Новости за 23.02.2016

A 58-year old Canmore man had to be heli-slung off a ledge on Mount Rundle last weekend when he fell about 30 metres during an ice climb. On Sunday afternoon, the man was climbing with two others at a popular spot known as Professor Falls on the north side of the iconic mountain in Banff National Park. “The […]

Parents, staff and community members are being asked to attend a number of meetings in the next two weeks to discuss the Calgary Board of Education’s budget for 2016-17 and beyond. The meetings, along with a chance to engage through social media, are part of the CBE’s renewed effort to better engage stakeholders around important […]

It was a dramatic takedown of an elk by a local wolf pack on a railway overpass near the Banff townsite, leading to an hour-long spectacle to slow down the trains and remove the carcass. On Sunday morning, some visitors in Banff National Park witnessed the well-known wolves attacking the female elk and reported it to Parks Canada dispatch. “The […]

Alberta’s Wildrose Opposition wants an investigation into Premier Rachel Notley’s role at a big-ticket Ontario NDP fundraiser which the Wildrose says solicited donations from companies doing business in Alberta. The Opposition says it is asking ethics commissioner Marguerite Trussler to look into Notley’s involvement in last Friday’s event, saying it raises questions around impartiality and […]

Stan Lee, iconic creator of many of your favourite Marvel comic book superheroes, is making his final round of appearances in Canada at 93 years old — but he has one important promise to keep first. He’s coming to Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo this year — several months ahead of what will be his final […]

Normally, this would be the time in the season where we would point to the Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest and quip something along the lines of “ready to heat things up” or “hot sounds to thaw you out.” Alas, El Nino and/or Leonardo DiCaprio’s carbon footprint has killed all of those easy clichés from the lazy keyboardist’s […]

Oil fell from a two-week high in New York as Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said the market should set prices in his first speech since an agreement with Russia last week to freeze output. Futures fell as much as 3.9 per cent. The proposal for oil producers to cap output at January levels […]

The 2016-2017 season begins with Disney's Newsies, the emotionally stirring new stage musical based on the cult classic live-action feature film.

Following an afternoon of back-and-forth bashing, it was simply a show of respect. After dumping the Alouettes – this is October 1969 – a few of the Calgary Stampeders had wondered about finding a decent place to wet one’s whistle in Montreal. The Als made a suggestion. And there, at a local tavern, hard man toasted […]

Despite its name, the $100 Film Festival stopped worrying about budgets early on. The festival’s name initially reflected the cost of four rolls of 8-mm film. The key word there is “film” because, while budgets now exceed $100, the festival, now in its 24th year, stands as one of only a handful of festivals worldwide […]

The duo play in the P.M. but are very active in the A.M. 6 a.m.: 0 to 100 Vocalist Chris Austman has a four-year-old son, so his day “starts at about 100 miles an hour, defending myself from a small person jumping on my bed,” he says. “A usual morning routine for me: trying to […]

Those of us who have no problem in regularly getting a good night’s sleep may never give much thought to others who suffer from sleep disorders. But scanning the number of titles in the reception area of the Calgary Centre for Sleep & Human Performance made me aware many more people than I ever dreamed have […]

HOUSTON — Anyone expecting OPEC secretary general Abdalla Salem El-Badri to offer delegates at the annual IHS CERAWeek conference here some clarity about his organization’s intentions regarding oil prices was sorely disappointed Monday. Realistically, there was not a lot he could have said about that, but it would have been helpful if some responsibility was taken for […]

It’s one heck of a day to start writing a business column in Calgary. The oil price funk is now anticipated to help push the federal deficit above $18 billion. Growth in the oilsands is projected to gear down sharply within a few years, or stall completely.  And a panel of scientists reviewing the Canada-Alberta oilsands monitoring […]

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals stood in stark contrast to the Conservatives and New Democrats during last October’s election campaign, if for no other reason than that his party promised to go heavily into debt, rather than attempt to balance the books. The notion of borrowing for infrastructure clearly resonated with many voters, who were persuaded to support […]

Lend companies the cash for cleanup Re: “Wall asks feds for $156M in bid to help laid off energy workers,” Feb. 9. I am amazed it has taken the offer of free money from government to bring to light the travesty of Alberta’s thousands of improperly abandoned wells. Thousands upon thousands of these potentially damaging wells […]

It has been a mixed bag for conservative opponents of Alberta’s NDP government. One conservative media outlet was handed a gift from the government, while another opposition movement is slowly imploding. It’s clear that conservatives of all varieties are feeling motivated these days, as the Notley government is giving them much to dislike. And it’s not […]

When Keith Morley’s sister became a single mother, he helped raise her children like they were his own and was affectionally known among family and even friends as Uncle Keith. “He was more of a dad to my children than he was an uncle,” Carol Stephens-Morley said of her brother, who was killed last week in a hit-and-run in […]

=Hall of Fame skip Cathy King lost the 2015 Alberta senior curling final when her Saville Centre team ran out of time against Terri Loblaw of Calgary, who went on to win the Canadian title.

Alberta’s mental health system is often heavy on the drugs, light on the care, hard to navigate, and so complex that many people who are already sick give up, only to grow sicker still. All that is confirmed — again — in what may be the best report on mental health care ever issued in Alberta, from an NDP […]

With the Flames already an afterthought in the Western Conference playoff race, Markus Granlund likely won’t be the last guy saying goodbye to teammates before the NHL’s trade deadline next Monday.

The long-simmering debate over Alberta’s equalization payments flares up while the government’s poll ratings go down. And then, there’s the Rebel Media controversy. The Herald’s Don Braid and Chris Varcoe dissect the political fallout from the issues at hand.

Fire crews are at the scene of a two-alarm blaze that has gutted a house in the southwest community of Killarney. Crews were confronted with flames and heavy smoke when they responded to the scene in the 3000 block of 28 Street S.W. shortly before 4:30 p.m., said Carol Henke, spokeswoman for the Calgary Fire […]

Calgary senior James Christians pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge in the slaying of his estranged wife 28 months ago. Christians, who had been charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 16, 2013, slaying of Carmel Christians, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in her killing. “This was an ambush, preceded by considerable planning,” Crown […]

Alberta must do more to deal with the deadly drug fentanyl, and prepare for similar crises in the future, says the NDP government’s review of Alberta’s mental health system. The province has already created a fentanyl response team and increased access to the Naloxone kit designed to counter overdoses caused by the drug, which has been linked to 272 […]