Calgary Sun
U.S. INVASION
The look on Brad Marchand's face said it all. After a brief scrum following Canada's devastating 2-1 loss to the USA in overtime of the gold-medal final in men's hockey here on Sunday, Marchand was barely holding his emotions together. This game...
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GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE
Marc Kennedy knows it was a big story. But from inside his Olympic bubble, he hasn't been sure just how far beyond the curling universe the double-touch controversy has spun. What Kennedy does know is that after as bruising a bonspiel as they come,...
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CRUSHED
MILAN — During the agonizing wait for the medals to be awarded following a heart-breaking loss to the U.S., Marie-philip Poulin tried to do the impossible and ease the pain. One by one, Canada's captain worked her way down the line of players, with a...
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GREAT ESCAPE
There's just something about Canada versus the Czechs, at least in men's hockey, that makes for non-stop tension. Often that's meant a loss for Canada, but not on this night. Canada skated a narrow path and had to come back twice, but managed a 4-3...
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WINTER: THE RETURN
Calgarians woke Tuesday morning to a winter blast, with heavy snow and strong winds causing traffic collisions and flight cancellations. The city was under a yellow warning for a winter storm, with hazardous, blizzard-like conditions forecast to...
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FATAL WEEKEND
A two-year-old toddler became the city's seventh traffic fatality of the year, when a Jeep struck the toddler's stroller in a marked crosswalk Sunday. The toddler was being pushed in the stroller by their parents in a crosswalk at Hull Avenue and...
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IN ONE VOICE...
Thousands gathered in downtown Calgary Saturday afternoon to protest the Iranian government and recent massacres of Iranian protesters. Armin Zarringhalam, one of the event's organizers with the Lion and Sun movement in Calgary, said the purpose of...
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TEARS IN TUMBLER RIDGE
TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C. — Through the words of B.C. Premier David Eby, the folk legend of Mark Deeley was revealed to the masses. Eby was the final speaker at a vigil in Tumbler Ridge Friday night, as a crowd of at least 1,000 residents made a semicircle...
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BIG DAY
Normally, Connor Mcdavid missing scoring on a 2-on-1 might be worth noting. But when Canada so thoroughly dominates its opponent, as happened Thursday in a 5-0 win over Czechia at the Santagiulia Arena, it becomes a forgotten note. Canadian head...
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`Nation mourns with you'
TUMBLER RIDGE — The person behind one of B.C.'S worst mass killings has been identified as an 18-year-old dropout who killed family members at home, then gunned down random students at a school before firing on police and killing herself as officers...
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SHUT OUT
It was a bittersweet second place for Team Canada after an impressive performance in the short-track speed skating mixed team relay, but a victory all the same. Canada got its first silver medal at the Milan-cortina Olympics on Tuesday, thanks to a...
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BITTER SWEET
There was almost a fight off the opening face-off. Canadian's Marie-philip Poulin was clocked near the head in the first period and had to leave the game due to injury, her immediate future in the Olympic tournament up in the air. If Team Canada...
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ALL EARS ON BAD BUNNY
Bad Bunny? Actually, pretty good Bunny. The pride of Puerto Rico may be a polarizing artist in a polarizing time in the U.S., but he did a bueno job — due in no small part to his secret guests Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin — as the Super Bowl halftime...
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ON THE BOARD
⬛ Calgary seniors cheer `their' ski-jumper ⬛ Women's hockey team opens with win
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GAMES ARE AFOOT
MILAN — For three hours, the woes of the world had seemingly disappeared as spectators across the planet marveled at Italian ingenuity and high fashion, and the Olympic spirit. The opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan-cortina Games was meant to carry a...
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LET'S GO!
The sun shines behind one of the legacies of the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games — the torch relay statue at Winsport. The Milan Cortina 2026 Games begin in earnest with today's opening ceremonies. Turn to Sports or log on to calgarysun.com for more.
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`IN SHOCK'
The deaths of three teenage hockey players from a southern Alberta junior team are sending shock waves through the region and across Canada. Southern Alberta Mustangs owner and general manager Lisa May said in statement the organization is grappling...
