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The Calgary Jazz Orchestra is presenting A Perfectly Frank Christmas on Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at River Park Church (3818 14a Street S.W.) With a wide range of music made famous by Frank Sinatra to holiday favourites, 18 local professional musicians will be featured. Tickets are available in advance at calgaryjazzorchestra.com. Adults $25/advance, $30/door, Students […]

Tampa Bay Lightning limps into Calgary for tonight's game without top scorer Steven Stamkos

City hall should be creating more jobs than civil servant positions, says a businessman who’s vying for Mayor Naheed Nenshi‘s throne. On Wednesday, job placement entrepreneur Shawn Baldwin threw his hat in the 2017 municipal election ring with an emphasis on doing what he’s done for the past two decades. The belief city hall has […]

It’s been quite a year for Calgary. Police shootings, political power plays, the off-and-back-on-again of Uber, all the while enduring what analysts agree was — and remains — the worst recession in a generation.  Then, of course, there was that wildfire known as MWF-009. You’d know it better as “The Beast,” Fort McMurray’s natural disaster of immense […]

Calling it a “once in a generation opportunity,” Mayor Naheed Nenshi issued a citywide invitation to the New Year’s Eve party this year. “Come and help the city kick off a year of celebration. It’s an opportunity to celebrate together … to work together.” Nenshi said Canada’s 150th birthday is a chance for Calgarians to consider what the […]

Salt-craving moose have forced Alberta wildlife officials to issue visitor warnings at two parking lots in Kananaskis Country. Moose have been approaching vehicles at the Chester Lake and Burstall Pass parking lots  — not to take a good look at the visitors — but to take a good lick of the road salt on their cars. Officials […]

Calgary police are searching for a pair of suspects after two shoppers were robbed at gunpoint in separate incidents outside the Chinook Centre Tuesday night. The first victim was robbed as she left the Pottery Barn on the mall’s east side around 10 p.m., police said.  She was approached by a man who struck her in the […]

U.S. health care company McKesson has agreed to sell 26 drugstores to win approval from the Competition Bureau for its deal to buy the Rexall Health pharmacy chain. The Canadian regulator says the proposed $3-billion acquisition of Rexall would “likely result in a substantial lessening or prevention of competition” if it was allowed to go […]

First steps can be tentative unless you truly believe in the future. Jayman BUILT believes so strongly in the future of Calgary and how families will live, that the first steps toward creating Westman Village on the shore of Mahogany Lake have been trail-blazing.

A new hope, indeed. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story marks the first of the stand-alone films from Lucasfilm and Disney that will be sprinkled in between the main Star Wars franchise going forward. It tells the story of rebels seeking plans for the Death Star, events alluded to in the original Star Wars film in […]

Albertans get the government they deserve Re: “Fairness matters,” Editorial, Dec. 13. Perhaps it was unrealistic to expect Premier Rachel Notley to perform at the same level as premiers Brad Wall and Christy Clark of our neighbouring provinces when it came to protecting Alberta’s interests at the first ministers’ meeting on carbon price policy. Wall […]

There would be some political theatre if Human Services Minister Irfan Sabir heeded opposition calls to resign his post over the handling of the case of Serenity, the four-year-old girl who died in government care in 2014. We’ll even admit there would be a little bit of satisfaction in seeing someone pay a price, no matter […]

Hide Disneyland under the Christmas Tree Have the kids been wishing for a trip to Disneyland? It might be too late to book it for this season but it’s still easy to hide a trip under the tree and either go in the off-season or plan for next Christmas with the offer exclusive to Canadian […]

A decade ago, Vlassis Douvis’s storefront window was plastered with T-shirts. “The T-shirts weren’t for sale,” the Calgary entrepreneur says with a laugh. “It was to hide what was really going on inside.” These days, Douvis isn’t doing much hiding. It’s pretty clear, in fact, what kind of business he operates. At his three Hemp […]

The Distress Centre Calgary provides the city's only 24-hour crisis support, as well as professional counselling and 211 referrals. Its 250 trained volunteers and professional staff listen and support those in crisis.

BANFF, Alta. — Parks Canada has released 14 lots to the town of Banff in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains to build an affordable housing development as the resort community struggles with high rents and low vacancy. Sharon Oakley, housing sustainability coordinator, says it’s been a constant problem for the town, which has been constrained from growing […]

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has rebuffed calls to fire her human services minister, and instead is accusing the opposition of crass grandstanding in the death of a four-year-old girl. “(Irfan Sabir) has worked diligently,” Notley told the legislature Monday during question period. Notley said the most productive thing for her opponents to do […]

OTTAWA — Key recommendations of the federal task force on legalization and regulation of cannabis, which released its final report Tuesday: — Set a national minimum age of purchase of 18, allowing provinces and territories to harmonize it with their minimum age for buying alcohol. — Apply comprehensive restrictions to advertising and promotion of cannabis […]

Fast facts about the Distress Centre Calgary, receives a call for help every five minutes.

Middlescence, encore years, retirees, seniors. There’s a multitude of labels to describe aging, but none really serve to describe people with a lifetime of experience and knowledge. A new institute at Bow Valley College aims to connect that vast pool of skill and wisdom with younger generations, for both groups’ benefit. “Baby boomers are now just leaving the workforce and […]

She’s joined two people in holy matrimony on an Air Canada flight from California and in front of 18,500 at centre ice in the Saddledome. But now, after 37 years of presiding over marriages, Nomi Whalen is hanging up her robes. “I feel like I’ve married half of Alberta,” she said. “And it’s just been a […]

Canadian actor Alan Thicke has died, his publicist confirmed Tuesday. Thicke, best known for his role in the ’80s sitcom “Growing Pains,” was 69 years old. He was born in Kirkland Lake, Ont., and was also a talk show host and songwriter. Most recently, he made appearances on NBC’s “This Is Us” and Neflix’s “Fuller […]

Nothing cures a holiday hangover quite like a hearty brunch. Our Bacon Cinnamon Pancakes are the perfect combination of sweet and savoury, combining fluffy pancakes with crispy bacon bits. They’re fried in bacon fat for extra smoky flavour. Not a fan of sweet? Our 20-egg Potato Breakfast Frittata is a meal on its own. Cherry […]

It’s been eight years since the White House presented a pro-energy face to the rest of the world. That changed dramatically this week with the nominations of Rex Tillerson, Rick Perry and Scott Pruitt to key posts in the incoming Trump administration. The energy-focused triumvirate, if their appointments are confirmed, is unprecedented. Each has significant […]

An unemployed Calgary woman who has tried to be frugal with Christmas shopping this year can now splurge on her husband and step-children. Shari Laubenstein won a million dollars in the early bird draw of the Shop4Charity Calendar Sweepstakes, which supports both the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation. “I usually try to support […]