Новости за 16.11.2016

In case you hadn’t heard, the Calgary Flames won in Minnesota — a gritty, grinding, 1-0 victory which snapped a four-game losing streak before the club headed home where the Arizona Coyotes sat idle, waiting for Wednesday’s game. What you probably didn’t hear is that Glen Gulutzan wants to use Tuesday’s game as an example. […]

Love versus hate, hope versus despair, courage versus fear. In every life there comes at least one crisis when we have to choose between the light and the dark. For Colton Lewis, that time came far too early. At age 20, he was fighting for his life in a Calgary hospital, suffering from six stab […]

When economic times are tough, fishing is a super activity. As I was growing up in southwest Calgary, my family did the best we could to get by, even though there wasn’t always a lot of money. Fishing was a big part of my youth — a rod and reel, some fishing line, a few […]

Heading into their third annual Giving Day campaign, Hillhurst Elementary students have moved away from collecting or buying and then giving items that may eventually be thrown away. Instead, the school is embarking on the “Giving Good Challenge,” asking students to offer their own time or talent to make someone else’s life better. “We wanted […]

For Brian Kelley, there isn’t a straightforward explanation for the evolution of Florida Georgia Line. With the release of their third album, Dig Your Roots, Kelley and Tyler Hubbard have demonstrated the ability to change, whether it be songwriting, performances or song selections. So was this evolution a conscious decision by the duo or was […]

The International Ski Federation has officially cancelled the men’s races at the Lake Louise Alpine Ski World Cup The culprit? An unseasonably warm autumn in the Canadian Rockies resulting in a stunning lack of snow. “Despite the tireless work from volunteers and all Lake Louise Ski Resort resources pointed towards generating enough snow for the […]

Billionaire Warren Buffett sold off the remaining 22.3 million shares he held in Suncor Energy during the most recent quarter, according to a new filing from his investment conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. His sale of those shares raises a number of questions. Has he soured on energy stocks? Is it a statement on the relative competitiveness of Canada’s energy […]

Glass ceiling has already been cracked Re: “People are shocked, in disbelief,” Valerie Fortney, Opinion, Nov. 10,  and “Male chauvinists abound, thriving,” Letter, Nov. 11. I am writing to take issue with a recent letter to the editor and some other comments published in the Herald. I am a former professor of social work in […]

By Craig Coolahan If you felt you were being bullied or harassed at your workplace, do you know if your employer has appropriate policies in place to ensure your safety and well-being? While most Albertans would say yes, a number of them may not. That’s because currently, there is no legislation that recognizes bullying or […]

There are calls to release more taxi licences in Calgary, but it’s questionable whether the city should continue to maintain such a tight rein on the industry in the first place. Later this week, the city’s taxi committee will consider a report recommending that 68 new licences be made available, in addition to the 250 […]

The Calgary Flames have had this discussion before. On the ice Johnny Gaudreau, being Johnny Gaudreau, receives more attention than most — the hacks, slashes, and extra shoves after the whistle come with the territory of being a star player in the National Hockey League. And in Tuesday’s 1-0 win over the Minnesota Wild, the […]

Stephan Guscott was in a 200-seat lecture hall in the University of Calgary kinesiology building when someone sat down in the row in front of him and the back of the chair broke, tipping the student backwards.  “The chair was broken for the remainder of the semester,” recounted Guscott, who is the president of the U of C […]

Mayor Naheed Nenshi warned the NDP government against retroactively changing power contracts in a high-stakes legal battle, saying the move is “absolutely nuts” and would set a “dangerous precedent” that would scare off investment from Alberta. Nenshi’s scathing critique was the latest in a series of blows against the government’s ongoing lawsuit involving Capital Power Corp., TransCanada Corp. and […]

It wasn’t long after the news broke that Jordan Sigalet reached out to Bryan Bickell. The National Hockey League community is small. But the community of professional hockey players dealing with, and affected by, multiple sclerosis is even smaller. “I remember the exact moment it happened to me,” the Calgary Flames goalie coach was saying […]

The Calgary Stampeders are mourning the loss of former head coach Lary Kuharich. Kuharich died on Sunday at age 70. The Middletown, N.Y., product, who joined the Red & White as an assistant coach in 1986, spent four decades stomping the sidelines in many different leagues. “I’ve coached in every cow pasture in North America,” […]

We’re just two regular Calgarians, my wife and I, but we know five business owners who have sold their interests, simply shut down, or will close very soon.  There’s the small grocery store, the clothing shop, the bakery, the children’s store, the lovely restaurant on Central Memorial Park. Multiply us by thousands who love to […]

The number of Calgarians accessing the city’s food bank is up 17 per cent year over year and a staggering 47 per cent from 2014, according to a report released Tuesday. Food Banks Canada says last March some 863,492 people across the country turned to a food bank, a 1.3 per cent increase over March 2015 and […]

Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he’s joined the provincial Progressive Conservative party in order to back Jason Kenney, and he’s urging Wildrose members to do the same. Harper made the comments in a new fundraising letter for Kenney, the former MP running on a platform of merging the PCs with the Wildrose in a new party, […]

There’s no silver-bullet solution that will help staunch the bleeding for Calgary’s struggling business community, says a local economist. Over the summer, nearly 2,000 city businesses closed their doors for good and another 1,785 changed addresses, victims of a moribund Alberta economy that shows little sign of strengthening in the short term. All told, in the first […]

Bruce Boudreau, an old friend from the Pacific Division, admitted he is surprised to see the Calgary Flames struggle to start the 2016-17 National Hockey League campaign. “A lot of teams picked them to win the West,” said the former head coach of the Anaheim Ducks and, now, boss of the Minnesota Wild. “Now, it’s […]

It may be the season to be jolly, but Calgary police are reminding the public it’s also the season to be vigilant.  With the holiday season comes an influx of online shopping, and with it, the possibility of having your credit card information compromised. Staff Sgt. Cory Dayley, with the Calgary Police Services’ cyber forensics […]

Eight people have been arrested, and three have been charged following a lengthy drug trafficking investigation in Medicine Hat and Tilley, Alberta. On November 8th, the Medicine Hat Police, Brooks RCMP, and members of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team Medicine Hat team seized a pair of firearms, ammo, cocaine, and methamphetamines. ALERT also searched […]

The third season of FX’s Fargo is set to start shooting in Calgary and area in January and casting directors are putting out a call for extras of all kinds. Men and women of all ages and ethnicities are required for the shoot, which is expected to run until May. An open casting call will […]