Новости за 15.05.2016

The city is set to hike fines for parking offences for the first time in six years. Changes last year by the provincial government to the Traffic Safety Act means the city has to hike fines on a number of parking offences, which will make it the third most expensive city in Canada to pay […]

In January of this year, violinist James Ehnes turned 40. And to celebrate this milestone he has embarked upon an all-Canadian tour, one stop of which was a Wyatt Series concert in Calgary on Friday.             A household name in Canada, Ehnes’s concert drew a full house at […]

It may be one of the few business books with a rubber chicken on the cover. It’s certainly one of the few with a foreword dedicated to studying the success of Men in Kilts, a Vancouver-based company that got a bare leg up in a competitive field of window-washing by having its burly employees dress in those traditional skirt-like garments. But […]

Sharon Schubert has told the story more than 100 times, in front of school gymnasiums filled with students, and in classrooms packed with parents. No matter how many times she repeats them, the words still hurt; the memories still trigger breakdowns. Schubert’s son, Christian, died from an overdose on prescription drugs when he was 20, on the […]

A 47-year-old man from Lethbridge is dead after a collision between a motorcycle and a car on Highway 512 at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday.  Coaldale RCMP and Lethbridge EMS responded to the scene near Range Road 211.  Mounties say the motorcycle was slowed or stopped attempting to turn left when struck from behind by a […]

A 20-year-old woman was struck and killed by a CTrain overnight. Police say the woman was hit at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday at 36th St. and 12th Ave. N.E.  The Calgary Police Service traffic unit is investigating the incident.

Calgary police are investigating two unrelated stabbings that took place Saturday night and early Sunday morning. Sgt. Paul Cuthill with the Calgary Police Service says the first stabbing took place in the 1100 block of Memorial Drive N.W. at about 10 p.m. Saturday night. The second occurred at 3 a.m. this morning on 17th Ave. […]

The next time the gloves come off Alberta’s Liberals plan to be ready,  the party’s current head and its lone seated member says, noting they weren’t for the last election. It took the province’s red-loyal a year to lick their wounds, David Swann says, but at the annual general meeting in Red Deer over the weekend, […]

Title contenders are at their best with the game on the line. The Saskatchewan Rush were proudly showing off their championship pedigree down the stretch in the opener of the West Division Finals series at the Saddledome on Saturday night, and the Calgary Roughnecks didn’t have an answer. After 45 minutes of back-and-forth, the Rush […]

Bruce Urban couldn’t find a way to make it work in Edmonton. But that doesn’t mean the next National Lacrosse League franchise in the Alberta capital will suffer the same fate. With all signs pointing to an NLL return to the city at some point in the fairly near future, the Saskatchewan Rush owner has […]

The battle over Bill 10 isn’t over. Hundreds of parents opposed to the legislation gathered at McDougall Centre, voicing concerns about the bill they fear imposes on their parental duties. The controversial bill, passed in March 2015, mandates that schools must form a gay-straight alliance or club if requested by students. It also guarantees children […]

When Lloyd and Shirley Bettcher went to buy their marriage licence in 1951, they were still young enough that their parents needed to come with them. The man issuing the papers did not approve.  “The guy selling the licences was very rude to our parents and us because we were too young and ‘It just […]

In lieu of his old No. 9 jersey, Jon Cornish substituted a not-at-all-subtle salmon-coloured sportcoat. In lieu of cereal — he signed some 2,000 boxes of Cornish Flakes in 2014 — he substituted whatever the fans could find. In lieu of football, he’s substituting a little of everything these days.

A Canadian BASE jumper has died after her parachute failed during her fifth jump off the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls. Coroner Gene Turley identified the woman who died Friday evening as 34-year-old Kristin Renee Czyz, of Calgary. Twin Falls County Sheriff Tom Carter says a BASE jumping expert is examining her parachute to see […]

A 34-year veteran of building homes in Calgary was in the spotlight once again at a competition celebrating the top performances in housing across Canada.  Albi, Luxury by Brookfield Residential, captured four awards at the the Canadian Home Builders’ Association National Awards for Housing Excellence. This includes the two most prestigious titles available, with the Design Excellence Award […]

Thousands of Calgarians took part in the Nagar Kirtan parade in Martindale on Saturday. The Nagar Kirtan is a Sikh tradition in which the procession sings hymns and hands out food as they walk through the community. The Dashmesh Cultural Centre organizes the event each year. See some of the sights and sounds of the […]

The Calgary Stampeders annual Fanfest celebration was a popular event on Saturday. Hundreds poured into McMahon Stadium, ready for fun and excited for a glance at some of what the CFL might offer this season.