Calgary Sun
GR8 MOMENT
For 20 minutes, the Calgary Flames actually looked pretty good. Unfortunately, there are 60 minutes in a hockey game. And after outplaying and outshooting the Washington Capitals (25-21-6) for the opening period, the Flames (21-25-5) found themselves...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
‘LIGHT SPEED’
Work is about to begin on the accelerated project to replace the Bearspaw South feeder main. City crews will begin mobilizing staging areas Friday, the city said in a news release. The setup locations are in Edworthy Park near a section of the Bow...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
CHOICE WORDS
President Donald Trump clearly didn't like Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech in Davos and issued a rebuke during his own speech Wednesday morning. Carney spoke to the World Economic Forum Tuesday and left without seeing or speaking to...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
SITUATION CRITICAL
EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is calling on Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP to declare a state of emergency as overcrowding puts hospitals under further strain. Nenshi's call comes after weeks of Alberta doctors publicly raising...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
NO LETUP
This would have been a heck of a hello. On just his fifth shift in a Calgary Flames uniform, and roughly seven hours after he'd touched down in his new home city, Zach Whitecloud pounced on a loose puck and raced up ice on a twoon-one...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
SO LONG, RAS
Rasmus Andersson will, for the next several months, be patrolling the blue-line for the Vegas Golden Knights. And beyond that? Who knows? As Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy shopped his best trade chip, there was a major wrinkle on Sunday...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
SPLISH SPLASH!
Calgary has removed all outdoor water restrictions, after a third and final pump for the Bearspaw South feeder main was turned on without incident Friday morning. Mayor Jeromy Farkas and other officials from the city made the announcement during a...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
READY OR NOT
A new era of the Canadian Football League — with massive alterations to the product — is creating widespread angst for many fans across the country. Especially those aligning themselves with the traditional rules of our gridiron game. But like it or...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
PIPING UP
Ward 2 Coun. Jennifer Wyness is criticizing the recent independent review into the 2024 Bearspaw South feeder main's rupture, calling the report the equivalent of a $2-million “AI summary” of other work that was commissioned after that incident. The...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
GUTS & GLORY
The Calgary Flames had lost four straight. The Pittsburgh Penguins had won six in a row. If there was ever a game where you might have felt comfortable predicting a Flames loss, it was on Saturday afternoon. Instead, they showed up in Pittsburgh and...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
4LORN
There has already been more than enough focus on what William Stromgren is not. That would be Logan Stankoven. Some fans will forever lament that when the Calgary Flames made their second-round pick at the 2021 NHL draft, they selected Stromgren...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
FACE THE MUSIC
Mayor Jeromy Farkas has called a special council meeting for Wednesday afternoon to discuss the findings of an independent report into the 2024 Bearspaw South feeder main failure and the city's subsequent response to the crisis. The report, which the...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
MAIN PAIN
Mayor Jeromy Farkas warned of dire consequences Monday as Calgary's water usage rose through the weekend amid citywide restrictions, with demand outstripping supply as repairs continue on the ruptured Bearspaw South feeder main. Speaking at a daily...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
WHAT’S NEXT?
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a day...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
ON TO THE SEMIS...
“It would have been a dream.” Mikael Backlund was open about his disappointment on Friday morning, just a few short hours after it was announced that he had been passed over for a spot on the Swedish Olympic men's hockey team. The Calgary Flames...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
HERE WE GO AGAIN
The city is hoping the Bearspaw south feeder main, which ruptured Tuesday night for a second time in the past 18 months, can be back in service within two weeks. Meanwhile, another official said construction of a new water pipeline parallel to the...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
CROSSROADS
In 2026, Canada's national unity will be put to the test in more ways than one. We have separatist movements gaining steam in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec and a separatist agitator running the provincial government in British Columbia. As Norman...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
ROUGH & TUMBLE
For weeks, the Calgary Flames power-play was shooting blanks. For most of the night on Monday, it wasn't particularly effective. But when the Flames (17-184) needed it most, they finally took advantage of having an extra man on the ice when Connor...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
IS IT ALREADY TOO LATE?
