Новости за 09.10.2016

One man is dead following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 22 near Claresholm Sunday.  According to EMS, paramedics responded to a collision between a sedan and an SUV at 11:45 a.m. Sunday. The incident took place on Highway 22, north of Highway 520.  The driver of the sedan, believed to be middle-aged, was declared dead […]

Calgary police are looking for witnesses to a fatal pedestrian collision on Deerfoot Trail overnight.  Police say the collision took place at about 3 a.m. Sunday on southbound Deerfoot Trail and 130 Ave. S.E. “Upon arrival it appeared that a 21-year-old male pedestrian had been struck in the southbound lanes of Deerfoot Trail. He sustained […]

With an allegedly stolen vehicle barrelling through a red light, there was nowhere to go, Dean Brost said. It slammed into the side of his own vehicle, with him and his wife inside. She was crying, hurt, and Brost tried to tend to her. He watched astonished as police officers appeared to take down the […]

With two Alberta men in their 30s now confirmed dead of carfentanil-related overdoses, authorities are saying the province continues to find itself in the eye of a deadly storm One of the two deceased was from Calgary, the other from Edmonton. Alberta’s acting chief medical examiner Dr. Elizabeth Brooks-Lim said it’s prudent to inform the […]

The Calgary Police Service’s public oversight body should take a step out of the shadows and speak out for or against the local force’s recent controversies, one local justice expert says. Every time Chief Roger Chaffin has explain another police-involved shooting, it feeds a narrative, Doug King says. And each time “ASIRT investigates” appears as a […]

University of Calgary campus security isn’t giving up on finding the person responsible for recent anti-Muslim posters. And they’ve got surveillance video to work with. Campus security chief Brian Sembo told UToday despite Calgary police not pursuing hate crime charges over the posted, which appeared last week, “I want to be clear that the university’s […]

It looked like it would be yet another Harry Potter-esque victory for the Tennessee Volunteers. But somehow — and seemingly out of nowhere — that magic powder from Rocky Top lost its potency in College Station, Texas. “Yessir, that pixie dust evaporated,” said CBS play-by-play man Verne Lundquist moments after a five-hour down-to-the-wire NCAA football […]

It was 3 a.m. during a late-night nursing shift in July when Leteshia Gust and Jeanele Bonnaventure signed up to volunteer in Haiti. Their nursing colleague Brittany Pontes was quick to join the endeavour, too — it was an opportunity to travel and learn about medicine in another country. During those whimsical days dreaming of […]

The Calgary Stampeders have a pretty good idea of what to expect from the Toronto Argonauts defence on Monday. The Argos’ defensive coordinator, after all, is Rich Stubler, who spent the 2014 and ‘15 seasons acting in the same capacity for the Stamps. But as much as the Calgary team’s familiarity with Stubler’s system and […]

Matthew Tkachuk doesn’t know how long he’ll be here and doesn’t know when or if it will end. But the Calgary Flames sixth overall pick from the 2016 National Hockey League draft is still at the Scotiabank Saddledome and that’s all he really cares about. “You have to take it day-by-day,” Tkachuk was saying on […]

Another day at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Another day without No. 13. Johnny Gaudreau’s ongoing contract negotiations with the Calgary Flames have been the dark cloud hanging over training camp. But, with pre-season finished, final cuts looming, and the regular season around the corner — Wednesday against the Edmonton Oilers, the Christening of Rogers Place — […]

More than 1,500 refugees in Calgary will celebrate their first Canadian Thanksgiving this year, and there is much to be thankful for. Saima Jamal with the Calgary Syrian Refugee Support Group (CSRSG) said some refugees were curious about Thanksgiving leading up to the holiday, but after explaining Thanksgiving is celebrated by people of all faiths, their questions turned […]