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GLORY & GRIT
Wayne Gretzky stood behind the fence that separates athletes and media at Olympic Games trying to get the words out, trying to understand what couldn't be understood. Team Canada had just lost to the Czech Republic by shootout at the 1998 Olympic...
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FROSTBITE
Morgan Frost scored the Calgary Flames' first of the afternoon. He assisted on the second. And while he didn't officially factor on Saturday's game-winning goal at the Saddledome, his boss wanted to be sure that Frost's contribution on that...
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`UNITE THIS HOUSE'
Federal Liberal governments have lit separatist fuses and endangered national unity, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told nearly 4,000 gathered in Calgary for the party's convention. The Conservative leader, speaking just ahead of a leadership...
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COP'S BEST FRIEND
Meet Sadie. The friendly pooch is the Calgary Police Service's new Operational Stress Intervention Dog, and she wants Police Chief Katie Mclellan to know she's ready for duty.
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HIGH STAKES
As he heads to the Conservative convention in Calgary this weekend, Pierre Poilievre must be spending a lot of time thinking about numbers. There are the numbers he needs to get from his own party's base in his leadership review, then there are the...
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MCRAE OF SUNSHINE
For the second year in a row, Calgary-born pop superstar Tate Mcrae leads the Juno nominations with six nods. She is tied with Justin Bieber for the most nominations for the 2026 Junos, which will be held in Hamilton, Ont., on March 29. Mccrae, who...
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EXIT PATH?
A group pushing for Alberta to separate from Canada officially began collecting signatures in Calgary on Monday, seeking a referendum to put the issue to voters. Meanwhile, NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi denounced the effort by the Alberta Prosperity...
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LET IT SNOW?
Suspected Canadian cocaine king Ryan Wedding is staring down the barrel of infinity in a U.S. prison. If the 44-year-old former Olympic snowboarder had been arrested in Canada, well, he might have been able to count on some judge claiming his...
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BETWEEN ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
President Donald Trump has not only taken another personal shot at Prime Minister Mark Carney but has threatened a “100% tariff on all Canadian goods” going to the United States if “Canada makes a deal with China.” In a post on Truth Social Saturday...
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GR8 MOMENT
For 20 minutes, the Calgary Flames actually looked pretty good. Unfortunately, there are 60 minutes in a hockey game. And after outplaying and outshooting the Washington Capitals (25-21-6) for the opening period, the Flames (21-25-5) found themselves...
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‘LIGHT SPEED’
Work is about to begin on the accelerated project to replace the Bearspaw South feeder main. City crews will begin mobilizing staging areas Friday, the city said in a news release. The setup locations are in Edworthy Park near a section of the Bow...
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CHOICE WORDS
President Donald Trump clearly didn't like Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech in Davos and issued a rebuke during his own speech Wednesday morning. Carney spoke to the World Economic Forum Tuesday and left without seeing or speaking to...
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SITUATION CRITICAL
EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is calling on Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP to declare a state of emergency as overcrowding puts hospitals under further strain. Nenshi's call comes after weeks of Alberta doctors publicly raising...
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NO LETUP
This would have been a heck of a hello. On just his fifth shift in a Calgary Flames uniform, and roughly seven hours after he'd touched down in his new home city, Zach Whitecloud pounced on a loose puck and raced up ice on a twoon-one...
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SO LONG, RAS
Rasmus Andersson will, for the next several months, be patrolling the blue-line for the Vegas Golden Knights. And beyond that? Who knows? As Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy shopped his best trade chip, there was a major wrinkle on Sunday...
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SPLISH SPLASH!
Calgary has removed all outdoor water restrictions, after a third and final pump for the Bearspaw South feeder main was turned on without incident Friday morning. Mayor Jeromy Farkas and other officials from the city made the announcement during a...
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READY OR NOT
A new era of the Canadian Football League — with massive alterations to the product — is creating widespread angst for many fans across the country. Especially those aligning themselves with the traditional rules of our gridiron game. But like it or...
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PIPING UP
Ward 2 Coun. Jennifer Wyness is criticizing the recent independent review into the 2024 Bearspaw South feeder main's rupture, calling the report the equivalent of a $2-million “AI summary” of other work that was commissioned after that incident. The...
