Новости за 26.09.2016

A century-old agreement means a key link between Inglewood and Ramsay will be closed to vehicles, bikes and people sometime in the future. While trains while still be able to use the tracks, CP Rail has decided to close its level crossing on 8th Street S.E., south of 9th Avenue S.E., to all other forms […]

Calgary International Film Festival continues while the laughs start at the YYComedy Festival.

Canada’s most dominant soccer player will be sharing her incredible skills during a one-day clinic with young female players. Christine Sinclair, captain of the national women’s team, is the star attraction at the Allstate High Performance Soccer Clinic on Oct. 15. “She is absolutely the best player to come out of Canada. Anytime you can bring one of the best […]

The  National Music Centre has released details on its latest live instalment of the ATB Storytellers Series taking place Oct. 6 and featuring an interview with Calgary-born synth-pop stars Tegan and Sara. Acclaimed Calgary-based singer-songwriter Jann Arden, also last year’s ATB Storytellers Series guest, will host and interview Tegan and Sara. Beginning at 7:30 pm inside Studio Bell’s performance hall, […]

An international study, which includes a researcher from the University of Calgary, has found that two trees in Alberta and British Columbia use the same genes to adapt to different climates — a discovery that could have practical applications for the forestry industry. The research, published Friday in the journal Science, studied lodgepole pine and interior spruce to […]

There’s more comedy than noir in Vertigo Theatre’s version of Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, but that’s hardly a criticism. Vancouver playwright Aaron Bushkowsky has a real knack for splattering his Philip Marlowe plays with chuckles and even some big laughs all the while his characters are disposing of one another right before our eyes. […]

Troy Brouwer’s game-day routine as a Calgary Flame isn’t quite perfected yet. But, hey, that’s what the National Hockey League pre-season is for. “I haven’t driven to the Saddledome before a game so I’ll have to leave a little extra early,” said the former St. Louis Blues forward, settling into his new dressing room stall […]

The arrest last spring for a bus stop sexual assault has led to more charges against a Calgary man, one of them reminiscent of the original accusation.

The Edmonton Oilers unveiled their new mascot on Monday and, well, the reaction hasn’t been especially kind. Some critics say the new mascot is too scary for kids. Others simply don’t like the way he looks (one Twitter user dubbing him “dumpster cat.”) Here’s a look at some of the reaction: Article talks about how […]

A film based on a Jack London story about a power struggle between a European fur thief and his native captors has took first prize at the Calgary International Film Festival’s Alberta Spirit gala on Sunday evening. Lost Face, based on the title story of London’s 1910 collection, is a violent, ambitious 14-minute short shot west […]

TransCanada Corp. agreed to buy all outstanding units of Columbia Pipeline Partners LP, the master limited partnership it controls, for about $848 million in cash. TransCanada is offering $15.75 a unit for Columbia Pipeline Partners, it said Monday in a statement. There are 53.8 million units, according to the statement. The offer represents a 2.9 per cent […]

Coaches and former teammates are remembering slain Calgary Stampeder Mylan Hicks as a player with raw talent, determination and a lot of heart. Before joining the Calgary Stampeders in 2016, Hicks played four seasons with the Michigan State University Spartans and signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2015, playing in one pre-season game with […]

The city’s ethics commissioner has proposed new guidelines for councillors ahead of the 2017 election. With a number of councillors seeking re-election in revamped ward boundaries, the rules are intended to prevent councillors from meddling in affairs outside their current wards, while also allowing them to campaign. The proposed guidelines, which will go to council […]

Graham Clark and Ryan Beil screen clips of circa-1980s wrestling and provide their own hilarious commentary in Ring A Ding Dong Dandy.

We are officially three weeks into the school-year routine and for many that also means a new adult routine. Despite the fact that many people don’t have entire summers off, vacation time often brings down time to organizations which means adults are also enduring a period of adjustment and transition this fall. As we shift […]

When Calgary filmmaker Dave Schultz was four years old, he almost died after falling off the roof of his childhood home in Winnipeg. Years later — 45 to be exact — his father would recount the tale to his grown son. He rushed young Dave to the hospital, but knew he’d be OK when the boy smiled after seeing  a toy box in the […]

“Never read the comments,” is wise advice for anyone who dares write or post anything, anywhere, in this world of social media pile-on. But it’s a case of do as I say and not as I do, as perversely, I sort of enjoy the different ways people will either boil me in oil, or conversely, […]

1. What was your favourite Olympic performance of the summer? “You gotta love (Usain) Bolt. You gotta love the 100-metre (sprint). I love watching the beach volleyball, too. It’s only two people to a team and it’s just a battle out there. Mentally, you can see them grind between point and point. It’s just fun […]

It was a sweet shot, followed by a classy gesture. Marc Leost scored an ace during the Calgary Flames Celebrity Charity Golf Classic, making short work of the sixth hole on the Talons track at Country Hills with a pin-seeking six-iron from 165 yards away. Wait, it gets better — Leost, the director of sales […]

The Calgary professional sports community is mourning the loss of one of their family members. A member of the Calgary Stampeders was the victim in a fatal shooting outside of a nightclub early Sunday morning. Mylan Hicks, 23, was from Detroit and had been on the Stampeders’ practice roster since May. The loss hit home […]

It is a turnaround at its most jarring. A more wrenching scenario, from riding high to beaten low, is hard to imagine. • 2:08 p.m. Saturday – Calgary Stampeders put their nine-game winning spree on the line against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. • 5:11 p.m. – Stamps, in typically dramatic fashion, boost their CFL record to […]

Summer has just ended, but it’s already going down as one of the busiest ever for the national parks in the Rockies. Preliminary numbers show that Banff, Yoho and Kootenay national parks recorded five per cent increases, while Waterton Lakes National Park saw an eight per cent increase in visitors from April to July.  “It was a fairly busy […]

Zak Madell was critical. All of the patients in the children’s hospital on Sept. 27, 2006, were in serious condition. Those able to go home had gone, as the hospital prepared to move across the city. Twelve-year-old Zak was battling a dangerous infection related to the septic shock he’d faced two years earlier. That earlier stay had lasted six […]

Batman-like devices that would propel GPS tracking chips onto fleeing vehicles are being examined by city police.

Calgary police have received a higher number of complaints related to the use of drones in the city this year.  According to Sgt. Colin Foster with the Calgary police traffic section, 58 complaints have been logged so far in 2016 in relation to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. There were 55 complaints for all of 2015.  […]