Новости за 14.04.2016

The co-founder of the Occupy movement, Calgary Opera's The Magic Flute and more to see this weekend.

She’ll be hitting the high notes in Calgary Opera’s upcoming production, but it’s not as simple as showing up for work and singing a couple of arias.

The Wall Street bankers that backed the biggest oil boom in U.S. history are paying a price for the bust. Lenders including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co.and Bank of America Corp. are setting aside more money to cover potential loan losses after crude prices fell 61 per cent in less than two years. […]

Pieces of valuable heirloom jewelry including wedding bands were stolen from a 102-year-old woman after someone broke into her southern Alberta home Sunday while she was sleeping.

Canada’s largest retail landlord started construction Wednesday on a project that will add almost 790,000 square feet of shopping and residential space in downtown Calgary, despite an oil crash that’s cut jobs and forced other companies to slow development. The slowdown is why RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is moving ahead now with the East […]

After Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci delivers the province’s new budget Thursday, his plan will quickly be scrutinized by taxpayers, businesses and an array of interest groups. Each will want to know what the $50 billion or so in provincial spending, along with its tax measures, means to them. But another eagle-eye group will be watching […]

I mentioned a couple of years back that two young men had launched a technology and marketing agency founded on their mutual love of cars. Today, CEO Simon House and chief marketing officer Nathan MacKenzie have built up Storm Division to a staff of 12 while still enjoying success through their passion for automobiles. When they met, […]

The majority of proceeds from the 2016 Foothills Hospital Home Lottery will be put toward an expansion of the neonatal intensive care unit at Foothills Medical Centre.

Start with a string quartet’s take on Hendrix; end with the munchies.

Many pop-culture giants have died in 2016. David Bowie; Glenn Frey of the Eagles; Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane; Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire; Reid Dickie of Shoal Lake, Man. I realize that last name will lack resonance for most people. But in my world Reid Dickie was a rock star. He was […]

The weekday lunch hour is a peak time for the off-leash area of River Park. Here are the canines who were enjoying a brisk break on an equally brisk Wednesday between 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. And, just like proud parents, those out walking their dogs wiped the schmutz off their pets’ faces before these […]

It has been said that we are students and teachers to each other. Not so long ago a Grade 8 student, who is a patient of mine, taught me a fascinating lesson. Will, a student at the Red Deer Lake School, participated in a science fair and his curious mind raised the question of how […]

If you never look up, you’ll miss it. That, in a nutshell, is what a local stargazer unofficially known as “the portable planetarium guy” hopes visitors to his personal, inflatable universe will take away. James Durbano is a professional astronomer (astronomer4hire.com) and public educator. He grew up in Toronto, a place where, despite its many […]

You know it was a success if an encore is required. And organizers of the Calgary New Music Festival are back this year to take another bow with the second instalment of the event celebrating contemporary classical works, composers and artists. “It went really well,” says the fest’s artistic director Melanie Leonard of last year’s […]

We just need one school system Re: “Group calls on Alberta to axe funds to private schools,” April 13. It seems reasonable that Alberta should fund only one school board, with only one public curriculum. Any and all religious-based schools, and any at-home, charter, private or language-based schools must fund themselves. Specific languages should be […]

By Doug Firby and Colleen Collins The government of Alberta is tabling a budget today during the province’s worst financial crisis in a generation. In setting a new course for the province, the government must first ensure it does no harm. The sudden and dramatic collapse of world prices for oil and gas has left […]

It’s encouraging to learn that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apparently been persuaded of the importance of building pipelines to carry Canadian oil to both coasts, opening access to world markets. Canada has relied for too long on the United States as essentially its only customer. America has not only insisted on buying our oil at a steep discount, but […]

Another top-10 team is done. The Kingston Frontenacs, ranked eighth in the CHL, were swept out of the OHL playoffs Wednesday night by the Niagara IceDogs. Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic kicked out 28 pucks in the series-clinching 3-1 victory. The Frontenacs were attempting to become the fifth team in OHL to overcome a 3-0 deficit. The […]

Murder suspect Timothy Rempel admitted Wednesday he built the burn barrel in which human remains — believed to be of Ryan Lane — were found. But Rempel insisted the barrel, constructed of three metal rings, was taken from a shed on his Beiseker property and he had nothing to do with it being discovered at […]

Calgary police Chief Roger Chaffin recently promoted officer Sat Parhar to deputy chief, despite knowing the member was under investigation by the province’s police watchdog.   Police spokesman Kevin Brookwell said the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team was directed about 15 months ago, by then-chief Rick Hanson, to look into police act allegations against Parhar. […]

When Canadian Football League training camps open in 46 days, there will be no shortage of fresh-faced hopefuls trying to crack rosters north of the border for the first time. In the next six weeks, personnel departments will be finalizing their 68-man camp rosters (excluding non-counters such as draft picks) through various routes, including mini […]

For a green group plopped into fresh surroundings, lessons would arrive. That was a given. Dealing with twists and turns. Coping with unforeseen developments. But for the Stockton Heat, one trouble spot, in particular, had been jarring. “Traffic,” coach Ryan Huska reports Wednesday afternoon from his office at the Stockton Arena. No, not of the net-front variety. This has […]

As the NDP government prepares to release details of its incoming carbon tax in Thursday’s provincial budget, the debate around the planned levy is already well underway. The Notley government announced last fall that it would implement on Jan. 1, 2017, an economy-wide carbon tax equivalent to $20 per tonne of CO2 emissions — increasing to […]

As the Calgary Flames’ ownership group continues trumpeting its pricey CalgaryNEXT arena-stadium proposal, the city and operators of the Scotiabank Saddledome are quietly considering “multiple scenarios” for the landmark building — including a date with the wrecking ball. A request for proposal released this week shows the Saddledome Foundation and city hall are seeking a consulting […]

On Wednesday morning, a fierce, bitingly cold wind blew into Lethbridge, a phenomenon familiar to the residents of this southern Alberta city famed for occasionally seeing wind speeds up to hurricane velocity. Inside its downtown courthouse, the emotional climate followed suit in one courtroom. It was a change that no one, save for a few […]