Новости за 12.02.2016

Peace officers are trying to locate the owner of a dog who was found in northeast Calgary on Monday suffering from large masses in dire need of medical treatment. The brown and white female dog, resembling a Basenji or Bull Terrier breed, was found by a member of the public near Saint Kateri Tekakwitha School on Abbotsford […]

Northeast Calgary was the only end of the city to keep pace with new construction of multi-family housing from a year earlier.  Construction starts for the multi-family segment, across the Calgary census metropolitan area, dipped 20 per cent to 342 in January from 430 during the same month in 2015, says Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. […]

Like the old Elvis Presley Top 40 hit says: It ain’t no big thing, but it’s growin.’ Not one chance in a gazillion he was crooning about Vernon, B.C., but the line could be a motto for this North Okanagan Valley city which is listed among the top five fastest-growing communities in the province with a population of 25,000 […]

The northwest quadrant led all parts of the city in construction starts on single-family homes last month, but totals for the Calgary area were the lowest in more than six years, says a federal agency.  Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says shovels turned for 225 single-family homes in the Calgary census metropolitan area in January, tumbling […]

VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier Christy Clark says Alberta is her province’s best friend in the country and its financial experience should be a cautionary tale for others. In a throne speech on Tuesday, Clark’s government said Alberta lost its economic focus but she told reporters Thursday those comments were meant to warn people in […]

Decades before Tony Bruder was ranching in southern Alberta, natural gas wells dotted the rolling landscape. The series of wells — drilled in the 1950s by British American Oil, later taken over by Gulf Canada and eventually sold off to much smaller companies — tapped into a “sour” gas field that spread under at least 14 ranches in the […]

Five things about reclamation and remediation of oil and gas wells in Alberta; The “Sask” ask: Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall asked the federal government to contribute $156 million this week to fund a two-year Accelerated Well Cleanup Program that would “stimulate economic activity and job creation while at the same time delivering environmental benefits” by creating 1,200 direct and […]

Groups representing rural landowners will meet with NDP government MLAs in Strathmore on Friday to discuss concerns over Alberta’s inactive oil and gas wells. “We’ll be presenting what has gone wrong with the Surface Rights Act and the number of companies that are going into bankruptcy, the number of orphan wells that are coming on every day,” said Don Bester, […]

The NDP government may be justified in wanting industry to clean up its own messes, but there are environmental and economic reasons to address the growing number of old wells that are a testament to a century of oil and gas development in Alberta. Given the far-reaching layoffs in the oilfield services sector in particular, it’s an opportunity to put […]

SOUTHWEST Altadore 36: By Brookfield Residential. Modern townhomes in the heart of Altadore from the mid $500,000s. 36th Avenue and 16th Street S.W. Avenue West End: By Grosvenor and Cressey Development Group. Riverside homes with views. Starting at $330,000, including parking stall and storage locker. Presentation centre and two display suites at 1037 5th Ave. S.W. […]

I own a Bud Man beer stein. I make this confession to serve as a warning against the pitfalls associated with brenwery tours (in my case, a jaunt through the Anheuser-Busch facility, including gift shop, in St. Louis). But no such gift-shop-related hazards attend the Calgary Craft Beer Tour, a seven-hour spin through five local […]

Valentine’s Day is a religious celebration. Unlike Christmas, you never hear the Fox news crowd complaining about how St. Valentine has been taken out of the holiday, but nonetheless, Feb. 14 is the feast day of St. Valentine (a.k.a. Valentinius) on the Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran calendars. And although this may not have been the […]

Legal scholars give it short shrift, but for Matthias Fong, who had completed a degree in sociology and was considering law school, the case of tortes vs. tarts was a landmark decision. The case turned on Fong’s own testimony: “Every night, when I should have been studying for exams, I’d be reading cookbooks,” he says, […]

The end of the month puts all manner of vans, pickups and U-Hauls into motion, but not everything makes it onto the truck. Here is every oversized item left behind in the alleys of Haysboro on moving day.

Harper should lead Stampede Parade Re: “Campaign underway to make Scott the 2016 Stampede parade marshal,” Feb. 3. The Calgary Stampede is looking for a marshal to lead the parade. In the past few years, they have picked Chris Hadfield, which was a good choice because we know who he is and what he has done. But […]

To misquote one of the great satirical novels, while all provinces are equal, some are more equal than others. Which leaves Albertans mirroring Animal Farm’s other beasts — on the outside looking in as the pigs make merry, thanks to others’ labours. Of course, George Orwell was parodying bigger issues than the convoluted way Canada redistributes […]

The expenditure of more than $700,000 on a suspended police sergeant’s salary is regrettable, but the bigger concern is the fact the disciplinary process dragged on for years. One of the tenets of our justice system is the presumption of innocence, but if it takes so long to come to a conclusion, the process is pretty much an […]

Jonas Hiller saw the entire play develop, watched Karri Ramo hit the ice, and when the Calgary Flames netminder didn’t get up, he started getting ready. And, wouldn’t you know it, the 33-year-old went into Thursday’s game at SAP Center — ice cold — in the final three minutes, helped kill off a five-on-three penalty, […]

Calgary Flames 6 at San Jose Sharks 5 (SO) THREE STARS 1. Sharks C Logan Couture — A force in all three periods. Had a timely faceoff win in Calgary’s zone in the first period which led to San Jose’s first goal. Scored on the power play in the second period and made a great […]

Last Five Games Calgary Flames (24-25-3*) at San Jose vs. Maple Leafs W 4-3 at Canucks W 4-1 vs. Blue Jackets L 2-1 vs. Hurricanes W 4-1 *Before Thursday’s game Arizona Coyotes (24-23-6) vs. Canucks L 2-1 at Ducks L 5-2 vs. Blackhawks OTL 5-4 vs. Kings L 6-2 at Jets L 5-2 ==== Five […]

Two pairs of beat up sneakers, worn by two boys who shared the same smiles, voices and red hair. At the memorial service for Jordan and Evan Caldwell, that photograph was among the scores of images on display of the 17-year-old Calgary twins, chronicling what could only have been a most happy childhood. Trips to Disneyland, Hawaii and […]

Tevaughn Campbell is very familiar with his new home.

A Calgary man convicted of raping four women in the city’s Hemlock Crescent — a sadistic crime spree that landed him the moniker Hemlock Rapist — has reportedly been granted unescorted passes to visit his wife. Emile Joseph Cromwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to three counts of sexual assault with a weapon […]

Who’s harder on Alberta — them, or us? It’s getting hard to tell. British Columbia insulted the whole provincial record in a throne speech. This was a uniquely low moment in Canadian interprovincial relations. “Alberta lost its focus,” the speech said. “They expected their resource boom never to end, failed to diversify their economy and lost control […]

Farmers invited to second round of talks over farm safety legislation.