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The housewife who held the law accountable
One was a well-known lawyer and former alderman; the other a homemaker who trusted him with her meagre life savings. They were irrevocably connected in life and now, coincidentally, in death. Peter...
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Rafting companies losing business without access to river
Rafting companies in Golden are predicting serious financial consequences if the stalemate with Canadian Pacific isn’t quickly resolved, and the area MP is threatening to raise the issue in Parliament....
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Memorial to honour Orlando victims assembled in the Jack Singer Concert Hall
A number of groups have joined forces to host a public memorial for victims of the Orlando shooting. We Are Orlando — YYC Memorial is a way for people to “grieve collectively for the lives taken in...
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Neighbour Day carries on spirit first seen after the 2013 flood
Calgary will celebrate its community spirit — and the unsung heroes from the 2013 flood — with the city’s third annual Neighbour Day today. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi proclaimed the third Saturday in...
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Keeping the faith: Family living a full life in wake of tragedy
The house is smaller and the neighbours are closer, now next door instead of across a field. So much has changed for the Nelson family since their world was turned upside down during the worst flood in...
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First Nations members still waiting for a home three years after the flood
The surging flood waters have long since receded, leaving battle lines in the hard-packed ground. Plants are regrowing and the animals are back. But Ben Crow Chief is still a wandering spirit with no...
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City hotels hope to ride out wild year with a solid Stampede season
With Alberta’s economy dropping faster than a roller-coaster, Calgary hotels are hoping Stampede provides a smoother ride. Reservations for downtown accommodations are holding steady despite the...
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Local importers crying in their beer over taxes
Alberta’s tax system favours local brew to the detriment of all others, say small beer importers who claim they’ve lost almost half of their business. Bo Vitanov and her husband Michael Tessier, owners...
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Cancer behind her, champion barrel racer aims to add Stampede title
Everyday, she races the same flat pattern on the ground — a welcome diversion from the roller-coaster ride she’s been on these past few years. Alberta barrel racer Nancy Csabay has experienced both a...
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This year's Calgary Stampede parade a colourful display of history and heritage
With a startling bang of fireworks and a blaring of brass horns, Calgary’s annual summer whoop-up began to wind its way through the heart of the city. But for Erfan Altaani, the 2016 Stampede parade...
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Canada's star rodeo has heavy contingent of American cowboys
The greatest outdoor rodeo on Earth could use a little more Canadian content, according to an Alberta competitor. “The Stampede is significant, it’s wonderful, but it’s really becoming an American...
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Stampede rodeo stars reflect on life on the road
Filled with injuries and long, lonely nights on the road, rodeoing is a tough way to make a living. Yet thousands do, and couldn’t imagine life any other way. We talked with a veteran competitor and a...
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Trick riding hearkens back to Stampede's roots
Niki Flundra rides horses for a living but she can’t seem to stay in the saddle. For much of her career, she’s been upside down, sideways or standing on her mount’s back, all at high speed. A trick...
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Chuckwagon racing a family affair for Bensmillers, Sutherlands
The chuckwagon family tree is pretty tangled with four sets of fathers and sons and four sets of brothers on the track this year. And while they’re all united in their love of the sport, some families...
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Blacksmith forging career in male-dominated industry
“Hsssss.” Wisps of smoke rise from the water and the fiery metal sizzles as it’s doused after being hammered into shape. A variety of horseshoes and decorative art objects are being handcrafted by...
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Chuckwagon driver reflects on career before hanging up reins at Stampede
Sunday will mark the final lap of the track for longtime chuckwagon driver Rae Croteau Jr. The Sundre-based cowboy will race his iconic rainbow wagon one last time before hanging up the reins after a...
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Stoney First Nations facing prescription addiction crisis
The three First Nations bands near Morley are in a crisis situation over extremely high rates of prescription drug addictions and overdoses among members. With addiction rates surging as high as 60 per...
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Cyclist determined to conquer the ride, and cancer
When David Robertson straddles his bicycle on Saturday for the start of the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer, it will be as both a cancer survivor and patient. Taking part in his sixth fundraising ride,...
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An invasive species has invaded Okotoks storm ponds but they're about to be...
Normally found cruising in glass bowls, unwanted aquarium fish dumped into two Okotoks storm ponds have grown to almost a foot long. At least 200 hardy goldfish, between 15 and 25 cm in length, are...
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Five reasons for optimism during this gloomy summer in Calgary
The gloomy clouds that have been hanging over the city could be a metaphor for all that’s wrong in Calgary these days. The unemployment rate, at 8.6 per cent, is the highest among cities listed by...
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