Новости за 17.06.2016

Glen Gulutzan is getting the white-hat treatment. Welcome to Calgary, Coach. After a six-plus week search and weeks of speculation, the Calgary Flames have officially announced their hire of the 44-year-old Hudson Bay, Sask., product as their new head coach. Gulutzan becomes the 16th head coach in franchise history and is now in charge of improving upon the […]

Opposition parties are demanding answers from the NDP government over the impact of the province's incoming carbon tax after the leak of a disputed internal economic analysis of the government's climate plan.

The names of the dishes on Begim’s menu (4413 — 17 Ave. S.E., 587-353-4413) are fascinating — Tok-osh, Chuchvara, Funchosa, Marjimak and Achichuk — and unfamiliar to most Calgarians. That’s because we’ve never seen an Uzbek restaurant before. Unless you’ve been lucky enough to have a home meal with one of the roughly 20 Uzbek families that […]

May was an eventful month for both the new and resale single-family home markets in northwest Calgary. Here are eight things that happened in the quadrant in May.  One Northwest Calgary led all parts of the city in new construction of single-family homes with 54 starts, which is up from 45 a year earlier, says Canada Mortgage and Housing […]

City police have laid 164 charges against a Calgary man in connection with a vehicle consignment fraud scheme in which victims lost more than $2.2 million.

Potential townhome buyers can now explore full-sized examples of the function and value offered at Nolan Park. The development by Cardel Lifestyles in Nolan Hill unveils three show homes Saturday at noon. Prices at Nolan Park start from $309,900, before tax. They’re offered with a single car, tandem or double car garage. “We believe that each […]

A Calgary-based developer continues to create mountainside recreation homes in the Vernon, B.C., area for what he expects will be a market with a stronger snowbird element to it.  “We are starting to see more of the Canadian and U.S. dollar impact in this marketplace,” says Kerry Goulard, president of Aldebaran Homes, talking about the company’s residential developments on […]

Alberta’s climate plan could lead to 15,000 fewer jobs, a $4-billion drop in household income, as well as lower corporate profits, oil exports and overall economic activity. That’s what Alberta Treasury Board and Finance officials initially projected last November in an internal analysis conducted for the NDP government — data the province doesn’t deny, but insists […]

A pair of residential development projects with strong ties to Calgary’s military have been named winners of prestigious design and planning awards.  Currie, a mixed-use, master-planned community being created on the former site of CFB Calgary by Canada Lands Company (CLC), has been presented with Charter Award for Neighbourhood, District, and Corridor by the Chicago-based Congress […]

This weekend’s Banff Marathon will change its route to prevent any further stress on the Bow Valley wolf pack. The contingency plan for the race, which is being held Sunday, will affect runners in both the half and full marathon.  “Parks Canada continues to manage habituated wolves along the Bow Valley Parkway and Vermilion Lakes,” said […]

Alberta’s climate plan could lead to 15,000 fewer jobs, a $4-billion drop in household income, as well as lower corporate profits, oil exports and overall economic activity. That’s what Alberta Treasury Board and Finance officials initially projected last November in an internal analysis conducted for the NDP government — data the province doesn’t deny, but insists […]

When Jean looked out her window and saw the size of the asparagus patch “inherited” from her mother-in-law on the homestead, she told her new husband he had to get out there and “till up the whole works.” Jean (not her real name) was a non-gardener, and hadn’t planned on adopting and caring for the […]

The 12th edition of Sage Theatre’s Ignite! Festival is blazing new frontiers.  Ignite! 2016 is so big this year it’s taking place at two venues and over six days instead of the usual three. Festival director Charles Netto says Ignite! is a vital part of Calgary’s theatre scene. “Ignite! functions as an important bridge in […]

If you eat Holy Smoke BBQ’s authentic Southern brisket, pulled pork and ribs, you’re going to get sticky fingers. That makes it easy to pick up a bottle or two of Holy Smoke’s sauces to enliven your own barbecuing. And don’t despair if you lack a pit smoker; the sauces, including Pig Pickin’, Smokin’ Hot […]

We sped through the Montana darkness. “Stars!” declared my daughter from the back seat. “I see the stars.” It was quiet on the I-90 south of Billings, with the odd semi rumbling by and an occasional car. As the interstate curved gently back and forth, a gibbous moon swung in the sky like a lantern […]

In case you hadn’t noticed, Alberta isn’t exactly a hot spot for growing sugar cane, a key ingredient in rum. But that hasn’t stopped Adam MacDonald and his friends from finding a way to create their own version of the popular alcohol here in Calgary. The founders of Secret Barrel Distillery, import the base spirit— […]

Agenda is driving changes to curriculum Re: “NDP set to overhaul education,” June 16. The Herald’s front page story says the “Alberta school curriculum overhaul will cover indigenous history and culture, computer coding, climate change, mental health and sexual and gender diversity.” It is not hard to see that a certain view of the world is […]

As if the Rachel Notley government didn’t have enough to tackle, it’s added another weighty chore to its to-do list. The government is commencing an exhaustive update of what children are taught in classrooms, and it’s going to be a long, costly and likely controversial process. The exercise is expected to take six years — well beyond the […]

All it takes is a quick scroll through our smartphone headlines to be reminded of our economic frailty: layoffs, business closures, liquidations, bankruptcies and insolvencies; an 8.1 per cent unemployment rate and 53,000 Albertan jobs lost in the last 12 months. This is by every measure the toughest economic environment in which to grow a business that […]

The Calgary Stampede often comes to mind for visitors planning a trip, as well as the zoo, the Glenbow Museum and Heritage Park. But there are a few hidden gems you might not know about in this beautiful, big-sky city.

EDMONTON — Theatrical rocker Meat Loaf collapsed on stage in Edmonton Thursday night. According to numerous reports on social media, Meat Loaf collapsed during his Jubilee Auditorium show shortly after 9:30 p.m. Fans were told to clear the theatre after the incident, and many reported seeing ambulances and fire trucks outside the venue. Britt Brewer, […]

Studying has been the theme for Cameron Ontko this month. His Calgary Stampeders playbook has been the main focus for the 24-year-old linebacker, but when Ontko felt like he needed a break from defensive co-ordinator DeVone Claybrooks’ schemes and systems, he hit his Cal Poly San Luis Obispo books in hopes of finishing off his […]

Riding in an erratically-driven stolen pickup truck that collided and killed a Calgary man has earned the son of a city police officer 12 months probation.

As Jason Kenney weighs his options, the Conservative MP and former cabinet minister isn’t ruling out a move to Alberta politics. Kenney, who will decide by the end of summer whether to seek the federal Tory leadership, is a strong advocate for uniting Alberta’s provincial conservatives, currently divided between the Wildrose and Progressive Conservatives. In an interview […]

Premier Rachel Notley quickly put up a Facebook post in response to the appalling news from Britain on Thursday. “I’m deeply saddened to hear of the death of British Labour MP Jo Cox, killed after holding an open house for her constituents,” Notley wrote. There’s perhaps a quiet dread in those words. It will be felt by […]