Calgary News Watch

Congratulations to Amanda Byrne, Caia Morstad, and the 2007 Stampede Queen Amanda Kochan!  Kochan, a sophomore at Mount Royal College, is excited to use her role as Stampede Queen to promote the Western ideals she sees as integral to modern Calgary. With over 400 personal appearances planned for the 2007 court she will have plenty of opportunities to demonstrate exactly what she means.  Filling the cowboy boots of the 2006 Queen, Cheryl Dafoe, won’t be easy, but Kochan sounds like she is ready for the challenge.

This is a Screenshot of the Calgary Stampede Queen & Princess Semi-Finalists 2007. If you would like to see a bigger photo of each Semi-Finalist Read the rest of this article »

Well, today was the last 84 minutes of the season where we could watch the Calgary Flames on ice. The Detroit Red Wings eliminated the Calgary Flames from the NHL playoffs in front of 19,289 fans at the Pengrowth Saddledome.

At 4:23 of the second overtime Johan Franzen picked up a pass off the boards from Nicklas Lidstrom and took high slot shot beating Miikka Kiprusoff over the shoulder. 2-1 victory and Detroit Red Wings won the Western Conference quarter-final series 4-2.

The Flames had a chance to win this game Read the rest of this article »

As a Calgary transit worker strike looms in our very near future, Mayor Bronconnier is drowning in budget talk.  The transit workers’ union was unimpressed with the offer of increases totaling 12% over 36 months.  Their message was clear – 15% over 30 months or strike.  That wasn’t good news for Bronconnier.  Follow that with the provincial budget being announced and the Mayor had serious money troubles.

The Mayor feels the budget doesn’t live up to the promises Stelmach had made particularly regarding the LRT.  That can’t make dealing with the transit union any easier.  Bronconnier also sees the budget as being unfairly slanted away from the municipal areas. Read the rest of this article »