Новости за 17.05.2016

The head of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency updated city councillors on the local response to the Fort McMurray wildfire at Monday’s meeting. CEMA Chief Tom Sampson spoke to council about evacuees in Calgary, city staff in Fort McMurray and the destructive wildfire known as the beast. Here are five things he highlighted. 1. The […]

A northeast Calgary elementary school slated to open in 2017 could be named after a beloved young politician killed last year in a highway crash.  The Calgary Board of Education has created an online survey, asking Calgarians if the new school in Martindale should be named Manmeet Singh Bhullar School or Martindale School.  A school naming […]

Calgary Transit has seen ridership drop nearly five per cent over the first four months of the year, the city’s general manager of transportation told council Monday. That downward trend started last fall as plummeting oil prices took its toll on Calgary’s economy that forced many energy sector companies to lay off workers — the […]

Matthew de Grood systematically stabbed to death five people at a northwest Calgary house party celebrating the end of the school year, court heard Monday. But within hours of the killings, after rambling on about his victims being vampires, werewolves and Medusas, de Grood was diagnosed as psychotic and committed under the Mental Health Act. Reading […]

Bright Stars Preschool is joining the growing list of businesses helping displaced Fort McMurray families, by offering free tuition for three and four year olds for the remainder of the school year. The school, in the Mahogany community, has around 15 spots available for children who had their school years interrupted after being forced to […]