Calgary News

Police investigate at the scene of a fatal garage fire that killed two in Calgary, Alberta on November 20,2009. Photograph by: Leah Hennel , Calgary Herald CALGARY- The wife of a man who died in a garage fire in northeast Calgary Friday night says she is shattered by the death of her husband, who was a oeeverythinga to her.

Greg Albrecht, president of this year's Grey Cup Festival, flips a football in the north end zone McMahon Stadium Thursday.

A resident of a Calgary apartment complex risked serious injury - and possibly death - Saturday morning when he picked up and tossed away two explosives that had been placed outside his suite only moments before they blew up.

The arson unit is investigating after two people were killed in a garage fire in Marlborough last night.

A series of anti-Semitic attacks has rocked the Jewish community in Calgary, Alberta.

With warning signs of cautious consumer spending this Christmas season, retail giants Wal-Mart and Sears moved Thursday to entice people to stores by announcing they were slashing prices -- some to levels seen only on Boxing Day.

It's been a year of changes for Canadian rockers Arkells. Since releasing their debut full-length album Jackson Square last autumn, the Hamilton quintet has gone from playing sporadic hometown shows to touring coast-to-coast, sharing the stage with such acts as Matt Mays, Pearl Jam and the Black Crowes.

A man convicted of raping a helpless 91-year-old woman in her nursing home bed is on the verge of being deported.

I ndustry insiders hope a new film studio planned for Calgary will unleash a gusher of new projects -- including television series and feature films--that will energize the province's struggling market.

Complete this entry form and you could win tickets to: a Christmas all through the House at Lougheed House a Handel's Messiah , performed by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra a The Art Market at the Telus Convention Centre Winner will be drawn on November 15, 2009.

A decade-long effort to land direct flights connecting Calgary to Asia is over, as Air Canada will start flying between YYC and Tokyo non-stop on March 27, 2010.

A public mural on International Avenue by Martinho Correia. Photographer: Ryan Krochko.

The drawings show condos that will be home to 12,000 residents, five kilometres of park running along the river, a section of Bow Trail moved south and a bridge spanning two roads and connecting the LRT station to a community centre.

Nearly a year-and-a-half after launching service from Mexico City to Alberta, Mexicana Airlines said ita s dropping service to Edmonton but adding an extra flight to Calgary beginning in January.

A Calgary man faces robbery charges after police spotted him walking near one of the pharmacies he allegedly held up in order to get OxyContin.

A 2-year-old boy from Calgary, Canada has died after a reported drowning in Marco Island, according to the Marco Island Police Department.

Pedestrians walk past the former US embassy on Wellington Street as it is framed by the iron fence of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., Friday November 13, 2009.

Rolex watches are displayed during a preview of a U.S. marshalls auction of personal property seized from Bernard Madoff.

The slick cop drama "Flashpoint" was the big winner at Saturday's Gemini Awards as it snagged three of the night's top honours in Canadian television, including best drama.

Police who shot a man in the head in a northeast parking lot may have been investigating drug activity.