Новости за 13.04.2016

In wrapping up his second-degree murder sentencing hearing, Real Honorio said he's horrified for his actions in fatally shooting Su'a, 43, in the back as the terrified man fled the Bolsa Restaurant on New Years Day, 2009.

Timothy Rempel is up for cross-examination by the Crown Wednesday, his second day on the witness stand in the Ryan Lane murder trial. Rempel, his wife Sheena Cuthill and his brother Wilhelm Rempel, are each charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder in connection with Lane’s Feb. 7, 2012, disappearance.   The Crown argues that Cuthill had […]

An historic southern Alberta ranch once owned by eccentric multi-millionaire brothers will now be protected from future development. The King Ranch, located along Highway 22 (the Cowboy Trail), has been added to the Waldron Conservation Project, the largest conservation easement in Canadian history.  The lands now protected extend to 16,562 hectares of ecologically important grasslands, and is linked to […]

Seeding has started early in parts of Alberta, but for the second year in a row, some farmers and ranchers are worried about drought.

Paramedics took a woman to hospital following a serious rollover north of Airdrie early Wednesday.

EMS took a couple to hospital after they were attacked by a burglar in their Forest Lawn home overnight.

The early success of an oil-supply accord between OPEC and Russia in reviving crude prices is magnifying the potential risks should producers meeting this weekend fail to complete their deal. Brent crude futures, which sank to a 12-year low in January, have climbed about 30 per cent since Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar and Venezuela reached […]

Comic book superheroes are the current celluloid kings. Their films rule the box-office and they are fast becoming staples of the television empire. Characters like the Hulk, Captain America, X-Men, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four are household names yet Jack Kirby, the man who helped create them, is not. Calgary’s Sage Theatre hopes to […]

No one could miss the theatrics of Rachel Notley’s infomercial last week. The kitchen table, where her family gathers to make plans, was covered by a light green tablecloth. To her left was an old Tory blue pot filled with fruit expressing the NDP livery: shiny oranges and green Granny Smith apples. Visual clues combined […]

TORONTO — It’s rare to hear a coast-to-coast perspective on the importance of market access and pipeline infrastructure as delegates were offered Tuesday at the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers’ annual investment symposium. A four-member panel with representation from British Columbia (Kinder Morgan’s Norman Rinne); Saskatchewan (Energy and Resources Minister Bill Boyd); Quebec (Eric Tetrault, head of the Manufacturers […]

As the world approaches peak superhero, Sage presents this tale of one of the genre’s most prolific creators.

The worst moment for Marilyn Wannamaker was when the second school closed. This time it was the junior high school her daughter was attending. The Calgary Board of Education said declining enrolment made it too costly to keep the school open. She fought it, to no avail. “It was such a stressful time,” she says now. “The kids […]

I love YYC Transit and the “Ready to Engage” groups seem to have similar stances on BRT bus routes Re: Public Transit users ‘silenced, groups says, April 11 Thank you Jennifer Burgess with “I Love YYC Transit” for standing up for better transit service in this City. Although I am not a member of “Ready […]

Supertrain 2016; Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. At Genesis Centre, 7555 Falconridge Blvd. N.E. The biggest model-train show in the country comprises 60,000 square feet of working, albeit comparatively small, railways. If you choo-choo choose to go, you’ll also find clinics and demos. Those last are for seriously […]

With oil rebounding above US$40 a barrel and interest growing in select energy financings, the head of the Bank of Nova Scotia believes Alberta’s ailing economy may have finally reached its floor. It’s a key point for both the provincial government — set to release its budget this week — and the bank, which has large lending exposure […]

The parents of murderer Real Honorio have sent an apologetic letter to the family of his victim, innocent bystander Keni Su'a.

“Don’t be fooled by his down-home demeanour and country-boy ways ….” The above line is lifted from a promo ad for the 1980s TV series Matlock, in which Andy Griffith played a defence lawyer who overwhelmed with his charm, defending his clients using a sharp mind hidden under a thick layer of corniness and a […]

There were times in 2015 when it felt as if the playoffs were oh-so-close for the young men who made up the ranks at Foothills FC. In their first season in the PDL, the Calgary team was able to mixed it up with the development teams of MLS clubs like the Portland Timbers and Seattle […]

Wildrose rebuts Notley TV address with its own vision for the future

Eighteen goals. Eighteen assists. Not a bad season for a 19-year-old. But it was how he arrived at those numbers that shows Calgary Flames rookie Sam Bennett that he still has a lot of growth ahead of him. After putting up four points in 11 playoff games last spring, Bennett needed nine games to notch […]

Police believe a four-and-a-half hour long police pursuit ended on Monday afternoon when the suspect’s vehicle ran out of gas. The pursuit started around noon when police spotted a suspicious vehicle in the city’s north end, according to Det. Duane Lepchuk. It continued for hours, with the suspect leading officers on a wild goose chase around […]

A dash cam video showing a driver dangerously passing two other vehicles by cutting between them has been shared more than 200 times since Sunday.  The video, posted to Jeff Gorski’s Facebook page, shows a grey Infiniti driving between a blue BMW and a white BMW as it passes them on Highway 2, near Bowden.  The […]

Shareholders in 11-month-old junior Boulder Energy Ltd. voted 95.8 per cent in favour of selling the company on Tuesday, clearing the way for it to go private in a $268-million deal with ARC Financial Corp. Boulder is to be folded into ARC’s Energy Fund 8, which has commitments of $1.5 billion, according to ARC’s website. Its sale price […]

EDMONTON — Alberta’s auditor general says the former Progressive Conservative government’s grand plan for 100 new schools was built on empty promises, administrative chaos, and almost no money. Merwan Saher, in a report issued Tuesday, said Albertans during the era of former premiers Alison Redford and Jim Prentice were promised something that had little hope […]