Новости за 17.04.2016

You don’t expect too many new tricks from anyone or anything after 84 years. Usually, they’re far too set in their ways and their traditions. Well, heading into their 85th event, which kicks off Monday and runs until May 7, the folks at the Calgary Performing Arts Festival are showing they’re not content to stand […]

An estimated 250 graduating students lined up at a northeast mall Sunday to say ‘Yes’ to a prom dress, at a steep discount. Marlborough Mall collected hundreds of donated ball gowns, 1980s-style dresses and other ensembles with varying hemlines for its ninth annual GownTown event, which sells gently used prom attire for $10. All cash collected from the event […]

The Calgary Flames have already started their off-season shopping, reportedly adding some size and skill to their forward ranks. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, Czech winger Daniel Pribyl is expected to sign with the Saddledome-dwellers after the playoffs in his home country. The 23-year-old Pribyl was a point-per-game guy — scoring 16 times and collecting 29 […]

A Calgary man is facing sex assault charges after a woman and two girls said they were groped in a Lethbridge swimming pool. Police were called to a south Lethbridge hotel Saturday after receiving a complaint a strange man inappropriately touched a woman and two minors in the hotel pool. A man was found by police […]

Lethbridge police arrested a 46-year-old man Friday evening after weapons, ammunition and suspected explosive devices were found in his home. According to police, officers attended the house in the 200 block of 15 St. North after receiving a threats and firearms complaint. After finding numerous weapons in the residence, the explosive disposal unit and the Department […]

Broadview Homes and Avi Urban are the new reigning top single-family and multi-family builders in the Calgary area. Broadview, which is part of Qualico Group of Companies, was crowned Builder of the Year, and Avi Urban won the Multi-Family Builder of the Year title at the Canadian Home Builders’ Association-Urban Development Institute Calgary Region Association […]

If there's a place for Devin Gardner to become the latest in a not-very-long line of successful quarterback-to-receiver conversions, Calgary just might be it. All the Stampeders need to do is point to Brad Sinopoli, a Hec Crighton winner slinging the football, before the Red & White helped morph him into the 100-catch receiver that's now running around making plays for the Ottawa RedBlacks.

While the Calgary Stampeders season doesn't officially kick off for a couple more months, the first day in Florida provided the first glimpse into how the revamped front office and coaching staff will be working with the 43-year-old former quarterback at the helm and in charge of the roster on a week-to-week basis.

RCMP officers around Calgary were placed in peril pulling over vehicles early Saturday morning.

With worry mounting over the soaring cost of the southwest transitway project, Calgary Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart says she'll speak up for her constituents at city hall. “I’m taking it forward with Mayor (Naheed) Nenshi and Coun. (Brian) Pincott and we’re going to be asking tough questions,” Colley-Urquhart said in a video message to residents of the city’s thirteenth ward Friday. A report headed to committee this week outlines the ballooning cost estimates for four rapid transit projects, including the controversial southwest transitway. Читать дальше...

BRADENTON, FLA. — Wearing a t-shirt with no sleeves and a bandana on his head, John Hufnagel walked out onto the IMG Academy practice field Saturday evening with talent evaluation on his mind. That’s normal for the Calgary Stampeders GM. These days, though, head coach Dave Dickenson has to focus on the entire roster, too. […]

The 34th annual Calgary Law Day drew thousands of members of the public to get a glimpse of the legal system in a fun, interactive way.