Новости за 08.09.2016

A former Tory cabinet minister who was one of the first MLAs to publicly question Alison Redford’s leadership will run to become leader of the Progressive Conservative party. Donna Kennedy-Glans, who served as the PC MLA for Calgary-Varsity between 2012 and 2015, told former PC caucus colleagues in an email Wednesday she would seek the […]

The largest oil traders are anticipating little relief to what has become the worst market slump in a generation. All but one of 15 senior oil traders and executives interviewed this week at the annual Asia-Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore expect crude to remain between $40 and $60 a barrel over the next 12 months. […]

RCMP in southeastern British Columbia are trying to track a woman who used a young child, possibly her daughter, to help stage a robbery. Cpl. Grant Simpson says police are always concerned when children are involved and he’s confident the woman will be identified. He says the theft was reported just before Labour Day after […]

MONTREAL — The current federal review process of energy projects needs to be shut down and overhauled immediately, say more than 50 environmental and activist groups in a letter sent to the prime minister. No pipeline projects should go forward until Justin Trudeau reforms the National Energy Board (NEB), says the letter, which was also […]

Day parole has been granted to an Alberta man who was convicted of stabbing two men in the neck 11 years ago, killing one of them. Dustin Blair Loran was charged in the death of Darrel Kevis and the wounding of Matt McLean. Kevis, who was 44, and McLean, who was 18, were asleep during […]

Alberta’s advanced education minister says all of the province’s 26 publicly funded colleges and universities are expected to soon have sexual assault policies in place. Earlier this year, Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt said he encouraged all institutions to create the policies. “We’ve made it clear that sexual assault and sexual harassment are unacceptable wherever they occur, and we’ve made […]

The Calgary facilities of Canada Malting have been housed in its Ogden premises for more than 100 years. Now part of GrainCorp, a huge Australian firm that’s become one of the world’s leading international agribusiness and agrifoods processors, it now shares space with a sister company that operates a grain marketing office here. Led by president Warren […]

Dickens Pub holds a reunion for Warehouse partiers, Honens goes to the pub and more live music this week in Calgary.

Capital Ideas members were asked to consider what they’ll do with their business once they’re ready to move on. Here’s what members of our community of business owners helping business owners had to say: “Apostyle is so new that an exit strategy isn’t anywhere in sight. My goal is to continuously grow and evolve to […]

“Have you been to The Boot yet?” asked our friend Murray, who lives in Cochrane. Initially, the man-friend and I assumed that a new shoe store had opened. That is, until Murray suggested we make reservations because “there’s often a line out the door.” Intrigued, on a recent Friday night we booked a table for […]

Stepping into DaDe Loft is like entering a chic Manhattan boutique. But the space is also the home of Darcy Lundgren (at right in photo) and Greg Fraser; it’s open to the public Thursday to Sunday, and most of the rugs, artwork, ceramics and linens are for sale (1212 13th St. S.E., dadeartanddesignlab.com). Lundgren and […]

What does the son of the son of a leather tanner do when the career for which he seems destined goes belly up just as he’s primed to take over? If he’s smart and adaptable (not to mention a whiz with a paint roller), he reinvents the family business and inspires a fourth generation to […]

Following months of investigation into the suspicious death of a young Calgary boy, police have charged his mother with his second-degree murder.

When Eric Lamaze entered the National Equestrian Center in Deodoro a month ago, he wasn’t sure. These Olympic Games weren’t like 2008 in Beijing when he had a sure-thing in Hickstead, one of the most magnificent show jumping horses since Big Ben to be ridden by a Canadian. Hickstead was the odds-on favourite back then. […]

The FluMist vaccine is still an option for kids in Canada — Alberta included — despite getting a thumbs-down in the U.S. It’s just not as strongly recommended as it once was. Alberta Health said it will follow the lead of Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization. The committee completed a review of the nasal spray […]

Calgary's housing climate for low-income earners is a "disaster," says the author of a new report looking at housing affordability across Canada.

A Calgary woman is scheduled to appear in court this week on fraud charges after allegedly raising donations through online posts in which she claimed to be sick with cancer. Police say Jennifer Halford, 34, of Calgary was charged with seven counts of fraud under $5,000 on May 26. Halford is accused of using stories, […]

Uber may be circling around for another pass at entering the Calgary market, after negotiating with city bureaucrats over the summer to find a fit for the ride-sharing giant, says a Calgary councillor. Even as the city continues to talk with Uber, which abandoned Calgary in February after council passed a new ride-sharing bylaw the company […]

Emergency responders say a vehicle collision north of the city killed one person and left two others in critical condition.

The Calgary Stampeders handed Demonte’ Bolden his walking papers on Thursday but didn’t seem to have a bad word to say about the defensive lineman. Bolden has only appeared in two games this season for the first-place Stamps, and head coach Dave Dickenson said the decision was simply a matter of having depth at defensive […]

One of the future stars of the Calgary Zoo is one step closer to safety in the wild, but those deeply involved in animal conservation know the road remains long and winding.  While the Calgary Zoo eagerly prepares to host a family of giant pandas starting in 2018, on Sunday, the International Union for Conversation of Nature […]

A 38-year-old Calgary woman is facing charges after a crash in May that killed a four-year-old girl.  Police say on May 6, the child was walking near 79 St. and 47 Ave. N.W. in Bowness with her family and their dog.  “Witnesses had stated that the female driver of the Ford F150 had initially stopped and […]

A devastated family, a former addict and an addictions specialist added their voices Wednesday to Liberal Leader David Swann’s renewed call for the NDP government to declare a public health emergency around the deadly drug fentanyl. In a news conference at the Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre (AARC), the family of Nathan Huggins-Rosenthal — who battled an addiction to fentanyl […]

Five days between football games isn’t a lot of time for bodies to recover or for coaches to implement new game plans. But at least five days is better than four. On Thursday, the Calgary Stampeders took to the field for a walkthrough at McMahon Stadium in advance of Saturday’s Labour Day Replay against the […]

When the Bow River overflowed its banks three years ago, surging waters covered large swaths of Bowness and swamped an iconic corner store in the northwest neighbourhood.  For nearly 70 years, the store sat at the crossing of Bowness Road and 60 Street N.W., offering residents a community gathering place where children spent their allowance on sweets, […]