Milton Sanford Mayer was an American journalist, a Quaker, with Jewish heritage. But that isn't the important thing. The important thing is what he wrote in one of his many books, titled They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45. After the war,...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
FREEZE FACTOR
Shelters are scrambling to make space for Calgarians facing homelessness this winter as frigid temperatures persist. Kevin Webb, director of emergency shelter and housing for the Calgary Drop-in Centre, said they're coming very close to hitting...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
GROWING GAINS
It's a groovy little bike shop in the heart of Calgary's Inglewood district, not far from the cycling pathways along the Bow and Elbow rivers. In the back of the store is a sprawling workshop, a bustling place filled with hundreds of bicycles, parts...
Read Full Story (Page 2)
SPIRIT OF THE SEASON
⬛ Mixed feelings among homeless ⬛ Christmas morn recycling tips ⬛ Flames goalie helps out charity
Read Full Story (Page 1)
’TWAS THE WEEKEND BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Each and every day, Sundae Nordin and her determined team are on the front lines combatting hunger in our city, a mission that is as difficult as it is noble. “We served an additional 63,000 people last year,” says Nordin, executive director of...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
COLD REALITY
The 11th annual Longest Night of the Year memorial event on a bitterly cold Friday was a timely reminder of the staggering number of homeless we've lost in the last year.
Read Full Story (Page 1)
ELBOWS UP!
Pay attention, Mr. Prime Minister, Flames forward Nazem Kadri shows how it's done in this battle with the Seattle Kraken's Vince Dunn last night at the Saddledome. The Flames won by a score of 4-2.
Read Full Story (Page 1)
FEELIN’ SNOW PAIN
Poor visibility and treacherous roads due to blizzard conditions caused multiple vehicle collisions and road closures in and around the city Wednesday, while flights at the Calgary airport were also suspended for a time. Environment Canada's yellow...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
MAN SHOT BY COP AT NORTHWEST CTRAIN STATION
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after a man was shot and seriously injured by a police officer late Tuesday morning at a northwest Calgary LRT station, according to Calgary police. Officers responded to reports of a man...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
TERROR DOWN UNDER
SYDNEY, Australia — An attack at a famous Australian beach killed 16 people, including a child, officials said Monday, after two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it an act of...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
MIXED EMOTIONS
Astronaut and University of Calgary alumnus Robert Thirsk returned to his alma mater this weekend to talk about what life as an astronaut is really like. “I think people have a fuzzy idea of what astronauts do in space,” he said. The amount of...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
SHUTTING DOWN
It is as official as it gets. Finally. No precise date has been set yet but it is coming. Calgary's drug consumption site at the inner-city Sheldon Chumir Health Centre is closing. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith broke the good news at the end of our...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
A cold snap forced temperatures to -20C by mid-day Thursday after a daytime high of 8C the day before, reinforcing a stereotype about Calgary's weather — it is unreliable. One day, you're strolling to the supermarket in a light jacket, relishing the...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
SO CLOSE!
As kids, hockey was a big part of what bonded John Beecher and his older brother Bryce. Now in his third NHL season, and about three weeks since he was scooped off waivers by the Calgary Flames, John feels like he is living out a dream for both of...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
NET LOSS
Goalkeeper Marco Carducci is leaving Cavalry FC after a storied tenure with the Canadian Premier League team. “I'm grateful for the seven seasons I had at Cavalry FC,” said the 29-year-old Carducci, whose contract with Calgary's professional men's...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
BIG SWING
As a product of the mammoth Disney marketing machine, Orlando is often proclaimed as “the happiest place on Earth.” If happiness is defined by overcrowded, sprawling amusement parks, perhaps it is. But will the central Florida city bring more joy to...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
HOWLIN’ WOLF
Team Tank is going to be sorely disappointed. Suddenly, the Calgary Flames (11-15-4) are on a bit of a roll. Games like Saturday evening's 2-0 win over the visiting Utah Mammoth (14-13-3) might not be endto-end, highlight-packed barn burners, but...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
LUCK OF THE DRAW
There may still be 188 days until the first game, but the real fun of the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicked off Friday afternoon. After years of waiting, Canada finally found out its path to the World Cup final and who it will play host to — kind...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
WILD ONE
When he was asked about being in a scoring slump earlier in the day, Jonathan Huberdeau didn't seem to be sweating the fact that he'd gone 14 games without a goal. When you're getting chances and going to the areas of the ice where goals typically...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
Smith opening the door?
