Новости за 24.06.2016

The Verona and the Corsano display what a known luxury brand builder is bringing to the move-up market in a new community in northwest Calgary. Albi Luxury by Brookfield Residential has two show homes open in Symons Gate, both two-storey, front-attached garage homes with about 2,300 to 2,500 square feet of space. It’s Albi’s first […]

Prices through new and resale single-family home markets continue to benefit the buyer in the Calgary area this year. The benchmark price on single-family homes in the city last month was $500,500, easing three per cent from $518,000 during the same time in 2015, says the Calgary Real Estate Board. Here are six other noteworthy prices from the […]

The Ole Hickory barbecue smoker is so big they took the back wall off the Hayden Block at 1136 Kensington Rd. N.W. to wedge it into the kitchen. Installing a smoker twice the size of a Smart car was a big but necessary job, just part of the extreme measures Jared and Aja Kichula resorted […]

Protein is a key building block for nutrition, and the veritable wall of 667 peanut butter jars collected at the 13th annual Peanut Butter Classic women’s golf tournament earlier this month provided a lot of mortar for food bank meals. The annual Peanut Butter Classic is a women’s charity golf tournament that collects peanut butter […]

A lake community accessed off 52nd Street in southeast Calgary is now offering its final phase of move-up homes.  Auburn Bay, master-planned by Brookfield Residential, has opened sales on lots for zero lot line homes with single and double car attached garages by Cedarglen Homes and Jayman Built.  The new phase is in a large […]

Too many parks, plazas and promenades in our city centre? Calgary is at a crossroads. Do we want more OR do we want better public spaces? It seems everyone I talk to these days wants another park or a park upgrade in their community. I was surprised recently when Calgary Herald columnist and fiscal conservative Mike […]

Maluca brings her tropical punk to the Hifi Club and more to see at Sled

For Greg McDermid, getting a federal research grant is taking his work to another level. The associate professor of geography at the University of Calgary will receive $145,000 over five years to broaden his research with remote sensors that are used to study climate change and landscape dynamics. “They tend not to be the big money grants, but they […]

A historic Calgary diner is being remembered through the condo tower located at its former site in Kensington.   The Lido Cafe, a dining staple for 10th Street N.W. since 1962, closed in 2014. This fall, the first buyers will move into Battistella Developments’ eight-storey mid-rise, which is also called Lido. But the developer’s hat tip to the long-time […]

A condo development featuring Charles Voysey’s Arts and Crafts-style architecture and 3,000 square feet of green space is now selling into a new building.    Sandgate in Mahogany by Hopewell Residential has launched sales on its second of four buildings, which contains 76 condos. More than 70 per cent of its 66-condo opening phase is spoken for. There […]

A combination of value and prime location have helped drive early interest in a northwest Calgary townhome development that recently unveiled four new show homes.  Brookfield Residential launched sales on its first project in the Calgary area that wasn’t in one of its own new communities — the Link at Evanston — late last year. Evanston is a […]

SOUTHWEST Altadore 36: By Brookfield Residential. Modern townhomes in the heart of Altadore from the mid $500,000s. 36th Avenue and 16th Street S.W. Avenue33 by Sarina.  36 Boutique Flats and Lofts in Marda Loop.  1915 33rd Avenue SW.  Opening May 2016. Avenue West End: By Grosvenor and Cressey Development Group. Riverside homes with views. Starting at […]

About a year ago, with industry watchers calling for oil prices to eventually plummet to $26 per barrel, Chris Artibello continued to move ahead with his vision for an upscale country residential development in the Sylvan Lake area. “I was a bit nervous about the outlook for the oil sector — who wouldn’t be — but at the same […]

Adam Strangler, 5:30 p.m. at Broken City Get going early on this Friday night — actually, some Sled venues actually spark things up just after noon — with a show by this Montreal slightly psych pop act. There’s lots of jangle and chime in their deep, garage-y grooves that recall, at times, the shoegazey side […]

There’s trouble ahead when it comes to Canada growing its oil production in the coming years while the sector bumps up against a lack of pipelines. A new report from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers highlights the hazard for the industry — and for governments. Here’s the good news for the sector: Overall oil output in the country is […]

By any number of measures, Penn West Petroleum has endured a tough couple of years.   The company, once the largest royalty trust in the oilpatch, held its annual meeting Thursday in a venue markedly smaller than those of past years. Even then, there were empty seats, including one that would have been filled by chairman Rick […]

It has been said that only God can make a tree. True, but we mere mortals can-and should-plant trees wherever and whenever possible. Consider the benefits of trees. Trees have medicinal uses: one of four  pharmaceutical products is plant-based. Yew trees, for example, provide the necessary extract for aspirin production. Trees provide food for people and […]

In the lifespan of most cities, 20 years is a mere blip on the radar. But Calgary is not most cities. Even among its Canadian peers, Calgary still feels like the kid struggling to deal with its limbs after a tremendous overnight growth spurt: from a few thousand people gathered around a North West Mounted […]

There are more than 300 Little Free Libraries in Calgary (littlefreelibrary.org). The take-a-book format promotes literacy and community spirit. The option of leaving a book promotes uncluttered nightstands and bookshelves. Whodunnits are in high circulation, perhaps because re-reading them is pointless once you know whodunnit. Here are all the mysteries, thrillers and crime novels found […]

Alcohol servers don’t earn minimum wage Re: “Government will keep its promise,” Letter, June 21. Labour Minister Christina Gray states that the government will keep its promise to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018. I am a 30-year employer of alcohol servers who are categorized as minimum wage earners. They simply are not, […]

The Rachel Notley government has demonstrated an appetite for increasing Albertans’ cost of living, but the premier should reject a suggestion by the Conference Board of Canada that it’s time to introduce a sales tax. “While politically unpopular, a comparably low tax rate on consumption could significantly help fill the hole left by royalty revenues,” the conference board […]

It’s taken a year, but Albertans are finally coming to terms with some of the consequences of electing the NDP. Chief among them is the carbon tax, the initial levy of which begins next January. During the election campaign, the NDP said nothing about such a measure. Nor, of course, would they ever bring in […]

One person is dead after a motor vehicle collision on Deerfoot Trail at Country Hills Blvd.  Emergency services responded to a call just after 8 p.m. to the northbound lanes of Deerfoot Trail, south of Stoney Trail. On arrival, crews found a vehicle travelling southbound left its lanes and collided head-on with another vehicle travelling northbound. Each […]

Orkin Canada, a national pest control company in Canada, is saying it’s seen a 40 per cent increase in calls for bed bugs this summer, and with the Calgary Stampede coming up, the timing isn’t ideal for the city. Lisa Hawkins, a branch manager at Orkin’s Calgary location said that one of the possible reasons […]

CANMORE – Officials have closed the well-travelled Legacy Trail between the Town of Canmore’s visitor centre and the east gates of Banff National Park due to grizzly bear activity. Late Thursday afternoon, a notice was posted on the Town of Canmore’s Facebook page. “Please note that the Legacy Trail has been closed between Banff National Park […]