Новости за 10.07.2016

Rona Ambrose, the interim federal Conservative leader, got off the best line Saturday at Stephen Harper’s riding barbecue in a storm-battered tent at Heritage Park. Noting the presence of key conservative players — Ric McIver, Brian Jean, Jason Kenney and Harper himself — Ambrose told the crowd: “There you have it folks — the entire Alberta conservative family under […]

You know him, but you probably don’t know him. Or rather, you know his work, but likely don’t know the man responsible. And Tebey is aiming to change that. “It’s been a really interesting last couple of years for me,” says the Canadian country musician born Tebey Ottoh. “We’ve had some hits on the radio, […]

As our city celebrates its western heritage at the Calgary Stampede, Postmedia photographers and videographers are taking a look at life behind the scenes of the modern west, where the cowboy way is still alive and well in southern Alberta.     Teepees have served served as shelter for the people of the plains for […]

Many people in this part of the world are looking forward to this year’s Calgary Stampede with a little extra want and need to party particularly hard. It’s no secret that times are tough and, with the recent wildfires in Fort McMurray, tougher for many of the men and women in the oilfield — either […]

Eddie Melville was told he had a screw loose. That came as no surprise. “Yeah, big news,” Melville quipped. “Everybody already knew that.” Good thing the veteran outrider has a good sense of humour. He needed it over the past year. He suffered a badly broken leg last year at the Battle of the North […]

Any baseball player will tell you an ace hitter can be a home run king but it is virtually impossible to hit the ball out of the park every time up at bat. The same holds true for the TransAlta Stampede Grandstand Show. In the 35 plus years I’ve been reviewing the Grandstand Show, I’ve […]

Each Spruce Meadows tournament is paved behind the scenes with road apples. Disposing of “hundreds and hundreds of tonnes” of horse manure every year is a task that passes the environmental smell test where recycling is a byword, said Spruce Meadows senior vice-president Ian Allison. During the peak of competition during the summer and fall, […]

The objective for Elizabeth Gingras was all too clear. Show this summer that she belongs on the Canadian Olympic jumping team heading to Brazil in August. As to the verdict: she genuinely couldn’t say. “I’m in a really difficult situation,” said Gingras. “I know that I have a really special horse and I have a […]

The speed demon and his otherworldly horse did what they do naturally. Blink and you might miss them. What you won’t miss is Kent Farrington and Gazelle in the winner’s circle … calm as you please … in their home away from home. For this entire summer, the American rider and his 10-year-old mare have […]

The only sense Tiffany Foster relies on after a jump-off is the auditory one. “I didn’t watch at all,” explained Foster. “I find here at Spruce it’s better to not watch and to just listen to either a groan or a cheer from the crowd and see how it goes. Honestly, (Saturday) even if I […]

It’s a quiet refuge where visits for some competitors could mean summoning a spiritual good luck horse shoe. The Rider’s Chapel sits in a copse of evergreen and poplar trees in the northeast corner of the Spruce Meadows complex in a lush setting near a wetland. With its door’s limited clearance, even the less reverent […]

Former prime minister Stephen Harper has thrown his weight behind Jason Kenney, endorsing his former lieutenant in Kenney’s run for the Progressive Conservative leadership and plan to unite Alberta’s right. Speaking at Saturday evening’s Calgary Heritage Stampede barbecue, expected to be his last as the riding’s MP, Harper said Alberta conservatives can no longer afford to be […]

He’s gone from hunting down killers to making sure harmony reigns at Spruce Meadows. Nine years after hanging up his RCMP holster after a 32-year career with the force, Tim Mitchell says the change is a welcome one, a task that’s proven far more laid back. “It’s not an enforcement role, it’s more of a […]

Amelie Ferland has set up a “baby barrier” for one of her newest babies. As Spruce Meadow’s favourite contest, Name the Foal, gallops into its final weeks, the venue’s top horse breeder has set up a makeshift barrier of wheelbarrows to corral one of the star youngsters for washing time in one of the huge […]

OTTAWA — Chris Williams earned his reputation as one of the most explosive players in the CFL a long time ago. He’s taking it to a new level this season. After the Ottawa RedBlacks game-changer torched the Calgary Stampeders defence for three touchdowns on 10 receptions in Friday night’s 26-26 draw, defensive co-ordinator DeVone Claybrooks […]

More than 1,000 Calgarians hoofed it to Confluence Park in the city's northeast Saturday to meet a herd of weed-fighting goats before the three-week pilot project wraps up Sunday.