Новости за 12.05.2016

She may not have been behind the wheel during a crash which took the life of a Calgary man, but a city woman still must bear the blame for his death, a judge noted Thursday. Provincial court Judge Paul Mason said it was difficult to understand how Janelle Umpherville’s involvement in a crime spree to […]

But with about 90,000 evacuees eligible for the pre-loaded debit cards which are being handed out at distribution centres, the province has no plans to issue the funds by electronic transfer, Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee said Thursday.

Crews continue to snuff out flareups and seek out hot spots in Fort McMurray while inspectors move in to assess damage to homes and businesses. Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee says focus is shifting in the northern Alberta community to stabilization and recovery, but there is still no fixed date for a return. Larivee says […]

Oscar Wilde is desperate to get help for his friend Lillie Langtry, the famous Victorian actress and former mistress of none other than King Edward VII. Someone has stolen romantic letters Edward wrote to Lillie and is blackmailing her. Who could possibly help them out of this predicament that could turn into a major scandal […]

The Calgary Stampeders and their rivals across the CFL unveiled new uniforms Thursday, designed by new league supplier Adidas. While the new uniforms won’t be a dramatic departure from previous years, they do bring several tweaks, from typefaces used on the jerseys to the use of the CFL’s new logo. The changes, via the team’s website, […]

In a vain bid to stop writing daft and insulting things, I once stuck a Post-it note above my work computer demanding I count to 10 before sending any message while in a fit of anger. It worked like a charm, as I’d quickly rattle off the digits in my head, which provided a few glorious […]

Enbridge Inc. is readying its oilsands pipelines for startup after shutting down parts of the system as wildfires ripping across northern Alberta forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 people. Canada’s largest pipeline company has resumed operations at its Cheecham oil terminal and is getting ready to restart its Woodland and Athabasca pipelines, Chief Executive […]

A no-stopping zone was implemented along Highway 93 South near Radium Thursday after grizzly and black bears were spotted feeding on grasses and dandelions along the roadway. The restriction, which is in effect until further notice, will prevent people from getting too close to the wildlife. No one was immediately available for comment, but the bulletin is posted on […]

Wages offered for new jobs dropped below the national average at the end of last year as Calgary’s job market continued to tighten, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The average hourly wage offered for vacant positions was $18.65 in the fourth quarter of 2015, the federal agency reported. That was down from $20 in Q1. […]

Nancy Southern has lost her voice. But like most Albertans, she has plenty to say about efforts to fight the ravenous wildfires that raced through northern parts of the province last week, forcing thousands of Fort McMurray residents to flee their homes. The chair and chief executive of ATCO Ltd. is uniquely positioned to comment on the disaster, as the […]

A year after the Alberta election that brought Rachel Notley’s New Democrats to power, a new poll shows the NDP facing criticism over the state of the economy and lagging behind Wildrose. The Insights West survey shows Wildrose with 35 per cent support among decided voters, a seven-point increase since its poll last November. The NDP is […]

The week includes a costumed garage-band battle and a charitable show.

Entrepreneurs on the ways their business culture influences staffing

Jason Pechet, whose family has been in the hotel and entertainment industry for many years, has long wanted to open his own winery. This month, the CEO of the Stagewest Hospitality brand will achieve that goal when he and business partner Mohamed Awad open Play Estate Winery in Penticton, B.C. Pechet’s grandfather, Eugene, was a […]

It’s one of Calgary’s hidden artistic gems created by an international renowned painter, but Marianna Gartner’s work in a downtown building could be painted over next month. In 1996, Gartner won a provincewide competition held by architecture firm Culham Pedersen Valentine to create a mural in the dome of the newly constructed Alberta Treasury Branch on Stephen Avenue. But […]

This year’s Minkha Sweater Sale takes place June 3 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and June 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Parkdale United Church, 2919 8th Ave N.W. Minkha Sweaters is a group of dedicated Canadian volunteers working closely with highly skilled women knitters in Bolivia. Since the early 1990s, volunteers in Calgary and Edmonton have been […]

Camp Matam, Thursday, May 12 to Sunday, May 15 at Evergreen Community Spaces, 1709 8th Ave. N.E. The West African Dance and Drum Festival features workshops for all levels as well as performances by local and international artists. The feature performance is Won Tan, a Susu term (one of Guinea’s six national languages) that translates […]

Almost one year ago at the San Francisco marathon start I had the opportunity to briefly visit with a fellow runner who was going to run his first marathon. He was 15 years old and his proud father was going to run the hilly 42.2 kilometres with his son. A few years prior to that, after […]

Jeffrey Webb, like many other high school seniors in the month of May, is looking for a prom date. But there’s a catch: it has to be a student that was displaced by the Fort McMurray wildfire. Webb thought of the idea of taking out a Fort McMurray resident after his Airdrie school’s graduation pages brought up the […]

Just a typical spring in the Rockies. As people change over to summer tires on their vehicles and plant flowers on their decks, a snowfall warning has been issued for most areas along the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies. The warnings, in effect until Thursday, forecast between 15 and 25 centimetres of snow in areas such as Banff, Canmore, Kananaskis and Pincher […]

Fanny Wedro has spent more than three decades telling her Holocaust survival story to students, and on Wednesday, it was still bringing listeners to tears. Wedro, who now resides in Calgary, lived in Ukraine during the Second World War and spent 18 months living in a forest, enduring the cold, hard winter and lack of food until Ukraine […]

They’re a highly trained army of law enforcement volunteers ready and willing to help in the wildfire-ravaged city of Fort McMurray. But hundreds of auxiliary Mounties from Alberta are being left on the sidelines. As Canada’s national police force conducts a review of the volunteer constabulary, some 300 trained members of Alberta’s auxiliary, as well as those from […]

Assaulting his father-in-law could mean a federal jail term and possible deportation for a Mexican immigrant convicted Wednesday in the attack. Defence counsel Brad Popovic told provincial court Judge Eugene Creighton his client is in Canada on a work visa and his status, and that of his Calgary wife, are up in the air. Creighton convicted Luis […]

Mounties have released photos of clothes worn by a man found dead near Cochrane in hopes of reaching anyone who may have seen him before he died.

Ride share company Uber is teaming up with the Calgary-based Animal Rescue Foundation for a good cause, offering puppy playdates to local offices at the tap of a button. Proceeds from the puppy playdates will go to ARF and Uber will match all proceeds from UberPuppies to donate to the Fort McMurray SPCA.