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Dancer stretches her repertoire in New York
To watch Kristen Stuart perform, you’ll have to head off Broadway — way, way off. And that’s just fine with the former Calgarian who’s forging a career as a contemporary dancer in the Big Apple. “Dance...
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Ryan Lane was 'uncommonly' sad just days before he was killed, court hears
Calgarian Ryan Lane was saddened by the fact he hadn’t seen his daughter in two years, the trial of his alleged killers heard Friday. Joanne McKay, then a family law mediator with Alberta Justice, said...
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Braid: NDP scrambling to contain costs in days leading up to provincial budget
Herald political columnist Don Braid offers some pre-budget analysis in this week’s Inside Politics video.
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Heroin packages mysteriously arrive in food shipment at Calgary convenience...
Staff at northeast Calgary convenience store made an unusual discovery while unpacking a shipment of pre-packaged processed food from California last week. Inside one of the boxes, they found tightly...
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Calgary-Greenway diversity presents political challenges
When politicians knock on doors in Calgary-Greenway, there’s a good chance they’ll be greeted in a language that’s not English. Whether candidates and their volunteers can adequately respond is just...
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Balancing Pool to investigate impact of PPA terminations
An arm’s-length provincial government entity is probing the termination of several coal-fired power contracts to determine the impact of the moves and the fate of the contracts. The Balancing Pool,...
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Partial expense claims for former Calgary health CEO Jack Davis released
First-class flights, pricey business dinners and a $230 massage are among some of the expenses claimed by former Calgary Health Region CEO Jack Davis, according to newly released documents. Davis...
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Scott Cruickshank: Calgary speedskater not losing sleep over Russian cheater
Phone on the fritz, he made a late-afternoon dash to the nearest Apple Store. Emergency repairs, however, cost him his SIM card, so he needed to install a Dutch version. “A full-on process,” Gilmore...
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Bill Brooks: Hitman Hart smacks down prostate cancer
After nearly 3,000 wrestling matches and hanging up his boots for retirement, Bret Hart took on the fight of his life against prostate cancer. Hart underwent Robotic prostatectomy on Feb 10 with...
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Bill Brooks: Harley winner rides for prostate cancer
Serendipity is a wonderful thing. Witness the outcomes from the 2016 Brooks Prostate Cancer Benefit raffle. First prize of a 2016 Camaro from Shaganappi GM was won by Malcolm Albery-a long-time...
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Bill Brooks: Canada's most powerful women honoured
Those of us of a certain age will remember the Virginia Slims commercial pronouncing “You’ve come a long way, baby.” The politically incorrect message-by today’s standards-was par for the course all...
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Man killed in tractor and pickup truck collision near High River
A man was killed after a pickup truck and tractor collided near High River early Saturday. Mounties and EMS were called just after 8 a.m. to 498th Avenue or Township Road 192 about two kilometres east...
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Fortney: Hospice Calgary Helps Couple Live Life to the Fullest
He knew it from the first moment he saw her. “I was outside repairing a pump, she came by and said, ‘Hi,’” recalls Gerry Anderson of that day when he was a young man working for an Edmonton oil and gas...
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Domestic attack sends man to hospital with significant head lacerations
A man sustained serious slashes to the head after a domestic dispute in northwest Calgary early Saturday. Police and EMS responded to the 1100 block of Gladstone Road N.W. in the community of Hillhurst...
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Two teens transported to hospital after Tsuut'ina rollover
A rollover on Tsuut’ina Nation sent two teens to hospital Saturday afternoon. Paramedics were called to Bullhead Road on the reserve southwest of Calgary at around 1:20 p.m. to respond to the crash....
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Retiring Calgary cop returns to Canadian Forces as recruiter
Ask Mike ter Kuile what he values most about his many years spent as a Calgary Police Service officer and a Canadian Forces reservist and he’ll tell you it’s the ability to make a difference in...
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Calgary cyclists use colourful toilets to raise cancer cash
For a group of caring Calgarians there’s nothing saying you can’t have some fun while you fight the good fight, even against a scourge as serious as cancer. One day a bright and fancily painted toilet...
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Province announces new funding deal for horse racing industry
The ponies will keep running in Alberta after the provincial government announced an agreement Saturday to continue funding the horse racing industry. “This new 10 year commitment will continue to...
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Father of late Alberta politician says watch and glasses found in highway search
The father of an Alberta politician who died following a highway crash last November says an RCMP search of the median has turned up his son’s missing watch and eyeglasses. But Baljinder Bhullar says...
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Fortney: 20 years later, New Yorkers still tuning in to Calgary's Pat Kiernan
On the subway one afternoon last year, Pat Kiernan dozed off for a brief moment. “That hardly ever happens,” he says. “But I do get up for work at 3:30 a.m., five times a week.” The next day, a photo...
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