Новости за 11.04.2016

Summer might be a little easier to chase this year. And the lineup is one that EDM fans from near and far will certainly want to catch. Organizers of the Chasing Summer Festival have announced the lineup for the fourth instalment of the Calgary event, that this year will relocate to Max Bell Centre Festival Grounds […]

It’s lonely at the top especially if you’re the greatest star. That’s just one of the insights Jonathan Tolins wants us to take away from Buyer & Cellar his bitchy little 90-minute homage to Barbra Streisand. Tolins was inspired to write this solo show when he stumbled across Streisand’s 2010 vanity coffee table book My […]

One’s a retired judge. The other a university law professor. Together they’ll keep municipal politicians on a short leash and under a watchful eye as city council’s first integrity commissioner and ethics adviser. On Monday, Mayor Naheed Nenshi announced the appointments of Allen Sulatycky and Alice Woolley, who will serve as part-time watchdogs in the newly established […]

The Calgary Underground Film Festival surfaces, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

To intimidate Ryan Lane away from an ongoing custody battle, Sheena Cuthill admitted Monday in court that threats or physical violence were part of the plan she discussed with her husband Timothy Rempel. But under intense cross-examination by Crown prosecutor Tom Buglas, Cuthill insisted she had no idea what Rempel was going to do “to […]

Premier Rachel Notley moved to forcefully distance her NDP government from the Leap manifesto on Monday but says the provincial party won’t break away from the federal NDP. At the federal party’s weekend convention held in Edmonton, NDP members voted to pursue the left-leaning Leap manifesto by holding discussions at the constituency level on its policy […]

At just 26, Jordan Tannahill is considered one of Canada’s most promising playwrights. He is the 2014 recipient of the Governor General’s Award for English language drama for Age of Minority, his trilogy of short plays and the 2014 Dora Mavor Moore Award for drama for his surreal youth drama Concord Floral. Calgarians were […]

Police are investigating an alleged assault at an apartment complex dubbed “Little Syria,” but they do not believe it’s a hate crime. The male victim told police that at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, two strange men approached him outside the housing complex in the 1300 block of 42 Street S.E., where two dozen Syrian refugees […]

LETHBRIDGE — A father accused in his toddler son’s death from bacterial meningitis says he thought his son had the flu. David Stephan is the first witness called by the defence in the Alberta trial for him and his wife on a charge of failing to provide the necessaries of life to the nearly 19-month-old boy. Stephan […]

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. ended efforts to buy Norfolk Southern Corp. after the U.S. carrier rejected several proposals and the takeover plan backed by investor Bill Ackman drew opposition from customers and U.S. government officials.

This week could be the most dramatic yet in the NDP’s nearly one-year-old government, says Herald political columnist Don Braid.  The Thursday budget will bleed red ink but the New Democrats will argue they they have to spend to preserve and create jobs. And for the first time, we’ll hear actual details about the carbon tax to […]

Wishes do come true for a Calgary girl in remission from cancer, who over the weekend got to meet YouTube star Ryan Higa. Kelly Hall it was an amazing day for her 16-year-old daughter Violet. “Oh god, she was just ecstatic — she was so overwhelmed and she was so happy,” Hall said over the phone from a Las Vegas hotel room, where they were flown to meet Higa. Higa means a lot to Violet — like, a LOT.

Theatre Junction presents the play starring high schoolers this week.

Ever wondered why we practise yoga barefoot? Our feet are extremely complex and have been tasked with the incredible job of mobility, stability and balance. The way you point your feet, balance your weight, walk, stand, and your choice of footwear, will have an impact on the entire structure of your body. As a society, […]

Honour fallen soldier on currency As the Bank of Canada is currently taking nominations for a Canadian woman of distinction to appear on our currency, I am asking readers to please write to their MP, or perhaps directly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in order that one of the nomination criteria — “the person nominated must be dead […]

In the fiscal-conservative, social-liberal mindset, there is an ethic generally supported by government policy that makes it both worthwhile to be productive, while providing a net if employment isn’t possible. Indeed, people fall through the cracks and there are rightly advocates for finer tuning. Still, for most of the people, most of the time, the […]

Wave them goodbye, Rachel, and don’t look back. It’s time for Premier Notley and her Alberta New Democrats to formally split with the federal party over pipelines and the environment. Tom Mulcair lost the national NDP leadership Sunday after pleading for party unity. That pitch got him 48 per cent support. The end was brutal, even […]

It’s good to be a Buckeye.  Take it from Calgary’s Jaclyn Lee, a talented teen who is now part of a fiercely proud sporting tradition as a freshman on the women’s golf team at Ohio State University.  “I don’t think that you realize until you get here how many students look up to you and […]

Two southern Alberta communities can expect an increase in violence waged by two rival gangs — prone to use machetes and hatchets — that are clashing for control over turf in the drug trade, a police investigator warns. The Bloods and the Crips, who are not affiliated with the Los Angeles street gangs, began their long-standing feud on the Blood […]

Through rap, dance, poetry and song, Calgarians showed their love for one of Calgary’s oldest neighbourhoods Sunday afternoon ahead of a potential battle at city hall on Monday.  The weekend event, dubbed One Love One Chinatown, was billed as a pre-rally block party and saw dozens visit Chinatown to take in lion dancing, martial arts, musical […]

Lessons in losing. That will be a common theme Monday morning as the Calgary Flames report to the Saddledome for exit interviews, locker cleanouts and frustrated farewells. Although it’s still referred to by some as “garbage-bag day,” you won’t spot any of the playing personnel leaving with Glad trash-totes. Instead, they’ll depart with hockey gear […]

The province’s new home renovation loan program for seniors, applauded by some advocate groups, is nothing more than a reverse mortgage, charges a Calgary woman. Bea McLaren says she was shocked to hear about Bill 5, the Seniors’ Home Adaptation and Repair program, announced Wednesday by Lori Sigurdson, minister of seniors and housing. The program provides loans […]

Advocates who work with Syrians settling in Calgary are worried that some privately sponsored refugees are falling through the cracks in a city that’s welcomed more of the refugees than anywhere else in Western Canada. Sam Nammoura said that in recent months he’s helped Syrian newcomers in Calgary who’ve alleged abuse, manipulation and a complete lack […]

A new advocacy group says the needs and voices of “regular Calgarians” dependent on public transit are too often drowned out by the loud minority trumpeting the negative effects bus and LRT projects would have on their communities.  Jennifer Burgess, a spokeswoman for I Love YYC Transit, says large public transportation projects often trigger the same knee-jerk […]

KRISTEN ODLAND Three reasons for optimism 1. DEFENSIVE GAME BACK ON TRACK — It took a while, partially because of the integration of Dougie Hamilton and significant trade deadline moves (Kris Russell to Dallas, Jyrki Jokipakka in) and goaltending was the biggest issue. But there were signs of chemistry being built. 2. BENNETT’S PROGRESSION — […]