Новости за 20.06.2016

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The mighty King Eddy is ready to rule once more. On Monday, it was announced that the old King Edward Hotel, one of Calgary’s storied venues, which originally opened in 1905, will come to life once again with a 10 days of music during the Stampede titled the Bell Live Series. The shows, featuring some […]

Calgary Catholic school students have raised $155,000 for Fort McMurray relief efforts, collecting funds through bake sales, dances, jersey days and drama productions.

Calgary city councillors are slated to discuss behind closed doors on Monday whether there’s any appetite for entertaining a bid for the 2026 Olympics, Postmedia has learned. A local group has been working for months to drum up support to bring the Winter Olympics back to Calgary, and will present councillors with a proposal on Monday. […]

Three years after her High River home was submerged in water, Cheryl Beingessner-Kerr says the experience caused her to see the world differently. “Lots of things have changed, even the way I watch the news,” she says. “When I see and read about disasters in other places now, it brings up so much emotion.” Her […]

The far-flung musical explosion takes over Calgary’s beltline and downtown once again. Here are four acts worth pedalling to see. Avec Le Soleil Sortant De Sa Bouche The Montreal band returns after being a pick of Godspeed You Black Emperor’s last festival. Much like Godspeed, they’re not much for lyrics: their latest, Zubberdust, features two […]

The supremely likable entertainer brings her wealth of show-biz experience to town this week. She will be taking questions from the audience. I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together In 1953, while she was in her final year of theatre studies at UCLA, Burnett was invited to entertain at a private party. After her […]

For Calgary men who moan about women drivers, there’s good news — we’re doing our bit for those fair-minded lads running Saudi Arabia. Yes, over there in that glorious bastion of free speech and human rights, where stroppy lasses who get behind the wheel face a nice bit of righteous stoning, they’re doing a jig […]

Little dogs need exercise too Re: “Off-leash parks bad for small dogs,” Letter, June 16. A large dog attacks a small dog in an off-leash park. Janice Hines’ response is, “Not so lucky . . . to have owners dull enough to take the pint-sized cutie to an off-leash dog park to begin with.” What would […]

The surging flood waters have long since receded, leaving battle lines in the hard-packed ground. Plants are regrowing and the animals are back. But Ben Crow Chief is still a wandering spirit with no house to call home. And he’s drawn a battle line of his own. Three years after the raging Bow River swept across the plains of […]

He’s Canadian. He’s Calgarian. He’s a made a CFL roster for the first time. But, other than being able to carry around the Mr. Irrelevant monicker for his entire career thanks to being the final pick in the 2015 CFL Draft, Andrew Buckley is no gimmick. He also knows how to gift-wrap the best Father’s […]

A grizzly bear was rummaging around a Cochrane resident’s yard on Saturday night, but not without leaving its mark: It damaged his chicken coop and ate two of his hens whole, leaving a couple turds behind on its way out for good measure. “At 6:30 Saturday night, I went out to my chicken coop to close […]

Monday’s commute will be a lot smoother for drivers in south Calgary after the province removed daytime lane restrictions and speed reductions due to construction on the Ivor Strong Bridge on Sunday. “We wanted to get on this as quickly as we could and get it done for the folks in Calgary,” said Graeme McElheran, Director of […]

The federal government is looking at changing a rule that would limit the number of low-wage temporary foreign workers to no more than 10 per cent of the total workforce of Canadian businesses starting in July.  “For some sectors where we haven’t found the Canadians to fill those voids, it will make a huge challenge for businesses,” Employment […]

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Morgan Thompson has resumed his life, albeit in a wheelchair, without a criminal charge laid against him more than a year after being shot by a Calgary police officer.

Long-time widow Anne Scott spends hours in her 67-year-old Rideau bungalow, sifting through the piles of documents covering her dining table — all reminders of an unwavering will to get the flood relief funding she adamantly believes she deserves.  The feisty 70-year-old was evacuated from her home after the devastating June 2013 flood sent a […]

Three years after the Southern Alberta floods devastated High River, south of Calgary, the town is still in the process of recovery. In an interview with reporter Emma McIntosh earlier this month, Mayor Craig Snodgrass discussed how High River has changed since the floodwaters receded and the lasting impacts of the disaster. Q: How visible […]

Curious spectators had the chance to get a first-hand glimpse at vintage aircraft Sunday, as the Aero Space Museum of Calgary allowed visitors to take a look inside some of the planes on display. As part of the fifth annual Wings and Wheels event, the museum also had a variety of vintage cars, motorcycles and […]

EMS and STARS air ambulance responded to an SUV rollover near Claresholm, Alta. that sent one adult female and one school-age male to hospital. The SUV was carrying three children and an adult when it crashed around 12:47 p.m. The other two children were assessed at the scene and were determined to be unharmed, according […]