Новости за 31.07.2016

Calgary was soaked with nearly a year’s worth of thunderstorms in July, but sunnier days are ahead. Environment Canada’s lead meteorologist David Phillips said the city saw 23 damp days in July, with upwards of 200 mm of rain fall. The average for July is 65 mm. “It was a real shocker to see how just […]

An Air Canada flight from Toronto to Calgary was forced to make an emergency landing in Lethbridge, Alta. Saturday afternoon after the aircraft’s windshield was cracked by hail. Air Canada spokesperson Angela Mah told The Canadian Press in an email that Flight AC1159 was approaching Calgary when the A320 airbus with 144 passengers on board […]

After his first attempt to longboard across Canada was halted by a massive stroke, Brandon Harrison is set to give it another go.

In response to criticism from British Columbia over Alberta’s change to markup rates for craft beer being mostly to local brewers’ benefit, Village Brewery co-founder Jim Button said it makes sense to look out for the local economy. Taking a swing at the recent change, B.C. Parliamentary Secretary for Liquor Reform Policy John Yap said, “We are very […]

Sean Kilby sits on the tailgate of his pickup truck thumbing through his cellphone as he waits for work on a downtown Calgary street corner. Behind him, nail guns, compressors and other tools are piled on top of each other in the bed of his truck. For much of the past eight years, Kilby has […]

Sean Kilby sits on the tailgate of his pickup truck thumbing through his cellphone as he waits for work on a downtown Calgary street corner. Behind him, nail guns, compressors and other tools are piled on top of each other in the bed of his truck. For much of the past eight years, Kilby has […]

Calgary police are warning Pokemon Go players that the game is not a valid excuse for committing crimes. Cst. Mark Smith, a communications officer for the Calgary Police Service, posted a list of 19 Pokemon Go-related calls dealt with by officers on Facebook Saturday, detailing everything from suspicious characters to mobs on the hunt. “Kids […]

“If anyone dies at Spruce Meadows today, it’s definitely me and definitely your fault,” I tell my editor as I walk out the newsroom door. “Have fun,” he chuckles mischievously.  I’m headed there to do the Rugged Maniac, a five-kilometre obstacle course race. I know it’s designed to be more accessible than other “mud runs,” […]

Residents in Sundance say a dangerously fast corner is causing a safety concern in the neighbourhood.  On Friday, July 29, Joachim Schubert said he was woken up to loud noise and flashing lights on his front lawn. “I looked out the window and saw these big searchlights that were lighting up a car, right on […]

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has denied a bail application from a United Nations gangster charged with plotting to kill the Bacon brothers and their Red Scorpion associates. Troy Tran, 33, and his gang-mate Billy Ly, 32, were arrested in January following a lengthy investigation by law enforcement agencies in B.C. and Alberta. They were […]

For the second time in 22 days, 60 minutes of football wasn’t good enough for the Calgary Stampeders. But unlike the 26-26 draw they battled the Ottawa RedBlacks to on July 8 in the nation’s capital, the Stampeders settled things this time around against the B.C. Lions. A 42-yard Greg Wilson touchdown with 2:19 to […]

Emergency crews were called to a number of crashes west of Calgary this morning.  At least seven vehicles including three motorcycles were involved in three separate crashes along Highway 1, all in the same area near Range Road 33. EMS from Calgary were called to the first scene just after 11:00 A.M. and transported the drivers […]