Новости за 16.09.2016

Why can’t life be like an all-inclusive resort? Everything you need right at your doorstep — inside and out. Well, Jayman Modus is trying to provide that feel on the home front.

The Rio Olympics and Paralympics have made a splash on the world with spectacle and sportsmanship, but away from the venues, life goes on — such as here in Rocinah, Rio’s largest favela. Take a look at Rocinah through the lens of Calgary Postmedia photographer Leah Hennel.

Better late than never. That is one way to view the Alberta Securities Commission’s decision to join regulators across the country in adopting so-called ‘comply or explain’ recommendations that would require publicly traded companies to disclose the number of women on their boards and policies in place to increase diversity within their executive ranks.  Similar regulations were adopted […]

Excessive speed and alcohol are being investigated as factors after a 23-year-old man was killed while driving a motorcycle on Memorial Drive early Friday morning.  Police say the call came in around 1:20 a.m. from the 1200 block of Memorial Drive N.W. following reports of a crash. Officials believe a black Honda motorcycle was headed east […]

Jason Kenney has won a significant endorsement from within Tory ranks as Progressive Conservative MLA Mike Ellis said Thursday he’s backing the MP’s bid to win the PC leadership. Ellis and Kenney will announce the endorsement in Ellis’s Calgary-West riding on Friday morning. Kenney’s run for the PC leadership on a platform of uniting with the Wildrose […]

Research has found more than 60 per cent of Canadians do not have a legally binding will. Lawyer Bill Smith suggests there are many reasons for this, including that people don’t know where to go, are worried about the cost or might find the process overly complicated. Others put off the decision because they don’t […]

Fatima al-Rajab is unhappy. This much is clear even without knowing her story. The sadness is evident on her face, in her demeanour, in her voice as she answers questions in her Forest Lawn townhouse. How long have you been in Canada? She came Jan. 14. Where in Syria did you live? Homs. When did […]

Despite the often heated political debate last year over the number of refugees Canada would accept and the screening process used, Calgarians proved to be not only welcoming but generous and helpful towards the Syrian refugees. The Syrian Refugees Support Group Calgary (SRSG) served as something of an umbrella for a wide variety of volunteer […]

Learn a powerful lesson from Ontario  Re: “NDP commits to green energy,” Sept. 15. Ontarians were also forced to accept going down the ideologically driven, highly inefficient and heavily subsidized green road. This decision has made electricity the highest priced in North America and caused numerous large companies to flee the province, taking thousands of […]

With the possible exception of the fluoridation of Calgary’s drinking water, few topics are as troublesome as secondary suites. That point was made abundantly clear once again early this week, when council members spent more than six hours pondering 38 secondary suite applications — all but four of which were approved. There has been repeated attempts […]

It’s the longest-running honeymoon since the filming of Cleopatra, where Liz Taylor and Richard Burton locked lips for the first time — and those two were married to other people back then. At least the Vatican won’t condemn our current prime minister for “erotic vagrancy,” as it did Taylor back in 1963, inadvertently showing the double standards […]

With a brighter, sharper picture in a thinner, more energy-efficient package and prices that are falling, OLEDs are fast becoming a go-to for electronic connoisseurs.

The instructions were simple enough: write a play that told the story of the  Second World War through the lens of Alberta history. That’s what Calgary  playwright John Murrell remembers about the commission from Alberta Theatre Projects that led to the creation of Waiting for the Parade. “Alberta Theatre Projects was very much in love […]

Set your clock by it. Keith Urban will come to your city this year. Any year. Possibly even more than once in the year. And he will be good. He will give it his all. He will put on one hell of a show. You will get your money’s worth. You will be entertained. And […]

It could cost Alberta $2 billion to compensate power generators for shuttering coal-fired electricity plants across the province. And “top-up” subsidies to help ramp up renewable energy production in Alberta could also soar to around $10 billion in the decades ahead. These estimates were put forward by Capital Power Corp. chief executive Brian Vaasjo in a presentation this week at the […]

Rewind history 10,000 years, and you’ll find man’s best friend is also his oldest one. In ancient Mesopotamia, dogs were both hunters and loyal companions. In early Egypt, family dogs were buried with their owners so they could be reunited in the afterlife. But what does the history of dogs look like in Calgary? A […]

Jordy Stallard might have a few tricks up his sleeve to slow down Jakob Stukel this weekend at the Young Stars Classic. The pair of Calgary Hitmen teammates are looking forward to the opportunity of playing against each other when Stallard’s Winnipeg Jets take on Stukel’s Vancouver Canucks on Sunday afternoon in Penticton, B.C. “I’m […]

On March 25, 1885, one year after the Town of Calgary was established, city council passed the following motion: “That the Chief Constable be instructed to procure 100 dog tags and that the collection of the dog tax be on with at once.” Today, Calgary has almost 100,000 licensed dogs living within city limits. Licensing and […]

Before their Canada West football season kicked off, the University of Calgary Dinos were hoping for a little adversity. They’d cruised through the regular season with an 8-0 record last year, only to fall short of their national championship ambitions when they were beat in the playoffs by the UBC Thunderbirds. Maybe the football gods […]

Legal experts are urging greater diversity on the bench as three Alberta judges face scrutiny for remarks they made during sexual assault trials. The most high-profile case centres on Judge Robin Camp, who asked a complainant why she didn’t keep her knees together and referred to her as “the accused” during the 2014 trial, a […]

Calgary’s long-awaited southwest ring road project is moving ahead this fall — under budget — as the contract for construction and maintenance has been awarded. The NDP government announced Thursday it has signed a $1.4 billion agreement with Mountain View Partners (MVP) to design, build, partially finance and operate the southwest ring road under the private public […]

The executive director of Hockey Calgary isn’t holding out hope precious weeknight ice time at a new city-owned, privately-operated rec centre will go to kids and he’s instead focusing on the future. After raising concerns last week that for-profit operator Canlan was giving the best weeknight ice time at Great Plains Recreation Facility to adults […]

Arms folded across his broad chest, Rasmus Andersson firmly declared Thursday’s statistics from his weigh-in. “About 220,” reported the 19-year-old Calgary Flames prospect. Officially listed by the Flames at six-foot-one, 215 pounds, it had been publicly known that Andersson’s goal over the summer was to get into better shape. Following the team’s annual physical evaluations […]

There’s no shortage of Albertans who have made significant contributions in shaping and building the province, the Alberta Champions Society said Thursday. In fact, it’s amazing to think of how many trailblazers came from this part of the world, says society director John Currie. The result is that there’s a long list of heroes and champions for […]

After an almost half-century hiatus, the Calgary Public Library is returning to Sunnyside and this time, staff are bringing more than just books.  Last week, the library opened a temporary pop-up location in the eight-storey Lido condo building on the corner of 10th Street and 2nd Avenue, just 400 metres from the former Hillhurst-Sunnyside Library location.  […]