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• Snow Angel eases neighbours’ winter burden

  Created: Tuesday, 02 March 2010 10:31 Author: CARA CASEY

  Clearing sidewalks for those who can’t Jack Schellhorn is a snow angel.  Even though he doesn’t have wings, as he clears the sidewalks for his neighbours, they say they see a halo around his head. A few years ago when his elderly neighbour, Joyce G...

• Stop! Or I’ll text

  Created: Tuesday, 02 March 2010 10:25 Author: JAYME KUZYK

  Last November, after parking his 2001 Honda Civic two blocks from 17th Avenue S.W., 20-year-old Tobin Janz locked his car and walked away. An hour and a half later, when Janz walked back to his car, it was gone. Janz said, “I called the cops, they file...

• Dinos clinch playoff hockey spot

  Created: Friday, 26 February 2010 16:25 Author: Derek Neumeier

  Team defeats UBC Thunderbirds in back-to-back weekend victories It was a little too close for comfort, but in the end the victors couldn’t have been more elated.University of Calgary Dinos forward Brett O’Malley scored the game-winning goal with 1:13...

• Cougars ready to pounce in playoffs

  Created: Friday, 26 February 2010 16:22 Author: Derek Neumeier

  Women’s hockey team prepare for their first-round series against SAIT It all comes down to this.Following a very successful season that saw them finish first in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference, the Mount Royal University Cougars women’s hock...

• Roughnecks sittin’ pretty at halfway point

  Created: Friday, 26 February 2010 16:14 Author: Bryce Forbes

  Three-game winning streak puts Riggers back in the thick of things Sitting nearly halfway through their National Lacrosse League season, the Calgary Roughnecks are riding into their bye week on a three-game winning streak. After a decisive 13-9 victory ...

• Chronic illness doesn’t hold speed skater back

  Created: Friday, 26 February 2010 16:03 Author: Silvia Pikal

  Speed Skater shares experience of competing while dealing with ulcerative colitis Sarah Lang, 32, a World Cup medalist in short track speed skating, wants Calgarians to know that it is possible to live a happy and successful life, even with a chronic ...

• Opposite sides of the same Edge

  Created: Friday, 26 February 2010 16:00 Author: Ivan Danielewicz

  Hockey teams mix camaraderie with competition Friends in the classroom, rivals on the ice. Since September, Edge School's two AA midget-aged competitive hockey teams — the Mountaineer’s Gold and Maroon teams — have clashed and battled through six ...

• Urban Curvz Theatre presents Curvilicious

  Created: Friday, 26 February 2010 15:36 Author: Leah Brownridge

  Local female artists to take the stage at Curvilicious Calgary based theatre company Urban Curvz Theatre works with local female artists in various genres from acting, singing, play directing and playwrights.Urban Curvz is holding its third annual fundra...

• Block Watch striving to keep neighbourhoods safe

  Created: Friday, 26 February 2010 15:19 Author: Andrea Dion

  Community involvement can deter criminal activity, group says Dave Fulton, president of the South Calgary Block Watch Association, took the initiative to start the community Block Watch program because he saw that there was a need for it in the area.Fult...

• Do nothing, feel good

  Created: Friday, 26 February 2010 15:10 Author: Jayme Kuzyk

  Facebook application uses processor power to build research models Mitchell Jordan, a 23-year-old University of Calgary student, finishes his homework, closes his PC and leaves the room. Now that he is done his work, Jordan’s idle PC processor is able ...

• Stuck between a Rock and a Poulin Wall

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 15:36 Author: Bryce Forbes

  Mike Poulin saves the day for the Roughnecks in their game against the Rock. Well that’s one way to make an entrance. Seeing his first game action as a Calgary Roughneck, goaltender Mike Poulin shut down the highest scoring team in the National Lacros...

• Mount Royal University may face lower first-year intake

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 15:27 Author: Mayan Freeborn

  The school must choose between quality and accessibility, says president David Marshall The school must choose between quality and accessibility, says president David Marshall Prospective students of Mount Royal University may find it more competitive to...

• Firing from the hip

  Created: Friday, 12 February 2010 16:56 Author: Brandon Anson

  Former Afghan force commander speaks at MRU Mount Royal University was the latest stop in a national speaking tour for Brig.-Gen. Jonathon Vance, the former commander of the Armed Force’s Joint Task Force – Afghanistan. Speaking to a packed lecture h...

• Catholic school program offers help to teen parents

  Created: Friday, 12 February 2010 16:53 Author: Sharon Titus

  One of the Calgary Catholic School District’s Community of Caring programs, the Kara Program, is offering to help pregnant and parenting students. Rizz Valerio and her boyfriend James Kennedy found out they were pregnant in high school and looked to the...

• More money, more problems

  Created: Friday, 12 February 2010 16:47 Author: Tanner Holthe

  Some U of C students fear personal sacrifices to afford tuition Many students were left wondering if they can afford to stay in school following the University of Calgary's announcement of a proposed 47 per cent tuition hike for five professional program...

• Leap-ing out of the dark

  Created: Friday, 12 February 2010 16:43 Author: Aurora Graveland

  A new program aims to help teens learn to cope with depression “It’s like flicking a lighter. The flame might not go up right away, but if you keep doing little things, it will suddenly light up.”It is in this way that Patti Paccagnan, a clinical r...

• Mardi Gras Masquerade Cocktail Party aims to benefit Children’s Wish Foundation

  Created: Friday, 12 February 2010 16:41 Author: Andrea Dion

  On Tuesday, the community of Marda Loop will come together for the Mardi Gras Masquerade Cocktail Party, hosted at Rasoi Kitchen, in benefit of the Children’s Wish Foundation.Bernadette Geronazzo, executive director for the Marda Loop Business Revitaliz...

• Learn before you luge

  Created: Friday, 12 February 2010 16:40 Author: Jean Symborski

  Safety paramount to novice lugers With the tragic death of 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili during an Olympic training run at Whistler on Friday, the novice sliders of the Calgary Luge Club are reminded of how important an issue safety rea...

• Emerging political group calls for renewal

  Created: Friday, 12 February 2010 16:36 Author: Lauren Barr

  Renew Alberta looks to create a viable alternative to existing provincial parties Chima Nkemdirim wants to see change in Alberta.The 38-year-old Calgary lawyer is co-chair of Renew Alberta, an emerging political organization that developed nearly one yea...

• Roughnecks coach in final 6 for NLL Hall Of Fame

  Created: Friday, 12 February 2010 16:31 Author: Bryce Forbes

  Curt Malawsky being named a nominee in the NLL Hall of Fame After moving from the floor to behind the bench this season, Calgary Roughnecks assistant coach Curt Malawsky might soon be heading onto the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame. Malawsky was ...