Новости за 11.11.2016

Several Calgarians have recently received e-mails from senders pretending to be the Calgary Police Service them sending a traffic ticket, but authorities are warning the public that it’s simply another scam. The email, which is titled “Photographic Evidence”, tells the recipient they have been issued a ticket due to a traffic infringement, to which they must open […]

by all accounts, significant progress is being made in terms of the relationship between the city and the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corp., both of which are gaining a better understanding of the merits and the drawbacks of the two possible sites for a new building.

A 12.5-hectare urban park near new condo skyscrapers in East Village is receiving national recognition. St. Patrick’s Island has been named one of the 2016 Great Places in Canada. The annual contest through the Canadian Institute of Planners also recognized Water Street in St. Andrews, N.B., and Woodfield in London, Ont., this year. “It’s gratifying,” […]

As tempting as it is, one of the key lessons to learn when judging new public spaces, retail developments or communities is not to judge them too quickly. I was reminded of this lesson when, on the Sunday of the Calgary International Folk Festival, I the visited recently renovated St. Patrick’s Island in the morning […]

Residents of a new apartment-style condo development by Brookfield Residential will be across the street from a large retail development with a grocery store. Sales open on Regatta in Auburn Bay at noon Nov. 12. This is the second multi-family development launch in two months for Brookfield, bringing townhome project The Link at Symons Gate […]

A historic district in downtown Calgary and a master-planned community in the city’s southeast have carried the pace for resale of multi-family development so far this year.  The Beltline and McKenzie Towne are the only neighbourhoods to record triple-digit sales, for apartments and attached homes, respectively, 10 months into 2016, says the Calgary Real Estate Board.  […]

At the grand old age of 85, Joyce Ritchie is bright as a button, ready to meet her neighbours at Swan Evergreen Village deep in southwest Calgary. She, along with many of her peers, will be the first to occupy the 196-suite independent living community when it opens at the end of November. Her daughter […]

Elkington Forest is much more than a residential community, it will also serve as an eco-forestry classroom. Located about 35 minutes north of Victoria, just south of Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island, Elkington Forest is a 202-hectare (500-acre) hillside forest development that, when completed in five or six years, will have 97 custom homes in […]

A man was found fatally shot in the southeast Calgary community of Forest Lawn Friday morning. Police were called to the 2400 block of 47 ST. SE by a report of shots fired shortly before five a.m., Calgary Police Detective Andy Nguyen said.   Upon arriving at the location, officers found a deceased man in his […]

One year ago I announced the opening of a second Browns Socialhouse location by the Calgary franchise owners, TMAC Restaurant Group, at Mount Royal Village. Next Tuesday, they’ll open their third, a 3,900-square-foot Browns Socialhouse on the west side of the Marlborough Mall parking lot. They are excited about the location that’s nestled between a M&M Food […]

Being treated like a doormat doesn’t carry a negative connotation in Crescent Heights. That’s because the mats on display in the neighbourhood are humorous, stylish and, of course, hospitable. On that last score, they have gone to the trouble of putting out the welcome mat. The least you can do is wipe your feet.

It was such a good plan: rezone our property to accommodate a secondary suite—a laneway house. Eventually, we would retire in a new, cosy home, with an attractive design and modern finishes. It would improve our property while bringing some needed renewal to Richmond Road. We’d be cutting-edge urbanists, living on-trend while “aging in place.” […]

We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to those who fought for our freedoms and enviable way of life. Many soldiers paid the ultimate price for their selflessness. Others were injured; all of them were changed by what they witnessed and endured during their service. The contributions of our brave veterans must never be forgotten. Approximately 650,000 […]

Gratitude for those who served Re: “Landmarks honour veterans,” Nov. 10 Dear soldier: Thank you for your service to our country.  I know it must have been hard leaving your family behind to go to war. Even though they weren’t with you, you were still protecting them and the country too.  Why did you join the […]

By Senator Colin Kenny If you’ve flown anywhere in Canada recently, you will have noticed that wait times are getting worse. Since 2013, the length of screening times has deteriorated so badly that the Canadian Airport Council referred to security screening services as a being in a state of “crisis.” Not only are we waiting […]

In the midst of a game that seemed hopelessly similar to so many others early this season, a chant emanated from the upper levels of the Saddledome that sounded vaguely familiar. “Johnny, Johnny,” it repeated, louder and louder. Breaking the silence of an audience that watched the home side enter the second period facing a […]

Remember their dreadful start to last season? Remember the Calgary Flames admitted it was their ultimate undoing, the reason they were playoff pretenders instead of invitees to the spring dance? Well … we’ve got bad news, Flames fans. Here they go again. After Thursday’s 4-2 home loss to the Dallas Stars, the Saddledome-dwellers own a […]

The usual image of a Canadian fighter pilot in World War II is that of a dashing young man flying the graceful, agile Spitfire in air-to-air combat against the Luftwaffe. That, however, wasn’t Jack Hilton’s war. Oh, photos from the time show him to be dashing and young, but Hilton flew the Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber […]

Just steps away from city hall, Calgarians voiced their concerns with allegations of harassment against women in the political process. Holding signs with the hashtag “I’m with her” and chanting “Stand together,” female politicians and about one hundred supporters gathered in Olympic Plaza to speak out against the “unacceptable” treatment of women in the political sphere. Standing next to the statue […]

A judge in a high-profile sexual assault retrial says it doesn’t matter whether the complainant was planning to have sex with the accused 10 or 15 minutes before the alleged attack. “She can change her mind in seconds. She can change it in the middle of consensual sex and it becomes unconsensual,” Judge Jerry LeGrandeur […]

Why is this Trump thing so alien, yet so eerily familiar? Because we’ve been there before in Canada. We’ve seen the anger, racism, homophobia, misogyny, nativism and extreme nationalism. But we have never been ruled by those qualities, and hopefully never will be. One reason is Canada’s flexible democracy. It spins off new parties like Stampede […]

Beneath Union Jack and Maple Leaf flags, Rev. Robert Greene lent some levity to the memorial service for a peacetime veteran. The funeral is one of many the Anglican priest has conducted as the ranks of Calgary’s older military veterans thin with time. But as he enjoys refreshments at the Royal Canadian Legion’s Chapelhow branch, the 93-year-old recalls […]

It is wholly accurate to report that the Calgary Stampeders, for more than a week, have been off the field. But out of mind? Hardly. In the latest – but certainly not the last – round of Canadian Football League back-pats for the local side, voting experts singled out five gents. Tabbed as West Division […]

By Carol Tracey  As the weeks drift toward Remembrance Day, poppies begin to emerge, evoking so many remembrances for those lost or injured in conflicts. The poppies serve to reinforce our commitment to remembering all who fought and died for our freedom.  While the media is sent to all corners of the world to report […]

When her friend Steven Marshall was killed by a Taliban IED, Cindy Veilleux says she was more determined to carry on the work that led to his death. Then based in Edmonton, the member of 1 Canadian Engineer Regiment recalls the day in October 2009 when Calgarian Marshall, 24, was killed by the roadside bomb while […]