Новости за 26.12.2016

The Muhlbach family can finally breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy the rest of the holidays after a vehicle stolen early Christmas morning was recovered.  Andrea Muhlbach said late Sunday night after the family had wrapped up Christmas dinner and festivities, her husband checked their online banking account and noticed there had been a […]

EDMONTON — Alberta’s conservative political parties, two stubborn rams of provincial politics for almost a decade now, appear poised to lock horns once again in 2017. An entirely new entity may emerge once the dust settles. Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives, who will pick a new leader March 18, are roiled in debate in over whether they […]

Calgary police have one person in custody following a Christmas Day assault in the city’s southeast that left one man dead. Officers were called to the 0-100 block of Fonda Drive S.E. around 6:30 p.m. Sunday following reports of a disturbance. One man was taken to hospital in serious condition but died shortly after. Police […]

It’s the jobs, stupid. That variation on James Carville’s wise advice to Bill Clinton during the election fight with George H.W. Bush back in 1992, should double as Rachel Notley’s screensaver in the coming year.  Because, make no mistake, the long, hard road to the next provincial election is about to begin here in Alberta. […]

Christmas fund earns a new supporter Re: “Desperate mom, scarred kids learning way back to health,” Dec. 12, and “Hospice’s Sage Centre a godsend for grieving family,” Dec. 16. Recently, there was an article regarding the Calgary Urban Project Society, and how this group helps so many people.    For some time, I  have been knitting mittens, tuques and baby sets […]

A Calgary family awoke Christmas Day to a “terrifying” surprise, when they discovered someone had broken into their home while they were sleeping and made off with a vehicle, wallets, keys and even presents. Andrea Muhlbach said she got up with her 10-month-old son Sunday morning and found the back door of their Oakridge home wide open. She closed the door, […]

It was a soggy start to the holiday for residents of a Kensington apartment building, left out in the cold due to a flood on Christmas Day. Just after 1:30 p.m. Sunday, fire crews responded to a high rise on the 400 block of 10th Street S.E. for reports of water leaking through multiple apartments. Firefighters […]

A Christmas Eve crash left two people dead in southern Alberta on Saturday, as heavy snow led to poor road conditions across the region. Pincher Creek EMS and RCMP were called to the collision around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. An SUV travelling east collided with a westbound minivan that had crossed the centre line on Highway […]

Residents at the Calgary Drop-In Centre awoke Christmas morning to stockings hung with care and stuffed with holiday goodies. Filled with toiletries, chocolates and Christmas cards, stocking stuffers were donated by generous Calgarians, including students from more than 20 different local schools. “I do this all the time,” said Rick Ritchie, a volunteer and resident at the Drop-In […]

Goals have been hard to come by for the Calgary Hitmen this season. All year, the Hitmen have managed to protect their own net and fire shots at opposing goalies, but for one reason or another the pucks just haven’t found their way into rival WHL nets the way the Calgarians would like. In fact, […]

Tyler Parsons always wanted to serve for the United States. Long before he laced up skates, strapped on pads or was selected by the Calgary Flames in the 2016 NHL Draft, that was his dream. Today, Parsons’ focus is stopping pucks on the international stage. Now that he’s emerged as one of the top teenage […]

As families struggle amid the continued economic downturn, a growing number of students are arriving to school hungry — with no breakfast, packed snacks or lunches — depending more than ever on social agencies for food donations. Up to one-third of Calgary schools now receive “single-meal” supports from the Calgary Food Bank and other local agencies, […]

After a record high last year, poaching incidents have decreased in Alberta.  There have been 6,231 enforcement actions to date in 2016 but that number may rise as investigations from the recent hunting season are concluded.  Charges and warnings for poaching and other backcountry infractions are down exactly 500 from the five-year high in 2015, according to data from […]

Santa Claus is taking a much-needed break after his big sleigh ride, so Calgarians will have to brave the weather to buy what the jolly old elf might have forgotten to leave under the tree. Annual Boxing Day sales are expected to draw large crowds to Calgary stores and shopping centres, and retailers say they […]

A family struck by tragedy is slowly putting the pieces back together after a fire destroyed the family home, leaving a father of two severely burned and another man dead. The fire started before 2 a.m. on Nov. 5, at 130 Coverton Heights N.E., at the home of Yvon Gaudet, his wife Diane Morais and their daughter in her […]