Новости за 22.06.2016

Coal-dependent communities in Alberta are taking a hard look at their future as the age of coal in the province starts to draw to a close. For Grande Cache, the closure of its coal mine last year and the looming final shutdown of Maxim Power’s Milner coal-fired power plant has put the very future of […]

A new fundraising strategy sprouted up at the annual garden party of local philanthropist W. Brett Wilson this week. For every tweet from the party that included the hashtag #OMGP (oh my garden party), Wilson and his family donated $10 (to a maximum of $100,000) to help people affected by the Fort McMurray wildfire this spring. […]

A small plane left the South Pole on Wednesday with a sick worker in a daring rescue mission from a remote U.S. science outpost, federal officials said.

Motorists are asked to avoid a rural area southeast of Lethbridge as police investigate a collision between a train and a semi truck with tandem trailers.

B.A. Johnston ponders life's important questions, like "How Many T-Bone Steaks Can I Fit In My Pants."

A Medicine Hat woman has now been charged with second-degree murder after her husband died following an assault over the weekend.

Charges are pending in two separate overnight incidents involving shotguns being pointed at individuals.

Red Deer Mounties continue searching for witnesses in a recent shooting that injured a man, who remains in hospital in critical condition.

You can add another big name to the tee-sheet for the 2016 Shaw Charity Classic. Tournament organizers announced Wednesday that Colin Montgomerie has booked a return ticket to Calgary’s annual PGA Tour Champions shootout, joining a star-studded field that already includes fellow World Golf Hall-of-Famers Bernhard Langer and Tom Watson and long-bombing John Daly. “Colin […]

On Thursday, residents of the United Kingdom are voting in a referendum on whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union. Jack Mintz, president’s fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, spoke to Postmedia about what the potential implications of the so-called Brexit referendum might be for Canada. […]

The year that Julia Holter is having, you could forgive her for shouting it from the rooftops. The lyrical American pop artist is riding the wave of her fourth album, the acclaimed September 2015 release Have You In My Wilderness, which rightfully found her on, if not at the top of, most best-of lists for […]

It’s been more than a year since Scotiabank chief executive Brian Porter told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting in Ottawa about the energy sector’s importance to the Canadian economy and the need to access new markets if the country is to realize the full value of its resource bounty. Many waited to see which bank […]

By Stephanie Kusie There’s been a lot of talk about property taxes lately — and for good reason. Calgarians are shocked and appalled by the increases they’ve received in the mail. The vast majority of Calgarians I’ve spoken to aren’t opposed to taxation. They’re fine with paying their tax bill, provided the rates are reasonable and the […]

Don’t fret, every vote is counted Re: “Every ballot cast should be counted,” Letter, June 20. I would like to assure S.I. Petersen of Nanaimo, B.C., that every single ballot, cast unspoiled, in every single Canadian election, is counted. To suggest otherwise is something of a canard. Michael Poland, Calgary Parents have reason to worry […]

By Catherine Ford I live on a quiet, leafy street in Mount Royal, surrounded by neighbours of varying professions, lifestyles and wealth. It makes me somewhat like Goldilocks: not too rich, not too ostentatious, not too snobbish. It’s basically an average, middle-class city street that, according to the Calgary Police Service statistics, is rife with […]

By Kenneth P. Green According to reports, Finance Canada is quietly promoting the idea of a federal carbon tax, or at least, a minimum carbon price, in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as Canada has pledged to do in last December’s Paris agreement. The problem is Canada’s track record at implementing economically benign carbon […]

For the Calgary Flames, the 2016-17 National Hockey League campaign starts out with a bang. And, likely, a crash. And, possibly, some early season trash talking against the Edmonton Oilers in the Battle of Alberta — the season’s lid-lifter and first regular season game at Rogers Place on Oct. 12 followed by Calgary’s home opener on Oct. 14 against the Oilers.

On one winter morning, this story had staffers at the Saddledome in stitches.

As of now, Brad Treliving is still scheduled to walk up to the podium on Friday and holler a young man’s name sixth overall at the National Hockey League draft. Barring any trades up or down for a suitable NHL-ready netminder — which is looking more and more like it could happen this weekend on […]

While Alberta’s government says it fought to push back the implementation of a new Canada Pension Plan, business representatives say it’s only delaying the pain of higher premiums. Business groups welcomed the NDP government’s role in delaying the start date of the new plan to 2019, but said the beefed-up CPP will be an additional burden on […]

Conservative MP Jason Kenney is strongly considering leaving federal politics to run for the Progressive Conservative leadership in Alberta, a friend and longtime Tory strategist said Tuesday.

“Ideas worth sharing,” is the motto of the not-for-profit whose ubiquitous TED Talks have garnered millions of views on YouTube. Entering its seventh year, TEDxYYC, an independently organized TED event, is coming to Calgary’s Jack Singer Concert Hall with an official live stream also screening at the Central, Saddletowne, Crowfoot and Southwood libraries on June 24, between […]

At the top of the stairs at one of Calgary’s newest businesses, the words “Born & Raised” are inscribed on a wall. “It’s one of our tag lines,” explains P.J. L’Heureux, part of the trio behind Trolley No. 5, a restaurant and brewery on bustling 17 Avenue S.W. “We’re Calgarians, committed to this city through […]

Dave Dickenson has yet to make one head coaching decision in a regular season game. Bo Levi Mitchell hasn’t thrown a touchdown or an interception in 2016, either. In other words, it’s early. But that hasn’t stopped anyone from wondering if the Calgary Stampeders’ banged-up offensive line is once again going to be this team’s […]

City councillors in Calgary voted 12-2 late Monday in favour of spending up to $5 million to support a plan from the Calgary Sport Tourism Authority to spend 14 months exploring a bid for the 2026 Olympic Games. A day after council took the first step toward bringing the Winter Games back to Calgary, Postmedia reporter Annalise Klingbeil […]