Новости за 24.05.2016

Calgary cabbies may be feeling the pinch of a downturned economy and fewer fares, but that’s not stopping new entrants from storming the market. On Tuesday, Edmonton-based rideshare company TappCar officially launched in Calgary with promises of happy drivers, satisfied customers and a willingness to work within the city’s new livery transportation framework. “The main […]

FX has released some juicy casting and plot news for the third season of Fargo, but are still not ready to say if the Emmy-winning series will return to Alberta as a location. Scottish actor Ewan McGregor will play two roles in the upcoming season, tentatively set to shoot later this year. McGregor will play […]

It was a long and arduous process when the Calgary theatre critics met on May 21 at Loft 112 in the East Village to choose the nominees for the 2016 Critter Awards. Any production that ran between June 2015 and May 2016 and was viewed by at least three of us, Jenna Shummoogum, Rodrigo Flores, […]

The Matthew de Grood murder trial resumes in court Tuesday, with the presentation of closing arguments. De Grood has admitted killing five students at a house party, but has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. His lawyer has argued his client was not criminally responsible for the killings. The trial is being heard by an out-of-town judge […]

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — A Calgary BASE jumper’s death has been ruled an accident, and investigators say they found a hole in her pilot chute. The Times-News reports 34-year-old Kristin Renee Czyz of Calgary packed her own parachute before she jumped from Perrine Bridge on May 13. Investigators found a hole in her pilot chute, which is […]

A woman is dead after a shooting early Tuesday in what police believe was a domestic incident. Police were called around 12:15 a.m., after receiving multiple calls of shots being fired at a home in the 6900 block of Rundlehorn Drive N.E. When they arrived, police found a woman in her 30s dead and a […]

By Rebecca Penty and Jessica Summers All of the Canadian oilsands facilities that workers fled last week as a wildfire spread are being allowed to prepare for restart as cool, humid weather has helped contain the inferno. Alberta lifted mandatory evacuation orders for the last of the accommodation and production sites on Monday, which started […]

After a life changing accident left him paralyzed, a Calgary teen is raising spinal cord injury awareness by participating in the Scotiabank Calgary Marathon.

Saudi Arabia, one of the founders of OPEC, is sounding the group’s death knell. The world’s biggest crude exporter has already undermined OPEC’s traditional role of managing supply, instead choosing to boost output to snatch market share from higher-cost producers, particularly U.S. shale drillers, and crashing prices in the process. Now, under the economic plan […]

Arriving in Calgary in the mid-1960s, I was intrigued by the small jukeboxes at the tables in coffee shops like the Grand and The Wave where you could enjoy a cup of coffee accompanied by your own music selections.  Dick Johnson brought jukeboxes to this part of Canada in 1956, and they were so successful he founded Southern […]

Inspiration works in mysterious ways. Decidedly Jazz Danceworks artistic director Kimberly Cooper admits that she cannot say for certain where the first spark came for New Universe,  the production that will christen the organization’s beautiful new home in downtown Calgary. It might have been an off-the-cuff remark by the head of a Brazilian dance company that was collaborating […]

I’m tired of paying for other people’s transit Re: “Nix parking cash grab,” Editorial, May 20. Ridership is down because of job losses, and Calgary Transit is losing money. It’s not just due to decreased ridership — people don’t pay for their ride. Reintroduction of parking fees at LRT stations and yearly increases for reserved parking […]

There’s never a good time to have a pointless case brought before the courts, but doing so in the midst of an acute judge shortage seems rather foolish and counterproductive.  Already this year in Alberta, three sexual assault trials have been delayed until 2017 because there are no judges available to hear them. Despite the […]

RED DEER – Well, that escalated quickly. Or, more accurately, it has disintegrated rapidly. The Brandon Wheat Kings are clinging to their Memorial Cup lives after a pair of lopsided losses to kick off the tournament. A 5-3 setback to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies coupled with Monday night’s 9-1 beating at the hands of the sublimely […]

Calgary Flames GM Brad Treliving returned from the world hockey championship with a gold medal in his luggage. He might need to have the shiny souvenir melted down to cover the long-distance charges on his cell-phone bill. “Flames business didn’t stop while I was away,” said Treliving, one of the architects of Canada’s golden bunch […]

Sundre Golf Club is hosting a hole-in-one shootout this Sunday, with a $100,000 prize to the first pin-seeker who scores an ace on No. 14 during the sold-out special event. Dane Thorogood, the GM at the tree-lined track with the dandy dance floors, has proven it can be done. Thorogood recently holed his tee-shot on […]

In a rainy Calgary forest, dozens of adults attending a packed workshop were given strict instructions: just play. The crew quickly scattered throughout the woods and found their inner child.  “Some people were building things out of wood, some made art projects under the trees,” said Christina Pickles, program co-ordinator at the Alberta Council for […]

It’s not often public engagement sessions for City of Calgary projects pause for juice boxes and cookies. But, when you want children to share their thoughts on a project that’s one of the first of its kind in Calgary, snack breaks are necessary. Two Calgary parks will soon be getting makeovers, and instead of traditional […]

It was supposed to be a surprise party. Except that Calgary-raised defenceman Mathew Dumba wasn’t buying it, and that was even before he heard chants of ‘Canada, Canada!’ as he waited for his luggage Monday at Calgary International Airport. “They were trying to scheme on me and make up some excuses they wouldn’t be able to […]

Two part-time watchdogs recently appointed to keep city council members in check and avoid political landmines are being kept on retainer for $24,000 each and paid $200 an hour, according to recently released documents.  In April, Allen Sulatycky, a former Court of Queen’s Bench justice, and Alice Woolley, a University of Calgary law professor, were […]

Calgary’s taxi industry took a hit in 2015, with 23 per cent fewer rides than the year before, according to a new report to be presented to city council this week. Economic hardship typically hits cab companies especially hard, the report from the city’s Taxi and Limousine Advisory Committee said. Not only does it lead […]

Sport Calgary’s CEO is hopeful the CalgaryNext arena plan will be approved by the end of the year, but is stressing the need for a Plan B for a multi-sport field house in the event the controversial proposal doesn’t go ahead. Murray Sigler will be speaking at the Calgary Multisport Fieldhouse Society’s annual meeting on […]

Police are investigating after a man in his late teens suffered significant injuries to both of his hands when a yet-to-be-determined device he was holding exploded on Monday afternoon. Police were called to a home on Midridge Close S.E. just before 1 p.m. Monday for an explosion that officers initially believed was caused by a firecracker. But […]