Новости за 15.08.2016

A lengthy investigation into the disappearance of almost $500,000 at a restaurant in southern Alberta has led to charges against its former manager. Police say they received a complaint in October 2014 of theft and possible fraud at the Oilmen’s Club in Taber. Scott Blanchard, who is 45, faces one count of theft over $5,000 […]

Police are searching for a male suspect after two people were found suffering from stab wounds in a Huntington Hills home. The incident occurred around 7:45 a.m. at a home in the 200 block of Huntcroft Road N.E. When police arrived at the home, they found a man in life-threatening condition and a woman in serious condition. The […]

Canada’s economic recovery is lagging so far behind the U.S. that even a rebound in crude prices is failing to boost the nation’s currency. The four-week correlation between the Canadian dollar and crude fell to an 18-month low last week. With oil surging eight percent in August, the loonie is up just 0.5 per cent, […]

Choking on the price of beer Re: “NDP has brewed a mess with its approach to beer,” Rob Breakenridge, Opinion, Aug. 2. Today, I purchased my regular weekly supply of Olympia beer (brewed under license in Saskatoon, Sask., similar to Coors Light and Budweiser in Canada, and not a so-called “craft” brewery), and to my […]

You would have thought them easy enough to spot, but it comes as a shock to find there are 604,000 Albertans apparently affected by that unusual disease known as short arms-deep pockets syndrome. What other explanation could there be for the current government’s seemingly desperate midsummer drive to force taxpayers to pay a good chunk […]

While their house is more than a month away from being ready for possession, Sean Duitman and Michaela Till are already familiar faces in the community they’ll be moving to. The couple, who are engaged to be married, bought their first single-family home in the Airdrie community of Ravenswood in March. As they wait for […]

An established stretch of northeast Calgary topped all ends of the city in demand for new homes of all kinds in July. Saddle Ridge had the highest number of residential building permit applications last month, says the city’s planning and development department. The area off Metis Trail, first established in the 1960s, now has two […]

The percentage of Calgarians cycling to work has doubled since 2011, but the majority of residents continue to choose a vehicle for their commute, data released on the city’s website indicates. Sixty-seven per cent of Calgarians drive alone to work, maps based on 2016 census data show, a number down from 69.6 per cent in 2011. […]

The Calgary Fire Department responded to multiple calls this weekend of rafters in the water, or getting stranded, after lower water levels left hazards closer to the surface of the Bow River. Acting battalion chief Fred Rogi said firefighters responded on four different occasions during the weekend to reports of stranded rafters.  There have been […]

Average wait times for MRI scans in Calgary hospitals have increased by 20% in Calgary over the past year.

Chris Jones didn’t let Dave Dickenson in on what was bothering him, and the benefit of some extra time to think about it on the chartered flight home didn’t provide any answers, either. Only the Saskatchewan Roughriders GM/head coach seems to know why he decided to tell the Stampeders head coach to “win with some […]

With a rise in terror events across the globe, it’s better to be more prepared to face the looming threat of further terrorism, not less, the Calgary police commission says.

Late Friday night, 84-year-old Ken Czenczek leaned over his kitchen sink, trying to wash off the still-flowing blood after he was attacked in his own home by a stranger.

It’s just plain ol’ paperwork. It still marks a special moment for Calgary’s Scott Secord, who will officially turn professional when he checks in this week for the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada’s National Capital Open to Support Our Troops in Ottawa. “When you register, they just ask whether you’re an amateur or a pro, and […]

It’s mid-August already. How the heck did that happen?!? Not only is there a bit of a chill in the air at night and even some specks of yellow in the trees, but your go-to golf excuses — still rusty from winter, haven’t played many rounds, still breaking in the clubs you purchased on Boxing […]

After three years of presenting full-scale operetta/musical productions under a large tent in the East Village, Calgary Opera is taking a break. This year, instead of a fully professional production with orchestra, Calgary Opera is presenting a variety of modest-sized, semi-professional entertainments, all under the conceptual title of The Chautauqua Tent. The term itself is […]