Новости за 13.12.2016

The lawyer for octogenarian murder suspect Fred van Zuiden said Tuesday his client’s mental and physical condition is worsening. Defence counsel Alain Hepner asked that van Zuiden be excused from attending a hearing in January in which the lawyer hopes to have a judge declare the accused, who suffers from dementia, unfit to stand trial […]

Donald Trump’s prospective cabinet is now stacked with friends of Canadian oil, with vocal proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline his picks to run key posts in the State and Energy departments. Both are from the state where the pipeline concludes: Texas. Trump announced Tuesday that he’ll ask Congress to approve Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson […]

Rachel Notley is once again in the middle of the pack among Canada’s premiers, with approval of just under a third of Alberta voters in a new Angus Reid Institute poll. In the quarterly survey of the popularity of provincial leaders among their voters, Notley had a 31 per cent approval rate and a 59 per […]

What keeps you from staying active during the wintertime?

Calgary was given an ‘A’ grade in the first City Health Monitor published by the Conference Board of Canada. The report looked at Statistics Canada information of approximately 65,000 Canadians, measuring the physical and socio-economic health of 10 metropolitan areas in Canada. “We tried to drill down even more and take our knowledge and expertise […]

He was accused in a brutal and violent sexual assault from two decades ago, but on Tuesday Jack William Kramer became a free man. Provincial court Judge Allan Fradsham agreed with Crown and defence lawyers that Kramer’s conviction for break and enter in connection with the 1995 case warranted a five-year prison term. But because […]

The past few months have been tough ones for the food service industry. Some restaurants and pubs have been forced to close and others have laid off staff. Suburban pubs seem to be less affected but downtown is being hit pretty hard. Yet today another new restaurant is opening in the beltline by a very […]

Investigators have released new information about the offenders in the shooting death of Hussein Merhi as police continue to search for his killers. One year ago on Dec. 13, 2015, police were called to an alley in the 100 block of Del Ray Road N.E. at about 2:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting. When they arrived, officers found 26-year-old Hussein […]

It would be hard to find a more tranquil and beautiful spot than the Worth family home. Built against a postcard-worthy backdrop in Kananaskis Country not far from Priddis, the rural house sits beside a quietly flowing river. The wooden chairs on the deck are covered with a thin layer snow. There’s a rocking chair on the porch. […]

Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) says it’s planning to increase its capital spending program next year to between $2.6 billion and $2.7 billion. That’s up from about $2 billion this year, which was about $100 million below Husky’s previous estimate. Husky is also planning to increase daily production next year as volumes increase from several projects. Current production […]

Philanthropists Mike and Linda Shaikh says that giving connects them to people who share their values and want to be part of solutions, growth and innovation in Calgary.

Friday’s first ministers’ meeting on carbon price policy went largely as planned, but the observations of premiers Brad Wall and Christy Clark are worth noting as Albertans prepare for the implementation of the province’s own tax on Jan. 1. British Columbia’s Clark at one point threatened not to sign on to the framework over concerns that Ontario […]

You can’t build a successful economy on just public workers Re: “Taxes aren’t what killed jobs in our province,” Kevin Van Tighem, Opinion, Dec. 10. Kevin Van Tighem is correct that taxes are necessary and that they fund public sector wages, which in turn, generate activity in the economy. What he doesn’t understand, or chooses […]

There was an abundance of enthusiasm Sunday as hundreds gathered in downtown Calgary for the latest iteration of Rebel Media’s travelling anti-carbon tax protest. Noticeably absent, however, was the now-infamous “lock her up” chants directed at Premier Rachel Notley that had tarred the previous weekend’s protest at the legislature. Perhaps those in attendance were simply […]

Successful business leaders Jennifer Carlson and Arlene Dickinson are doing their part to help nurture the city's dynamic entrepreneurial sector.

Slowly, surely, there are signs of a thaw — in Canada’s ice-cold oilpatch. On Monday, Baytex Energy Corp. announced it will boost its 2017 capital budget to about $325 million, up $100 million from this year’s levels. It follows several other producers, including Cenovus Energy Inc. and Crescent Point Energy Corp., strengthening their spending plans next year.  While […]

The California kid was easy to spot. Like a good rookie, he was loading the Calgary Hitmen bus during a road trip through Saskatchewan. With temperatures south of minus-20, the youngsters were all bundled up – except for Murphy Stratton. Overage captain Micheal Zipp just shakes his head. “He has no socks in his dress shoes, […]

Six patients were taken to hospital Monday afternoon after a collision between a minivan and a sedan. Calgary police say the sedan, which was a stolen vehicle, collided with the minivan at about 4:30 p.m. in the 600 block of Marlborough Way N.E. The driver was given naloxone, a medication used to reverse the effects […]

The Alberta NDP may strike a medal for a guy named Dan Miller, once they remember who he is. You don’t recall either? Neither do a lot of people in his native British Columbia, where Miller was an eyeblink NDP premier for six months in 1999-2000, stuffed like doughnut jelly between Glen Clark and Ujjal Dosanjh. […]

Responding to a request from the United Nations, Samaritan’s Purse is preparing to send medical workers to the embattled city of Mosul. The city in northern Iraq has been under ISIS control since 2014 and an Iraqi Military operation to remove insurgent forces from the area started in October. When the siege began, there were a million […]

The Calgary Flames have been cruising — one, two, three, four, five and now six wins in a row. Along the way, though, Glen Gulutzan was noticing signs that his streaking squad was starting to run on fumes. So after Saturday’s whupping of the Winnipeg Jets at the Saddledome, Calgary’s coach rewarded his skating staff […]

Bo Levi Mitchell is quite comfortable on the gridiron calling plays. But the Stamps QB is hoping to lead off the field as well. The CFL’s Outstanding Player is making house calls and roaming shopping malls to collect gift cards for his charity, Mitchell’s Miracle Day. “(My wife and I) wanted to do something that really made a difference, […]

She has no recollection of an attack which left her face so swollen the first officer on the scene described her as disfigured. And a Calgary woman testified Monday she still suffers the consequences of a random beating which left her half naked near the side of a southeast road. The woman received bruises and scratches […]

It’s a chilly job, but someone has to do it. With an arctic cold front expected to keep temperatures in the low -20s C for the next week, Postmedia talked to workers who have some of the coldest and toughest jobs during the winter months. Powerline technicians: “It’s definitely a challenge to say the least,” […]

Police are investigating a theft at a Calgary jewelry store.  Det. Andy Nguyen said at 11:15 a.m. Monday two suspects tied up the owner of the store, located in the 1800 block of Sirocco Drive S.W., and fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of jewelry. The owner was then able to free himself and call […]