Calgary :: Canada
| about 18 hours ago
| No category
Calgary's escalating gang war has claimed its first innocent victim, a Christian who came to Canada as a missionary. Keni Su'a, 43, was eating alone at the Bolsa Restaurant at Macleod Tr. and 94 St. S.E. -- his second choice...
Calgary :: Canada
| 2 months ago
| Business News
The quarter's earnings, worth $5.25 per share, quadrupled the year-ago bottom line of $700-million or $1.30 per share. That came despite an 8.6 per cent decline in production to 555,356 barrels of oil equivalent per day from 607,484. The 47...
Calgary :: Canada
| 2 months ago
| Technology News
Tay recorded six weeks of data from before and after the memorials were put in place. He discovered that about 17 per cent fewer drivers ran red lights at the urban intersections once the memorials were put up. No significant...
Calgary :: Canada
| 2 months ago
| Sports News
The Calgary Flames stormed out to a 5-0 lead and withstood a late rally from the Nashville Predators in a 7-6 victory at the Pengrowth Saddledome on Thursday night. Calgary improved to 5-1-1 in its last seven meetings with Nashville,...
Calgary :: Canada
| 2 months ago
| No category
A third woman has been sentenced in the death of a Calgary prostitute whose body was found in a Calgary landfill. A Calgary justice sentenced Sara Ann Rowe on Thursday to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 12...
Calgary :: Canada
| 2 months ago
| Political News
That's devastating," said Stan Nykiel, with the Coalition of Seniors Advocates. "How does the city have the gall and the audacity to bring these kinds of increases forward?" Michael Gretton, who works in the non-profit sector, said in light of...
Calgary :: Canada
| about 1 month ago
| Political News
Calgary's mayor says he finds the federal government's sudden decision to cancel a national portrait gallery puzzling. The city spent $500,000 preparing a bid for the gallery, trying to beat out other communities like Ottawa, and Edmonton. Mayor Dave Bronconnier...
Calgary :: Canada
| about 1 month ago
| Business News
Small oil and gas companies are welcoming the Alberta government's rollback on royalty rates for new drilling projects announced Wednesday to help kick-start activity in the province. Companies launching new drilling projects between 2009 and 2013 can pay a transitional...
Calgary :: Canada
| about 1 month ago
| Business News
03 PM EST The Alberta government has altered its royalty rates for companies drilling new oil or gas wells after Jan. 1, a move that will cost the province as much as $1.8 billion over the next five years.
Calgary :: Canada
| 27 days ago
| Business News
Petro-Canada said Thursday it plans to lower capital spending in 2009 to about $4-billion in response to current market conditions. The company's board of directors says the figure is “down significantly” from the 2008 capital budget of $6.1-billion.