Новости за 22.12.2016

Listen carefully. All that clomping, stomping and clanking might not just be reindeer. The international sensation STOMP will be banging its way into the Jubilee Auditorium on Jan. 17 for a three day run. This percussion sensation was created in the U.K. in 1991 and has been touring the world in various forms for the past two […]

Alberta’s top court has overturned the second-degree murder conviction of Marie Magoon and Spencer Jordan in the death of his daughter, instead convicting them of first-degree murder. In a unanimous decision released Thursday, the Alberta Court of Appeal agreed with the Crown that the couple killed six-year-old Meika Jordan while unlawfully confining her. “Meika was unlawfully […]

After soundly rejecting the company's initial offer, WestJet pilots are voting on a new contract the airline hopes will pave the way for the expansion of its wide-body fleet and help stave off the looming threat of unionization.

Abused woman credits the YWCA for giving her the help she needed and the courage to move forward and start a new life.

Calgary’s mayor and councillors will see their paycheques shrink slightly in 2017.  Salaries for the mayor and 14 councillors, which currently sit at $218,285 and $116,312.54 respectively, are set to decrease 2.49 per cent Jan. 1. That means councillors will take a pay cut just under $2,900, while the mayor’s salary will be chopped $5,435.  Salary adjustments for Calgary council […]

Marlaena Moore makes the trip down the QE2 for a holiday party and more concerts this week in Calgary.

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The good citizens of Edmonton are raving about Rogers Place, their new sports and entertainment complex. I wasn’t aware until last week that all of the facility’s state-of-the-art audio and video production technology was designed, programmed and installed by Calgary-based Matrix Video Communications. The company, led by president Glenn Burgess and his wife Shelly, the company’s chief […]

There was a commercial that ran not too long ago that perfectly described how traditional life stages have changed for people. It said that in days gone by people used to go to school, get a job, get married, have kids and retire. But now, people travel, maybe get married, maybe get a job, maybe […]

Top 3 food trends for 2017: Social consciousness, personalized and simplified lead the way Exciting culinary, food and nutrition changes are coming our way for 2017. This year social consciousness, personalization, and simplification lead the way for the top three trends you can expect to see in grocery stores, restaurants and even fast food outlets.

David Chantler was on his way to or from a school in one of Alberta’s more remote outposts when he stopped the Trickster Theatre tour van at a gas station. Noticing the van and the trailer behind it, a young man approached and asked where he was going and what he was doing. So Chantler began explaining the […]

The new tube park at WinSport is, among other things, a solid conversation starter. Sledding, once the unquestioned domain of prairie kids riding riffs of cardboard, has in recent years become the subject of debate on matters such as where one can legally sled to whether or not one must wear a helmet. Despite its […]

Make money and help planet at the same time Re: “Start a petition to halt carbon tax,” Letter, Dec. 21. I have a big problem with the carbon tax: to be truly effective, it should be increased.  I am amazed at the level of vitriol directed at the tax. The cost to a taxpayer is […]

A new deal on federal health-care transfers to the provinces failed to emerge earlier this week, but there’s no reason to fret about the delay. In fact, the federal government’s refusal to give up more ground could be for the best if it results in an affordable, long-term agreement. A reduction in the growth of the […]

Seven months after it was revealed Calgary’s mayor racked up nearly $300,000 in legal fees battling a defamation lawsuit, Naheed Nenshi says he hopes there will an update on the tab in the coming weeks. In May, the city solicitor confirmed the city had paid Nenshi’s $299,728.59 invoice — incurred while fighting a $6-million defamation lawsuit filed […]

The call was scheduled for 11:30 MST. At that exact moment, I have Maj.-Gen. Christopher J. Coates on the telephone line. I fully expected the director of the North American Aerospace Defence Command, better known as NORAD, to be punctual. After all, the former Calgarian has a serious and important job most days of the year, […]

A federal decision to stop issuing offshore oil and gas licences in the Arctic was made without consultation with the people whose economy stands to pay the price, Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod said Wednesday. The leader of the territory south of the oil-rich Beaufort Sea said he heard about the new policy just two […]

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has not found any new cases of bovine tuberculosis in the last week, though it could take several more months to sound the all clear. Cattle ranchers in parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan have been rocked after a cow from Alberta that was slaughtered in the U.S. in October was found to […]

CALGARY — The Canadian Judicial Council says a judge who asked a sex-assault complainant why she couldn’t keep her knees together has been given more time to respond to a recommendation he be removed from the bench. Justice Robin Camp made the comment while a Calgary provincial court judge in a 2014 sexual-assault trial, during which […]

Frank Sisson was carrying out a routine chore, depositing the daily proceeds of his casino, when he was shot in an ambush nearly 20 years ago. Those memories came flooding back this week when he heard about the targeted shooting of Calgary real-estate developer Riaz Mamdani. Sisson was shot in both of his legs that morning of […]

CAMROSE — Some high school students, a teacher and an Alberta Fish and Wildlife officer worked together to free a great horned owl stuck in the front grill of an SUV. The SUV, which belongs to an employee at a high school near Camrose, southeast of Edmonton, hit the owl while on the highway, and it […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Where’s the chew? Where’s the popcorn?” These are two valid questions from Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving and the curious reporter approaching the SAP Center press box has neither. The day is going to be a long one. Treliving’s American Hockey League affiliate is clashing with the San Jose Barracuda, […]

The public can say adios and au revoir to some languages classes at Mount Royal University. As of Jan. 1, 2017, the university will no longer offer open enrolment, non-credit language courses through the Continuing Education faculty.  “The drop-off in our annual world languages enrolment has been extraordinary to be honest,” said Jenelle Peterson, director of marketing […]

EDMONTON — It’s been 30 years since Rod Chayko was flung from a flying roller-coaster at West Edmonton Mall, and it bothers him still that there is no memorial at the site to honour the three people who died that day. Chayko was the lucky one, the only survivor in the last car that jumped […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government is open to supporting a Calgary Olympics bid, though he cautioned it was "very, very early days."