Новости за 03.09.2016

Friday at the Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) featured the Canadian Commission Round in which all the competing quartets performed the same new work, this year by composer Zosha Di Castri. The new piece was co-commissioned by the Americas Society (New York), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and BISQC. The “Canadian Commission” is a rite […]

Calgary police are investigating after a body was found early Saturday morning in an alley off 17th Avenue S.W. Police believe the death is the result of a hit and run and have assigned the traffic unit to lead the investigation.  Sgt. Kelly Todd said a passerby noticed the body and called police at about […]

Whoosh. Just like that you’re on top of a mountain BANFF — Within 30 minutes, there I was standing at 2,200 metres elevation and straddling two provinces along the Continental Divide. Until this summer, hiking at Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard Resort required you to book a van or bus ride up a dirt summer road […]

Coal has become public enemy No. 1 in Alberta’s battle over climate change. It could soon join the federal hit list. Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has discussed a plan with the provinces to speed up the shutdown of coal-fired power plants across the country. The move would put Ottawa on a similar track to the Notley […]

Labour Day is often considered the unofficial end of summer. It also means that the wine harvest has begun, or soon will, in the Northern Hemisphere. With winery work hitting high gear, I thought I would focus on some of the more labour-intensive wines out there.

By Colin Craig There was a fair amount of press coverage recently over the Notley government’s decision to cancel an Alberta Health Services contract with a local company to clean bed sheets in our hospitals. However, what hasn’t received as much attention are the benefits Saskatchewan taxpayers are set to enjoy by partnering with that […]

Anyone who doubts the oilsands’ value to the nation’s prosperity should read Statistics Canada’s latest quarterly report, which finds the economy had its worst performance since the global financial crisis of 2009. The federal agency said gross domestic product — the total value of goods produced and services provided — fell 1.6 per cent during the second quarter of […]

In late 2014, then-Wildrose leader Danielle Smith walked the political plank over to the Progressive Conservative government. That set off a Wildrose party suicide watch. At the time, I tried to recall another example of a party, anywhere, that won a significant share of the vote in the previous election (Wildrose won 34 per cent in […]

Keep politics away from airports Re: “Harper deserves to be honoured,” Letter, Sept. 1. While I support Al King’s interest in honouring Stephen Harper, I believe that renaming Calgary International Airport after him is inappropriate and misinformed. No Canadian airport should be named after a federal or provincial politician given the partisan nature of his […]

Alberta appears to have a powerful new ally as the NDP government moves to end the use of coal-fired power in the province by 2030. The federal Liberal government has confirmed it is looking at ways to phase-out coal-fired electrical generation at an accelerated pace. A phase-out of coal by 2030 is a key component of the […]

How do a bunch of birdie-seeking seniors kill a three-hour weather delay? South Africa’s David Frost, who would eventually emerge as the first-round leader at the Shaw Charity Classic, returned a few emails for his wine business. Jeff Maggert, the defending tournament champion and one of many guys hot on Frost’s trail after Friday’s action, […]

Canadian small-cap oil and gas stocks are poised to outperform U.S. peers as their moves to cut costs and lower debt begin to gain traction with analysts and investors. Analysts have increased their price targets for Canadian producers with market valuations of up to C$2 billion ($1.5 billion) more than equivalent U.S. peers. Canadian companies […]

Sean Monahan’s pain could turn into financial gain for some of his buddies back home. That’s the bright side. After Friday’s announcement that Monahan will skip the World Cup due to a minor back strain, the Calgary Flames’ workhorse centre joked some of his pals in the Toronto area might be willing to sell their […]

It’s one of the greatest accomplishments in golf — shooting your age. On this day, divot-digging legend Tom Watson did one better. At 66 years young, Watson — an eight-time major champ and World Golf Hall of Fame inductee — finished his business Friday in just 65 swings, shaving five strokes off par in the […]

Wednesday at the Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) was a long haul of repetition, three Ravel quartets and three Brahms quartets. It was also a time for individual standout repertoire choices and performances — Dvorák A-flat quartet and Sibelius ‘voces intimae’ quartet. But regardless of who chose what to present, a fact remained by day’s end: […]

OPEC’s crude production climbed to a record last month as increased output from Gulf members made up for persisting losses in Nigeria and Libya, according to a Bloomberg survey. Supplies from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries rose by 120,000 barrels a day to average 33.69 million a day in August amid increases by Iran, Iraq […]

Alberta’s export activity remained mostly flat in July as the oil price collapse continued to curtail shipments across most sectors. Statistics Canada said Friday that provincial exports totalled almost $6.1 billion, down slightly from the previous month, but off more than 27 per cent from a year earlier. Energy exports fell to $3.9 billion, less than half the total of two years […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for the world’s largest oil producers to freeze the flow of oil into the oversupplied global market, but said Iran should be offered an exemption as it recovers from years of sanctions. Putin’s call for market intervention comes ahead of an informal meeting of energy ministers later this month, […]

As they finish harvesting this year’s crop, Canadian honey producers say they are being stung with prices that have fallen by about 50 per cent since a year ago, a devastating blow that some are blaming on a global glut of what they say is cheaper, low-quality Chinese exports. While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promotes […]

The iconic hot pools in Canada's mountain parks will remain publicly owned after all, the federal government announced Friday.

Canlit superstars Yann Martel, Emma Donoghue, Jane Urquhart and Zoe Whittall are among the 90 authors and artists scheduled to attend this year’s WordFest, Calgary’s biggest literary festival. The lineup, announced on the festival’s website, includes a mix of homegrown authors and international writers who will be involved in readings, panel discussions and other literary […]

The Calgary Humane Society is looking for the public’s help in identifying four kittens found abandoned in a sealed box in the city’s southeast.  Brad Nichols, senior manager with the society’s cruelty investigations unit, said that while abandoning kittens is not uncommon, he is particularly concerned the kittens were purposely trapped in a closed container. “Unfortunately, […]

Sunday marks the 2016 Calgary Pride Parade, but one attraction will be missing from city streets. In past years, Calgary Transit and Calgary Pride have teamed up to give one city bus a rainbow makeover. But this year, Calgary Pride said the bus will be missing from Pride celebrations. “Truth with the bus is we […]

One of Ghost River Theatre’s mandates is to change the rules of theatre and this goal has never been more evident than in the company’s The Six Senses Series. Ghost River started with Tomorrow’s Child, a sci-fi excursion that was entirely sound-based as participants entered an unknown space blindfolded and then were bombarded with sounds, music […]

At 9:20 a.m. a pickup truck being backed out of a driveway at Redwood Meadows hit the boy, who incurred serious lower arm and other injuries.