Calgary Herald

9/8/2010: FRONT PAGE: POLICE SAY CHARGES NEAR IN SCHOOLYARD SEX INCIDENT

Police say charges are likely to be laid against a 16-yearold boy who met a 12-year-old girl online and engaged in a sexual act with her in front of their friends at a junior high school field in Pineridge over the long weekend. The pair met last week...

9/8/2010: FRONT PAGE: Torture case 911 call bungled

Areview has determined a communications officer didn't ask enough questions when a man called 911 about a man now accused of torturing and confining two people in his Calgary home. But one thing authorities weren't able to say Tuesday was whether...

9/8/2010: FRONT PAGE: Birth of tiger cubs at zoo comes as ‘bittersweet surprise'

Keepers at the Calgary Zoo learned of the surprise pregnancy of a Siberian tiger they'd been hoping to breed after they found one of her cubs dead and another fighting for its life Tuesday. The 10-year-old mother, Katja, showed no outward signs of her...

9/8/2010: FRONT PAGE: Students find refuge from recession in the classroom

Near the end of the economic boom in 2008, about a quarter of Albertans between the ages of 15 and 19 were not attending school, according to Statistics Canada, in many cases drawn away by the availability of well-paying jobs. But as the Herald's Jen...

9/8/2010: NEWS: airborne tribute

Aircraft taking part in the Battle of Britain Memorial flight pass over central London on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Blitz. A service of remembrance was attended by pilots, nurses and firefighters who were in London and...

9/8/2010: NEWS: JetBlue flight attendant may avoid jail sentence

Steven Slater, the former JetBlue flight attendant who allegedly cursed out a passenger on a flight before sliding down the plane emergency exit chute he deployed at Kennedy Airport, could avoid jail time, prosecutors said Tuesday. Slater, 38, whose...

9/8/2010: NEWS: Chicago mayor retirement stuns White House

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced Tuesday he is retiring, in a stunning move that may prompt a White House reshuffle as President Barack Obama's top aide has expressed interest in the post. “It just feels right,” 68-yearold Daley told a news...

9/8/2010: NEWS: Edmonton police chief to resign early

Edmonton's chief of police is leaving his post a year early for family reasons. Chief Mike Boyd told reporters his decision Tuesday at a hastily called news conference at police headquarters attended by police commission chairman Brian Gibson and...

9/8/2010: NEWS: Getting behind wood industry

COMING TODAY: An Alberta cabinet minister and a Calgary MP hold a news conference to announce a plan to make wood manufacturing firms in Alberta more competitive.

9/8/2010: NEWS: Why oil boycott won't hurt Alberta

BLOGS: Another American corporate giant is announcing an oil boycott, but it certainly won't hurt Alberta. Details on the Pipeline blog.

9/8/2010: NEWS: 911 mix-up explained

VIDEO: Calgary police and emergency officials explain how a 911 call related to a torture case was disregarded by the 911 system.

9/8/2010: NEWS: Have your say on education

SURVEY: Take our tally of what you think about the state of education in Alberta and see what the consensus is so far.

9/8/2010: INSIDE POLITICS: Oilpatch should be suspicious the fix is in

When the third-highest-ranking politician in the Obama administration comes to Canada with her energy sidekick, oilsands producers and royalty addicted premiers rush into line for an arm-twisting opportunity. But House of Representatives Speaker Nancy...

9/8/2010: INSIDE POLITICS: Other refugee ships could be headed to Canada, Toews says

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said Tuesday there is a “possibility” that other migrant ships could be destined for Canada. “I don't want to talk too much about an operational issue,” he told reporters. But he added that the arrival last month of...

9/8/2010: INSIDE POLITICS: Another NDP MP to support gun registry

OTTAWA • An upcoming vote on whether to scrap the federal gun registry is coming down to the wire, after a second New Democrat withdrew his support for the bill to ditch the database on Monday. While Sudbury, Ont., MP Glenn Thibeault's switch in sides...

9/8/2010: TOP NEWS: Ignatieff overhauls shadow cabinet

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff overhauled his team of critics for various government portfolios Tuesday and added a deputy leader to his roster to fill in for him as he continues his road trips across Canada this fall. Veteran Liberal MP Ralph...

9/8/2010: TOP NEWS: Girl Scouts sue over cookie cash

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla .• Although Girl Scout troop leaders are supposed to teach good character, five of them in South Florida failed to fork over thousands of dollars earned from cookie sales. Refusing to eat the loss, the Girl Scouts of Southeast...

9/8/2010: TOP NEWS: First Nations woman Vietnam ambassador

SASKATOON • A well-respected, Harvard-educated member of Canada's First Nations, who has worked both to rebuild war-torn Afghanistan and reconcile victims of the residential schools tragedy, has been appointed the country's new ambassador to...

