Новости за 25.07.2016

Newborns deprived of oxygen at birth will soon have improved chances of surviving without brain injuries thanks to a portable cooling blanket. Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary is one of the first care facilities in Canada to purchase the device, which is expected to be more reliable in keeping temperatures cool when babies are moved. […]

The Absorb bioresorbable stent, newly approved for use across Canada, dissolves away over time after helping open up blocked heart vessels, and is a novel treatment option for patients with coronary artery disease. Dr. Ganesh reviews this new technology and chats with Dr. Kevin Bainey about his experience with the device.

The Calgary International Blues Festival starts free, while Heritage Park goes country.

City council has given the green light for the Calgary Police Service to add 50 new police positions. Council approved a report this morning that will allow the service to have the new members onboard by mid-2017. The salaries of the officers will be paid through traffic fine revenue. “Acutely aware of the financial pressures […]

Today marks the last city council meeting before the August break, and a bulky agenda awaits Calgary’s elected leaders. Here are five things council is set to discuss before meetings resume in September. Council is set to discuss: The report from the integrity and ethics office on Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s controversial comments about Uber.  Two notices […]

WestJet has announced it will add dozens of new flights to its domestic and international networks as part of its 2016-2017 winter schedule. Scheduled to start in late October, highlights from the airline’s new flight roster include additional domestic routes from Toronto to Vancouver, Ottawa and Moncton, N.B. New international destinations departing from Toronto include […]

Calgary police say a man was dropped off at the Peter Lougheed Centre with a stab wound Sunday night. The man was in life-threatening condition when he was left at the hospital. Det. Travis Ibach said police have identified a possible suspect but they haven’t found them yet. Police continue to investigate the incident.

A Calgary man in his 40s is dead after a collision at Township Road 221 and Range Road 265 early Monday morning. Strathmore RCMP say the collision happened at about 8:15 a.m. after a tractor trailer turned in front of an east-bound vehicle. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured […]

At least two groups that include Canadian pension funds are planning to submit bids this week for a minority stake in TransCanada Corp.'s Mexican pipeline business valued at about $2 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Calgary businesses are taking advantage of a changing commercial office space landscape.

While most Calgarians continued to climb into a car or truck before heading off to work, those hopping onto a saddle and peddling to the salt mines has more than doubled over the past five years.  The city’s 2016 census, released earlier this week, shows 67 per cent of respondents drive to work alone while […]

Thousands of dollars were raised for local Special Olympics athletes this weekend at the Free the Finest event in Airdrie. Sunday afternoon, a Mountie, a Calgary correctional officer and a pair of Highlanders were all too happy to come down off the roof of the Airdrie Walmart, but also happy their odd weekend getaway brought in […]

The Canadian Space Agency has an out-of-this-world opportunity — literally.  The agency has begun recruiting for two new Canadian astronauts to add to its ranks, something that has only happened three other times in its history.  The application process opened in June and as of July 6, when the latest statistics were released, 396 Albertans had put […]

Eight hours for The Who, six for Led Zeppelin and the entire night for the Stones. But it was worth it once the box office opened and the prize of a ticket close to the stage at the old City Hall in Newcastle, England, was handed out for a sum that wouldn’t buy today’s music […]

Putting critical issues to a vote can be dangerous Re: “Electoral reform needs a mandate from people in a referendum, Opinion, July 22 While I agree that the Liberal’s self-serving trial balloons about electoral reform need further public scrutiny, I disagree with the notion that adoption of these ideas should be decided by referendum.  After all, […]

Does anyone know the Phineas and Ferb song: “There’s 104 days of summer vacation and school comes along just to end it…but the annual problem of our generation is finding a good way to spend it?” I’d like to know how Phineas and Ferb get 104 days. My school let out a week earlier than […]

It’s Sunday morning, just approaching noon, and Debbi Salmonsen has something of a happily resigned air about her. Maybe resigned is not the proper term. Perhaps relaxed. Or content. Or free. As the general manager of the Calgary Folk Music Festival, her work is virtually done, save for being on call to put out any […]

After the International Olympic Committee decided not to issue a blanket ban on Russian athletes at the 2016 Olympics due to widespread doping, three-time Olympic medallist and Calgarian Catriona Le May Doan calls the decision disappointing. The IOC’s decision comes after a report by a Canadian law professor confirmed the existence of a Russian state-sponsored doping program […]

That moment, 78 minutes into Saturday night’s game, will forever be filed near the top of Dominick Zator’s memory bank. “It was a roller-coaster of emotions going through the whole game,” recalled the Calgary Foothills FC centreback. “The ball just fell on my chest nicely and I just wanted to hit it. It went in. […]

The uncle of a Calgary boy swept away by the Yoho River on Friday says his own 14-year-old son made a desperate attempt to rescue his cousin, but was overwhelmed by the powerful current. Parks Canada and RCMP are still searching for Behzad Ahmad, who has been missing since he fell into the Yoho River around 7:20 p.m. […]

Family and friends of a Calgary man detained in Turkey — accused of involvement with a failed coup attempt — are fearful for his safety. Davud Hanci was taken into custody in Turkey on Saturday and has since had his name and photo splashed across Turkish media, allegedly for being the right hand of Fethullah Gulen, […]

The three First Nations bands near Morley are in a crisis situation over extremely high rates of prescription drug addictions and overdoses among members. With addiction rates surging as high as 60 per cent among adult members of the reserve, Stoney Nakoda has declared a state of emergency. “We had something like 139 deaths attributed to opiates within a two-year […]

This must be the last step to putting an agonizing defeat in your rearview mirror — finally filling that same spot on your mantle.  Three years after letting a nine-stroke lead slip away in the final round of the 2013 Sun Life Financial Alberta Men’s Amateur Championship in Sundre, Calgary’s Evan Holmes added that particular title […]

First responders in the Sundre area were searching for a helicopter Sunday afternoon after it made a hard landing near Ice Lake. Sgt. Jack Poitras with the Alberta RCMP said emergency crews were initially alerted to the incident by a distress signal from the aircraft at around 1:30 p.m. “We’ve been advised that a plane […]

The man is famous for his cool and creativity under pressure, for his wizardry with a wedge, for his ability to salvage par or better from what seems like a sure-bogey. It should be noted this particular situation — a gentleman, considering the purchase of an exclusive founders’ membership at Mickelson National Golf Club, is […]