A steal of three in the 9th propelled Saskatchewan to a 9-6 win over Quebec Tuesday night, to improve to 3-2 at the Scotties in Calgary. Skip Sherry Anderson said after the game, right now their only focus is pilling up more victories. “I haven’t really looked at the standings and the stats, I know […]
Just over a year after the death of a Carrot River man, Calgary police say they are seeking a second man in connection with the death. Sheldon Wolf disappeared from the Calgary hotel where he was staying on February 2, 2020 and was found dead a couple of days later near Airdrie. It is believed […]
Curling Canada is expanding the field for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Tim Hortons Brier. The usual 16-team field will have two extra wild-card teams when play begins next month in the so-called bubble at Calgary’s Markin MacPhail Centre. The play-in game was cancelled so there will be three wild-card teams in all, along […]
Curling Canada wants Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park to be a curling hub for the season’s top events. Canada’s governing body of the sport proposes holding the 2021 national men’s, women’s and mixed doubles championships, as well as the men’s world championship over a condensed schedule at WinSport’s Markin MacPhail Centre. Potential dates will be announced […]
The City of Calgary has moved towards making masks mandatory in all public spaces coming up this Saturday. It’s something not currently being considered by the City of Regina according to Mayor Michael Fougere. He says they are taking their direction on that topic from the Chief Medical Health Officer and Saskatchewan Health Authority. “I […]
Four people from Calgary are facing drug charges after Regina Police pulled a vehicle over on Thursday just west of the city along the Trans-Canada. Officers seized about 300 grams of fentanyl and $1,500 Twenty-three-year-old Both Reat, 20-year-old Kuanyliet Kogalt, 20-year-old Larissa Howard and 19-year-old Takhajwak Olok are all facing charges that include possession for […]
The Calgary Stampede’s board of directors has cancelled the world-famous exhibition and rodeo this year because of COVID-19. Stampede officials say it’s a difficult decision, but public health must come first. It’s the first time the annual celebration of cowboy life hasn’t been held in almost 100 years. The show that’s been dubbed The Greatest […]
The future of the 2020 ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ is up in the air after the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede temporarily laid off 80 per cent of its staff Tuesday as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stampede CEO Warren Connell said the organization had laid off a total of 890 workers — 608 […]
THREE HILLS, Alta. — People in the hamlet of Swalwell northeast of Calgary were forced from their homes Monday after a Canadian National freight train collided with a tanker truck carrying propane. CN said there were no reports of injuries or a fire. A CN spokesman said propane spilled from the truck and the area was evacuated […]
Calgary police say a 23-year-old man faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of a Carrot River man. 46-year-old Sheldon Wolf was visiting the city with his family when he was last seen leaving a hotel in the city’s southeast end. His body was found a day later in Airdrie with […]
