Новости за 21.03.2016

All police had to do was sit and wait and the alleged bad guys came to them with drugs, guns and stolen goods. Following word of an awful lot of comings and going from a home in the 3500 block of Cataline Blvd. N.E. earlier this month, city cops spent a couple of days watching for themselves and pulling over suspicious vehicles.

Want a test case for the potential, and the potential of unfulfilled potential, of bike-friendly cities? Try Saskatoon. Saskatoon is a lovely prairie city with friendly, welcoming people, and a beautiful river valley. And according to a new study, has the potential to become a great bike city. It’s flat, has a nice inner-city grid network, and […]

Charges have been in connection to one the biggest seizures in the Calgary Humane Society history. Back in December, 333 reptiles, amphibians and spiders were taken from Riverfront Aquariums in the city’s northeast after society officers received a tip from the public.

Residents of several homes in southwest Calgary were evacuated from their homes due to a fire at a townhouse complex Monday morning. Fire crews were called to a home on Lincoln Way S.W. around 3 a.m. When they arrived, they found smoke and flames coming from main floor of the second unit in a row of […]

One of the warning lights that there’s too much oil around is no longer flashing, adding to signs that global crude markets are finally on the mend. Just a month ago, oil traders were weighing up whether to park unwanted crude aboard tankers while BP chief executive Bob Dudley joked that swimming pools might be needed […]

Helium, the gas that provides a lift to parties, is running out. That makes it perfect fodder for an installation questioning consumerism. Here’s five facts about the non-renewable gas. Lighter than air Helium constitutes a quarter of all matter in the universe, yet it’s relatively rare on Earth because it’s so light that when it […]

Dave Genn can spot his father’s paintings from across the room. It happens more often that one might think. His father, acclaimed artist Robert Genn, was extremely prolific. He would paint every day, from early in the morning until late at night. The work would be released to the world and sometimes it would come back and sometimes the family […]

City council isn’t consistent  Re: “Relief with pay freeze,” Editorial, March 17. I find it rather odd that city councillors and the mayor accept a pay raise, refusing to give back the bump because an outside agency deems it fair. In the next instance, when setting election boundaries, this same council and mayor choose to ignore a […]

Former British prime minister Tony Blair tells a joke on the speaker’s circuit about a group of world leaders who, upon dying in a plane crash, get to choose between heaven and hell. They get the royal tour of both locales, with the devil offering up luxury air-conditioned suites with all the great food, golf and […]

While an impromptu act of charity might’ve only taken up a day’s work and some wheeling and dealing for those who did it, the lady who received it is still astounded almost a month later. Chris Restall, a Calgary mom battling breast cancer, brought her car in to Tools in Motion in Airdrie to get a coolant leak fixed with the $250 gift certificate she’d won. But she walked away with almost $2,500 worth of work done, and wasn’t asked for a single cent of compensation. She already drive one car into the ground... Читать дальше...

Difficult times lay ahead for a southeast Calgary family, their youngest in hospital after being struck by a vehicle in his home community of Cranston Thursday, suffering from a brain injury. This weekend a Facebook community was started by the Nielson family, explaining young Ethan’s road to recovery — and the very difficult journey it will be. Police say a 2015 Nissan Frontier was heading north on Cranford Dr. S.E. nearing Cranston Gate around 5 p.m. when an eight-year-old boy and a sibling crossed... Читать дальше...

The province’s police watchdog is investigating after a Calgary police officer fired shots on Sunday at Stanley Park, after a man — who was carrying what appeared to be a handgun near where kids were playing — “refused to comply” with police.  No one was injured in the afternoon incident at the packed park along […]

THREE STARS 1. G Niklas Backstrom, Flames — Making his first start in 14 months, the 38-year-old looked sharper than ever in a 21-save performance. His only blip on this night was Michael McCarron’s first NHL marker in the third period. Still, full marks to the savvy veteran. 2. C Sean Monahan, Flames — Ho […]

The Calgary Flames rewarded Niklas Backstrom for all of his hard work and had given him Sunday’s road assignment against the Montreal Canadiens, his 410th National Hockey League game. Flames head coach Bob Hartley also declared the 38-year-old veteran netminder Thursday’s starter against the Minnesota Wild in Minnesota where he is the all-time leader in […]

When Debbie Newman drives by a seven-storey, half-century-old hotel on the corner of Edmonton Trail and McKnight Boulevard, she thinks, “What a waste.” Except for a handful of movie and television shoots, the once bustling building — it opened in 1966 as the Airliner Motor Hotel and later became the Quality Inn — has sat […]

Calgary Flames (30-35-6) at Toronto Maple Leafs (25-35-11) 5:30 p.m., Air Canada Centre TV: Sportsnet West Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan   ==== LAST FIVE GAMES Flames at Canadiens W 4-1 vs. Avalanche L 4-3 (SO) vs. Jets W 4-1 vs. Blues W 7-4 vs. Coyotes L 4-1 Maple Leafs vs. Sabres W 4-1 vs. Panthers […]

As far as National Hockey League campaigns go, Sam Bennett has nothing to compare 2015-16 to.Last year, technically his rookie season, he was out for most of the year as he recovered from shoulder surgery and was dispatched back to his Ontario Hockey League team the Kingston Frontenacs. His NHL experience amounted to one regular […]

How do citizens and railways coexist safely in the middle of a growing, dense city? It’s a question city council will examine Monday as it looks at creating a new policy for development in railway corridors. Ward 9 Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra said talk of creating a formal policy in Calgary that balances development potential with safety […]

Radel Fazleev won a pair of awards on Sunday. But neither were the one he wants the most. The Philadelphia Flyers prospect was named player of the year and top scorer (71 points) as the Calgary Hitmen handed out the club’s year-end awards. “To be honest, I’m really happy with it,” Fazleev said. “My teammates, […]

It wasn’t exactly the playoff tune-up they were looking for. In fact, it was more of a tune-down. But the Calgary Hitmen, who gassed a three-goal third-period lead, ended up claiming the meaningless ‘W’ in Sunday’s 6-5 shootout victory over the visiting Kootenay Ice. Russian import Radel Fazleev acknowledged it wasn’t the tight-checking, efficient kind […]

The economic downturn in Calgary has been accompanied by the first dip in public transportation ridership in five years, forcing Calgary Transit to reduce the frequency of buses on some routes that were busier during the boom, even as long-term plans for transit expansion remain in place. Until recently, public transit ridership was surging, with […]

The moral of the story on Sunday afternoon, determined quite early on, was this: stay out of the penalty box or the Montreal Carabins will make you pay. Alas, the UBC Thunderbirds paid the heftiest price —  an opportunity to win their first CIS women’s hockey title. Special teams, as in a lethal powerplay and […]

As a byelection race comes down to the wire in Calgary-Greenway, leaders of the Progressive Conservatives and Wildrose each believe their candidate is in a two-way contest with NDP hopeful Roop Rai. The two conservative parties took swipes at one another ahead of the Tuesday vote for a new MLA who will replace Manmeet Bhullar, a beloved PC killed last November in a highway […]