Новости за 14.10.2016

Former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice was killed with three other people Thursday night near Kelowna in the crash of a plane bound for Calgary, multiple sources have told Postmedia. Postmedia is still awaiting word from Prentice’s family and government officials on full details of the tragedy. On Friday morning, Premier Rachel Notley abruptly cancelled an […]

Vanessa Van Helsing will live on to battle more vampires. American network Syfy announced Friday that her post-apocalyptic adventures will continue after confirming a second season for the horror-thriller-scifi series Van Helsing. The series, which shoots in Vancouver but was developed by Calgary-based Nomadic Pictures, stars Kelly Overton as a descendent of Dracula’s famous vampire-slaying foe. After a […]

As anyone who has seen Stage West’s current musical Million Dollar Quartet can attest, Matt Cage has mojo to spare and he credits the late great Elvis Presley with keeping him young. Cage, who hails from Ontario, plays Elvis in this musical about the night in 1956 when Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee […]

Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, killed Thursday in a British Columbia plane crash at the age of 60, played a major role in both national and provincial politics over the last two decades. Prentice served as premier from September 2014 to May 2015 before his Progressive Conservative government was defeated in last year’s provincial election. Prior to that, […]

Dissecting film from Wednesday night’s game provided the Calgary Flames with a few clues about went wrong earlier this week during the christening of Rogers Place. Their analysis? Let’s just say they’re happy to have a mulligan tonight — Round 2 against the Edmonton Oilers — which doubles as their own home opener at the Scotiabank […]

Former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice was killed with three other people Thursday night near Kelowna in the crash of a plane bound for Calgary, multiple sources have told Postmedia. As the news spread, reaction has poured in from across Alberta and all of Canada. Follow our live coverage of the response to the tragedy below.  […]

More duplexes have been sold through Calgary’s resale market nine months into 2016 than the same time a year earlier.  Duplexes are now the lone segment of the city’s resale market with year to date totals outpacing the same days in 2015, says the Calgary Real Estate Board.  Between Jan. 1 and the end of September, there have […]

The newly opened Studio Bell in the city’s East Village is a venue, a museum and a place, ultimately, to tell this country’s stories in song. But, and this was always one of the wishes for it from early into its conception, it’s also meant to be an artistic incubator. It took its first step […]

The first home ownership opportunities are now available at a major mixed-use development envisioned as the downtown of southeast Calgary. Cedarglen Living opens sales at Seton Park Place Oct. 15 at noon. The 142-unit apartment-style condo building marks the debut for residential development in Seton. Prices here start from the $190,000s, including tax. “Based on the […]

EDMONTON — Alberta’s largest union is in no hurry to use its newly won right to strike to squeeze a big raise from the cash-strapped NDP government. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) says up to 75,000 of its members will be in collective bargaining in 2017, including people who work directly for the government, […]

Math scores in Calgary and across Alberta continue to decline, according to the most recent standardized test results, as parents make a desperate plea to eliminate the new inquiry-based curriculum. “Math is really important,” said Althea Adams, spokeswoman for the Calgary Association of Parent and School Councils. “Kids need to succeed in it at a […]

Always a hard worker, Sylvia Rempel will not stop investing the time and talents that enabled her to launch Sun Ice, the family company that, at its peak, had more than 400 employees. Rempel is now working to teach women living in poverty how to sew so, to help transform their lives. Founded in 1976, Sun Ice […]

It’s bigger. And possibly, um, classic-ier? We could, though, do without the wintery-ier. After a successful and rather mild-weathered 2016 event, the Big Winter Classic festival is set to return next January for four days of music, beer, beer and music at a time of the season when the city could use it most. Organizers […]

Bags, Babies and Beyond 2016; Friday, Oct. 14, 2 – 8 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 15, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. At Marda Loop Communities Association, 3130 16th St. S.W. This one is family-friendly in a larger, almost spiritual, sense. The annual sale of items handcrafted by Ujamaa Grandmas supports the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers […]

Growing up in Calgary, Todd Sloane followed the classic Saturday ritual, loading up with candy and junk food and settling in to watch TV with his brother. Flipping between the three channels, Sloane managed to see enough Star Trek, UFOs, rays guns and Martian landings to stoke a lifelong fascination. He started collecting sci-fi comic […]

We’re optimistic a New Democrat government will achieve what successive Progressive Conservative ones couldn’t: get a new cancer centre built in Calgary. The Tom Baker Cancer Centre — which has no in-patient beds — ran out of space more than a decade ago, splintering care and forcing patients to be treated at facilities throughout the city. Associate […]

It seems an odd but telling thing, that the word and theme of “organic” should hold such a central role in a conversation with Melted Mirror. They are, it should be noted, one of the city’s rising electro acts. Yet take that descriptor out of the equation, or even push the electronics to the side […]

Sad to see piece of history leave city Re: “City sells Eamon’s Camp for $10 after spending thousands to move and store it,” Oct. 7. I would like to thank the River City Classics Car Club in High River for purchasing the Eamon’s building. It is unfortunate that Calgary could not preserve and restore it […]

Alberta is crawling with government-appointed advisory panels. Be careful stepping into bike lanes. You could get run over by Tzeporah Berman. The NDP has created 11 committees, review panels and task forces since winning office in May 2015. That works out to about one new group every six weeks. Oil prices should increase at such a pace.  The […]

From the rink, he rushes off to look for suitable lodging. No surprise there. The goal is not to buy a house. (“Oh,” he laughs, “I’m always a renter.”) No surprise there, either. Especially when Kris Versteeg’s career is considered. As a sign of things to come, he made three stops as a teenager – in his […]

For as long as anyone can remember — or at least as far back as 2013-14 — Mark Giordano has had one consistent defence partner. TJ Brodie. So when new head coach Glen Gulutzan began tinkering with the Calgary Flames blue-line during training camp and split up the No. 1 defence pairing, it created a […]

As a member of the Okanagan Sun, Brennan Van Nistelrooy got a daily dose of teammate Theo Deezar. More than most, he knows exactly what the Manitoba Bisons’ quarterback brings to the field. “We know we have to play fundamentally sound football in order to stop their throwing attack,” the University of Calgary defensive back […]

A day after proponents of liquefied natural gas projects in British Columbia attempted to draw optimism to their sector, a new report echoed there may still be hope for gas producers to reach foreign markets through new LNG terminals. Still, the Conference Board of Canada report is not all rosy about the country’s natural gas industry. It […]

Competitively speaking, the Calgary Stampeders have six weeks between meaningful games. With Monday’s win over the Toronto Argonauts, the Stamps booked a place in the West Division final on Nov. 20, so their results between now and then won’t have any impact on the team’s chances of winning the Grey Cup. Presumably, that means head […]

With one bullet in his stomach and another through his arm, a man left paralyzed in a 2013 shooting believed the next shot would be to his head, court was told Thursday. “I thought it was game over after that,” Ralph Pierre said, after being hit by the first two shots inside the Top Brass bar in […]