Новости за 30.08.2016

With one in seven men developing prostate cancer in their lifetime, it’s more important than ever that we all support the Calgary Prostate Cancer Centre. The world-class facility relies solely on donor dollars and corporate events to keep its doors open. The centre receives no government funding. Thousands of men-and their families- have benefited from […]

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, the world’s largest fertilizer company by capacity, and Calgary-based Agrium have confirmed they are in preliminary merger talks. Both companies issued statements today confirming the news after their shares were halted on the Toronto Stock Exchange. They said no agreement has been reached and there is no assurance that any transaction […]

Interim Tory Leader Ric McIver says controversial delegate selection rules for the Progressive Conservative leadership race may not be the final word. McIver is critical of the PC board’s decision on the weekend that five of the 15 delegates from each riding elected to go to next March’s leadership convention must be members of the […]

Two people are dead following a crash northeast of Calgary. EMS said shortly after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, paramedics were called to a scene near Highway 9 and Township Road 270 after reports of a three-vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer, a large cube van and a sedan. “The two individuals in the sedan, both male, both believed to […]

Calgary Police are hoping the public can help them find an SUV used in a robbery in June. Authorities say at 7 p.m. on June 24th, a woman was helping her elderly father in law out of a vehicle on Centre A Street N.W, when she was approached from behind by an unknown offender who allegedly […]

The Toronto Raptors will be coming to the Saddledome this fall for a preseason game against the Denver Nuggets on Oct. 3. The game is part of the league’s NBA Canada Series. The series will also see the Raptors take on the Golden State Warriors on Oct. 1 in Vancouver. Calgary’s exhibition game will give basketball fans their first […]

Explorers in 2015 discovered only about a tenth as much oil as they have annually on average since 1960. This year, they’ll probably find even less, spurring new fears about their ability to meet future demand. With oil prices down by more than half since the price collapse two years ago, drillers have cut their exploration budgets to […]

Calgary police have arrested a man wanted on warrants in connection with a fatal collision on Memorial Drive last month. A 30-year-old woman, the front-seat passenger of the car, was killed in the crash. Another passenger in the vehicle, a 32-year-old woman, remains in hospital. Police say the collision took place at about 3 a.m. […]

The Calgary couple charged with killing their grandson will be tried by judge next spring, court heard Tuesday. The manslaughter trial of Allan and Carolina Perdomo will begin May 1, 2017 and is expected to last six weeks. In July, 2015, their five-year-old grandson, Eneas Emilio Perdomo was taken to the Alberta Children’s Hospital in […]

A Calgary oil and gas company that ran afoul of Alberta’s energy watchdog has complied with orders to return its sour gas pipelines to a safe state after warning about gaps in its ability to detect and respond to leaks. Lexin Resources Ltd. had told the Alberta Energy Regulator in late June that it had […]

Sheldon Kennedy says being sexually abused for years by his junior hockey coach Graham James turned him from a “goofy, slightly mixed-up kid” who dreamed of the future into little more than “a zombie.” The former NHL player turned advocate for sexual abuse victims still seems ill at ease when talking about his own experiences, […]

Darcy Lundgren and Greg Fraser have moved their DaDe Art & Design Lab from Inglewood’s 9th Avenue S.E. to a unique 17th Avenue S.E. space and renamed their company Dade Loft. The new showroom — in a fashionable loft at the corner of 13th Street — is indeed where they live and everything on display and […]

With two federal cabinet ministers here Tuesday, the Trudeau government is positioned to score some political points with Calgary’s business leaders. Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna will address a Calgary Chamber of Commerce audience that will be wanting clarity on many issues, including a federal carbon tax and support for getting Alberta’s oil to tidewater. […]

Alberta politicians have called for a drama-free discussion on pipelines. But then, a guy with a Guy Fawkes mask showed up Monday outside the Energy East regulatory hearings in Montreal. The federal government wants an inclusive, informed discussion over building energy infrastructure in the country that hears from everyone. But then, chanting and clapping from a […]

It may be soothing to NDP supporters when Premier Rachel Notley speaks of the hellish, right-wing dystopia that otherwise would exist in Alberta today had her party not triumphed 16 months ago, but such rhetoric is no replacement for an actual plan. Moreover, I doubt most Albertans are interested in watching our premier heroically battle strawmen […]

NDP is doing a good job Re: “NDP making life worse,” Editorial, Aug. 25. One can validly criticize Alberta’s NDP government. The Herald’s editorial oversteps itself, however, in saying the NDP must “end its policies that are driving investment out of the province.” Which policies, empirically, can be pointed to? The NDP’s royalty review left the […]

When it comes to promoting Calgary, there’s no better booster of our city than Mayor Naheed Nenshi. Say what you like about some of the policies he has presided over, there’s no more effective ambassador than our affable mayor. Having said that, it was appropriate that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected the mayor’s request for financial help […]

A Canadian accused of masterminding a deadly attack in Bangladesh last month is the latest person with ties to Calgary and extremist groups overseas. Bangladeshi police say Tamim Chowdhury was behind an attack at a Dhaka restaurant on July 1 that left more than 20 people dead. Chowdhury was one of three suspects killed by […]

Calgary police say a man accused in a 2013 attempted murder has fled.

It’s a breath of fresh air, lawyer Shamsher Kothari said of bail being granted to his client — accused in a $27 million fraud case.

As soon as it was clear they had a problem, Calgary police investigating several of their own were quick to notify its provincial overseer and the public, the local police service says.

The government of Ukraine named Jason Kenney to its Order of Merit on the weekend. The Alberta PC Party did not. Rules adopted by the party look like a way to kick Kenney out of the leadership contest if he shows any sign of damaging the party brand. Or hitting him with a $20,000 penalty for acting […]

Considering the 157-pound elephant in the room, this reflection is not a stretch. It is germane, worth re-visiting. For Mark Giordano knows first-hand what it’s like for summertime negotiations to flounder, stall, then peter out. Coming off his first full season with the Calgary Flames, the restricted free agent needed a new deal. Giordano’s camp demanded […]

The words that k.d. lang speaks all make sense individually. But strung together, it’s difficult to understand the meaning of the phrase. It’s as if it’s a sentence sent from another world, another time …  “I’m in a pay phone, believe it or not,” lang says and laughs. “It was like, ‘How do I use this thing?’ […]

As officials test 700 samples from streams and rivers downstream of Banff National Park, scientists say the discovery of whirling disease in Alberta could have major implications for the province’s fisheries. The first-ever case of whirling disease in Canada was confirmed last week in Johnson Lake, which flows into the Bow River — known as one of the world’s top trout rivers. “It’s the […]