Новости за 10.06.2016

A regulatory framework that puts in place logistics for patients seeking medical assistance in dying in Alberta went into effect Friday morning.  “As you know, on June 6th, medical assistance in dying became legal in Canada and federal legislation — Bill c-14 — has not yet passed into law,” said associate minister of health Brandy Payne […]

Nirvana, The Offspring, NOFX and New Found Glory. That right there, that’s a pretty good musical bill. Or a pretty good reason to check out some local bands. It’s the thinking behind Back to Your Roots, a series of concerts organized by Calgary musician and promoter Scott Bennett. Now heading into its third event, Roots […]

It's still possible to have a ball in Alberta without spending a dime.

While Premier Rachel Notley is positioning her NDP government as a friend to the oilpatch, New Democrats gathered in Calgary face resolutions from party members taking aim at pipeline development and fracking. With the Alberta NDP starting Friday its first convention since taking power in 2015, more than 60 policy resolutions are on the plate for delegates to debate […]

A father received a nine-year sentence for sexually abusing his two daughters.

OTTAWA – While fighting a huge wildfire, Alberta’s labour market woes continued last month as job losses mounted, the unemployment rate surged and total hours worked hit their lowest mark in 30 years. Statistics Canada released its first batch of labour data to coincide with the massive blaze that forced production shutdowns in Alberta’s economically […]

Standing outside the Deane House, Sal Howell exclaims, “I’m so excited, this is my first restaurant with its own parking lot.” Howell has been at the forefront of Calgary’s culinary community since 1991, but until now has never been able to offer customers free parking at any of her establishments. In a couple of months, she will […]

The Calgary Catholic School District’s Board of Directors has approved a balanced budget, saying it would allow for no cuts to the classroom in the upcoming 2016-17 school year.   In the face of a $3.4 million operating deficit, a total budget of $591 million was balanced after capital transactions, depreciation and $200,000 in transfers […]

The city is hosting a series of public meetings this month as it enters the fourth stage of its six-phase plan to overhaul a heavily congested leg of Crowchild Trail. On Thursday, officials unveiled early redesign concepts to improve traffic flow and access to the corridor, including one proposal to dig a 650-metre tunnel between […]

Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart says she wants the city to tap the brakes on the controversial southwest transitway, but critics of the project say they’ll vote her out if she doesn’t turn words into action. “Words are cheap, and we want to see what her follow-up is,” said Alan Hallman, spokesman for Ready to Engage, a […]

Kootenay ski resorts add summer attractions to expand appeal

There will be a lot of curtains closing this weekend at the Jack Singer Concert Hall. For one, the performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 will be the final shows of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra’s 60th season. The pair of concerts will also be the last ones during Maestro Roberto Minczuk’s 10-year tenure as the […]

As an actor, Megan Baldrey is not privy to the budget for Workshop Theatre’s Love and Warcraft in which she stars as an avid gamer. What Baldrey does know is that whatever the Workshop budget may be, it is infinitesimal compared to the $160-million Universal Pictures sank into the film version of Warcraft, which also […]

To Councillor Andre Chabot: We’ve never met, but I think about you sometimes. I don’t do this with many politicians. Donald Trump, maybe. Frank Underwood when I’m binge watching. I don’t even live in Ward 10, but there you are, a soft-spoken, balding spectre from Marlborough Park, popping into my head. This usually happens in […]

There are two things I’ve had quite enough of – awards shows and reality television series. The former simply because there are so many of them and the latter because of those embarassing Kardashians. And Desperate Housewives. And Surgery Gone Bad. And on it goes. Thankfully, there is not a plant reality television show- but […]

My grandmother died last spring in a nursing home in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She was 94; tall and gentle to the end. After her funeral, her nine kids gathered at the family home on the waterfront of Bay Bulls, a town known now for whale-watching but once-upon-a-time for its fishing. They selected items to give […]

Serious vegetable growers know to plant small amounts of vegetable seed continually throughout the summer. Harvesting smaller amounts throughout the season is preferable to being overrun by vegetables that mature all at once. Even the sweetest, most pliable members of the family will rebel if forced to eat the same thing at every meal. Edible […]

No doubt our mayor would turn off the council chamber microphone if the Third Duke of Norfolk had the temerity to speak out in debate over the recent savage rate hikes imposed on Calgarians. Luckily for Mayor Naheed Nenshi, the duke’s been dead for almost 500 years. Yet the words he wrote to Thomas Cromwell, […]

Fire department should stick to fighting flames Re: “SUV pilot saves money, improves medical service,” June 8. At a time when residential and small business owners are expressing concern related to increasing taxes, I find it disingenuous for the fire chief to state that the expenditure of $175,000 to introduce two medical response units is the […]

The proposal comes too late to lighten this year’s property tax burden — and too late to relieve the sting of successive above-inflation-rate tax hikes, for that matter — but Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart says the levy should be frozen in 2017. It’s a sound suggestion that deserves the support of Colley-Urquhart’s council colleagues. Taxes have risen so […]

WEATHER Another toasty warm morning at McMahon for the team’s lone session of the day. WHO WASN’T THERE Two-a-day practices. They’re done. Gone for another year … The downed trio of offensive line starters — LG Shane Bergman (head/neck), C Pierre Lavertu (neck/shoulder) and C/G Karl Lavoie (knee) — didn’t practise yet again … Veteran […]

We’ve seen this movie before. Another night, another Kent Farrington victory at the Spruce Meadows National tournament. Only 24 hours after the American rode Gazelle to victory in the 1.55-metre Bantrel Cup, the American ended the second day of competition at the National by narrowly edging out Germany’s Philipp Weishaupt to win the 1.55-metre ATB […]

Guilherme Jorge has designed courses at most — if not all — of the most prestigious venues in international showjumping. The Olympics, though, represent an entirely new challenge. With horse-rider combinations potentially having to ride through as many as six Grand Prix-level courses, the Brazilian designer has been hard at work attempting to meticulously plan […]

A new ad campaign by Alberta Health Services is sure to get people talking about sex.  In April AHS reported that it felt social media was to blame for the 80 per cent increase in Alberta’s gonorrhea rates, and the doubling of syphilis cases from 2014. Recently it released its new campaign with slogans that talk in […]

Roman Grozman’s story was already interesting enough. His family moved from war-torn Israel to Canada when he was a kid. He picked up the sport of football in Grade 9, which, eventually, led to a standout career along the University of Concordia Stingers offensive line. His 6-foot-4, 315-pound frame intrigued CFL scouts, but Grozman fell […]