Calgary to host 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games

Calgary/IBNS: Calgary has been selected to host the 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games, Mayor Jyoti Gondek said in a release.

Canada's Calgary students develop new way to run all-terrain vehicles on renewable energy

Calgary/IBNS: Conversion of all-terrain vehicles to solar power has reportedly been figured out by some engineering students in Calgary, who hoped it will benefit indigenous and remote communities in Canada’s North.

Canada: Alberta orders universities to pause partnerships with China

Calgary: The Alberta government has ordered four universities in the region to suspend new or renewed partnerships that could be linked to China and its governing party, giving a jolt to Beijing, media reports said.

Canada: Alberta plans to send COVID-19 teams to hard-hit areas in Edmonton, Calgary

Alberta/IBNS: Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said that its government is planning to send COVID-19 teams into the 11 hardest-hit neighbourhoods in Edmonton and Calgary to offer masks, hand sanitizer and to provide free hotel rooms to allow people in those areas to self-isolate if necessary.

Canada PM Trudeau meets Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi

Ottawa, Nov 23 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and the two had a discussion over the city.

Canada: Body recovered from inside the wall in Calgary shopping mall

Calgary, May 1 (IBNS): A body has been found inside the wall of a shopping mall washroom in Calgary, media reports said.

Toronto firm to undertake Hyperloops project to connect Calgary with Edmonton

Calgary, Apr 01 (IBNS): A Toronto based new technology firm is likely to take up a project of Hyperloops, which is a proposed mode of passenger and freight transportation that would propel a pod-like vehicle through a reduced-pressure tube, to connect Calgary with Edmonton, said media reports.

Alberta dog reunites with family after car crash

Calgary Jan 23 (IBNS Canada): A border collie dog separated from her family following a car crash had been reunited after three weeks, reports Calgary Metro.

Canadian city mulling introduction of driver-less shuttle services

Calgary, Dec 1 (IBNS): The Canadian city of Calgary has been trying to introduce a driver-less shuttle that would operate between Zoo LRT Station and Telus Spark Science Museum, according to media reports. The driver-less shuttle operation is expected to begin in 2018, media reported.

Economic downturn leads to capital savings for Canadian city of Calgary

Calgary, Nov 23 (IBNS): Economic downturn in Calgary, Canada, led to a formation of a new pool of dollar capital, said Mayor Naheed Nenshi during his budget deliberations, according to media reports.

Calgary campaigns for road safety

Calgary, Nov 13 (IBNS): As the nights in winter are getting longer and days shorter in this part of the world (as daylight is available only for eight hours or even less for the day) the City of Calgary appealed to the Calgarians to think about their own safety while on road during this time of the year.

Economic growth to slow down post downturn in Calgary: Experts

Calgary, Nov 10 (IBNS): Speculation had been rife in the business circle in Calgary that the worst part of economic downturn would be over soon, although economic growth and employment opportunity in 2017 would be slower than expected in the region.

Macleod Trail shooting kills one

Calgary, Sept 26 (IBNS): One man died following a shooting on Sunday night in Calgary.

Calgary nightclub shooting: Canadian football player Mylan Hicks dead

Calgary Sept 26 (IBNS): A Calgary football player, 23-year-old Mylan Hicks, died in a nightclub shooting in Calgary’s southeast Marquee Beer Market at 4630 Macleod Trail at 2:30 am this morning.

Head-on collision of SUVs in Calgary, 2 injured badly

Calgary, Sept 23 (IBNS): At least two people were injured badly and taken to the hospital as two SUVs collided head-on in the southwest Calgary neighbourhood of Wodlands.