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GUTS & GLORY
The Calgary Flames had lost four straight. The Pittsburgh Penguins had won six in a row. If there was ever a game where you might have felt comfortable predicting a Flames loss, it was on Saturday afternoon. Instead, they showed up in Pittsburgh and...
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4LORN
There has already been more than enough focus on what William Stromgren is not. That would be Logan Stankoven. Some fans will forever lament that when the Calgary Flames made their second-round pick at the 2021 NHL draft, they selected Stromgren...
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FACE THE MUSIC
Mayor Jeromy Farkas has called a special council meeting for Wednesday afternoon to discuss the findings of an independent report into the 2024 Bearspaw South feeder main failure and the city's subsequent response to the crisis. The report, which the...
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MAIN PAIN
Mayor Jeromy Farkas warned of dire consequences Monday as Calgary's water usage rose through the weekend amid citywide restrictions, with demand outstripping supply as repairs continue on the ruptured Bearspaw South feeder main. Speaking at a daily...
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WHAT’S NEXT?
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a day...
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ON TO THE SEMIS...
“It would have been a dream.” Mikael Backlund was open about his disappointment on Friday morning, just a few short hours after it was announced that he had been passed over for a spot on the Swedish Olympic men's hockey team. The Calgary Flames...
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HERE WE GO AGAIN
The city is hoping the Bearspaw south feeder main, which ruptured Tuesday night for a second time in the past 18 months, can be back in service within two weeks. Meanwhile, another official said construction of a new water pipeline parallel to the...
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CROSSROADS
In 2026, Canada's national unity will be put to the test in more ways than one. We have separatist movements gaining steam in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec and a separatist agitator running the provincial government in British Columbia. As Norman...
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ROUGH & TUMBLE
For weeks, the Calgary Flames power-play was shooting blanks. For most of the night on Monday, it wasn't particularly effective. But when the Flames (17-184) needed it most, they finally took advantage of having an extra man on the ice when Connor...
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IS IT ALREADY TOO LATE?
Milton Sanford Mayer was an American journalist, a Quaker, with Jewish heritage. But that isn't the important thing. The important thing is what he wrote in one of his many books, titled They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45. After the war,...
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FREEZE FACTOR
Shelters are scrambling to make space for Calgarians facing homelessness this winter as frigid temperatures persist. Kevin Webb, director of emergency shelter and housing for the Calgary Drop-in Centre, said they're coming very close to hitting...
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GROWING GAINS
It's a groovy little bike shop in the heart of Calgary's Inglewood district, not far from the cycling pathways along the Bow and Elbow rivers. In the back of the store is a sprawling workshop, a bustling place filled with hundreds of bicycles, parts...
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SPIRIT OF THE SEASON
⬛ Mixed feelings among homeless ⬛ Christmas morn recycling tips ⬛ Flames goalie helps out charity
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’TWAS THE WEEKEND BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Each and every day, Sundae Nordin and her determined team are on the front lines combatting hunger in our city, a mission that is as difficult as it is noble. “We served an additional 63,000 people last year,” says Nordin, executive director of...
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COLD REALITY
The 11th annual Longest Night of the Year memorial event on a bitterly cold Friday was a timely reminder of the staggering number of homeless we've lost in the last year.
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ELBOWS UP!
Pay attention, Mr. Prime Minister, Flames forward Nazem Kadri shows how it's done in this battle with the Seattle Kraken's Vince Dunn last night at the Saddledome. The Flames won by a score of 4-2.
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FEELIN’ SNOW PAIN
Poor visibility and treacherous roads due to blizzard conditions caused multiple vehicle collisions and road closures in and around the city Wednesday, while flights at the Calgary airport were also suspended for a time. Environment Canada's yellow...
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MAN SHOT BY COP AT NORTHWEST CTRAIN STATION
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after a man was shot and seriously injured by a police officer late Tuesday morning at a northwest Calgary LRT station, according to Calgary police. Officers responded to reports of a man...
