Calgary News Watch

The war between the Calgary City and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 583 is heating up. Now the contract differences have been taken to new extremes with ads in the paper and a he-did-it-first-so-I’m doing-it-back response.

Since June 2006, the 2400 members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 583 have worked without a contract. While negotiations are stalemated, with each side blaming the other, it a an ad placed by the city in local newspapers that has created the current uproar. Read the rest of this article »

Calgary - McCall MLA Shiraz Shariff went to the press Saturday to suggest the budget squabbles between the Stelmach regime and the Bronconnier contingency stay out of the press. The irony of going to the press to ask his colleagues to not go to the press seems to be lost on him.

The real issue with the recent budget announcement isn’t Tory versus Liberal or even Province versus City, but what are the most important needs to improve the infrastructure or even more basically, Read the rest of this article »

Calgary Man Takes Matter Into His Own Hands – Boot Camp Style!

Calgary , AB “Enough is enough”, says Allan Fine, local Owner and Head Fitness Trainer of the Calgary Adventure Boot Camp.  “I’m tired of this killer running around loose and taking over 300,000 lives a year!”

Sound dramatic?  Well, there’s no drama here.  What Mr. Fine is speaking of comes from the Centers for Disease Control which states that “poor nutrition and physical inactivity account for over 300,000 premature deaths in the North America each year.”  If that doesn’t constitute a serial killer, Mr. Fine wants to know what does. Read the rest of this article »