Новости за 27.02.2016

Ottawa Senators (29-27-6) at Calgary Flames (26-30-4) 8 p.m., Scotiabank Saddledome TV: CBC Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan It appears that Kris Russell’s days with the Calgary Flames are numbered. The 28-year-old defender has been the subject of trade speculation for weeks and, with the National Hockey League trade deadline on Monday, the rumours picked […]

It seems a strange concept for Hollywood. But Michelle C. Smith was so good at her job performing stunts for the blockbuster Deadpool that she is hardly noticeable at all. In fact, when asked, the Calgarian admits she really doesn’t know which scenes she is in and which ones she isn’t when doubling for actress and mixed martial artist Gina […]

A fire ripped through a condo unit in northeast Calgary early Saturday, displacing two residents.

A man was airlifted to hospital Saturday morning after sustaining a traumatic injury at a Banff ski resort.

Watch and learn. He’ll be positively pooped after a three-games-in-three-nights stretch with the Ontario Hockey League’s Barrie Colts, but Calgary Flames’ defence prospect Rasmus Andersson will probably be staving off shut-eye to tune into the back half of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada double-header. After all, the 19-year-old Andersson prides himself on being a student-of-the-game […]

Even in her imagination, Calgary author Joan Crate did not want to visit St. Mark’s Residential School for Girls. It may have turned out to be a timely visit for the novelist, but that didn’t make it any easier. Black Apple (Simon and Schuster, 336 pages, $32), the author’s first novel since 1989, will hit […]

Creation gave us beautiful mountains, but when lakes were being handed out Alberta got the short end of the stick. What we lack in bodies of water we make up for in mileage driving to the nearest beach to feel the sand between our toes. In fact, we want the lake and the lifestyle, and […]

The financial impact of life-altering pedestrian collisions and fatalities in Calgary could be $120 million each year, and possibly higher, according to newly released city figures.

HOUSTON – Oil prices dominated hallway chatter at the IHS CERAWeek conference, but there wasn’t much hope expressed for a lift in natural gas prices, either. The only difference relative to oil-weighted producers might be that natural-gas focused companies — also effectively hostage to the shores of North America — have had more time to […]

Like the company he now runs, Gregg Saretsky is used to dealing with unexpected turbulence.  Coming from a family with deep connections to Canada’s airline industry, he obtained his private pilot’s licence while attending university in Vancouver. Both of his parents worked at Air Canada in Montreal before moving to the west coast. Two of his brothers would later […]

On one nasty afternoon in Dallas – with an official tornado warning less than an hour away – Darryl Sutter’s mood is fouler than any possible weather contortion. That the man is not being pursued by storm chasers is amazing. Not a flying cow in sight, either. But braving the elements instead of Helen Hunt and […]

As a musical enthusiast, I appreciate a virtuosic player. But the concert hall is rarely the place you go for a few laughs.  Truthfully, it’s difficult to find a musical virtuoso with a sense of humour let alone comic timing. Those worlds rarely collide. I do remember the first time I saw the late great […]

By Randall Denley The federal government wants to hire thousands of millennials to rejuvenate the public service. This attempt to attract the best and brightest is laudable, but it’s not going to happen as long as the government continues to regard bilingualism as a primary criterion for hiring and advancement. It’s simply a matter of […]

By Shannon Phillips The Castle region in southwest Alberta is protected as a provincial and wildland park. It’s important to be clear about what that means and what Albertans can expect in the coming months. The government of Alberta is protecting the Castle area from clearcut logging and new industrial development. To accomplish this goal, […]

The 18th annual Interior Design Show was held in Toronto in January. I was fortunate enough to once again attend this show which has become Canada’s best opportunity to see what top designers are showcasing. Opening its doors in 1999, this show has inspired over 660,000 visitors and this year did not disappoint. Walking around […]

Alberta sales tax is long overdue Re: “Alberta faces $10B in red ink,” Feb. 25. The chickens have come home to roost. For successive decades, our gutless politicians have refused to bring in a sales tax, relying on the extremely volatile oil and gas revenues to pay the bills. We are now faced with a […]

If you think Alberta’s economy is in tough shape today (and it is), consider the situation Don Getty walked into when he took over as premier 30 years ago. Alberta’s unemployment rate in November 1985 was 9.6 per cent. The cost of borrowing for a five-year, fixed-rate mortgage was 11.5 per cent. Getty’s predecessor, Peter […]

Everyone knows you can throw back a few bites and brews on the hill, but mere minutes from the slopes lie electric eateries all clamouring for your après dollar. You don’t have to ski or snowboard to partake in après-ski, but this European custom taken at the end of a winter’s day feels better if […]

—If that’s the WHL’s barometer, the Calgary Hitmen have some work to do. The Victoria Royals, by most accounts the team to beat after a 15-1-1 record over the past five weeks, weren’t overly flashy. Just ruthlessly efficient and airtight defensively. And that was more than enough to hand the Hitmen a 6-2 loss at […]

The thing about confidence is, you either have it or you don’t. Friday night at a rocking Jack Simpson Gym, a University of Calgary men’s volleyball squad brimming with the stuff put their foot on the gas and, save for a hiccup, motored to the finish. “I thought we came out very focused, we stayed […]

On a sun-soaked February day that saw the mercury touching an unseasonably warm 16 degrees, the Chinook winds surprisingly blew running back Matt Walter out of town. It was a surprise to just about everyone. Slated to be the Calgary Stampeders’ primary national backup to Canadian starter Jerome Messam when training camp opens a little […]

Police are searching for a man who stole a car with a nine-year-old girl inside before abandoning the car and fleeing alone. Just after 7 p.m. Friday evening, a vehicle was stolen from the parking lot of the Cardel Rec South sportsplex at 333 Shawville Boulevard S.E. The driver was apparently inside the sportsplex picking […]

Two young boys were rushed to hospital Friday after falling from a second story window in the southeast neighbourhood of Mahogany. The boys pushed through the window screen and fell approximately 12 feet onto a deck below. A five year old boy suffered possible head and shoulder injuries, and a four year old boy suffered […]

The public is urged to continue supporting the STARS Alberta Lottery in the face of declining fundraising numbers and slumping ticket sales to keep the red rescue helicopters in the skies.

A guy who quarterbacks a Grey Cup football team is very likely to be tough, smart and durable. Those were pretty much the qualities of former premier Don Getty, who died Friday at age 82. Unfortunately, for this laconic, gracious man, history hasn’t remembered him that way. Bracketed by two giants — Peter Lougheed before, […]