Новости за 08.03.2016

A police watchdog is looking for two individuals who may have witnessed a "sensitive incident" involving two Calgary Police Service officers and a pedestrian in late February.

Two homes were destroyed and two more were damaged beyond repair in an early morning fire in the northwest community of Kincora on Tuesday. Mark Zabat lives in one of the affected homes and was woken up around 2 a.m. by a peculiar crackling noise. He sleepily looked out his window to see heavy flame […]

Drilling companies in Calgary continue to park equipment and cut staff as the annual spring slowdown in Western Canada gets off to an earlier-than-usual start for both weather and economic reasons. On Tuesday, Ensign Energy Services Inc. reported it had decommissioned 21 older drilling rigs and two well servicing rigs from its global fleet in the fourth quarter and would […]

By Donna Trimble Fear and pain leads to over-reaction in the best of us. In response to the tragic stories of LGBTQ children, the government has passed legislation and created guidelines to require all schools to alienate parents from their children. I have been confronting Bill 10 and the education guidelines as a mother and […]

Spring ahead. It’s all good, right? It is, after all, a sure sign that winter is on its last legs. After setting the clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, we get to enjoy extra evening sunlight until Nov. 6.  But that shift to Daylight Saving Time can also wreak havoc with our sleep patterns, and a […]

The first of Intact Insurance’s faster and more convenient auto claims service centres has opened in Calgary, with others in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal to follow. “Having a car repaired after an accident involves many steps and is inconvenient. We are making things easier for customers,” says Mike Van Elsberg, vice-president of claims at Intact’s western division […]

British Columbia’s energy minister wants to send a message to Alberta. “We in B.C. are not opposed to other Canadians getting their products to the west coast at all. I want to make that really clear,” says Bill Bennett, a key minister in Christy Clark’s government. “All of us are Canadians and we’re also neighbours with Alberta. We […]

It’s seldom good news when a government breaks a promise, but it’s worth cheering the fact that Premier Rachel Notley is reassessing her job creation program, which was a major part of the NDP’s election campaign last spring. “We’re evaluating what is the best use of the money and what is the most likely way to create […]

Spare a thought for the sick Re: “NDP, doctors to work on cutting costs,” March 3. The NDP wants to get a handle on health-care costs. The sick already know too much about Alberta cost control. Here in Calgary, hospital beds shrunk from four beds per thousand to 1.7 and are overcrowded and increasingly shabby. Queues are […]

Despite the looming deadline for the proposed LGBTQ guidelines for school boards, and despite the pushback against them, it’s unlikely the issue will dominate the spring session of the legislature. As MLAs head back to the legislature today, issues related to the economic downturn and the looming budget are undoubtedly top of mind. People are […]

Rhonda Law, who is baker and threader for BARK aka #BARKyyc, began her business in response to her two cute rescue greyhounds. These pups have sensitive tummies, and after spending hundreds of dollars on treats that disrupted their system, Law, a born and raised Calgarian, decided to make her own. She also wanted to dress them […]

THREE STARS G Martin Jones, Sharks — Forty-seven saves. FORTY-SEVEN! Enough said. RW Joe Colborne, Flames — If not for an oopsie by Lance Bouma after his superb setup, Colborne’s power-play goal could have been game-winner. D Brent Burns, Sharks — Star defenceman scored, scrapped and completed his Gordie Howe Hat-Trick with assist on overtime […]

For most of the night, it didn’t seem far-fetched to ask Martin Jones if he could halt climate change, stop rocks from chipping windshields on Deerfoot Trail or stop the Edmonton Oilers from once again winning the NHL Draft lottery. After all, he was stopping everything else. A former standout for the Western Hockey League’s […]

For most of the night, it didn’t seem far-fetched to ask Martin Jones if he could stop climate change, stop rocks from chipping windshields on Deerfoot Trail or stop the Edmonton Oilers from once again winning the NHL Draft lottery.  After all, he was stopping everything else. A former standout for the Western Hockey League’s […]

It took a second rejected opinion, but city council chose Medicine Hill as the name for the Paskapoo Slopes development. Two attempts by council members to have First Nations elders settle the question of whether the name’s Blackfoot translation of Aiss ka pooma should be used for the Paskapoo Slopes development were turned back. The […]

Tyler Wotherspoon’s travel itinerary this season has been interesting, to say the least. A week ago, the 22-year-old defender was in Philadelphia with the Calgary Flames on a four-game road swing. And on Monday, he was back at the Scotiabank Saddledome sitting beside Micheal Ferland and Michael Frolik in the team’s dressing room and preparing […]

Edmonton’s CFL regional combine may not exactly be the fast track to the CFL, but Dexter Janke is living proof that players who pass through it can still reach their destination. The Calgary Stampeders safety attended last year’s regional combine in his hometown of Edmonton, where he among four players out of 43 to be […]

Trim, for sure, required tweaking. So the Calgary Flames’ resident needle-and-thread guy, Mark DePasquale, decided to weave his magic. Black-leather strips were neatly sewn over green bits — on the pads, on the trapper, on the blocker. Needing attention, too, was Niklas Backstrom’s mask, a custom-fitted Vaughn model decorated with his former employer’s emblems. This part of […]

Men’s attitudes about violence towards women are slowly shifting. But there are still some disturbing trends, with almost two-thirds of men finding it hard to understand why women stay in an abusive relationship. And at least a third of Alberta men think women put themselves at risk of rape if they dress provocatively. Those are some of the findings […]

It’s the perennial elephant in the room. Is feminism irrelevant in the 21st century? “Open your eyes,” is one of the answers Gloria Steinem, in her trademark warm, witty manner, usually provides. On Tuesday evening, the now 81-year-old Steinem, one of the pioneers and arguably the most enduring figure in the North American women’s rights movement, will […]

A Carstairs man is accused of murdering his longtime friend Cindy Enger, a Calgary mom found dead in her home in late January. Police had been called to Enger’s Cranston house during the afternoon of Jan. 24 to check on her welfare. When the 51-year-old woman didn’t answer the door, police forced their way inside and discovered […]

Former Tory cabinet minister Rick Orman says a public meeting on uniting the fractured political right in Alberta will take place next month after a collection of Tory and Wildrose notables gave their backing to the idea. Orman recently hosted a get-together of figures who have served at the senior level with either the Progressive Conservative or Wildrose parties, including […]

The sale of the 95-year-old Bridgeland School so it can converted to residential development has fallen through.

Overcoming accusations of a betrayal by developers, city council on Monday voted to rezone Eau Claire land to host a 200-room hotel.

Nearly everybody knows what the NDP plans to do. We just don’t know how on earth they’re going to do it. Albertans start to find out Tuesday, when the government makes its opening-day pitch to the legislature in a throne speech. The $3 billion carbon tax, where the money goes, renewable energy incentives, cutting emissions, […]