This all began late Wednesday afternoon when I double-checked the official record of some jousting in the Alberta legislature between Premier Danielle Smith and NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi. The back-and-forth happened Tuesday and I'd watched it on TV and...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
MUSIC CITY BLUES
Well, about those good vibes … One day, you're the second-last placed team in the NHL. The next, there's nobody below you based on points-percentage and you just got smashed 5-1 by the only team that was worse off when the day began, the Nashville...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
WON’T BACK DOWN
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is vowing to keep up the fight against Ottawa as she admits many of her United Conservative Party members still need to be convinced her recent pipeline pact is indeed a victory. The milestone deal with Ottawa...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
FASHIONABLY LATE
Procrastination was apparently the theme of the day for the Calgary Flames. A few hours before Friday's opening faceoff in Florida, the Flames announced that oh-by-the-way they'd signed four of their top executives — including Craig Conroy and Don...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
IT’S A DEAL!
The agreement reached between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith marks one of the most significant federal concessions to Alberta's energy sector in years. By scrapping key regulations and opening the door to new pipeline...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
NO THANKS
It was over before it began, really. And with the way things started for the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night, it could have ended a lot worse. The scoreline of the Flames' (8-143) 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning (14-7-2) barely scratched the...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
TIS THE SEASON
Larry Swalm with Countryside Christmas Trees shows off some of the current stock at the company's lot in the Southland Canadian Tire parking lot on Tuesday. Some early-bird shoppers are already searching out their ideal tree.
Read Full Story (Page 1)
SEASON'S GREETINGS
Calgarians woke up Monday to a city blanketed in snow — along with snow detours in effect for Calgary Transit and city crews working to clear roads snarled by dozens of crashes. Calgary police reported 186 collisions between midnight and 11:30 a.m. on...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
DONE DEAL
Extra! Extra! Read all about it. The news is no longer rumour. The speculation has been put to bed. This is not a smart money bet. This is said to be a sure thing. Wake up early Saturday morning, turn on the phone and there it is. The news. A late...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
PAYING RESPECT
On a balmy November day, thousands of Calgarians streamed to Remembrance Day services to hear not only tributes to past sacrifices but urgings to remain vigilant in an uncertain world. At one of several large city ceremonies, attendees filled the...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
HER LAST VOYAGE
On the morning of Nov. 9, 1975, the U.S. Weather Service noted an area of low pressure developing over the Great Plains, centred in Kansas. It would likely amount to nothing, yet another fall storm in the Upper Midwest and along the Great Lakes. At...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
‘BUBBLE’ TROUBLE
After delivering what the prime minister described as an “austerity budget” last week, Mark Carney, Finance Minister Francois-philippe Champagne and hundreds of lobbyists, political staff, bureaucrats, stakeholders, Liberal cabinet ministers, MPS and...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
’HAWKS A HANDFUL
Zayne Parekh's playing time has been a source of debate all month among Calgary Flames fans. The decision about how often the 19-year-old blueliner plays may be taken out of the coaching staff's hands for a while, though. Parekh left Friday night's...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
UP TO SPEED
Big news. Don't worry, the Smith government will not go ahead without asking you first. But Premier Danielle Smith and her UCP want to see speed limits on divided highways hiked from 110 km/h to 120 km/h and if Albertans give the green light we could...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
GRAND POOBAH
It was June of 2022 and Dampy Brar was in the stands for one of the biggest moments of Nazem Kadri's career. Kadri had returned to the Colorado Avalanche after missing a couple weeks with a broken thumb and marked the occasion in the most dramatic of...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
SOBERING MESSAGE
Sandy and Rod Jaeger were supposed to be dancing at their son's wedding this summer. But on Monday, they stood before first responders and reporters to warn people about the deadly consequences of impaired driving. Their son, Cameron Jaeger, was 36...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
THE OLD BAWL GAME
The moments that sting, the ones that will last and linger forever for Blue Jays players, are almost impossible to believe when stacked one upon the other. With victory so near, and the franchise's first World Series title seemingly in the palm of...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
END OF THE ROAD
The clock struck midnight Saturday on the terrific turnaround season of the Calgary Stampeders. That's two weeks too early for their liking in what they were hoping would be a grand Grey Cup chase. But they'll have to live with it, likely kicking...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
HOLD ON TIGHT
TORONTO — To get this close to the peak, so close that a city, a country and a packed and pumping downtown Toronto stadium was craving for a party, nothing has come easily for the hard-working Toronto Blue Jays. So would you really have expected...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
POINT WELL TAKEN
Mackenzie Weegar might have figured his luck was starting to turn. Apparently not. After Thursday's morning skate in his hometown of Ottawa, before his mood was soured by a 4-3 shootout loss to the Senators, Weegar had reporters in stitches with a...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
TREY MENDOUS
When Trey Yesavage started his 2025 season, Blue Jays manager John Schneider hadn't even had a conversation with the young pitcher. That's how far the 22-year-old was away from the big leagues, four rungs down the minor league ladder and light years...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
FLIPPIN’ GREAT!
