Новости за 10.03.2016

Challenges that include looming debt agreement violations, settling an investor lawsuit for $53 million, intense asset sale negotiations and losing two-thirds of its staff will make Penn West Petroleum Ltd. a better company, president and chief executive Dave Roberts said Thursday. On a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter results — the Calgary-based intermediate recorded a net loss of […]

On Wednesday evening, 15-year-old Western lowland gorilla mom Kioja gave birth to an offspring, whose gender has yet to be disclosed.

Two men were taken to hospital, one in potentially life-threatening condition, after a vehicle crashed and rolled early Thursday in northeast Calgary.

Two Red Deer residents been charged after the RCMP's priority crimes task force seized numerous stolen snowmobiles, trailers, ATVs and firearms from two central Alberta properties in late January.

The votes are in – a Calgary man has won W Network's Canada's Crush contest to gain a spot on the upcoming Bachelorette Canada.

Erik Olson's portraits, Batman's animated classic and more fun things to see this weekend

Alongside the devastation of last spring’s Nepal earthquake, the flattened villages, the endless rubble, the tens of thousands of deaths and injuries, a young, pregnant Nepalese woman trudged for hours through mountains and hillsides. Only minutes after arriving at a tented, 10-bed hospital, the woman quietly, quickly and stoically gave birth to a healthy baby. […]

An elite cycling event is having to map out a new route for later this summer as two potential host cities have declined to participate.

A third man has been officially charged in connection with a Red Deer drug bust in January in which officers seized cocaine, methamphetamine, and more than $35,000 cash.

Dragon Fli Empire conquers the Calgary Tower and The Bitterweed Draw brings moonshine to Wine-Ohs for St. Paddy’s. Friday: Mary Gauthier and Sam Baker Gauthier turned a rough start to life—she was adopted and spent her teenage years in rehab and halfway houses—into a successful second act as a singer-songwriter. She was 35 when she […]

Calgary entrepreneurs discuss their secret weapons for sales

Sharie Hunter says growing up on a Saskatchewan farm south of Cypress Hills nurtured a positive attitude that, with hard work and the pioneering spirit of family members, has greatly influenced her approach to business. Farm life was also fun, but Hunter needed an outlet for her creative spirit. She left for Medicine Hat to study […]

It will be a crowded Saddledome stage come Juno Awards time. Organizers have added five more acts to the list of those who will be playing during the event including: West Coast electro rock duo Dear Rouge; dance-pop musician Coleman Hell; young Bungalow star and two-time Juno nominee Scott Helman; the roots-pop couple of Luke Doucet and Melissa […]

Theatre Calgary’s artistic director Dennis Garnhum is calling his 2016/2017 season a drum roll. “Our 2017/2018 season will be our 50th anniversary season and that kind of landmark requires an exciting drum roll which is what our upcoming season is,” said Garnhum from Thailand, where he is directing a production of West Side Story. The […]

The cancellation of contracts to buy coal-fired electricity announced by TransCanada and AltaGas this week could be seen as proof that market signals work. They follow a similar move by Enmax last December, when the city-owned utility said it would stop buying power from ATCO’s Battle River power station, which is also fuelled by coal. In all cases, […]

A favourite for more than 15 years, Aida’s Bistro continues to be one of the busiest spots on Fourth Street S.W. Aida herself oversees all elements of her kitchen’s fine Lebanese food, from the hand-rolled beef-and-cracked-wheat kibbe to the mouth-puckering tabouleh salad. The hummus is great here (yes, some hummus is better than others), the […]

Ensira, an Ethiopian-fusion restaurant, opened in late January in one of the many strip malls along International Avenue. Tucked between the Ethio-Afrik convenience store (both it and the restaurant are owned by Daniel Asfaw) and a store selling musical instruments, Ensira looks like nothing special, but the interior, designed by Sofie Sharif, is another story. […]

Monday, March 14, being the 14th day of the third month, is Pi Day (3.14, get it?). Calgary chef-illustrator Pierre Lamielle is known for going off on tangents—and for Food on Your Shirt, his line of culinary T-shirts. Lamielle’s custom designs herald the apotheosis of bacon as well as the unabashed enjoyment of everything from […]

Meyer lemons are a citrus lover’s dream. A cross between regular lemons and oranges, they’re smooth and mellow, without the harsh pucker of a straight-up lemon. Use the finely grated zest and juice to flavour baking and cocktails, and conduct a delicious science experiment and watch the citrus magically thicken cream to a velvety, spoonable […]

Forward Johnny Gaudreau put his team on the board early and was the architect in the Calgary Flames' 3-2 overtime win Wednesday night over the visiting Nashville Predators.

What a dragged-out drama it’s become.

If the New Democrats have one clear political goal right now, it’s to be seen as non-meddling believers in the private sector. That’s kind of a tall order when you are basically re-arranging the whole economy with a climate change plan and a carbon levy. But there’s some evidence that Alberta’s New Democrats are turning away from clunky, […]

THREE STARS LW Johnny Gaudreau, Flames —Bang, bang. Calgary’s go-to guy pots a pair in 10-second splurge in first period. Instead of shooting for hat-trick in overtime, he feeds Mikael Backlund for a tap-in. C Mike Fisher, Predators — Carrie Underwood’s hubby set up Nashville’s first strike off his keister and scored one of his […]

From the day he arrived on the University of Calgary campus as a prized freshman recruit in the fall of 2012, Mercer Timmis has heard the comparisons. Being from southern Ontario, an area where Jesse Lumsden rose to prominence with the McMaster Marauders in the mid-2000s, only made them more apt. “I get that quite […]

Heron of Alexandria would have been smiling on our legislature Tuesday from his lounge chair atop Mount Olympus, or wherever it is favoured Greeks rest eternally after shuffling off their mortal coils. It’s taken a couple of millenniums, but Alberta’s soon going to be spinning in earnest, which will undoubtedly make Heron’s heart swell with […]