Новости за 18.10.2016

The NDP raked in the most cash among political parties in the third quarter of 2016, outpacing their nearest rival by nearly $100,000. According to third party financial statements posted on the Elections Alberta site this week, the NDP raised $425,437 in the period from July 1 to Sept. 30, compared to $330,666 for the Wildrose. The Progressive […]

A goalie, holding court for a gaggle of scribes and TV types on a game day? As Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano quipped after Tuesday’s morning skate at the Saddledome, you don’t see that very often. You don’t see this often, either. After his chat with reporters, Flames backup netminder Chad Johnson was spotted hugging […]

Calgarians ringing in 2017 at Olympic Plaza this year are in store for an extra big party thanks to a $110,000 boost from the federal government. As part of the Canada 150 Fund, the Department of Canadian Heritage gave 19 cities including Calgary money to help kick-off Canada’s 150 year anniversary as a nation.  The […]

A Calgary private school found to have discriminated against two Muslim students by not allowing them to pray is seeking to challenge the ruling at the Alberta Court of Appeal. Last summer, an Alberta judge fined the school $26,000 when he upheld a decision by the Alberta Human Rights Commission that said Webber Academy unlawfully […]

One of the hallmarks of Calgary’s small business community is its innovation, and this year’s Small Business Calgary Awards pay tribute to their ability to think outside of the box.

MyHEAT shows you where the energy is escaping from your home and gives you the tools necessary for reducing energy consumption and heat loss, ultimately saving you money. Using large-scale data processing that establishes where energy is escaping from buildings, MyHEAT gives homeowners the ability to visualize and compare the heat escaping from every building […]

When the bosses of the world’s biggest oil companies gather in London on Tuesday, they might have the urge to track down the Saudi energy minister and shake him by the hand. After two years pursuing a Saudi-led strategy to pump without limits, pummelling industry earnings, OPEC has unexpectedly come to the aid of the oil […]

One Calgary social agency is cancelling its annual adopt-a-family Christmas program, but others expect to fill the gap this season. Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS) has ended the seasonal program it started about five years ago because there’s too much demand on staff resources, said Dean Schroeder, senior director. “Ultimately, there are many other agencies that have those programs. […]

A family that received help after the High River flood is paying forward the kindness they received from strangers.  Helga and Terry Lempriere lost most of their possessions three years ago and were given Christmas donations through a community outreach program. Now, the family wants to do the same for Fort McMurray residents who lost their homes or possessions in the May […]

One person is in hospital with stab wounds after a pair of home invasions in Calgary overnight. Police say they’re working to determine whether the two incidents, which were about two hours apart, are connected. The first incident happened around 12:30 a.m., in the 0-100 block of Springborough Point S.W. Several offenders broke into a […]

Skip the bobbing apples and pumpkin carving. To experience the dark heart of Halloween, you’ll have to head back into the city’s past. Calgary was a rough and tumble town in its early days, and suffered its share of murder and mayhem. Calgary Ghost Tours revels in bringing those spirits to life through several Halloween ghost walks, including one in Inglewood showcasing […]

It’s a goal that has eluded Alberta governments for decades — how to reduce the provincial economy’s dependence on oil and gas revenues. Last week, the NDP government took another step toward cracking that nut with the appointment of an eight-member panel that will ask Albertans what needs to be done.   A similar initiative under former premier Ed […]

Airport workers would embrace CTrain expansion Re: “Friends, taxis get us to the airport,” Letter, Oct 11.  While the discussion of whether the LRT line should be extended to the Calgary airport seems to involve either occasional users or taxi companies, one major group seems to be left out — that would be the employees who work there.  The […]

As the local economy continues to be buffeted by layoffs, dealing serious economic and emotional blows to workers and their families, it’s tempting to wring one’s hands in worry. That’s one approach to the uncertainty — a better one is to devise a plan to make conditions better than they are today, for families and […]

Earlier this year, comedian Hannibal Buress agreed to do some Midwestern shows with his friend Eric Andre. He was doing them as a favour, which meant he wasn’t really getting paid. So he wanted to save the new material for his own headlining shows. In Milwaukee, he began doing a joke about playing blackjack, which is one of his […]

Although Flames skipper Glen Gulutzan has yet to announce Tuesday’s starter, Chad Johnson is expecting to be tending the home twine against his former mates.

Late January brought us one of the few pleasant surprises of Rachel Notley’s tenure as premier, as fiery rhetoric gave way to pragmatism on the issue of royalties. The government’s panel found that Alberta was indeed receiving its fair share, and that conclusion was accepted. The NDP, of course, had previously insisted the opposite, and […]

He arrived in Vancouver only four days after Cory Schneider’s shocking departure. Then, entrenched in that city for three full seasons, Glen Gulutzan watched as the Canucks’ netminding torch got hot-potatoed from Roberto Luongo to Eddie Lack to Ryan Miller, with occasional touches from Jacob Markstrom. So Gulutzlan is familiar with the c-word. And, as he […]

The worst fears of Calgary Stampeders fans were confirmed on Monday evening. Speaking with Calgary radio’s AM Sports Talk 770, Stamps head coach Dave Dickenson said that his team’s defensive captain Deron Mayo is out for the season after suffering a knee injury in Saturday’s game against the Montreal Alouettes. The news wasn’t exactly a […]

They say you’ll never forget your first NHL game. Tom McCollum, the latest addition to the Calgary Flames’ fleet of minor-league masked men, has tried. “That was a long time ago and I was definitely nervous for that one and it didn’t go very well,” recalled McCollum, lit up for three goals on eight shots […]

Jim Prentice was busy and happy last week. The copy edit of a book he’d written — on energy, First Nations and the environment — had just come back from the publisher. The former premier was running through chapters quickly. His collaborator, Jean-Sebastien Rioux, says the manuscript was every author’s dream — the rare “light […]

Clayton Prince doesn’t deny he ran and he doesn’t deny he had marijuana on him.  But several months after he fled Calgary police officers one night last July, the 34-year-old still doesn’t understand how that led to his being laid up in a hospital with broken ribs, a collapsed lung and infected wounds. Now, three officers […]

The university professor behind a pilot project that will see frail seniors test specially designed laneway homes wants Calgary to become a global hub for research into aging. “Our goal, along with the City of Calgary, is to develop Calgary as a world-class site in aging research,” University of Calgary professor John Brown told councillors […]

Unreasonable delay in bringing four men to trial on violent robbery charges — including one in which a store manager was abducted — should result in judicial stays, their lawyers charged Monday. Defence counsel Shamsher Kothari, who represents Hasson Wilson, whom police have labelled the mastermind behind a series of offences, said the delay in […]

When is he going to sign? Just over a week ago, that’s all anybody was asking about Johnny Gaudreau. And now? When is he going to score? “It’s frustrating when you’re getting chances and you’re not finding the net,” Gaudreau conceded after Monday’s practice at the Saddledome. “I’m getting chances. I just can’t find the […]