Новости за 24.09.2016

Two people are dead after Calgary’s latest gang-related shooting, leaving a five-year-old child to witness the crime. Postmedia spoke with Tara Robinson of the Youthlink Calgary Police Interpretive Centre to learn about the ways gangs are targeting youth and how kids can avoid falling victim to gangs. Q: Is there an increase in Calgary kids getting involved […]

Because the Calgary International Film Festival is all about the filmmakers and their films, age is never an issue when it comes to showcasing them. Cathy McKee, who is a coordinator for the 2016 Youth by Youth component of CIFF, says “the beauty of CIFF is that when it comes to visiting filmmakers, our young […]

It may seem a strange topic for a world-renowned travel writer. But Pico Iyer has become an expert on stillness and “going nowhere” The author, who has been published regularly in Time magazine, the New York Times and Harper’s, will be part of a residency at the Banff Centre from Sept. 26 to Oct. 8 called The Art of Stillness, […]

Present. Peaceful. I didn’t expect to feel either of these things while traversing the Wapta Ice cap, high in the alpine just west of the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. Anytime I had mentioned I was going to hike across a glacier, friends and colleagues would jab with a version of, “Well, don’t fall […]

September is the month that offers rejuvenation, while also marking the close of the summer season. Kids are back in school and perhaps it’s time to start thinking a bit more about our décor, to turn our thoughts from the outdoors in.  September is also a month where we see new trends emerging. Although we […]

You know a place is small when a piece of deadwood is a top tourist attraction. A number of years ago, an enormous piece of driftwood washed up on the western edge of Harbour Island and anchored itself upright on a shallow sandbar. Almost immediately it became one of the most photographed sites on the […]

It’s one of the biggest dilemmas for a documentary filmmaker. Since real life rarely offers tidily scripted endings, how do you decide when a story is finished? It’s a question that no doubt came up more than once over the four years it took Julia Ivanova to shoot her National Film Board documentary Limit Is the Sky. The Russian-born filmmaker […]

Donald Trump recently made headlines about how NATO countries are not carrying their fair share of the defence burden – measured at two per cent of GDP. But even President Barack Obama publicly pointed out, in his address to Parliament no less, that Canada should contribute “its full share to common security.” Canadians are fond of […]

By Prasad Panda and Leela Sharon Aheer For years, activists, politicians and pundits have undermined the independence of our National Energy Board – despite it being recognized globally as one of the most scientific and exhaustive regulatory agencies in the world for approving new energy projects. While in opposition, provincial NDP ministers here in Alberta […]

The NDP didn’t mention during last year’s election campaign that it would implement a carbon tax, so it’s surprising Environment Minister Shannon Phillips is so strident in defending the government’s controversial levy. Phillips creates the impression that anybody who has the audacity to question the NDP’s action is anti-Earth. “The political right in this province can barely conceal their contempt […]

Troops made us proud on battlefield Re: “Lieutenant-governor brings Spirit of Vimy to our schools,” Sept. 23. I was pleased to see the article on the Battle of Vimy Ridge, with the reminder of the big part Canada played in this and other key battles in both world wars.  The current popular view is that […]

These are three words you never want to hear “You have cancer” only to be followed by “Your position has been downsized”.  Barb Montgomery heard these exact words just over a year and half ago. ” When I was let go, I lost my health insurance, for myself and for my son. I lost my […]

“Without heroes and champions, we are all just plain people” was the lasting message delivered by Alberta Champions Society president and founder Gordon Hoffman, Q.C. at the Field of Fame Five unveiling at Heritage Park Sept 15. We are truly blessed to live in a city-and province- that has no shortage of those who have […]

It didn’t take long for fans of the Calgary Hitmen to get a glimpse of the future on Friday night. After all, the Hitmen iced a lineup of 10 rookies – including six who were playing their first career Western Hockey League games – in their home opener in front of 7,524 fans at the […]

There’s a certain home-ring advantage Scott Schiffner expects to enjoy on Saturday night, but it won’t come from the friends and family in the assembled crowd. Certainly the Strathmore cowboy will have a cheering section for the PBR Monster Energy Canada Tour at the Agrium Events Centre, but the fact this event is so close […]

1. What was your favourite Olympic performance of the summer? “It would have to be Penny Oleksiak. She killed it in everything she did. Obviously, her brother (Jamie) plays in the NHL so I knew the name. She’s so young, 16. But she was incredible. It was good to see her — a good Canadian.” […]

As the clock ticked down on the Calgary Stampeders’ blowout win over the Ottawa Redblacks last weekend, the offence took to the field for one last drive.

Troy Brouwer was quick to offer his first impressions of new Flames head coach Glen Gulutzan.

It’s hot vs. hotter. A seven-game winning streak vs. a nine-game winning streak. The two hottest teams in the CFL will do battle at McMahon Stadium on Saturday (2 p.m., TSN/News Talk 770). Who would have thought that would include the Winnipeg Blue Bombers a couple months ago? Yet here they are, looking to show […]

With winter jackets in high demand for Calgary families, this might be the biggest year yet for The Salvation Army’s Annual Coat Drive. Karen Livick, executive director of The Salvation Army in Calgary, said the coat drive originally focused on providing men with winter jackets, but the growing number of struggling families impacted by the […]

A day after a head-on collision in Calgary’s southwest sent two people to hospital, a patron complaint at a nearby restaurant has led to an Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission investigation. Sgt. Joerg Gottschling told Global News Thursday evening that Calgary police were called by witnesses at a restaurant north of where the collision took […]

Christmas is one of Helga Lempriere’s favourite holidays. Gold and silver ornaments, twinkling lights and the smell of a brand-new Christmas tree marked a time of celebration and togetherness for Helga, her husband Terry and their three small children. But when the High River flood struck three years ago, the family lost everything. Sifting through […]

In the three years since a 17-metre steel structure ignited heated debate in Calgary, 27 pieces of artwork totalling more than $7 million have been erected under the same program that brought us a giant blue ring.   At the same time, more than 80 utility boxes have been painted under Calgary’s public art policy, […]

The new hire, skating around, was eager to undo the previous coach’s influence. With undisguised exasperation, he told the players to stop. Then he began to physically guide them – like 200-pound chess pieces – into proper positions. Go here. Move there. That had been the curious scene at the Calgary Flames’ 2009 camp, with Mike […]

As Alberta grapples with continuing gloomy economic news, Finance Minister Joe Ceci is counselling patience. And while at least one credit rating agency is warning about the potential for further downgrades on the provincial government, Ceci said he’s confident the NDP’s plan to keep up spending is the right move. Ceci spoke Friday at an event […]