Новости за 22.03.2016

Calgary-based Veresen Inc. announced Tuesday it has signed its first takeaway customer for its Oregon LNG export facility, just 11 days after the U.S. energy regulator denied its approval in part because it hadn’t demonstrated public need. The company said the deal proves there is strong market support for its Jordan Cove LNG facility but […]

On Tuesday, he dropped the puck for a fourth annual hockey game that's raised funds and awareness of the need for organ donations in the young woman's memory.

Calgary music lovers will undoubtedly “Cheers” the announcement that some of the participating venues during Juno Week will temporarily have their drinking hours extended. On Tuesday it was announced that the Juno Awards Host Committee had been granted its application to have a one-hour extension given to 16 venues participating in Juno Week celebrations from […]

Surf’s up for Sled Island’s second wave. The Calgary alternative music and arts festival has added more than 30 acts to the previously announced participants in this year’s event, which will take place June 22 to 26 at more than 35 locations around town. Joining the 2016 bill are: Brooklyn psych stalwarts Oneida; indie pop […]

The Calgary Zoo's baby gorilla is smaller than expected and not gaining as much weight as it should, but staff are encouraged to see it bonding well with its mother Kioja.

Despicable, criminal and inhuman.  When he woke up Tuesday morning to the news that ISIS terrorists had yet again struck in the heart of Europe, Syed Soharwardy found himself repeating those words as he shook his head in anger and sorrow over the death and destruction in Brussels, Belgium.  Soharwardy, though, also had other pressing […]

An annual traffic survey reveals Calgary has the least traffic congestion among big cities in Canada, and it’s actually getting better.  Vancouver remains Canada’s most congested city, followed by Toronto and Montreal, according to the 2016 TomTom Traffic Index. The survey finds the average time drivers waste sitting in traffic has dipped over the last year, with […]

Belgium native Bernard Callebaut might be a long way from home, living in Calgary, but he said it felt very, very close as he followed along from here as the death toll from a terror attack in Brussels climbed above 30. He wanted to hear his sister’s voice Tuesday morning, knowing she’d touched down at Brussels airport just the evening before a deadly terror attack. “I’ve tried to get hold of my sister and the phone system is down so I can’t,” Callebaut said. “I’m sure she must be very emotional. Читать дальше...

Still the man. And on June 27th Calgarians will get the opportunity to see the legendary Joe Jackson when he hits town as part of his Fast Forward Tour. Jackson, who rose to fame with post-punk classics Look Sharp, I’m the Man and Night and Day, will perform at the Jack Singer Concert Hall with […]

After one of its most complex investigations ever, the Alberta Energy Regulator finally delivered its report into the problems behind a series of bitumen emulsion leaks at Canadian Natural Resources’ Primrose oilsands project in 2013. There should be no cause for celebration. The regulator said Monday that the high-profile leaks were caused by excessive steaming at the underground oilsands project, combined with an […]

CANMORE — A 55-year old Canmore man has been identified as the snowshoer killed in a large avalanche in the Tent Ridge area of Kananaskis Country. On Sunday evening, RCMP received a report about the overdue snowshoer who had been out in the area. Kananaskis public safety members and conservation officers began an air search of the […]

For oil companies, the legacy of $100 crude is starting to run dry. A wave of projects approved at the start of the decade, when oil traded near $100 a barrel, has bolstered output for many producers, keeping cash flowing even as prices plummeted. Now, that production boon is fading. In 2016, for the first […]

Eagle Copters founder Mel O’Reilly was recently on stage at the Louisville Marriott Downtown where he received the prestigious Les Morris Award on behalf of the Twirly Birds organization. Les was in the pilot’s seat of the Sikorsky helicopter featured on the June 21, 1943 cover of Life magazine. The test pilot’s first six flights […]

Bring on the Calgary Stampede Re: “It’s a matter of ethics,” Letter, March 19. I was pleased to see the first true sign of spring last weekend: the inevitable first letter to the Herald from the Vancouver Humane Society complaining about the Calgary Stampede.   It is vaguely reassuring to know that this organization remains impervious to […]

By Colin Craig While the federal government continues to muse about a large deficit in today’s budget, one of the best arguments against running a deficit actually comes from a federal government report. To begin with, note that Finance Minister Bill Morneau has suggested that balancing the federal budget this year would “push the Canadian economy […]

There’s increasing talk of other Canadian cities copying Vancouver’s supervised drug injection site, which allows people to use substances such as heroin, cocaine and meth. The argument is that it’s better for people to use drugs under the supervision of a health-care professional, rather than doing it on the street or in some alley. Staff can step in […]

This is the time when the work begins for a musician. A new album is set to come out, it’s go, go, go, promote, promote, promote, then tour, tour, tour. So on this eve of the release of his new EP Tougher Than Love, it’s no surprise that we catch Calgary country artist Bobby Wills […]

The first face-off at the Air Canada Centre was a blend of two generations and two different eras. William Nylander, son of former Flames pivot Michael, is part of the Toronto Maple Leafs future. Sam Bennett, whose idol was former Flame and Maple Leaf Doug Gilmour, is part of the Calgary Flames future. And with […]

A solo snowshoer was killed when they triggered an avalanche in Kananaskis Country on Sunday, according to the Avalanche Canada website.  The person caught in the size three slide was completely buried and their body was recovered by rescue crews on Monday. The fatal avalanche occurred on Tent Ridge, a popular hiking spot in Kananaksis […]

THREE STARS 1. C William Nylander, Leafs — Yes, he looks like he could be a member of a boy band. But the blonde-haired, blue-eyed son of Michael is the real deal. In just his 12th NHL game, nets a goal and sets up two others. 2. RW PA Parenteau, Leafs — Plays a big […]

They trudged off the plane with weary bodies and resigned faces and, most importantly, silver medals tucked safely into their luggage. Everyone was talking about the Carleton Ravens’ run of six consecutive CIS men’s basketball titles — an amazing feat in this day and age. But there is something to be said for finishing second […]

City council is poised to name its first integrity commissioner — and in a surprise move an ethics adviser, too — ending a year-long hunt to find a watchdog following allegations of misconduct by some elected officials.  Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who was part of a three-person selection committee with councillors Druh Farrell and Richard Pootmans, confirmed […]

Sean Monahan has seen a bit of everything in his three-year National Hockey League career.As the incoming sixth-overall draft pick of 2013, the Calgary Flames struggled mightily and finished 27th in the NHL. He followed it up by a splendid sophomore campaign that saw his club string together come-from-behind victories and advance to the second […]

The province’s health minister hinted Monday there will be good news for midwives and pregnant women seeking their services in the upcoming provincial budget. And in the four weeks until the budget comes out in April, the current level of funding for midwives won’t be decreased, Health Minister Sarah Hoffman said. Midwives are paid $4,600 […]

Just two days after Ryan Lane disappeared, one of two brothers charged in his murder, Tim Rempel, told investigators he never met him, a jury heard Monday. In the tape-recorded interview, Rempel told homicide detectives Ken Carriere and Nadine Wagner his only knowledge of Lane was through his wife, Sheena Cuthill. Rempel, Cuthill and Rempel’s brother, […]