9/8/2010: TOP NEWS: Iraqi shoots two U.S. soldiers over sports match argument

BAGHDAD • Two American soldiers were killed and nine wounded on Tuesday when an Iraqi soldier opened fire after an apparent argument over a sports match they had been playing, U.S. and Iraqi military officials said. The shooting, which resulted in the...

9/8/2010: TOP NEWS: Judge asked to drop charge against terror suspect

BRAMPTON, Ont . • The lawyer for one of the final men convicted in the “Toronto 18” terrorism plot has asked a Superior Court judge to stay one of the charges against his client. Steven Chand, 29, was found guilty in June of participating in the...

9/8/2010: TOP NEWS: Bird deaths from oilsands far greater than estimated: report

Anew study co-authored by a local researcher suggests the number of bird deaths in northern Alberta's oilsands tailings ponds is between seven and 77 times higher than energy industry estimates. While government and industry questioned the numbers,...

9/8/2010: TOP NEWS: Portable mosque hits snag on way to Arctic

Did you hear the one about the little mosque crossing the Prairie? Well, it almost missed the boat. Literally. The prefab place of worship built in Winnipeg and bound for Inuvik, N.W.T., 4,300 kilometres away, is being trucked to Hay River,...

9/8/2010: WORLD: Age of unrest

Demonstrators march in Place de la Bastille in Paris on Tuesday as part of a one-day national action against a government pension reform bill. Strikes broke out in France for 24 hours as unions geared up for a nationwide general stoppage to protest...

9/8/2010: WORLD: 200 Chinese pilots faked resumes to get jobs

More than 200 Chinese airline pilots used faked resumes to get their jobs, according to China's aviation authority. About half of the cheaters flew for Shenzhen Airlines, the parent company of the Henan Airlines plane that crashed Aug. 24, killing 42...

9/8/2010: WORLD: Australian PM Gillard retains power as independent MPs back Labor

CANBERRA • Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard retained power by a tiny, one-seat majority Tuesday after winning the backing of two key independent MPs in the first hung parliament in decades. The country's first woman leader, who came to office...

9/8/2010: THE EDITORIAL PAGE: From nightmare to an American dream

August redeemed itself from shark-jumping hysteria with an original, spontaneous, transcendent event — the accidental intersection of one Antoine Dodson, his sister, her would-be rapist, and some musical magicians who tapped into that uniquely American...

9/8/2010: THE EDITORIAL PAGE: Mid-term elections may point to one-term presidency

Each year around this time members of the American Political Science Association, including several Canadian scholars, gather for a four-day conference. This year it was held in Washington. There were serious discussions of such odd topics as...

9/8/2010: THE EDITORIAL PAGE: We must stop human smuggling and trafficking

On Tuesday, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews drew a distinction between human smuggling and human trafficking. The impression he left was that smuggling is the lesser of the evils. Toews, in announcing an anti-trafficking program modelled after Crime...

9/8/2010: THE EDITORIAL PAGE: Healthy health debate needed

Dr. Lloyd Maybaum's suggestion that wealthy queuejumpers could reduce healthcare waiting times might never fly, but how refreshing to hear a doctor — among the most timid of professions when it comes to advocating for health reform — speak his...

9/8/2010: INBOX: Oh, the irony

Re: Danielle Smith's August 24 column, Province must intervene to save HRC. The bankruptcy and bailout of Health Resource Centre (HRC) gives Albertans a rare peek at how private, forprofit delivery of healthcare services actually works — or, in fact,...

9/8/2010: INBOX: The message beyond Brokeback Mountain

Re: “Clamping down,” Letter, Sept. 6. Contrary to Franco Dottor's assertion that Brokeback Mountain paints cowboys in a less than ideal light, the movie depicted its protagonists at their best — exemplars of the tough, masculine ideal, who were yet...

9/8/2010: INBOX: Great maids

Re: “Maids in Middle East: Little more than slaves,” The Economist, Opinion, Sept. 6. I lived and worked in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as a flight attendant in the flight attendants' compound. There were four flight attendants in each unit with two...

9/8/2010: INBOX: Leave it to God

Re: “Did Hawking kill God?” Graham Farmelo, Opinion, Sept. 5. Those of us who believe in God would find it difficult to understand that a mortal human could kill God. Stephen Hawking may not believe in God now, but all the theories of fundamental...

9/8/2010: INBOX: Reread Jackson

Re: “Iran woman's stoning soon, son fears,” Sept. 7. The case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman under threat of death by stoning for alleged adultery, is thankfully giving Iranian officials a massive PR headache, exposing the Islamic...

