Новости за 02.09.2016

City police released the name of Calgary’s 16th homicide victim. Calvin Timothy Brooker, 57, was found dead in an alley in the 2700 block of 41 A Ave. S.E., near Ogden Road early Thursday morning.  Police believe Brooker was killed in his nearby home, and his body moved into the alleyway where he was found […]

While construction starts on duplexes are down citywide, the segment has ramped up on multiple ends of the Calgary area this year. Leading the growth is a stretch of new communities in southeast Calgary. Between Jan. 1 and the end of July, shovels turned for 102 duplexes in a cluster of communities that includes Mahogany, Auburn […]

There may be a recession in Alberta, but that hasn’t stopped Albertans from getting on top of good deals for property, says a leading realtor from Vancouver Island. “Two years ago, the average price of homes sold on the island was $350,000; now it’s $385,000,” says John Cooper, partner at Cooper/McLintock & Associates, Re/Max Nanaimo. […]

You have to give Mark Salkeld at the Petroleum Services Association of Canada points for being persistent. It’s been two years since Canada’s energy sector began its long toboggan ride downhill due to plunging oil prices, and the industry group is making another pitch to governments for assistance to get its members back to work. Salkeld met briefly with federal Natural Resources […]

Enbridge Inc. has announced further delays to an oil pipeline proposed to run from the Bakken oilfields of North Dakota through Minnesota to a terminal in Superior, Wis. The Calgary-based company said the $2.6-billion Sandpiper project will be delayed until Bakken crude oil production recovers sufficiently to support its construction. It added the new pipeline […]

Mike Hindmarsh of Form 3 Design has been working on a 12th Street N.E. property off and on for the past 20 years, so he’s delighted to finally see a building under construction there. Hindmarsh opened his office in 1984 and was soon retained by the Caribbean community to design a new building for them. It […]

You have to give Mark Salkeld at the Petroleum Services Association of Canada points for being persistent. It’s been two years since Canada’s energy sector began its long toboggan ride downhill due to plunging oil prices, and the industry group is making another pitch to governments for assistance to get its members back to work. Salkeld met briefly with federal Natural Resources […]

While the videos in the upcoming multi-gallery exhibition include plenty of people and action, they are also meditations on their settings.

Have you ever wanted to save the environment without leaving your home? Have you wished that you could put an end to corrupt practices like illegal logging and cocaine harvesting through the simple act of property ownership? Have you ever considered rubbing shoulders with nearly half a million species of flora and fauna? It’s a […]

Put a stop to summer pop with Lil' Wayne, Dolly Parton, Mavis Staples, Alice Cooper, Amy Schumer and more.

Hello, ladies, and thank you for checking out my profile. I am a mature (let’s say middle-aged) man who is looking for a really long-term relationship. I am Count Dracula and I live in my own castle in not-so-sunny Transylvania. Now, I know what you’re thinking: long-distance love never works. How will I adjust to […]

It slices, dices and stacks up events in an easy-to-use format that responds to any modern emergency. Unexpected company? Take them to the theatre. Wi-Fi on the fritz? Leave the house to take in a movie. Is your boss in the habit of inviting himself over for dinner? Tell him it can’t happen because you’re […]

Are you a sensitive soul who finds fairy tales emotionally harrowing? Have you ever wanted to give Little Red Riding Hood a heads up? Have you ever screamed in frustration at not being able to warn Snow White about the dangers of daily apple consumption? Perhaps you’ve dreamed about injecting a little broad comedy into […]

The Calgary International Film Festival screens the doc which has White recording on a portable recording machine from the 1920s.

How many times have you found yourself applauding at the end of a piano recital while secretly thinking, “I could stand another 17 hours of that stuff”? Well, the Honens Festival has answered your silent plea with 18 hours of continuous piano music. On Sept. 8, beginning at 4:30 a.m—you read that right—a team of […]

By Stephanie Kusie U.S. President Ronald Reagan once quipped that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”  Unfortunately for Calgarians, Reagan’s comment is currently playing out in our fine city. Government policies aimed to help our economy have actually made things worse. To […]

The victim of a Calgary man sentenced to 200 years in a U.S. prison is speaking out about the verdict. In 2015, Calgarian Michael Ilk was accused of shooting his then-girlfriend Hadassah Pereslete and her friend Tyler Wilson at a construction site in Montana. On Wednesday, a judge found Ilk guilty and convicted him of […]

His first career win was indeed sweet. But now the hard stuff begins for Colin Joyce. “No stress, no pressure,” submitted Joyce. “Oh, well, of course pressure. But at the same time I love racing my bike and I’m excited to try and defend. At the end of the day, it’s just a bike race […]

The marquee attraction was tipped out Thursday in hot pink — pants, shirt and sunglasses included. You couldn’t miss him. Unless, apparently, you were checking local fitness hotspots for drive-smoking, dart-smoking fan favourite John Daly. “The guys out here, this is like when I played with them in the ’90s,” said Daly, a two-time major […]

Mark Kastelic is bigger and stronger. The Calgary Hitmen sophomore power forward added 16 pounds to his 6-foot-3 frame. That’s going to catch the eye of a lot of scouts, beginning later this month in Philadelphia. Kastelic was selected to play in the fifth annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game in Philly on Sept. 22. “I’ve […]

Over 100 of the world’s top cyclists will race from Kananaskis to Olds Friday as part of the Tour of Alberta. “There’s nothing like it,” Duane Vienneau with the Tour of Alberta said. “It’s the best racers in the world, and it’s free to attend.” Temporary highway closures and speed reductions will take place as […]

Despite high vacancy rates in the city, officials say a record number of first- and second-year students are opting to stay in residence at the University of Calgary. On Sunday, students start moving into the residences — including the 1,200 first-year students who applied to stay on campus. “It has been a booming year in terms […]

For the first time since mid-July, Joe West was back on the field at Calgary Stampeders practice on Thursday afternoon. There’s no guarantee West will be fully, 100% ready to play when the Stamps welcome the Edmonton Eskimos to McMahon Stadium on Labour Day, but after a long six weeks on the injured-list, the 32-year-old […]

It’s a part of our city’s history known by few and spoken about by even fewer. When Kevin Allen staged his first Gay History walk two years ago, though, he was taken aback by how many were interested in learning about it.  “More than 120 people showed up. It took about four street lights to get everyone […]

Calgary is getting $68.5 million from Ottawa for transit projects, though one big ticket item is on the shelf for now. The dollars under the federal Public Transit Infrastructure Fund announced Thursday at McDougall Centre were less than the $144 million allocated to Edmonton projects in a separate announcement. But Calgary is eligible for another $111 million from the Liberal […]