Новости за 30.03.2016

For the second time in a three-season span, captain Mark Giordano is the Calgary Flames’ nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.  “Good choice,” nodded Flames head coach Bob Hartley after Wednesday’s morning skate in Anaheim. The Masterton Trophy is awarded annually to the NHLer who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.  […]

In the wake of allegations about sexual harassment during his time leading the Banff Centre, embattled Canadian art-world leader Jeff Melanson has now parted ways with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.  Melanson and the board of the orchestra “have mutually decided that it is in the best interests of both parties that he resign from his employment […]

Calgary’s comedy scene is one of the most vibrant in the country. But the close-knit community of comics is missing one of its brightest rising stars due to decidedly unfunny immigration woes. Doug Mutai was starting to make a name for himself within western Canadian comedy circles thanks to his clever and endearing observational humour. […]

A Calgary resident was shot dead outside an Edmonton nightclub over the weekend while visiting his brother, who was also injured in the melee.  Amin Mohammed Abdullahi, 30, known to friends as Hamza Tyme, was fatally wounded early Sunday morning outside a Whyte Avenue bar. “Hamza was a beautiful person inside and out,” said friend […]

Fish and Wildlife officers and Calgary police worked to tranquilize a moose that wandered into the parking lot of the Superstore on Shawnessy.

Calgary has received the dubious distinction of being the most expensive Canadian city in which to do business, according to a new study.

A man was killed and another was injured after two motorcycles collided during a group ride in central Alberta on Tuesday.

Over the Easter weekend, the badly written federal budget provided me with 269 pages of light reading. Canadians, including Albertans, we learn, deserve a brighter future. The policies promised, however, amount to a sustained attack on Alberta — and Saskatchewan too. The budget introduces two fictional characters, David and Sheena. They voted for a brighter […]

There was something old and something new on Tuesday for the Alberta Securities Commission. First, the new.  Finance Minister Joe Ceci appointed Calgary lawyer Stan Magidson as chairman and chief executive of the ASC, taking over from longtime head Bill Rice, who retired last fall. A former CEO of the Institute of Corporate Directors and a partner […]

There will be a little more local content during this year’s Juno Awards broadcast. Presenters who have been added to the show, which will take place Sunday 5 p.m. at the Saddledome, include some well-known Albertans including Hanna rockers Nickelback, Calgary country veteran Paul Brandt and His Worship Mayor Nenshi. Also set to hand out […]

A man was taken to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition after a stabbing early Wednesday morning. Police received a report around 1:05 a.m. about a man lying injured on the ground in the 4300 block of 61st Avenue S.E. When officers arrived at the scene they found the victim appeared to have been stabbed. He had a […]

While many Albertans believe the provincial government isn’t doing enough when it comes to education, recreation and housing for children with special needs, a large percentage are also unaware of the challenges the community faces, according to a new Mainstreet poll. The poll of 2,501 random Albertans comes in the wake of a Calgary Herald series […]

Klukas talks about what it takes to wire up the runway for Make Fashion’s 2016 gala.

Home and Away is a place that wears its love of baseball on its sleeve—or at least on the three-quarter-length sleeves of the softball-league shirts worn by the staff. In fact, a history of pro baseball in Calgary, starting with the Calgary Broncos of the Western Canada League (1907-22) is on the sports bar’s website. […]

They are an odd couple, this pair of Calgary Pauls. One’s just a whole lotta low country; one is a great deal of high fashion. But the relationship between C&W artist Paul Brandt and acclaimed designer Paul Hardy is one that has lasted more than a half-decade now, with the latter dressing the former for […]

It was one thing for Vancouver to share the Olympics with the mountain resort of Whistler; it’s quite another for Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume to float the idea of splitting the honour with his city, Calgary, Vancouver and Lake Placid, N.Y. If it’s all about spreading the risk and sharing the opportunity, it’s surprising Labeaume […]

No need for foreign workers Re: “Banff hoping for staffing help,” March 29. I was pleased to see an upbeat story and to hear that at least one sector of our economy is doing well. However, I am a little puzzled by the fact that the temporary foreign worker program is required.  There are plenty of people looking […]

Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was found dead in the northeast community of Marlborough on Tuesday evening. Police were called to the 4000 block of Maryvale Drive N.E. at about 6:30 p.m. after neighbours heard gunshots. Officers discovered a man’s body at the scene. A police helicopter was later seen circulating above northeast Calgary as […]

Kevin Koe is interested in one rock-solid week at the St. Jakobshalle, not a career’s worth of dominance.

It was the hit heard 'round the lacrosse world. Apparently, the rest of the world took notice, too, and it's provided a bit of a quandary for the National lacrosse League.

"The market will have to revert or there's going to be a lot of carnage," said Maxim President John Bobenic.

Derek Grant would have been grinning ear-to-ear. Except that, you know, his jaw was broken.

The man accused of a sex attack on a city woman who was saved by a Calgary transit driver appeared briefly in court Tuesday. Chase Daniel Adam Collier, 24, did not address provincial court Judge Marilyn Slawinsky during the short court proceeding. Duty counsel Joel Livergant told court he instructed Collier on how to contact […]

Calgary’s public school board unanimously approved its new LGBTQ policy at its Tuesday meeting, where parents and students spoke for and against the amendments. The Calgary Board of Education will now submit its draft policy, which strengthens and entrenches its existing rules around gender diversity for staff and students, to the Alberta government for review […]

Police searching for the remains of a missing Calgary man found bones and burned tools in a rusted barrel, the trial of three people charged with murder heard Tuesday.