9/8/2010: INBOX: Hot air aplenty

Re: “Stelmach to Pelosi: Shall we dance?” Graham Thomson, Opinion, Sept. 7. If Nancy Pelosi holds this G8 Speakers meeting indoors, the CO2 level will be at least double the current level of CO2 in the atmosphere. This CO2 pollution to which Pelosi is...

9/8/2010: INBOX: Turn volume down

Re: “This is what your tunnel vision has led to, Bob,” Craig Burrows, Opinion, Sept. 7, and “Airport tunnel would be a costly mistake,” Bob Hawkesworth, and “I vow to make city more accessible,” Kent Hehr, Opinions, Sept. 5. While I appreciate that...

9/8/2010: INBOX: Running a fever

Re: “Catching U.S.'s cold,” Kris Kotarski, Opinion, Sept. 6. Most of Kris Kotarski's column on the American economy was correct and well-reasoned. But if I may, it seems that a measure of stereotypical Canadian understatement, or courtesy, also might...

9/8/2010: INBOX: Too big

Re: “Black carts to join blue bins,” Sept. 7. Kudos to council for introducing a waste disposal bin. However, the bins are too large. This is the age of recycle, reuse, reduce — and they will provide bins that hold four standard bags. We are a family...

9/8/2010: INBOX: VOXPOP

Here's how 851 readers responded to: Have you decided on your choice for mayor?

9/8/2010: INBOX: Use the money

Why doesn't the Calgary Airport Authority pay for the tunnel? What is this tunnel if not an airport improvement? For years now, the Calgary Airport Authority has been charging $22 per passenger as the so-called “airport improvement fee.” This...

9/8/2010: INBOX: Tomorrow:

A recent poll showing federal Liberals even with Conservatives is deceiving, writes Lorne Gunter. It's not that Grit leader Michael Ignatieff has caught up but that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has lost ground.

9/8/2010: INBOX: Today's Question:

Now that Calgary will have blue bins and black bins, should green bins for organics be next? To vote go to calgaryherald.com/opinion

9/8/2010: CITY & REGION: Mayoral race picks up speed

There was no puff of smoke, but the day after Labour Day felt like a starter pistol had gone off to mark the beginning of serious campaigning in the race to become mayor. “We should start to have things fired up,” said Mount Royal University political...

9/8/2010: CITY & REGION: Killer's apology rings hollow to victim's mom

Before he was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years, killer Travis Jordan Brunet offered an apology. “I'm sorry for what happened,” he said to his mother, and also to the victim's mother. “I realized I had a tough...

9/8/2010: CITY & REGION: CBE managing Bill 44 questions

EDUCATION • The Calgary Board of Education is keeping a tight leash on parents asking questions about Bill 44, by directing them to the chief superintendent of schools. The bill gives parents the option of removing children from controversial...

9/8/2010: CITY & REGION: Five-year-old boy dies at water park

LETHBRIDGE • Police are investigating the death of a five-year-old boy at a water park in Lethbridge. The boy died Monday while visiting the water park at the Ramada Inn with family members. Police said a lifeguard found the boy unconscious at about...

9/8/2010: CITY & REGION: Three hunters sentenced for illegal outfitting

Three Albertans have been sentenced in two separate cases involving charges for illegally offering outfitted hunting services in the province. In the first case, Donald Wilson was sentenced to eight months in jail, 50 hours of community service and...

9/8/2010: CITY & REGION: Partier hospitalized after machete attack

RED DEER • A man is in hospital after he survived a machete attack at a Red Deer house party early Saturday morning, say police. At around 4:10 a.m., an RCMP officer was flagged down by a group of people who said a man had been assaulted with...

9/8/2010: CITY & REGION: Goodall to speak at Jubilee Oct. 24

LECTURE • World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall is returning to Calgary. She will deliver a public lecture at the Jubilee Auditorium on Oct. 24. Her presentation, 50 Years of Chimps and Change, is a reflection on her life's work and the changes...

9/8/2010: CITY & REGION: Trash carts called too big

The city has missed an opportunity to reward household waste reduction by rolling out black carts large enough for four garbage bags, says a local recycling group. Identical in size to the blue recycling bins already in Calgary households, the...

9/8/2010: CITY & REGION: Shots fired in failed robbery

CRIME • Police are searching for a man who broke into a shop and fired two gunshots. The culprit — who had a handkerchief covering his face — entered Carrie's VIP Body Care, 2016 25th Ave. N.E., at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday and demanded money. He fired two...

9/8/2010: CITY & REGION: Students get early start on building their careers

Anew program is offering Calgary high school students a chance to jump on the career fast-track. The Calgary Board of Education's Career and Technology Centre opened Tuesday with its first class. The centre gives students career training — everything...