LOS ANGELES — Vlad Guerrero Jr. has always appreciated the big stage as he's made the at-times uneven climb to superstardom in his sport. But all-star games and home run derbies have nothing on the World Series, especially under the bright lights of...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
BACK TO WORK
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is ordering thousands of striking teachers back to work and imposing a four-year collective contract via new legislation backed by the use of the Charter's notwithstanding clause to shield it from legal...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
TO THE MAX
This is where hope and guessing, guile and trust come in for the Toronto Blue Jays. Smack in the middle of the World Series. Trusting Max Scherzer to start Game 3 at Dodger Stadium. Believing it's the right thing to do. Believing he's the right guy to...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
Doing the honours
Madeleine Murrin spent her Saturday placing poppies with her parents at the Field of Crosses on Memorial Drive in Calgary. The Field of Crosses memorial is on display between Nov. 1-11 each year.
Read Full Story (Page 1)
NOT GOIN’ DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT
A short interview ends with this four-word declaration from Calgary Flames forward Yegor Sharangovich: “I hate to lose.” This is, of course, a topic of conversation because Hockey Night in Canada's Kevin Bieksa suggested the exact opposite last...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
WHOLE NEW WORLD
The Calgary Stampeders are taking inspiration from another Canadian sports team chasing a championship title these days. One that's already in the big dance and captivating the nation with their success. “Go, Jays!” said Stampeders receiver Clark...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
CRITICAL MATH
It ain't good. You don't need a deep dive to figure that out. The Calgary Flames have now lost six in a row, have yet to register a win in regulation and are stuck at the bottom of the NHL'S overall standings. Just two weeks in, it could soon — very...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
LONG HAUL
Results from a pioneering civic election that's been a baptism of fire for political parties trickled in from balloting stations Monday night, where voters' patience was often challenged by lengthy waits. With just 13 of 380 voting opportunities...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
DEAL BREAKER
As Mark Carney heads to Asia this week, he'll be fighting a poor perception of Canada, that we're an unreliable trading partner. It's not the Americans saying this at the moment, though they would agree. It's not the Brits who might nod their heads,...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
ROLLIN’
The heat was off the Calgary Stampeders heading into Saturday night's contest against the Toronto Argonauts. But they still brought it bigtime to Mcmahon Stadium. The host Stampeders, indeed, celebrated a playoff spot earned a night earlier by...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
THANKS, BUT... NO THANKS
The Alberta teacher strike is all but done. It is not done today. It will not be done tomorrow. But unless one side in this standoff blinks in the next 10 days, the strike will be over. The hammer will come down. And Premier Danielle Smith and the...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
‘TAKE A BREATH’
It's only five games, right? It has to be too early to panic for the Calgary Flames. And yet, these first five games of the 2025-26 season count for just as many points as the contests in March and April, when the playoff race is going full-blast,...
Read Full Story (Page 1)
Fashion plate
As you read in yesterday's Rick Bell column, the province is updating its licence-plate design based on the slogan `Strong and Free.' The government offered a glimpse at some of the possible looks Wednesday, with the intention of having Albertans vote...
Read Full Story (Page 1)