Новости за 29.04.2016

Controversial activist Craig Chandler has stepped down from the Progressive Conservative party's board after landing in hot water once again over recent comments.

A man accused of killing three people in southern Alberta last year will go to trial without a preliminary hearing.

A Calgary photographer has received an honourable mention for her photo of two ravens putting their heads together in what appears to be an intimate moment. Colleen Gara, who has been taking photos in her spare time for about three-and-a-half years, entered the photo in the amateur category of the Audobon’s annual competition. “I was going out […]

Every year thousands of workers from countries as diverse as Jamaica and Thailand travel to Canada to work in greenhouses in Leamington, Ont., an area renowned for its tomato production. The tomatoes are local, but the people who pick and grow them typically are not. It is the perspectives of such workers — toiling long […]

Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. has announced plans for what it calls its largest investment in the company’s history: an estimated $345-million investment that includes a new lift, an indoor adventure centre, a new village at the foot of Blackcomb Mountain, two real estate developments and an indoor water-based adventure centre at Blackcomb’s upper bases. The […]

The University of Calgary will get $17 million over two years to look at redeveloping two of its oldest buildings.

A murder charge against a man accused in a 2010 Calgary killing was dropped by prosecutors Friday. “I’m a free person, thank you very much,” Branko Grgic said  shortly after Crown prosecutor Jonathan Hak entered a stay on a second-degree murder charge. “Three and a half years (is) a long time,” Grgic said as […]

You can see more photos and articles from Calgary Expo 2016 in our special section.

Saskatchewan is sitting on a bounty of oil. The province boasts a total oil resource of 56 billion barrels, but a lot of the energy resource has been hard to access.

Bishwa Pati is most at home when he’s elbow deep in bread dough or carving a locomotive out of chocolate or creating fresh pastries to pair with your coffee. He’s spent the past couple of decades immersed in the pastry trade, working at Edmonton’s Shaw Centre, the Sheraton Suites Calgary Eau Claire and the short-lived […]

It’s healthy to have a hobby; a regular interest outside of your day job pursued simply for enjoyment. David Tetrault is an adviser with RBC Wealth Management who spends most of his time outside of the office around good food and wines. He enjoys cooking at home, but his passion is with Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, […]

Certified Humane, the program that Earls restaurant chain adopted this week, is a U.S.-based certification program run by the non-profit group, Humane Animal Care. In order to carry the Certified Humane label, a food product must meet certain criteria related to the life of the farm animal from birth through slaughter. These criteria inc

The number of Albertans who died on the job or due to a workplace-related disease tumbled by more than one-quarter last year during the depths of the recession. But that’s not the important number to remember today. The important number is two.

There was a time when distance and time were sufficient. Those who took up jogging in the late 1970s after reading The Joy of Running or Jim Fixx’s The Complete Book of Running were content to tell you they had run a mile or five miles or 10 (in Canada, these early adopters often seemed […]

Well this is it. Or is it? Comic-book guru and chronic movie cameo-maker Stan Lee has claimed his latest round of visits to Canadian fan expos, including Calgary this weekend, will be his last in this country. Given that he is 93, the desire to slow down certainly isn’t unreasonable. But it does seem to run […]

It will soon be time to float down the Bow or, for those who like things a bit more sedate, the Elbow. Here is some stylish, water-friendly gear that will help you stand out this summer. Don’t forget the life jacket—you want to make a splash, not a scene. Get Up, Stand Up Stand-Up Paddleboarding […]

Support Alberta beef Re: “Alberta beef industry ‘disappointed’ with Earls decision,” April 28. Talk about kicking the province in the teeth. Earls’ decision in this time of significant downturn in our economy is hard to justify, even if their head office is in B.C.   My family, for one, will not be entering their doors in […]

Calgarians are still waiting for a suitable answer from Mayor Naheed Nenshi and the city about his statement that sex offenders and violent criminals were enlisted to test Uber’s screening of drivers. It’s been more than a week since Nenshi was recorded making the accusation while patronizing a different ride-sharing company in Boston. “We sent people […]

After the NDP won the provincial election last year, several grassroots efforts arose to unite the right. Considering the reckless spending the Notley government has undertaken, it might be more accurate to speak about uniting the centre. There is another such meeting this weekend in Red Deer and – full disclosure – I plan to […]

Fingers crossed.  The Calgary Flames have never scored a top-three selection at the National Hockey League Entry Draft, but that could change with a bit of lottery luck on Saturday. The Flames, thanks to their 26th-place pegging in the overall standings, have an 8.5 per cent chance of winning the first-overall pick — or should we just call […]

Between 1871 and 1896, William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan wrote 14 comic operas, which are every bit as popular today as they were in the Victorian era. It wasn’t always a congenial collaboration as Ken Ludwig points out in his jukebox musical Sullivan & Gilbert, which is receiving its Calgary premier courtesy of Morpheus […]

A slight tweak to the city's land-use rules around microbreweries and distilleries, could spur job growth and quench the thirst of Calgary's more discriminating beer crowd.

Last weekend meant Camrose and Coleman. Next week means Stavely. At the very moment, too, Jared Parsonage is in cowboy country – a tumbleweed’s tumble west of Fort Worth, Tex. This stop-over, though, represents a respite from the grinding pace of the rodeo trail. Parsonage is simply attending a buddy’s wedding, which features the typical lineup – rehearsal, church […]

The Notley government has hired the NDP’s provincial secretary into the premier’s office — four months after his move to the post was first confirmed by the province. The government first acknowledged in December that it intended to hire Chris O’Halloran as an outreach manager in the office of the premier, a move criticized by the Wildrose Opposition as […]

It's not often one of lacrosse's brightest young stars is surprised by the attention, but even Curtis Dickson had to do a double take at the final numbers. When the Calgary Roughnecks' Star Wars-themed jersey auction closed this week after 19 days of bidding, Dickson's No. 17 silks with Darth Vader on the front collected a cool $2,675.