Новости за 09.09.2016

Lyle Owerko thinks about them all the time. He captured them in their last moments, jumping or falling to their deaths from fiery towers in New York City.  Most remained nameless and faceless. Sometimes they are called “the jumpers.” Fifteen years ago, the Calgary-born photographer found himself at Ground Zero on Sept. 11 when terrorists crashed two […]

Rising housing costs pricing Canadians out of their own cities. Aging rental housing stock in need of energy efficiency retrofits. Rethinking support for affordable housing.  These are some of the topics the federal government wants Canadians’ opinions on as it moves ahead with forming a national housing strategy. Jean-Yves Duclos, minister of Families, Children and […]

Barb Montgomery never planned to get sick. In fact, just a year and a half ago, things were looking bright for the single mom of one. Her son had just graduated from high school, and the two were making big plans for a European trip to celebrate the occasion. Then, only days after his graduation, […]

Eight facilities at the University of Calgary will be updated after the federal government provided $78 million for improvements. The funding, which comes from the Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund, will be added to another $162 million from the province for new and ongoing capital projects. It includes the MacKimmie Complex project planning and the Schulich […]

Sometimes the difference is in the details. Thoughtful extras can carry a floor plan the extra mile. Such is the case with the L plan townhome at Chalet No.6. The award-winning development by Hopewell Residential is in the southeast community of Copperfield. Copperfield has a skating rink, tennis courts, parks, pathways and three ponds. It’s […]

You can add iconic British popsmith Elvis Costello to the list of big names that the Owen Hart Foundation has tapped for its fundraising efforts. The organization has just announced that it will present An Evening with Elvis Costello Dec. 10 at the Jubilee Auditorium. Tickets for the concert range from $70 to $150 and […]

Potential buyers of apartments and attached homes continued to see lower prices and an uptick in selection through Calgary’s resale market in August.  The largest savings last month came from the apartment segment, where the benchmark price was $274,900, slipping $21,000 from the same time in 2015, says the Calgary Real Estate Board. In July of […]

It’s all about value — and the comforts of home. For Katrina Kaboly and Tanya Helle, it was a simple — and great — choice. The couple was living in a condo in Vancouver and decided to start a family. They wanted a larger home, but with the prices of Vancouver real estate, it wasn’t an […]

Saskatchewan says it will be inspecting all oil pipelines that cross rivers, lakes or other bodies of water that supply municipalities. Energy and Resources Minister Dustin Duncan says the provincewide inspection is a direct response to a Husky Energy spill into the North Saskatchewan River. The cities of North Battleford, Prince Albert and Melfort all […]

Alberta’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in August, a month after hitting its highest level in nearly 22 years.

Crocodile Dundee would approve of Kevin Kent. Not that large Bowie knives — like the one Dundee flashed in front of a mugger in the 1986 movie, exclaiming ‘that’s a knife’ — are a staple of Kent’s Knifewear store in Calgary. But Kent knows knives — especially large, sharp ones — and that knowledge is paying dividends as […]

As it has for the past 40 years, the Masters tournament at Spruce Meadows will showcase horse and rider for adoring fans. But this year’s show, which runs through Sunday, has the added cache of Olympians.  Fresh off his bronze medal performance in Rio will be a crowd favourite, Canadian Eric Lamaze. Members of the gold-winning French […]

If Stephen Harper had ever cracked a joke while heading up the federal Conservatives then it must have quietly passed us all by. Which should be a salutary lesson for Brian Jean, who had an insider’s view of the way Harper led his party to power and — despite the odds stacked against him — […]

Right-wing parties must merge to achieve glory of the past Regarding the ‘Unite the Right’ movement, why do many Albertans ignore the obvious: that the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties must unite in order to defeat the governing NDP in the 2019 provincial election? Why not respect what worked very well for Albertans for some 44 continuous […]

Justice Robin Camp’s understanding of the law surrounding sexual assault cases didn’t extend to how it evolved historically, a leading educator said Thursday. Brenda Cossman, a professor in the University of Toronto law faculty, said she was asked to teach Camp where he went wrong when he made insensitive and inappropriate comments during a Calgary sexual […]

It’s no secret real estate in downtown Calgary is suffering from a lack of activity, due largely to the downturn in the oil and gas industry. Vacancy rates are far too high, the leasing market is soft and the decline in sales is rather shocking. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has shown an aggressive confidence […]

As children head back to school this month, it seems appropriate the Alberta Energy Regulator is making plans to issue its own form of report card. The regulator will release information later this year, or early in 2017, on the performance of Alberta pipeline operators. It plans to follow that up by issuing data on oil and gas wells, as well […]

On a summer night last June, 60 people gathered at Cochrane’s Ranche House. Filing into a large auditorium, they settled in to movie-theatre seats to watch themselves. Weeks ago, many in the group had woken up early on a Saturday morning and set out for Main Street, which had been closed to traffic and lined […]

As a professional ballet dancer, Craig Sanok knew he couldn’t be onstage forever. That was a given, but the answer to the question “What am I going to do for an encore?” was more puzzling. Sanok knew he wanted to stay active, work with food and be around animals. Enter Dancing Goats Farm, a goat-cheese […]

New home construction in Calgary remained sluggish in August as multi-family starts plunged by almost half from a year earlier, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp said Thursday. The agency reported 742 units, including 331 single-detached homes, were started last month, down 35 per cent from 1,134 a year earlier. Multi-family construction fell to 411 units, from 804 in August 2015. Through August, […]

Tyler Mrkonjic hasn’t played a pre-season game with the Calgary Hitmen yet, but he’s hoping to get the call to play in his hometown on Friday night. After watching Calgary’s first two exhibition games in Red Deer last weekend, Mrkonjic will likely hit the ice this weekend when the Hitmen play a home-and-home series – […]

Football fans wanting to get a close look at Canadian football’s holy grail — the Grey Cup — can do so later this month. The Military Museums of Calgary will host the Canadian Football League’s championship trophy  for a one day visit on Sept.  26 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. The public is welcome to visit […]

From four square to hopscotch — school yards across the city are going back to the basics in the name of fitness and fun. Volunteers will visit over 50 local schools this weekend, painting a myriad of sidewalk games onto school compounds as part of the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Kinesiology Gift of Play […]

Thousands of students, musicians, parents and donors have signed petitions, outraged over Mount Royal University’s decision to cancel the contracts of two internationally-acclaimed music instructors, calling it a serious blow to the highly-respected program that draws students from across the globe. MRU administrators have eliminated the position of its celebrated cello instructor John Kadz, after […]

The television panel of experts, in the aftermath of the latest triumph, scrounged for deficiencies. Not easy, given the Calgary Stampeders’ summer-long spree. But one is floated. That the Stamps, to their detriment, are peaking too soon. That they have prematurely ratcheted their game to the highest level. That this upward trend is finite, with the […]