Новости за 11.12.2016

Residents of a southeast home as well as their neighbours were forced to flee into the cold Sunday after flames erupted in the garage of a Penbrooke residence. Indira Spicer, who lives in the basement suite of the house in Pensacola Close SE, said she had worked a long night shift and was sleeping when […]

A single father barely able to feed his growing boys has received an outpouring of support from generous Calgarians after appearing in a Herald story earlier this month. Jesse Ramos, who lost his job in the oil patch and is struggling to buy food, was profiled in a Calgary Herald Christmas Fund column about the Calgary Food […]

(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia signaled it’s ready to cut oil production more than expected, a surprise announcement made minutes after Russia and several non-other OPEC countries pledged to curb output next year. Taken together, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’s first deal with its rivals since 2001 and the Saudi comments represent a forceful effort […]

The first-place Calgary Flames. Just a few weeks ago, that seemed beyond far-fetched, almost impossible to imagine. After Saturday’s 6-2 shellacking of the Winnipeg Jets at the Saddledome, it’s a reality. That’s right — the Flames, having now extended their winning spree to six consecutive contests, are perched atop the Pacific Division standings. “I think […]

Elvis was in the building. Call it an early Christmas present for fans, or a wonderful gift in support of the Owen Hart Foundation … either way, it was difficult not to feel the warm glow inside the fabulous Jubilee Auditorium on Saturday night. From punk to pub rock, everything in between and everything […]

Jake Bean got a taste of the world junior magic. Now he wants to be a part of the show. “When it was in Calgary, I went to the (semifinal) game between Canada and Russia and Canada was down like 5-1 or 6-1 and they came back to within one goal,” the Calgary Hitmen defenceman […]

Starting Sunday, Matthew Tkachuk’s age will match his jersey number. The Calgary Flames rookie hell-raiser and emerging fan favourite is now 19. “I know I was playing video games in Moose Jaw, no care in the world, at that age — making my 130 bucks every two weeks with my junior team,” grinned Flames alternate […]

Parks Canada has issued an aggressive wolf warning for Banff National Park after a ski-hill employee was approached by a pack of wolves and had to flee on a snowmobile. The alert was issued Thursday, the day after the three remaining members of a notorious wolf pack in the Bow Valley got a little too […]

The CPO’s annual performance of Messiah drew the usual sizable audience to the Jack Singer Concert Hall, an audience happy to bathe in the familiar choruses and arias and to enjoy again one of the most imperishable of all classics.             Compared to some of the recent performances of this oratorio, this year’s version was […]

Touched by Julia Khaled's story, Calgary auto dealer Rachid Madawi has restored a Fiat 500 in the seven-year-old girl's favourite colour pink, to be auctioned off to finance risky surgery in the U.S. it's hoped will allow her to walk.

It’s a plight facing too many Calgary non-profits, but it’s an even harder hit come Christmas. For more than 30 years, local charity The Magic of Christmas has partnered with Calgary Transit to dress up, deliver gifts and spread holiday cheer to hundreds of Calgarians on Christmas Eve. Charity president Allan Reid said normally they […]

The charity's supply of new toys has fallen far short of the demand amid an economy still mired in recession, said Lieut-Col. Larry Martin.

Kathy Taylor admits the Green River killer was a career inspiration. As a high school student in the 1980s, the Washington state woman said she became fascinated by the darkness unfolding in her region, as the nation’s worst-ever serial murderer’s handiwork was revealed. “I remember picking up a newspaper every night to read about the […]