Новости за 29.11.2016

Donald Trump’s most visible advisor is coming to Alberta. Kellyanne Conway, who served as campaign manager in Trump’s successful Republican presidential campaign, will be in Calgary early next year at the invitation of the Alberta Prosperity Fund, a conservative political action committee. She will speak to Alberta business leaders at a private fundraising dinner on Jan. 12, […]

The trial of a woman who turned to holistic medicine before the death of her seven-year-old son continues Tuesday. Tamara Lovett, 47, is charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life and with criminal negligence causing the death of Ryan Alexander Lovett. Ryan died in March 2013 after getting a strep infection that kept […]

Two men raided a Lethbridge home and shot and killed a pet dog before fleeing, police say. Police said just after 12:30 p.m. Monday, two masked men, one armed with a gun, entered a home in the 1900 block of 23 St. North and confronted a man and woman inside. One of the masked assailants pointed a […]

A woman was shot and killed by a Calgary police officer in the city’s Sunalta neighbourhood early Tuesday morning. Sources told Postmedia a junior female officer opened fire on a woman who was acting aggressively and erratically with one or more knives on her. Police were called to a home in the 1700 block of 11 […]

As you look forward to your own celebrations this holiday season, set aside some time and thought for those who need some help this year, writes Heritage Park's Alida Visbach in a guest column for the Calgary Herald Christmas Fund.

What once seemed unrealistic, if not outright impossible, is now suddenly happening at city hall. In fact, 2017 should see both a zero tax increase for Calgary homeowners and the return of Uber to Calgary streets. Next year also happens to be an election year for municipal politicians, and one would have to be awfully charitable […]

A five-person committee will spend the next six months examining city council’s compensation. There’s even talk that the volunteers may seek input from the public about how much the mayor and councillors should receive. Frankly, given the state of the economy, there’s no need to invest a lot of time debating whether the city should change the […]

Trudeau doesn’t speak for Canadians Re: “Earth to Trudeau: You’re wrong on Castro,” Michael Den Tandt, Opinion, Nov. 28.   There is so much wrong with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unfortunate statement regarding the death of Fidel Castro. I am having a lot of difficulty deciding where to start. Let’s go with these five words: […]

This is a pivotal time for Alberta’s beleaguered economy in more ways than one. Ottawa is expected to announce decisions in the coming days on two pipeline projects — Enbridge’s Line 3 development and the contentious Northern Gateway venture — while a final cabinet call on the Trans Mountain expansion is anticipated before mid-December. Federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr will speak Wednesday […]

BROOKLYN — You rarely hear such a positive spin in the losing locker-room. But in the aftermath of Monday’s 2-1 overtime defeat to the New York Islanders at Barclays Center, the consensus seemed to be that the Calgary Flames should be satisfied as they — finally — boarded a flight back home. After all, they didn’t […]

BROOKLYN — He’d tried everything. Almost everything. Hours before Monday’s 2-1 overtime loss to the New York Islanders at Barclays Center, Calgary Flames skipper Glen Gulutzan sure sounded like a guy who had nearly emptied his bag of coaching tricks trying to help pull struggling centre Sean Monahan out of his extended fall funk. “For me, […]

TORONTO – There’s always next year, right? That’s what Calgary Stampeders fans and players will surely be repeating to themselves in the wake of Sunday’s heartbreaking 39-33 loss to the Ottawa RedBlacks in Sunday’s Grey Cup. Not Marquay McDaniel. Not even a little bit, if his Twitter account is to be believed. “People keep saying […]

The blueprint should have been thrown out two years ago. It didn’t work then. And it doesn’t work now. The Seattle Seahawks were poised to win Super Bowl XLIX, facing a second and goal from the one-yardline with 26 seconds remaining. But instead of handing the ball to running back Marshawn Lynch, the most powerful […]

In just over a decade, Amy Schumer has gone from working dingy clubs to making arena-sized crowds both cringe and cheer — you know, crineer — with her no-holds-barred, straight-to-the-point and straight-to-the-sex comedy. The New Yorker will set up her stand-up shop here for one night on Dec. 2 at Rogers Arena. In celebration of the […]

Every time you turned on the radio in Toronto this week, it seemed like somebody was talking about why the city didn’t care about the CFL. Meanwhile, Canadians from across the country were partying it up and celebrating their game in bars and restaurants along Front Street. But Torontonians were so caught up in debating […]

It’s getting harder to tell if the effort to merge Alberta’s conservative parties is a soap opera, a crime drama, or a bad sitcom. Or, more probably, it’s just another example of how Alberta conservatives will tear each other apart because they think people will elect them as a united party, even though it’s obvious […]

They’re not sure if it’s a boy or a girl, but there is no debate that it’s very cute. The newest king penguin at the Calgary Zoo met the world this past August, and since then the little chick has been growing fast. But the little guy or girl has yet to have its first […]

The conditions in which little Ryan Lovett lived with his mom, who is charged with negligently causing his death, were deplorable, a prosecutor suggested Monday. Crown lawyer Jonathan Hak, in his opening address in the Court of Queen’s Bench trial of Tamara Lovett, said the woman refused to get her son proper medical care. “The […]

Finance Minister Joe Ceci says the provincial economy and the government’s finances are holding steady and appear poised for a turnaround after nearly two years of turmoil spurred by low oil prices. But as the NDP government released its mid-year financial report for 2016-17 released Monday, it faced calls from opposition parties to get spending under control while business […]

On the morning she attended to a lifeless little boy, Teresa Coulter had no idea she knew the child. “Eight hours earlier I was at that call,” she says of finding out later that same day that seven-year-old Ryan Lovett, a regular at the arts centre she frequented, had been declared dead at a Calgary […]

Calgary’s public utility says it is facing up to $77 million in potential losses from its dispute with the Alberta government over the timing of cancelled power contracts. Enmax walked away from two power purchase agreements after the province announced increases to the carbon tax on large industrial emitters. The utility and three other power generators say an opt-out […]

Calgary police officers conspired to wrongly arrest and confine a Calgary man embroiled in a bitter custody dispute with his ex-wife and her husband, a sworn officer, a $600,000 lawsuit alleges. The statement of claim alleges Calgary dad Jacob Hardy was detained at the police Arrest Processing Unit for more than eight hours on a […]

Ride-hailing giant Uber will return to Calgary streets within a matter of days after council voted in favour of tweaks to the city’s rideshare bylaw on Monday. Following nearly three hours of questions and discussion, Calgary’s elected officials endorsed amending the livery transport bylaw in an 11-4 vote — a move that “pleased” the brash […]