Новости за 15.11.2016

Former Calgary police officer Denis McHugh is facing 11 charges, including kidnapping and obstruction of justice, following an internal investigation by the department's professional standards section.

Roger Hodgson has been on his own twice as long as he was in Supertramp but he will always be associated with the songs he wrote for that band: Give a Little Bit, Dreamer, Take the Long Way Home, Breakfast in America. Hodgson recently gave a little bit of his time, you might say, to […]

OTTAWA — More Canadians are relying on food banks to feed themselves, a report released Tuesday suggests. The report by Food Banks Canada says last March some 863,492 people turned to a food bank, a 1.3 per cent increase over March 2015 and a 28 per cent rise over 2008. “More than 300,000 of those […]

Despite claims by the NDP government that it’s creating jobs, a small business lobby group says its members largely don’t believe the province has a plan to help entrepreneurs. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Tuesday a survey of nearly 1,000 Alberta members revealed 94 per cent were not confident the provincial government has a vision to support small […]

Hundreds of early-career researchers have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau, asking for more scientific rigour and transparency in environmental decision making. More than 1,200 researchers from across Canada, as well as those living abroad, released the letter this week. “We have a huge opportunity right now in Canada for the public to help strengthen […]

One year after government scientists were effectively unmuzzled, the federal science minister says they’ve come a long way with the policy but there’s still a change in culture taking place in the departments. The commitment by the Trudeau government last fall included appointing a chief science officer, enabling scientists to speak freely about their work and considering science in […]

Two long-established Calgary printing companies that joined forces last year completed the merger Monday with a new identity that creates one of the largest print producers in Western Canada. McCara Printing built an extensive lithographic and UV printing operation in the northeast, which also houses a comprehensive bindery and security printing. Unicom Graphics, in the southeast, […]

For Robbie Robertson, memories can carry a considerable amount of weight. Among the musician’s many gifts is his ability to recall moments of his past with minute detail. But, as his new memoir reveals, there’s just so much to remember. The former guitarist and principal songwriter of The Band had been carrying his colourful recollections around for more than half a […]

It’s unfortunate that the Jamaican bobsled team was left on the side of the road on the weekend after their van broke down. But if they had to suffer such a setback, it’s hard to imagine a better place for it to happen than in Calgary. The city has had an almost-three-decade love affair with […]

Booing the Calgary Flames is boorish behaviour Re: “Flames haunted by fear of failure: coach,” Nov. 12. We are all aware that the Calgary Flames are not doing very well this season — yet. My husband and I were at the hockey game this past Saturday when the Flames were playing against the New York […]

There may well be a litany of reasons to lament the pending presidency of Donald J. Trump, but at least as it pertains to our need to get new pipelines built, there might be a silver lining for us to latch onto. The incoming American president has previously indicated his “100 per cent support” for the Keystone […]

Calgary never stops. Especially when it comes to moving people and cargo around the world, both through the air and on the ground.

Ballooning deferred maintenance costs continue to cause consternation at Alberta’s post-secondary institutions.  The province’s largest and oldest university, the University of Alberta, has pegged its bill at more than $800 million and the University of Calgary is nursing a $490 million potential headache. For the University of Calgary, the biggest challenge is those buildings erected […]

Whoever delivers Alberta Golf’s Player of the Year hardware can complete most of their rounds in the Calgary area. Announced Monday, the list of provincial award winners for 2016 is headlined by Calgary’s Evan Holmes and Kat Kennedy of Okotoks. Holmes, a member at Earl Grey, captured the title at the Sun Life Financial Alberta […]

You won’t see this every day — NDP Premier Rachel Notley and Derek Fildebrandt, the outspoken young Wildrose MLA, agreeing on how to keep the extreme fringe of the Trump movement out of Alberta. They both say intolerance and bigotry were far from the only factors in Donald Trump’s victory. And they both have part of the […]

Calgary Flames (5-10-1) at Minnesota Wild (8-5-1) 6 p.m. MT, Sportsnet West, Sportsnet 960 The Fan LAST FIVE GAMES Flames vs. Rangers L 4-1 vs. Stars L 4-2 @ Ducks L 4-1 @ Kings L 5-0 @ Sharks W 3-2 Wild @ Senators W 2-1 (OT) @ Flyers L 3-2 @ Penguins W 4-2 @ […]

Calgary police are looking for information in relation to a vehicle with a young passenger that fled a traffic stop Monday. Authorities say around 11 a.m., an officer spotted a blue Dodge Ram pickup truck stopped at the curb facing west in the inside lane of the McKenzie Towne roundabout. When the officer approached the vehicle, […]

Calgary businesses are shutting down or moving at a record pace as a stagnant economy begins to exact a heavy toll, says the chamber of commerce. According to third quarter numbers obtained by Postmedia, nearly 2,000 Calgary businesses closed their doors over the summer, with another 1,785 changing addresses over the same three-month period. In […]

Several mid-sized oil and gas producers operating in a range of plays have spiked their capital spending plans for next year by as much as 70 per cent. The beefed-up budgets signal the widely held view that 2016 marked the bottom of the oil rout, though companies remain prepared for fluctuating prices, said Jeremy McCrea, analyst with Raymond […]

Several months ago, it looked like Alberta might be shut out on its quest to get new oil pipelines built. With the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States, the Keystone XL line appears to be back on the front burner, while the potential approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion […]

Brett Kulak’s landlord is an understanding sort. And a Calgary Flames fan. Both beneficial to the 22-year-old defenceman, best suited for pay-as-you-stay as an up-and-comer in the unpredictable business of professional puck. “I got my own place here in May and I had it through the end of September,” explained Kulak, who trained with a […]

In emotional testimony on Monday, Calgary police Det. Gerard Brand told court he has never committed a crime. “No matter what happened here, I loved this job, I would do this job for free,” Brand said, of his devotion to policing and the Calgary Police Service. “For them to accused me of being a criminal […]

You first knew the Calgary sports facility with an iconic white roof as the Lindsay Park Sports Centre and then in 2002, it became the Talisman Centre. It now has a new name: the Repsol Centre. The name change comes almost two years after Talisman was acquired by Spain’s Repsol SA in a $13 billion […]

RCMP are investigating after a man was found dead today in the Bow River in Banff. Mounties say they received a call about the body at about 11 a.m. Monday. The body was found in the river within the Banff townsite.  Police say the investigation is ongoing and more information will be released when it […]