Новости за 07.09.2016

Wildfires that swept through Fort McMurray in May have resulted in the loss of $1 billion in planned capital spending in the oilsands for 2016, according to Alberta’s chief energy economist. Matt Foss said Wednesday that he believes those plans are deferred, not cancelled. But he doesn’t know when or if companies will resume their […]

Building a pipeline in North America has become a near-impossible odyssey, as the trials and tribulations of the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL projects illustrate. Buying “pipe in the ground” — or an entire company — is becoming a more achievable way to ensure growth. On Tuesday, as the Labour Day long weekend faded from the […]

Calgary police say a man is facing impaired driving charges after fleeing the scene of a collision near Centre Street and 20th Avenue N on Tuesday night. Det. Andy Nguyen said the man is facing charges including impaired driving, driving over the 0.08 limit and hit and run.  The collision happened at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. The suspect […]

For anyone inclined to only think of Enbridge in the context of the Northern Gateway pipeline project, its $37-billion deal to acquire Spectra Energy should put those thoughts to rest. Northern Gateway was, and still is, more important to Canada than to Enbridge from a corporate standpoint and should never have been seen as a ‘company […]

It was a harried time in many households Tuesday morning. Many eager youngsters were excited about their first day back at school and equally excited parents were eager to see them off after a long summer of organizing activities.  The Tuesday after the Labour Day weekend means a change in all households, though, not just the ones […]

Schools need to add arts and creativity to core subject matter  Re: $64M curriculum revamp doesn’t add up: parents, Sept. 6 The new curriculum revamp should focus on both content and teaching method. Yes, more STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) focus is important, but more STEAM (and Arts!) is actually the key. Recent local […]

Several times this summer, Pam Russell has looked out her office window and remembered how her longtime boss regularly drove by in his golf cart. “I still half expect to see him go by, waving and having his big smile,” she says of Ron Southern, the co-founder of Spruce Meadows who died Jan. 21, 2016. “When we […]

Theatre Calgary brings Anthony's comedic and disarming look at societal ills to the stage.

He's coming to Calgary for the Lego Imagine Nation tour and he's bringing Spiderman.

A 227-kilogram cake shaped like a horse and wagon. A zombie cake, for a family who likes to watch the Walking Dead together. A life-sized Captain America bust, for a kid who worships the Marvel superhero. When it comes to creative cake decorating, Calgarian Lesi Lambert’s imagination knows no bounds. The owner of Lambert Academy […]

The Hitmen got their man. And not a moment too soon. With the WHL regular season set to open in just over two weeks, the Hitmen filled out their coaching staff on Tuesday, naming Trent Cassan as an assistant coach.  Cassan, who spent the past six seasons with the SJHL’s Yorkton Terriers, joins head coach […]

Months ago, Calgary Tory MP Deepak Obhrai called out his party colleagues for being too “elitist and white-only” — Tuesday he made his bid to lead them. Obhrai, who represents Calgary Forest Lawn in Ottawa, Tuesday filed his paperwork to run for Conservative Party of Canada leader. “I can contribute immensely to Canada and to […]

With the inquiry into the comments made by Justice Robin Camp beginning in Calgary, the Canadian Judicial Council spoke to the media in advance, to provide background into how, why and how often they get to this point. 1. The council receives some 200 complaints on average per year. Johanna Laporte, communications director with the CJC […]

Questions from Justice Robin Camp about her failure to fend off a rape suspect left a woman “uncomfortable and confused,” a hearing into whether the judge should be dismissed heard Tuesday. The now 24-year-old woman, who is at the centre of a controversy surrounding Camp after four University of Calgary law professors complained about his conduct, said his […]

Calgary police say the death of a man in an alley off 17th Ave. S.W. over the weekend was not suspicious.  Following an autopsy Tuesday, the death is no longer being investigated as a possible hit-and-run, a Calgary police spokesperson said.  The man’s body was found Saturday morning at about 5:30 a.m. by a passerby.

The claim by a B.C. man he was transporting 38 kilograms of marijuana to medical users in Toronto when he was stopped near Lake Louise three years ago was rejected Tuesday by a Calgary judge. Court of Queen’s Bench Judge Craig Jones found John Dale Brown’s claim he was delivering drugs for licensed growers in […]

A Calgary woman broke into tears while testifying Tuesday about a brutal rape committed two decades ago in her southwest home. The woman told Crown prosecutor Rose Greenwood her assailant even brought her then common-law husband to the basement of their Calgary home to watch her being sexually abused. “It was bad enough when nobody was […]

Kinsey Jerry, the man who admitted to killing his four-month-old daughter in January 2007, was sentenced to four years for manslaughter in that case, and a further two years for the aggravated assault against his un-named four-month-old son in 2011. For the mother of the victim, Honey Jerry, the wait between the crime and the […]