CALGARY – Today, the City recognized ten young Calgarians at the 9-1-1 Heroes Awards Ceremony. The awards honour young Calgarians who demonstrated incredible bravery and quick thinking during an emergency. Each young hero was nominated by the Calgary 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Officer (ECO) who answered their call. “We are thrilled to celebrate these young...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Rock & Roll Hall Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night promises to be starry, jamming — and bittersweet. So many of the honorees this time have been lost. Of the seven original members of Kool & the Gang, there is only one, Robert “Kool” Bell. There will be no living members...
As Taylor Swift prepares to close out her Eras Tour era in Canada, fans desperate to see the pop star perform live are vulnerable to scams. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has received 140 reports of fraudulent Swift tickets this year, most of which came from people who were scammed out of money. “Once you’ve sent...
An initial toxicology report for ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died last week after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, showed that he had cocaine in his system after his death, an Argentine official said. The final toxicology results are not expected to be made public for some weeks. But the preliminary toxicology...
Cineplex has filed an appeal of a record $38.9-million fine for deceptive marketing practices imposed against it by the Competition Tribunal. The company says it has filed a notice of appeal with the Federal Court of Appeal. It also says that with the consent of the Competition Bureau it is bringing a motion to request...
Vice President Kamala Harris will team up with Beyoncé on Friday for a rally in solidly Republican Texas aimed at highlighting the perilous medical fallout from the state’s strict abortion ban and putting the blame squarely on Donald Trump. It’s a message intended to register far beyond Texas in the political battleground states, where Harris...
WASHINGTON — If Canadians could vote in the U.S. election, a majority would choose to send Kamala Harris to the White House. In a new survey from polling firm Leger, 64 per cent of Canadian respondents said if they could cast a ballot, they’d put their support behind vice-president Harris while 21 per cent would...
OTTAWA — The federal government is giving Canada Post the ability to store and transport restricted firearms in new regulations that bring the retail gun buyback program one step closer to beginning. An order-in-council dated Oct. 16 allows for restricted assault-style firearms to be removed from safes at firearms retailers, transported and ultimately destroyed. More...
Carey Bracko enjoys running his successful, family-founded, community-minded store, that has been a Calgary family enterprise for more than 40 years
The data come as various levels of government attempt to tackle the issue of social disorder, primarily in downtowns