Новости за 05.11.2016

Lethbridge police are looking for help finding a missing woman who was last seen Friday. Nina Neapetung, 18, is a First Nations woman, about five-foot-nine and 150 pounds, with short, black hair. She was last seen in Lethbridge, and police say she typically hangs out around Park Place Mall. Police are asking the public’s help to locate Neapetung. […]

One person is missing and three others are in hospital after fire claimed a family home in Coventry Hills. Battalion Chief Paul LeBlanc of the Calgary Fire Department said crews responded to the blaze on Coverton Heights N.E. at about 2 a.m. Saturday. Crews were met with a fully-involved, two-storey home that had partially collapsed. LeBlanc said one […]

The Flames come into Saturday night's game having beaten the Stanley Cup finalist San Jose Sharks 3-2 on a two-goal performance by rookie forward Matthew Tkachuk.

in mid-April every year, the National Football League releases its schedule for the upcoming season, an uplifting day for NFL fans with a penchant for travel. As longtime fans of the Indianapolis Colts, my wife Heather and I were thrilled to learn that this year, Wembley Stadium in London, England was on the away schedule […]

Check out these bold red wines during the Calgary Stampeders' CFL playoff push

El Nino is famous for weather media headlines. But it’s sister act — La Nina —  is known to be pretty frosty and forecasted to slam the Canadian Rockies with a good old-fashioned winter, full of what skiers and snowboarders love, cooler temperatures and above-average moisture. La Nina is known for producing powder rich, freight-train-sized storms, giving winter enthusiasts a reason to get outside, […]

By Rebecca O’Brien In 1884, just 1,000 people called Calgary home. By 2039, that number is expected to reach 1.8 million. As Calgary’s population expands, so too must our ways of thinking about the kind of future we envision for our city. Central to imagining that future is considering how best to serve the transportation […]

By Lee Drewry It has now been one year since the Alberta government flip-flopped on their election promise to scrap the Springbank dam project in favour of the McLean Creek dam. I remember watching the news conference — led by the environment minister, flanked by the mayor of Calgary — but with no one there from Springbank, […]

Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart deserves credit for advancing the conversation about how best to deal with complaints of bullying, intimidation, sexual harassment and other problems at the Calgary Police Service. The veteran city politician, who has been a member of the Calgary police commission for nine years, proposes hiring a consultant as the first step to establishing an independent advocate position. […]

Poppy proceeds support our veterans Re: “Veterans need our help,” Editorial, Nov. 4. Each year, the Royal Canadian Legion starts the annual poppy campaign on the last Friday of October. In 2015, branches in the Alberta-N.W.T. Command of the Legion raised more than $5.3 million. The amount of $4.9 million was distributed to veterans and their families for […]

Yes, linguistically pop and opera almost seem made for one another — there really is no easier term on the lips or the ears than popera. But the two actual worlds — the music, the culture, the audiences — is a difficult one to bridge. Which is why the continued success of the Simon Cowell […]

Some see a barnyard. But Melissa Lotholz, determined to sweat, sees nothing but potential. Once, keen to bench-press, she filled two buckets with stones, then hung them on a rake handle. That didn’t work. So, tipping over a nearby wheelbarrow and piling weight on top of it, she got her reps that way. Large rocks, she’s discovered, […]

LOOK 2016, the premiere fundraiser for Contemporary Calgary held Oct 22 in the Centennial Planetarium was an SRO success and was attended by scores of cultural revolutionaries. That none other than Steve Martin was the evening’s special guest may have had something to do with the highly coveted tickets. Many readers may not know that […]

If every prison movie is to be believed, there’s only one sure-fire way to gain respect. Walk up to the biggest brute on the yard and smash him in the mouth. That’s effectively what the Calgary Hitmen did last weekend. The struggling Hitmen handed the nationally-ranked Prince George Cougars their first road loss of the […]

COQUITLAM, B.C. — Police have issued an Amber Alert for two children and their mother who were last seen in Coquitlam, B.C. The alert alleges that 36-year-old April Pastor abducted her two children, Mateo Ruiz, 8 and Sofia Ruiz, 9 Each of the kids is described as Caucasian, with brown hair and blue eyes, and […]

After announcing his candidacy for a third term Friday, Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he won’t start campaigning until next spring. Of course not, but …  it sure doesn’t take much to get him talking in campaign language, especially when the subject is Premier Rachel Notley’s provincial government. First, there’s the carbon tax that takes effect Jan. 1. […]

The Calgary Flames set out on this road trip in search of their identity. And, twice now on this seven-day junket, head coach Glen Gulutzan has brought up comments that Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane said in Chicago earlier this week. “They’re hard to predict,” the star had said prior to Tuesday’s clash which ended in […]

A Grande Prairie couple has over a million reasons to smile after taking home the grand prize in the Cash & Cars Lottery. Barbara and Roy Borstad were holding winning ticket #20168403 when the draw was made for the lottery’s $1.3 million prize package of a 3,554 square foot Truman-built home in Calgary, a new […]

They may be furry, wide-eyed and the subject of many an adorable YouTube video, but lemurs are now also the world’s most endangered primate. With their award-winning work safeguarding hippos in West Africa, the Calgary Zoo has launched a lemur-specific program to help both wildlife and local communities in Madagascar, a large island off the […]

Sage Theatre’s production of Mick Gordon’s Bea is a little polished gem that should not be missed. Bea is the story of a young woman crippled by an escalating degenerative disease. Without morphine, Bea’s life would be completely intolerable. Bea wants to die, but she has to convince both her caregiver, Ray, and her mother […]

Police are asking Calgarians to do their part keeping stolen cars off the road after police shot the driver of a stolen car this week. As of Sept. 30, 4,233 vehicles have been stolen in Calgary this year – a sharp increase from 2,508 vehicles in 2014 and already passing the 4,219 vehicles stolen in 2015. […]

A busy weekend of stories round out the Banff Mountain Book and Film Festival. Lots of films, speakers and an arts and crafts fair are all great. Main events Films, films and more films! That’s the core of the second weekend of the festival. Mountains feature in the movies, of course, as do dogs and moms […]

Two years ago, James Davidson was in charge of software for an engineering firm that designed and built facilities for the oil and gas industry. Today, he’s out of work, even after applying for jobs outside of his field at much lower pay. The mechanical engineer with a background in software technology lost his job in […]

Connor Groenewoud just started junior high school this fall. And as the only boy in his entire school in a wheelchair, he understands other students at times have trouble with the fact that he’s different. “There’s a boy in his class, who has his own issues, a learning disability I think. and he keeps poking […]

An independent review of an embattled southern Alberta school division has found a culture of aggression and fear “that is not psychologically healthy for employees.” A two-member panel that looked into Palliser Regional Schools says there are perceived conflicts of interest in hiring and supervision, perceived micro-management, ineffective board operations and governance, and inappropriate employee monitoring. […]