Новости за 28.08.2016

The run game has forever been a hallmark of the University of Calgary football program. Some pretty talented individuals have been featured in the Dinos’ offensive backfield, two of whom — Anthony Woodson and Mercer Timmis — happened to be in town on Sunday as part of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ line-up. As the 2016 Canada […]

The past weekend’s Indigenous Dance Residency (IDR) scored yet another triumph at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Transformations, the latest brainchild recital program from artistic director Sandra Laronde and her internationally acclaimed team, which includes the great ballet teacher Jock Soto, grabbed its audience and wouldn’t let go through two jammed-packed sold-out performances at […]

When you have your eye on the future and are shielding it from the past it’s very difficult to be in the present. And you wind up being stuck somewhere in the middle. That’s an idea and observation you invite when you name your tour Future Now, and you are performers attempting to continue on […]

It’s from one self-declared lover of baby panda snuggles to another. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking for Ottawa’s help in defraying the considerable cost of housing the critters at Calgary’s zoo in two years. “As a fellow lover of cute cuddly panda cubs, and having observed with envy […]

It’s a crucial part of the Calgary Zoo that most visitors to the popular attraction don’t even know exists. Just south of the city — about a 45-minute drive from the lions, tigers and bears that dwell on St. George’s Island — lives a small menagerie of some of the most endangered animals in Canada. Whooping cranes, Vancouver Island Marmots, […]

Struck by a car while riding his bike along a rural road, a young boy is now in hospital with serious injuries. About 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the 10-year-old was hit at Range Rd. 174 and South Village Rd. in Barnwell. The child was taken to hospital in Taber in critical condition and then flown by […]

Following the serious injury of a suspect, several Calgary cops are now being investigated by the province’s police watchdog. Charges have not been laid yet but two of the officers involved in the incident — one a senior member with the local service — have been relieved of duty. Two more officers — one also […]

Booming development on the doorstep of the Calgary Zoo’s Devonian Conservation Centre south of the city has the facility, which helps return endangered species to the wild, looking for greener, and quieter, pastures. Greg Royer, the zoo’s chief operating officer, said the secluded 52-ha site in De Winton, which has been home to endangered species as […]

It sure didn’t take the kid long to learn an important lesson. “I learned that you don’t look for passes in your skates,” Calgary Hitmen rookie Tristen Nielsen said, “or you’ll get your head taken off. “If the puck’s coming for my skates, I just jump over it and let it go for an icing.” […]

As Brooke Henderson and two playing partners crested a hill and strolled down the 10th fairway Saturday at Priddis Greens, spectators scrambled for a sight-line. Two balls were buried in the rough, another sitting pretty on the furthest finger of short grass. Which one, a middle-aged man asked as he arrived on scene, belonged to […]

Ariya Jutanugarn had just bogeyed the finishing hole at Priddis Greens for the second time in three rounds, a surprising development since there is only one other square on her scorecard this week. Worried? Not one bit. “I just missed my tee-shot today,” Jutanugarn said with a shrug. “Nothing wrong with No. 18.” And what […]

What do the Tabbies have to do? The Calgary Stampeders have beaten the Hamilton Tiger-Cats eight straight times. That streak has included some of the most improbable, whacky end-of-game scenarios you’ll ever see. Stamps kicker Rene Paredes has booted two field goals in the final minute to win one game. Two different holders have botched […]

His name is on the wall at Canyon Meadows, where he shares the course record. His name is on the trophy, too. Unfortunately, Fred Couples’ name won’t be on the tee-sheet — or the leaderboard — at the 2016 Shaw Charity Classic. Just days before the PGA Tour Champions stars arrive in Calgary, the 56-year-old […]

Calgary police are investigating a woman was found dead in a driveway in Cranston Saturday morning. While investigators have not yet ruled the death a homicide, they are treating it as suspicious, said Sgt. Duane Lepchuk. “Any time you find someone dead in their yard, it’s suspicious until you’re sure it’s not suspicious,” he said. […]