Новости за 24.02.2024

Alberta Theatre Projects’ production of W.O. Mitchell’s The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon is a sinfully funny guilty pleasure. It’s 90 minutes of good, old-fashioned theatrical nonsense conjured by a writer who was as sly and witty as he was literate. The jokes and puns may be obvious, but they rarely fail to hit their […]

Police are investigating after a shooting in the southeast Calgary community of Midnapore sent one man to hospital late Friday evening. Officers responded around 9 p.m. to reports of a shooting in an alley near Bannister Road S.E. They arrived to find a 26-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg. The victim […]

Nearly a quarter of the world feels lonely. According to a recent Meta-Gallup survey of more than 140 countries, 24 per cent of people aged 15 and older reported feeling very or fairly lonely. And 27 per cent of respondents admitted to feeling a little lonely. While everyone has felt lonely at some point, a […]

Imagine two parents, in their twenties, hovering over their four-month-old baby whose noisy breathing woke them up at 3 a.m. It is minus 30C outside, winter’s icy grip has been intense in the previous seven days. The baby, who a few hours earlier seemed to be fighting cold symptoms, now appears to be fighting for […]

As a Yezidi survivor of the 2014 genocide committed by the Islamic State (IS), I have serious concerns regarding public safety as Canada repatriates former IS terrorists. Since the IS’s defeat in Syria in 2019, the Canadian government has been grappling with cases involving Canadians who left to join the group. Some of these citizens […]

Like a true born-and-raised Calgarian, I have grown up on a steady diet of country music. Why I have been drawn to blues is a mystery to others, but not to me. Luckily, there was a bar in Calgary that drew me to it: the Blues Can. When I divorced 13 years ago, I moved […]

U.S. President Joe Biden’s move to freeze new liquid natural gas export terminals could provide much-needed impetus to Canada’s economy by accelerating LNG export projects on our West Coast. The U.S. already has seven LNG export terminals while Canada has none. The U.S. is the world’s No. 1 LNG exporter, with shipments expected to double […]

With the upcoming provincial budget, Alberta has an opportunity to send a signal to the world that we are committed to becoming a diversified energy powerhouse, and our province is focused on winning the race to attract the investment needed in low-carbon energy that the world needs. We are starting from a strong position: a […]

Re: Health boss tells AHS managers to find greener pastures, Opinion, Feb. 21 After three decades, Albertans now realize that conservative governments lack serious intent to solve health-care problems and hold little love for publicly funded health care. Ernest Manning wanted early diagnosis and treatment for Albertans and built accordingly. Peter Lougheed wanted contemporary and […]

The University of Calgary Dinos have earned a shot to play for this year’s Canada West men’s hockey championship in dramatic fashion. Colson Gengenbach scored twice, including the overtime winner, as the second-seeded Dinos eliminated the third-seeded Mount Royal University Cougars with a 4-3 victory in Game 2 of their semifinal at Father David Bauer […]

'We have 15 members who were elected to think clearly, look at the empirical evidence and make strong decisions for citizens.'

Robert Daignault played a larger role than his accomplices in manslaughter case, court finds.

While some experts and insiders cite high costs for airlines in Canada, others say ULCCs can operate profitably in the country.

Jennifer Jones has at least two more games ahead of her before calling it quits at the Scotties. And one weighs in as another epic battle with curling rival Rachel Homan. That was made possible Friday afternoon, when the two superstars skipped their respective Manitoba and Ontario teams to the Page playoff 1-v-2 game at […]

Two of three people found guilty of aggravated assault failed to show up in court.

It was the city's first graduation ceremony for new peace officers of 2024

Wanted for skipping Florida court date to answer to charges of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and possession of MDMA.

Even with Lynx off the map, there are still several reasons ticket prices could remain affordable

Transition player coming into a deep and talented back-end fresh to the National Lacrosse League team and just days removed from the injured list.

Childcare providers will now receive funding from the federal-provincial program at the start of the month

Anthony Karl Kurucz is charged with second-degree murder in the April 27, 2018, death of his three-month-old son, Jayden Cyluck Kurucz.