Новости за 23.11.2016

A man police once branded as a prolific car thief has been identified as the victim in a police-involved shooting in northwest Calgary Tuesday afternoon. Terrence Weinmeyer, 49, died in hospital after he was shot by police in a crowded strip mall parking lot in the 5000 block of 16 Ave. N.W.  The Alberta Serious […]

Calgary police have deemed the death of a man in Bankview Tuesday as suspicious. Authorities said a man walked into a Calgary fire department on 10 Ave S.W. Tuesday afternoon asking for help for his roommate. When fire department members drove him back to the residence on the 1800 block of 17 Street S.W., they found a deceased […]

Calgary MLA Sandra Jansen is now being protected by security after receiving death threats after crossing the floor from the Tories to the NDP government last week. The government confirmed Wednesday that its Executive Protection Unit is providing security for Jansen on a temporary basis. In an interview, Jansen said there have been death threats […]

TORONTO – What is the grass at BMO Field made of anyway? The finest silk money can buy? Delicate flowers? Hand-blown glass? Calgary Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson isn’t sure. All he knows is his team won’t get to practice at the site of Sunday’s Grey Cup against the Ottawa RedBlacks (4 p.m., TSN,/News Talk […]

COLUMBUS — Columbus Blue Jackets rookie Zach Werenski isn’t expecting any preferential treatment from his former teammate and close pal. He knows Matthew Tkachuk — fellow freshman for the Calgary Flames — better than that.  “I’m excited to play him. I know from playing with him, he’s a pain in everyone’s … uh … butt,” […]

Canada’s two largest railways have settled a legal dispute that erupted after an employee moved from one rival to the other, allegedly taking confidential information with him. Montreal-based Canadian National Railway Co. says rival Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. agreed to pay $25 million to settle the case, and agreed it wouldn’t hire certain CN employees […]

A Christmas Carol; Thursday Nov. 24 to Saturday, Dec. 24. At Theatre Calgary Theatre Calgary celebrates 30 years of serving up Dickens’ holiday classic. The basic equation remains the same: Stephen Hair as Scrooge + 3 Spirits = Complete Redemption + the sale of a sizable turkey. As always, however, the warm glow produced by […]

After fuelling the 20th century automobile culture that reshaped cities and defined modern life, gasoline has had its day.

Lunchbox Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects and Theatre Calgary are all doing holiday shows. If you can’t see them all, we can help you make an informed decision.

When she sat down to make her naughty and nice list for Christmas 2016, Rebecca Northan decided Calgarians are such a super nice bunch of people they deserve a special treat. Northan’s new play Slipper: A Distinctly Calgarian Cinderella Story, which is running in the Arts Commons Martha Cohen Theatre until Dec. 31, is her […]

Section 4 of the National Parks Act (1930), which still defines the purpose of Banff National Park, states that national parks “are dedicated to the people of Canada for their benefit, education and enjoyment,” subject to various regulations, and “shall be maintained and made use of so as to leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of […]

Jansen may have made wise choice Re: “Jansen displays hypocrisy and opportunism in crossing the floor,” Rob Breakenridge, Opinion, Nov. 22. Rob Breakenridge is clearly just another scribe who loathes the NDP. I mean, what if Sandra Jansen was absolutely correct in her decision to walk away from a party mired in an increasingly anti-abortion, anti-union, anti-green, […]

The NDP appears ready to overhaul Alberta’s deregulated electricity market, raising the spectre that consumers may end up paying more to keep the lights on. The government has been exceedingly ambitious in the early portion of its four-year mandate, doing everything from reviewing the royalties levied on Alberta’s energy, increasing corporate taxes, to imposing a […]

A banged-up Calgary Hitmen squad’s hopes of back-to-back wins came to a screeching halt Tuesday. St. Louis Blues prospect Adam Musil scored a hat-trick to power the Red Deer Rebels to a 3-0 win over the host team at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The loss came after the Hitmen 4-2 win over the Kootenay Ice on […]

TORONTO – There’s experience. And there’s Grey Cup experience. They’re not the same thing. Just ask Bo Levi Mitchell. The Calgary Stampeders star quarterback said he learned an important lesson when he led his team to a 20-16 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 2014 Grey Cup. “I’ll never think it’s over. I went […]

TORONTO – There’s something poetic about the opponents who the Calgary Stampeders have been matched up against in these CFL playoffs. With all due respect to the Montreal Alouettes, who beat the Stampeders in a meaningless end-of-season tilt during which Stamps head coach Dave Dickenson rested many of his starters, only the B.C. Lions and […]

TORONTO — It was midway through the third quarter and the B.C. Lions still had reason to believe they had a chance to make a game out of the West Final. Then, Glenn Love stepped up and squashed whatever hope Travis Lulay & Co. had left. First, he came up with an endzone interception. Then, […]

Pondering the question, he surveys the wall of cameras, the nest of microphones, the herd of reporters in front of him. He can be gruff, but right now Jerome Messam appears at ease, even if he’s just been asked if he has something to prove. His response, when it comes, features no eye-rolling and little […]

As one of his language requirements at Harvard University, Adam Fox decided to go off the board. No, not Spanish. Not Italian. No, not French. Think way off the board, as in, halfway across the globe. Zulu, one of the official languages of South Africa, is offered was part of the African and African American […]

Calgary Flames (8-12-1) at Columbus Blue Jackets (10-4-3) 5 p.m, Sportsnet West, Sportsnet 960 The Fan Last Five Games Flames @Sabres L 4-2 @ Red Wings W 3-2 vs. Blackhawks L 3-2 vs. Coyotes W 2-1 (OT) @ Wild W 1-0 Blue Jackets vs. Avalanche L 3-2 (OT) @ Blues L 2-1 (OT) vs. Ducks […]

Calgary police opened fire into a vehicle, striking a suspect in the middle of a crowded strip mall parking lot Tuesday afternoon. A blue pickup truck sat in the middle of a cluster of vehicles, partially out of a strip mall parking stall in the 5000 block of 16 Ave. N.W. around 4 p.m., bullet damage […]

Homicide detectives were called to a Bankview apartment building Tuesday afternoon after a man was discovered dead in a home. But police are not calling it a murder investigation yet. “We don’t know what we have at this point,” Det. Andy Nguyen said. The Calgary Fire Department arrived at El Manor in the 1800 block of […]

The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra on Tuesday introduced Dr. Vincent Ho as its new Music Advisor. “Vincent is a very well-known Canadian composer; has a terrific body of works and has done an exceptional job with other orchestras across Canada,” says Paul Dornian, President and CEO of the CPO. In his new role, Ho will act as a consultant […]

Snatch this column from your kids if you don’t want them reading gross language from an unexpected place — the Alberta legislature. Sandra Jansen, the former PC MLA, read a list on Tuesday of vile things said about her and Premier Rachel Notley after she crossed the floor to the NDP last week. They are, […]

Much to the surprise of Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Calgary Transit’s director told council Tuesday that staff will soon visit three cities to explore electronic fare payment systems.  Transit director Doug Morgan revealed over the next two weeks, city staff will conduct site visits to Vancouver, Salt Lake City and Philadelphia — all jurisdictions Morgan said have […]