Новости за 05.03.2016

When his lifelong struggle with asthma became too much for Sham Kumar, he knew it was time to leave his hometown of Malerkotla in India’s Punjab region. The heat, the humidity and the air quality were beyond what he could handle so he and his family moved to Montreal. Then comments about Alberta’s cool, dry […]

PITTSBURGH — The explanation is simple enough. When Jakub Nakladal scored his first professional deal in his hometown of Pardubice, Czech Republic, his favourite jersey number — No. 14 — was already spoken for. “So I picked 87,” Nakladal said. “Because of when I was born.” Makes sense. After all, Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby […]

Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with the death of a woman in southern Alberta nearly a year ago.

As with many of his sculptures, the early glimmers of inspiration for Still Life with Canes came to Walter May from an unusual object he came across. It was a tree, nestled between houses in his Charleswood neighbourhood in northwest Calgary. He observed it for years. It was oddly shaped and further altered on a regular basis by a green-thumbed neighbour, who […]

Had it not been for looming deadlines, Robert J. Sawyer would have happily named the chief antagonist in his new book Donald Trump. It’s not a huge stretch. Quantum Night, the slightly futuristic new novel from Canada’s sci-fi master, mixes real-life politicians into a chilling what-if scenario. In the year 2020, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, for instance, is our prime minister. […]

A state funeral is being held this morning for former Alberta premier Don Getty.

City police are investigating reports of shots fired in the Beltline early Saturday, just days after the sound of gunfire rang out in the area during the afternoon rush hour.

For years in the mid-1980s, Charles Ng would visit Sean Doyle every night. It was always the same nightmare. But Ng, one of America’s most notorious serial killers, was never the aggressor in the dream. He was always helpless, stranded in a bear pit at the zoo. Doyle had a high-powered rifle with a telescopic sight. Night after night he […]

It has been almost eight months since Margaret McCuaig-Boyd was sworn in as Alberta’s energy minister. To say she has been on an epic learning curve since then would be an understatement. The most recent instalment of her energy education occurred during IHS CERAWeek, which concluded last week in Houston. McCuaig-Boyd stayed through the weeklong conference where she heard […]

Nathan Pronyshyn insists Verb Theatre’s The Fight or Flight Response is not your typical night out at the theatre. “There’ll be punching, kicking, wrestling, grappling, grunting, shouting and sweating and not a single fake punch,” says Pronyshyn when he describes the play as a love story. It’s about love for mixed martial arts and why […]

Like the hilltop remains of its former papal summer palace, the wines of Chateauneuf-du-Pape stand tall in France’s hot and windy southern Rhone River valley.

Compassion for those who are suffering Re: “Be careful what you wish for,” Letter, March 4. I am shocked at the responses I have been reading with regard to doctor-assisted dying. The letter writer is suggesting that the wealthy will knock off family members to receive an early inheritance! What is wrong with you? Do you […]

There’s no sugar-coating next year’s expected $10.4-billion deficit, but the provincial government is showing a modicum of restraint, and its efforts deserve praise. Working with physicians to stanch escalating health-care costs, ensuring MLAs are only paid for their actual housing costs, and no longer sending automobile licence renewals through the mail are good ideas that […]

At 9 a.m. a willy-nilly line-up for Chair 1 – an eight minute high-speed ride to the summit of Whitefish Mountain – starts to form. Thanks to 12 centimetres overnight, the people who are jockeying for position are happy people. Young and old, snowboarders and skiers, telemarkers and tricksters – even unshaven journalists from Canada – they […]

One of the more unhelpful aspects of modern government is not only how politicians misspend some of the money sent to them by taxpayers; it’s also how ill-informed politicians ignore real benefits from a more judicious use of such funds. An example of the latter was the 2011 decision by Calgary city council to remove […]

By Sarah Hoffman Re: “An idea to borrow,” Editorial, Feb. 20 The Herald’s editorial board applauded the work of Alberta’s midwives and acknowledged the important role these health-care professionals play in Alberta’s health system, and in the lives of Alberta families. As minister of health, I couldn’t agree more. Alberta is home to more than 90 […]

In just a few years, you could be passed by a car with no one behind the steering wheel, because there is no steering wheel. Driverless cars like this may start appearing on our roads in as little as five years, according to many auto experts I’ve talked to. They say these robot-controlled cars are […]

Love the cause. Hated the movie. Were I a film critic, such would be my review of the recent private screening  of Zoolander No. 2 in support of Providence Children’s Centre. Providence operate six preschools across the city that offer educational and therapeutic services to children with disabilities aged 19 months to 6 years. In […]

Chen Shuaifu, a noted feng shui master and longtime chairman of the China Fengshui Association, predicts the Year of the Fire Monkey- 2016 – could be unsettling indeed.  “We will see a big slide in the world economy,” he warns. “The global economic situation will be terrible and lots of companies will be bankrupted.” All […]

He’s extremely talented. The best emcee there is. Charming beyond belief. A super nice guy. Funny. And good looking to boot. Ya, I hate him too. Kidding, of course. Dave Kelly is, beyond question, destined for (more) greatness. And I would suggest Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Falllon had best keep an eye in the rear-view […]

The end is nigh. Or now. Or finally. Or something. Whatever the case, this, we’ve been told, is in fact the end, my friend, and Friday was the final time for metal lovers young, old, older, oldest and somewhere in-between to say farewell and flail along to Birmingham blunderbuss bangers Black Sabbath. A delayed one, […]

It’s a battle — the Battle of Alberta, no less — and no one, absolutely no one, is taking anything for granted. “We had a ton of games like this this year where we had a big lead and blew it,” explained University of Calgary dynamo Thomas Cooper. “So we’re pretty experienced in it. Tomorrow […]

Stop right here, Dave Dickenson. Flip the page. Scroll down to the NASCAR schedule. Swipe over to the movie listings. Whatever you want. But do not finish this or any other Calgary Stampeders-related material – ever again. This strong recommendation is courtesy of the winningest gentleman in Canadian Football League history. The coaching racket’s elder […]

Calgary Flames (26-34-4) at Pittsburgh Penguins (33-22-8) 1 p.m. MT, Consol Energy Center ==== LAST FIVE GAMES Flames at Sabres L 6-3 at Bruins L 2-1 at Flyers L 5-3 vs. Senators L 6-4 vs. Islanders OTL 2-1 Penguins vs. Rangers W 4-1 at Capitals L 3-2 vs. Coyotes W 6-0 vs. Jets W 4-1 […]

"We won’t be buying more power if we can’t get our resources to market." — Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd