Новости за 02.01.2016

On the heels of a pair of losses to Anaheim and the Kings, the Flames arrive in Denver on a mission. “We need this one,” said Flames forward Matt Stajan. “You need to end these little skids as quickly as possible. We’ve gotta make sure we’re ready.” After the one-game business trip, Calgary returns home […]

Deadly flooding across the U.S. Midwest is disrupting everything from oil to agriculture, forcing pipelines, terminals and grain elevators to close.

Beyond the continuing oil price rout, royalty review anxiety and Target store closures, 2015 featured many notable business moments in Calgary. Test your recollection of some of the more memorable moments by taking our annual quiz.  What Canadian premier in early 2015 urged laid-off oilpatch workers to return home from Alberta to fill skilled jobs? a) […]

Answers a) B.C.’s Christy Clark c) Cacouna  a) 15.6 million c) Brian Porter of Scotiabank c) Rick George Bernard Callebaut b) Southern Alberta ranch listed for record $42.5 million US d) Uber co-founder Garrett Camp a) $8,684 d) Kevin Uebelein a) Legacy Oil + Gas c) Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. d) JR Shaw, Shaw Communications c) […]

Iran's proposed increase in oil production after sanctions on the country are removed will enter the market "gradually" and won't pressure prices, the Iranian Oil Ministry's Shana news agency said on Saturday.

Compelling Calgarians: The Herald unveils its annual list of 20 individuals making their mark on our city, and who are worth keeping an eye on in the year to come and beyond. Read more about each Calgarian in the links below. Debbie Newman: Drop-in centre director   Kim Neutens: Director, U of C business centre Sue Riddell […]

Kim Neutens’ earliest experience in business was as a lemonade stand proprietor. Today, the 46-year-old director of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is helping develop a new generation of business innovators. While Neutens didn’t grow up imagining she’d lead the first Canadian centre designed for entrepreneurs — established just two and a half years ago at […]

When Kurt Pedersen’s two sons, now aged 10 and 14, were diagnosed with Alport Syndrome — a rare disease affecting the kidneys — the investment broker’s fundraising prowess kicked into high gear. The $1 million he has raised for kidney research, however, is just the tip of the iceberg for the 45-year-old director of wealth […]

Just three years into the sport, Stefan Daniel has experienced the ultimate progression: bronze, silver and gold. “It came sooner than I expected,” said the 18-year-old Calgarian, who this past fall won the paratriathlon world championship in Chicago. “I guess I’ve had good coaches who are really supportive. They really have helped me reach things I never thought […]

As a member of a family that came to Canada from the small African country of Eritrea more than 20 years ago, Ariam Wolde-Giorgis can relate to the challenges immigrants face. Her aim is to make the transition smoother. “A lot of what I do is supporting immigrants because I grew up that way,” said Wolde-Giorgis, […]

There don’t seem to be enough hours in the day for Billie Rae Busby to get to those things she enjoys most. But, for her, it’s family first and the rest just has to fit in. “My first priority is my family and my job at SAIT, but my art is something I enjoy doing as […]

When 19-year-old Darshan Kang moved to Calgary on his own from India, his first job was milking 150 cows a day and heaving bales of hay “bigger than I was.” But even in 1970, the self-described bookworm was “hooked” on news and politics. Impressed by the charisma and policies of then Liberal prime minister Pierre […]

Maybe Dr. Ian Lewis and his Calgary team aren’t going to save the world. But, then again, maybe they are. The 37-year-old biochemist is the new Alberta Innovates Chair in Translational Heath — Metabolomics, and is leading a team tackling what he calls a global health crisis that sees one in every 25 hospitalized Canadians getting […]

On the very day Sparla McCann and her family were to leave on a Mexican vacation, she instead was planning a funeral for her popular 19-year-old son, Rory. His was among 213 Alberta deaths in the first nine months of 2015 due to the potent drug fentanyl — what McCann calls the Kill Pill or Death Pill. In the […]

While the world deals with millions of people in transit from stable lives to new ones, debating the most politically acceptable ways to humanely relocate them, Bryant and a stable of physicians at Doctors Without Borders set aside their work lives to help provide medical treatment to people who otherwise might receive none.

Well, we’re officially two weeks into winter. Had enough yet? This is when the short days and colder temperatures can really get you down. The rush of the new year starts wearing off, as does the resolve to keep up with our resolutions. (Hey I went to the gym once!)             I like to keep my resolutions […]

It’s a surefire way to build anticipation for the upcoming season of New Girl: Mention sharing a shower with Megan Fox. Hannah Simone, who plays model Cece Parekh in the series, is discussing plot points about the show’s fifth year and, more specifically, working with Fox. The American actress and model has a multi-episode run in Season […]

The Calgary midget Flames have captured their first Mac's title since 1996 with a 2-1 win over the Lloydminster Bobcats

The Northern Capitals score in bunches to win the female division at the Mac's Midget Tournament

The Flames changed their fortunes with a solid month of December but they need to keep that momentum going in January

With a life that can still be measured in hours, this much can be said about little Anna Tacu: she’s punctual. Doctors forecasted Anna’s due date as January 1 and she wasted little time meeting that deadline, arriving at 18 seconds past midnight Friday to become Calgary’s first baby of 2016. “I’m very happy and […]

The Flames have a goal for Saturday's meeting with the Colorado Avalanche: Stop Jarome Iginla from getting goal No. 600

City officials say additional public consultation will happen early next year before construction starts on the $40-million southwest transitway and bus rapid transit (BRT) project. The 22-kilometre project, part of the city’s 30-year-old Route Ahead transit plan, would ferry riders from downtown to Mount Royal University, Rockyview General Hospital and Woodlands. Construction could start next […]

Wildrose Leader Brian Jean vows to kill the carbon tax. NDP Premier Rachel Notley challenges him to run on that pledge.

Calgary Herald photojournalist Colleen De Neve shares some of her top photos from 2015. The past year featured political highs and lows on the campaign trail with Jim Prentice, the exhausting manhunt for missing toddler Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette in Blairmore, the Flames cinderella playoff run and other memorable moments.