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Historic Calgary Week: Daily events for Wednesday, July 29
If you like to start your day with a walk in nature, head over to Bowness Park at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Micelle Reid, a conservation landscape architect, will explain how the historic park will be...
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Consultant organizing class-action against TransAlta over plant shutdowns
Commercial and industrial businesses are being invited to join a class-action lawsuit against TransAlta Corporation after the provincial regulator ruled the utility manipulated power prices....
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Energy minister says NDP government confident in Alberta's pipeline rules
The NDP government says it wants hard answers on a recent major pipeline spill but Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd says there’s no plan for a broader review of the safety of Alberta’s massive...
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Calgary's housing vacancies up, census data shows
Calgary’s growing vacancy rate has meant more affordable prices for renters in the city. The number of vacant dwelling units in Calgary increased by 3,211 to 12,526, up from 9,315 last year, according...
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Downtown, Beltline prime targets for bike thieves, police say
Sean Carter has a grim outlook on the rising number of bike thefts in Calgary. More than 700 bikes have been reported stolen in the city between January and May 2015, and the owner of cycling shop...
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Man charged in fatal hit-and-run
A 58-year-old man has been charged in relation to the hit-and-run collision that killed Farida Abdurahman late Monday evening. Abdurahman, 33, was walking to the apartment she shared with her sister,...
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Aboriginal Relations minister vows repeal of controversial consultation bill
New Aboriginal Relations Minister Kathleen Ganley told Treaty 6 chiefs Wednesday the NDP will honour its campaign pledge to repeal a controversial consultation bill that lacked consultation. Ganley,...
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Historic Calgary Week: Events for Thursday
Start your Thursday morning with a stroll around the historic Pleasant Heights community, now part of Capitol Hill. Meet on the north side of King George School, at 21st Avenue and 9th Street N.W., for...
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Nenshi blasts NDP government for rejecting 'Snowtember' disaster relief request
Mayor Naheed Nenshi was furious Wednesday after the NDP government rejected Calgary’s application for $27 million in financial aid following last September’s snowstorm that devastated half of the...
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Woman in life-threatening condition after being rescued from building fire
A woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after firefighters pulled her from a smoke-filled apartment suite in northwest Calgary on Wednesday afternoon. Fire crews responded to an apartment...
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Vehicle hits woman and two toddlers in Temple Drive crosswalk
Calgary police are investigating a hit-and-run accident in a northeast crosswalk Wednesday evening that injured three people, including two toddlers. A 38-year-old woman was rushed to hospital woman...
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Motorcyclist seriously injured after crash with sign
A man was seriously injured Thursday morning after his motorcycle crashed into a road sign at Stoney Trail and 16th Avenue N.E. Police and paramedics were called just before 7:30 a.m. to respond to...
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Okotoks RCMP investigating report of police impersonator
Okotoks Mounties are searching for a man who reportedly posed as a police officer and pulled over a driver last week. RCMP say on July 21, a vehicle was pulled over at 112th Street West in DeWinton by...
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Hit-and-run victim's family: 'To lose her is more and more painful'
None of the lights are on in the house hit-and-run victim Farida Abdurahman shared with her sister. Its only illumination Thursday morning comes from sunbeams, filtering through brightly coloured...
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Inglewood Bird Sanctuary reopens to the public
After extensive cleanup from the 2013 flood, the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary opened most of its trails to the public Thursday. Doug Marter, planning and development manager for City of Calgary Parks,...
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Five birds to spot at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
The Inglewood Bird Sanctuary reopened to the public Thursday. The park was hit hard in the 2013 flood and staff have worked to clean up the debris and rebuilt trails and benches so the paths can once...
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Historic Calgary Week: Events for Friday
If you’re a fan of cattle sculptures, start the morning with Irene DeBoni on a Plus-15 walking tour that will visit some of the fibreglass cows that graced the streets of Calgary during the summer of...
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School fees rising five times faster than inflation
School fees rose in Alberta last year at five times the rate of inflation — and there’s little to indicate the trend will ease. Numbers released recently by the province’s education department show...
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Ewart: Reeling oilpatch retrenching as optimism for quick rebound fades
With the oilpatch reeling amid the release of second-quarter results — and bracing for a “lower-for-longer” oil price scenario — retrench has replaced rebound as the industry watchword. The news was...
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Driver charged three months after cyclist's death on highway
Police have charged a driver with dangerous driving causing death nearly three months after a cyclist was killed in a collision south of Calgary. Deric Kryvenchuk, 42, was killed after being struck...
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