Новости за 24.11.2016

Country Music Hall of Famers Alabama, with a combined 178 CMA, Grammy and ACM Awards will take the Saddledome stage on Friday, July 14, to kick off the 2017 Virgin Mobile Stampede Concert Series. The Calgary Stampede and Stampede Concerts Inc. made the announcement Thursday. The band recently released a new studio album Southern Drawl, landing on […]

Police have now declared the death of a man in a Bankview apartment building this week a homicide.  The body of 58-year-old Richard Pember was discovered in the home in the 1800 block of 17 St. S.W. after his roommate told firefighters at a fire station on 10 Ave. S.W. that he needed help for […]

RCMP have charged a Calgary man with corruption over allegations he tried to bribe foreign officials in the sale of a commercial passenger plane in Thailand. Police say following a tip from the FBI, Mounties began investigating allegations of irregularities in a proposed sale of a jet from the Thailand national airline, Thai Airways. Investigators […]

An investigation led by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) uncovered a collection of weapons and $10,000 in drugs in two Calgary neighbourhoods. In searches conducted on Nov. 10 at homes in Dover and Mission, officers with ALERT and Calgary police found two shotguns, ammunition, nine replica firearms and various other weapons, including swords, knives and […]

Two holiday shows to choose from, GIRAF's Newgrounds retrospectives and more fun things to do this weekend.

When it comes to protecting thousands of remote oil and gas well sites scattered across Alberta’s prairies and foothills, RCMP Cpl. Curtis Peters is more concerned about crack addicts than vandals. The 854 crimes reported at those sites in the first 10 months of 2016 have already exceeded the number in all of 2015, RCMP […]

A new study shows Alberta’s rivers — the main source of water for agriculture on the Prairie provinces — are increasingly under threat due to climate change and human activities. The research, published in Hydrological Processes, examined streamflow and climate data in eight streams within the Oldman River basin in southern Alberta as a case study. It found changes in […]

The number of people working in Alberta remained flat in Alberta in September, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada. According to the federal agency, there were 1.96 million employees in the province for the month, unchanged from August. But employment remains well below year-ago levels in the province — with 63,000 fewer people working […]

Here are some of the facts and firsts from that storied 36th Grey Cup that saw the Stampeders defeat the Ottawa Rough Riders 12-7 at Toronto's Varsity Stadium.

There are likely many entrepreneurially minded Calgarians who could use a boost to get their business started. Emily and Craig LePan, owners of Flipp Advertising, are launching a new company that will empower stylists and estheticians to set up their own shops. The couple have leased a 4,000-square-foot space on the main floor of the Alura condo […]

An activist Tribe come to town and the CPO flexes its pipes this week.

Entrepreneurs know that despite having a great business plan and being highly organized, unpredictable costs can crop up out of nowhere.

The all-ages event includes a builders contest overseen by the Southern Alberta Lego Users Group (SALUG).

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and since one in every three Canadians have diabetes or prediabetes chances are you have family and friends that are directly affected. The good news is that just because you have diabetes doesn’t mean that you need to eat boring food or toss out your favourite family recipes. You should be also be relieved to know that even if one member of your family has diabetes, there are many simple delicious food swaps that will work for everyone. Eating more pulses and... Читать дальше...

Winter means shorter days, longer nights and a sort of general gloom that threatens to swallow the land. But luckily not everything has to be dark. Bright and cool hues on everything from furniture to clothes will help ward off the seasonal blues. La Mode Goes Modular Ikea’s new Lixhult collection features colourful metal storage […]

By Jesse Row For years, Alberta has been the only province without energy efficiency programs for households. Where has that left us? The numbers show that Alberta is currently second worst in Canada when it comes to under-insulated houses. This conclusion is based on 634,000 home energy audits completed across the country. The result was […]

Calgary is notable for many things, but we should not be proud of being home to the longest city council meetings in Canada. In a rare rebuke of his political masters, city manager Jeff Fielding said council meetings are not being chaired effectively, suggesting an assigned chair would bring more order to deliberations. Mayor Naheed Nenshi […]

She did it. She finally found that key ingredient. For those who’ve been following the career of nomadic singer-songwriter Orit Shimoni, you’d likely have thought she had long ago perfected the formula for plumbing the lower end of human emotions, wringing every last tear from each individual duct and giving voice to the pain and […]

No guarantee child homicides can be prevented Re: “Her name was Serenity. Her brief life was anything but,” Paula Simons, Opinion, Nov. 19, and “Young victim Serenity died in misery, and yet nobody is to take the blame?” Don Braid, Opinion, Nov. 22. Paula Simons’ coverage of the death of four-year-old First Nations child Serenity is […]

TORONTO — Together, they took the University of Calgary Dinos to the brink of a national championship in 2013, only to fall just short in the national final against the Laval Rouge et Or. This week, they’ll be standing on the opposite sides of the field. In Ottawa RedBlacks colours will be receiver Jake Harty […]

TORONTO – Eighty-eight catches. Zero drops. And nearly the same chance of winning the league’s Most Outstanding Player award. Ottawa RedBlacks receiver Ernest Jackson had a great season. An all-star campaign. But he’s up against Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell. “Yeah, he’s in tough against Bo,” said B.C. Lions quarterback Travis Lulay, who took […]

COLUMBUS — Chad Johnson silenced the cannon. The Calgary Flames’ masked man stifled the NHL’s second-highest scoring attack — and their deafening goal celebration — in Wednesday’s 2-0 shutout victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. “I think everybody gets pretty startled when they hear that thing go off. It’s a pretty loud boom,” Johnson […]

City council unanimously agreed Wednesday to withdraw $15 million from its rainy-day fund to help struggling businesses affected by the economic downturn. Though exactly how council will cushion the blow for business owners next year, including those expected to get hit with significant property tax increases, is yet to be determined.  City administration will report back […]

Sunshine Village Guys, it’s that time of the year again. Finally, Sunshine Village is open and skiers and snowboarders can dust off their gear and get back on the mountain. Honestly, who needs summer anyways? With winter rolling in, early-season conditions at Sunshine Village are absolutely phenomenal, with the Banff National Park resort getting slammed […]

A company that sells power to Albertans warns that major changes coming to the electricity market will hike costs for consumers while squeezing retailers. The NDP government said Wednesday it will implement a widely anticipated overhaul of Alberta’s power market that moves away from the deregulated system designed under the Klein government. “The premier is playing with numbers that are confusing to consumers, and consumers […]