. So why not go for broke? Why not go for win-win-win? Already, the Calgary Flames coach had been able to administer a very public spanking, quite rightly scratching the Tardy Boys – Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan, Lance Bouma – on […]

Watch hockey or hit the hay. Those were the house rules when Greg Ferland was a young lad. “Hockey is huge in our family,” Greg said. “I remember when I was growing up as a kid, my mom would always say, ‘If you want to stay up late, you’ve gotta watch some hockey.’ “If you […]

Long before Taylor Reed ever thought about earning a paycheque from the Calgary Stampeders, he was already considered an ally by the entire fanbase and likely more than a few players within the locker-room, too. Thanks to a block in the back penalty that wiped out a Brandon Banks punt return touchdown in the dying […]

In eight campaigns with the Edmonton Oilers, Ladislav Smid had experienced plenty of bad blood in the NHL’s Battle of Alberta.

It’s an image that strikes fear into the hearts of any mortgage-holding Calgarian: people mailing their house keys to the bank and saying “sayonara” to the albatross of home ownership. So it was with some head-scratching when I, along with likely a few other longtime locals, heard news reports this week that the Jingle Mail phenomenon was […]

A bleeding man was taken from a Calgary home to hospital with serious injuries early Wednesday evening. EMS was alerted to the situation in the 1600 block of 12 Avenue S.W. at around 6:30 pm and treated, assessed and transported a man in his late 20s to Foothills Hospital in serious, but non-life-threatening condition. Duty […]

Last Five Games Calgary Flames (24-25-3) vs. Maple Leafs W 4-3 at Canucks W 4-1 vs. Blue Jackets L 2-1 vs. Hurricanes W 4-1 vs. Predators L 2-1 San Jose Sharks (28-20-4) at Blackhawks W 2-0 at Nashville L 6-2 at Blues W 3-1 at Anaheim L 3-2 vs. Avalanche W 6-1 ==== Five Things […]

It’s just another week here in Alberta, as the massive layoffs roll on and our dear friends in British Columbia officially hold up Alberta as the pathetic poor cousin who lived high, spent higher and blew the family fortune. This interprovincial slagging truly was official, because B.C.’s lieutenant-governor read it out during Tuesday’s throne speech from Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal […]