Новости за 17.05.2016

Two seniors were injured — one so seriously that he needed facial reconstructive surgery— following a violent home invasion in southwest Calgary last week. Police say a 68-year-old man and 67-year-old woman were in their Southwood home when a suspect entered the property through an unlocked patio door around 1:30 p.m. on May 9.   The […]

The trial of Matthew de Grood, accused of stabbing five young people at an end-of-school house party, began Monday in Calgary. Our live coverage continues today, below. De Grood, 24, faces five counts of first-degree murder in what police have said is Calgary’s worst mass killing. Lawrence Hong, 27, Josh Hunter, 23, Kaitlin Perras, 23, Zackariah Rathwell, […]

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and emergency operations officials deliver an update this morning on the wildfires raging in northern Alberta. Mandatory evacuation orders for some 8,000 people were issued last evening for some 20 oil sands camps and facilities due to smoke and flames from the wildfires. For complete coverage of the Fort McMurray wildfires, […]

A new assessment of the economic impact of the Fort McMurray wildfires says close to $1 billion of oilsands production has been lost. The Conference Board of Canada estimates that the fire in northeastern Alberta resulted in a loss of 1.2 million barrels of oil per day for two weeks, translating into $985 million in […]

BANFF — During this month’s forest fire in Fort McMurray, an official from the Alberta Emergency Management Agency says they’ve tried to keep all MLAs — including the opposition — up to speed on the latest information. The move, which came out of earlier provincial disasters, was a way to make sure accurate information was being provided to the public by […]

Concerns are being raised about the location for a new visitor reception centre being built in the townsite at Waterton Lakes National Park. The centre, which is pegged to cost about $7.6 million, will replace a 58-year old facility located on the road entering the townsite. It will be located within the townsite along Windflower Avenue, near the […]

The outlook for Penn West Petroleum is anything but optimistic. The company reported cash flow of $47 million for the first quarter on Monday, down from $77 million for the same 2015 period. Its net loss of $100 million was aided by $89 million in foreign exchange gains. For a company that has $1.9 billion in […]

Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. is an integrated investment and merchant bank that offers financial services to the energy sector. Founded in 2004, the Houston-based firm has completed $140 billion in transactions through more than 160 issuers worldwide. In total, the firm has more than 170 employees, including staff at its Calgary, Denver and New York […]

The Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival has always had an endearing habit of matching its themes with its age. In 2014, for instance, it was dubbed the festival’s “Sweet Sixteen” party, with a focus on coming of age. Two years later, the festival has “graduated” to a different type of fare. “We are going with a grad […]

Every morning for the past week, Barnie Yerxa and his staff at the Quality Hotel and Conference Centre have woken up early to hold a breakfast meeting and plan for the day ahead. Almost 190 guests stayed in the hotel on Sunday, and there’s plenty of chores to be done in the 153-room inn. It might sound […]

WinSport wasted no time springing into action along with so many other local businesses and served up an amazing fundraising barbecue lunch on the Canada Olympic Park campus, where they raised $4,384 for The Red Cross / Fort McMurray fire fund on May 6. Jason McKay, Winsport’s director of food and beverage sales is so proud to […]

Two weeks into the biggest crisis faced by Premier Rachel Notley and her new government, the consensus appears to be that they have handled it exceptionally. Obviously, the success in saving much of Fort McMurray falls to the firefighters themselves, but insofar as her own duties are concerned, Notley has handled the situation quite capably. […]

Few Calgarians will shed a tear for parking scofflaws, who face the prospect of higher fines if council agrees to align its rates with those charged under the province’s Traffic Safety Act. “The City of Calgary Parking Bylaw … needs to be updated to create consistency,” reads a report going to the city’s transportation committee on […]

I’ll contribute to mayor’s fees Re: “Mayor’s legal fees are a nuisance,” Editorial, May 13. There has been much fuss, and in my view, deeply inappropriate criticism directed at our mayor. While he is well paid, Mayor Naheed Nenshi does not have great wealth. He is a person who works hard and has brought much positive […]

They walk hand in hand, arm in arm. Some wear T-shirts bearing the youthful images of their lost loved ones; more than a few have the reddened faces of a recent crying jag, a good hour before the court ordeal has even begun. Still, there is little that can be done to prepare the families […]

Not long ago, Conner Bleackley’s inspirational story would have been filmed in soft light, accompanied by a soundtrack of swelling music and sniffling noses. After all, the High River kid opens the 2013-14 season by being named captain of the Red Deer Rebels — at the tender age of 17. He closes out the campaign […]

It took two council meetings, several hours of debate, the introduction of amendments and amendments to those amendments … and a brief call for a plebiscite to settle city council’s ongoing debate over secondary suite regulation that ultimately went nowhere.  But Monday afternoon, Calgary’s elected officials approved “two very small, technical changes” to the city’s […]

New measures can be taken in the battle against fentanyl and other illicit drugs in Alberta, with unanimous support given in Legislature Monday for a bill regulating pill presses.

Between the Toronto Raptors’ best ever season and the rise of elite NBA talent like Andrew Wiggins and Cory Joseph, Canadian basketball is having a moment. It’s something they see every day at Genesis Basketball, the Calgary club that’s celebrating its 10th Anniversary and serves as a breeding ground for local hardcourt talent. Every year, […]

The NDP government warned that Alberta has to be prepared for more frequent and intense natural disasters stemming from climate warming before the massive Fort McMurray wildfire erupted this spring. The 2016-19 business plan for the Municipal Affairs Ministry, released with the provincial budget on April 14, said that with predictions of more extreme weather due to climate change, the […]

City council agreed Monday to take a closer look at a pilot project that could allow seniors to live in small, medically advanced laneway homes and remain in their community for as long as possible.  Ward 9 Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra introduced a motion to have city staff collaborate with a team from the University of […]

Entertainers don’t get much more animated than Mooky Cornish, which explains why she’s headlining the Dolly Wiggler Cabaret at the 2016 International Festival of Animated Objects. She’s not alone. Cornish has enlisted acrobat, juggler and accordionist Sara Ski to play her sibling in the outrageous Mila & Ugona act. “Sara and I play these Eastern […]

He was a quiet and polite teen, well liked by his classmates at St. Francis high school, where he was also known as a high achieving student. While studying for a bachelor’s degree at the University of Calgary, he was the kind of guy who people would have nothing bad to say about, nor he […]

The night he stabbed five people to death at a house party, accused murderer Matthew de Grood met one of the hosts armed with a knife, a box cutter and cloves of garlic – the latter items, he told witnesses, were to ward off the undead. De Grood handed the garlic to the friend and […]

A young boy and a Calgary man have forged a friendship over their shared passion for all things Bond. And now the lifetime collector is passing on his prized memorabilia to 007's youngest fan.