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TERROR DOWN UNDER
SYDNEY, Australia — An attack at a famous Australian beach killed 16 people, including a child, officials said Monday, after two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it an act of...
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MIXED EMOTIONS
Astronaut and University of Calgary alumnus Robert Thirsk returned to his alma mater this weekend to talk about what life as an astronaut is really like. “I think people have a fuzzy idea of what astronauts do in space,” he said. The amount of...
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SHUTTING DOWN
It is as official as it gets. Finally. No precise date has been set yet but it is coming. Calgary's drug consumption site at the inner-city Sheldon Chumir Health Centre is closing. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith broke the good news at the end of our...
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BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
A cold snap forced temperatures to -20C by mid-day Thursday after a daytime high of 8C the day before, reinforcing a stereotype about Calgary's weather — it is unreliable. One day, you're strolling to the supermarket in a light jacket, relishing the...
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SO CLOSE!
As kids, hockey was a big part of what bonded John Beecher and his older brother Bryce. Now in his third NHL season, and about three weeks since he was scooped off waivers by the Calgary Flames, John feels like he is living out a dream for both of...
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NET LOSS
Goalkeeper Marco Carducci is leaving Cavalry FC after a storied tenure with the Canadian Premier League team. “I'm grateful for the seven seasons I had at Cavalry FC,” said the 29-year-old Carducci, whose contract with Calgary's professional men's...
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BIG SWING
As a product of the mammoth Disney marketing machine, Orlando is often proclaimed as “the happiest place on Earth.” If happiness is defined by overcrowded, sprawling amusement parks, perhaps it is. But will the central Florida city bring more joy to...
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HOWLIN’ WOLF
Team Tank is going to be sorely disappointed. Suddenly, the Calgary Flames (11-15-4) are on a bit of a roll. Games like Saturday evening's 2-0 win over the visiting Utah Mammoth (14-13-3) might not be endto-end, highlight-packed barn burners, but...
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LUCK OF THE DRAW
There may still be 188 days until the first game, but the real fun of the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicked off Friday afternoon. After years of waiting, Canada finally found out its path to the World Cup final and who it will play host to — kind...
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WILD ONE
When he was asked about being in a scoring slump earlier in the day, Jonathan Huberdeau didn't seem to be sweating the fact that he'd gone 14 games without a goal. When you're getting chances and going to the areas of the ice where goals typically...
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Smith opening the door?
This all began late Wednesday afternoon when I double-checked the official record of some jousting in the Alberta legislature between Premier Danielle Smith and NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi. The back-and-forth happened Tuesday and I'd watched it on TV and...
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MUSIC CITY BLUES
Well, about those good vibes … One day, you're the second-last placed team in the NHL. The next, there's nobody below you based on points-percentage and you just got smashed 5-1 by the only team that was worse off when the day began, the Nashville...
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WON’T BACK DOWN
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is vowing to keep up the fight against Ottawa as she admits many of her United Conservative Party members still need to be convinced her recent pipeline pact is indeed a victory. The milestone deal with Ottawa...
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FASHIONABLY LATE
Procrastination was apparently the theme of the day for the Calgary Flames. A few hours before Friday's opening faceoff in Florida, the Flames announced that oh-by-the-way they'd signed four of their top executives — including Craig Conroy and Don...
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IT’S A DEAL!
The agreement reached between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith marks one of the most significant federal concessions to Alberta's energy sector in years. By scrapping key regulations and opening the door to new pipeline...
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NO THANKS
It was over before it began, really. And with the way things started for the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night, it could have ended a lot worse. The scoreline of the Flames' (8-143) 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning (14-7-2) barely scratched the...
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TIS THE SEASON
Larry Swalm with Countryside Christmas Trees shows off some of the current stock at the company's lot in the Southland Canadian Tire parking lot on Tuesday. Some early-bird shoppers are already searching out their ideal tree.
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SEASON'S GREETINGS
Calgarians woke up Monday to a city blanketed in snow — along with snow detours in effect for Calgary Transit and city crews working to clear roads snarled by dozens of crashes. Calgary police reported 186 collisions between midnight and 11:30 a.m. on...
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