9/8/2010: CITY & REGION: Labour Day weekend ticket haul nearly 4,000

ENFORCEMENT • Nearly 4,000 tickets were handed out to Alberta motorists during the Labour Day long weekend. Between Friday and Monday, RCMP and Alberta traffic sheriffs laid 64 charges for impaired driving, along with 19 24-hour suspensions. There...

9/8/2010: SPORTS: SIFTING THROUGH THE RUBBLE

Any carnage from the total destruction of the Edmonton Eskimos on Labour Day had been washed away or hidden from sight at McMahon Stadium. By Tuesday, there were no definitive signs of the brutality inflicted upon the northerners for a second game in...

9/8/2010: SPORTS: Pathetic Eskimos desperate to make changes from top to bottom

After another pathetic showing in Calgary, it is obvious the Eskimos need a heart transplant as much as they do a new GM. The former can't wait another day and is being addressed with roster changes, while the timing of the latter is being influenced...

9/8/2010: SPORTS: Skeleton champ takes fresh shot at Canada

Britain's only gold medallist at the Vancouver Olympics claims Canada “lost a bit of respect” internationally during the 2010 Games by unfairly exploiting its home-field advantage in pre-competition training. Women's skeleton champion Amy Williams —...

9/8/2010: SPORTS: Leafs ‘definitely a playoff team,' captain vows

Leadership comes in many forms. George Armstrong led by example. Wendel Clark led with his shoulders and fists. Mats Sundin led on the scoreboard. Dion Phaneuf, who was named captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs during the summer, is apparently going to...

9/8/2010: SPORTS: Tiger denies Ryder Cup boredom

Zach Johnson was thrilled and excited beyond belief, Stewart Cink said he was pumped up to play, Rickie Fowler called his Ryder Cup selection awesome and said he had found it tough to sleep, and Tiger Woods droned on like a man announcing that the 6:22...

9/8/2010: SPORTS: Vipers drop playoff opener

Chico leads the bestof-five Golden Baseball League North Division series 1-O It was the perfect defensive duel for playoff baseball. Unfortunately for the Calgary Vipers, they could only keep their cool until the bottom of the eighth inning. There,...

9/8/2010: SPORTS: Dino QB avoids scalpel

Two-time Hec Crighton Award winner Erik Glavic had one thought this season: Go out with a bang. Playing his final year of Canada West football, and admittedly his last year on the competitive contact grid, the all-star quarterback with the Calgary...

9/8/2010: SPORTS: Cowboy pitches for Vegas

Dusty LaValley met an old friend in the rodeo arena on the Labour Day holiday. His name was Muffled Cries, an eight-year-old bay gelding from the Calgary Stampede's bucking horse outfit, and he may have paid for a ticket to the world championships at...

9/8/2010: SPORTS: Venus , Clijsters, Nadal reach U.S. Open semis

Venus Williams kept the American flag fluttering at the U.S. Open on Tuesday when she beat French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 7-6, 6-4 to become the first player through to the semifinals. Later Tuesday, defending women's champion Kim Clijsters...

9/8/2010: SCOREBOARD: AJHL holding outdoor game

AJHL • First it was the Spokane Chiefs stealing the thunder from Western Hockey League rival Calgary Hitmen as hosts of the first junior hockey game to be played outdoors in North America. Now it's the Alberta Junior Hockey League one-upping the...

9/8/2010: SCOREBOARD: Canada back on track in Cup quest

Soccer • The large banner draped in front of a small but boisterous contingent of Canada supporters at the northeast end of Montreal's Saputo Stadium read: “Mission 2014.” It referred to the next World Cup in Brazil and is clearly what Canada's...

9/8/2010: SCOREBOARD: Briefly

MLB • Vernon Wells went 3-for-3 with a pair of solo homers and Adam Lind clubbed a two-run shot, as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the American League West-leading Texas Rangers, 8-5, in the second of a four-game set Tuesday at Rogers Centre. hockey •...

9/8/2010: SCOREBOARD: Flames ticket details unveiled

NHL • Tickets for Calgary Flames regular-season home games will be on sale for a limited time starting Friday through Sunday at midnight at www.ticketmaster.ca or www.calgaryflames.com or by phone at 403-777-0000, the team announced Tuesday. After...

9/8/2010: SCOREBOARD: Bush expected to lose Heisman

football • Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush is expected to be stripped of his 2005 award by the end of the month, according to a Yahoo! Sports report. The former Southern Cal running back would become the first player in the 75-year history of the...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Airlines' loads remain flat as capacity grows

After months of increases, neither of Canada's two major airlines saw fuller planes in August, with WestJet seeing a drop of more than two percentage points from the year before. The seats AirCanada filled on its August flights, including those on...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Google plans to spin web onto television

INTERNET • Google Inc. will launch its service to bring the web to TV screens in the United States this autumn and worldwide next year, its chief executive said, as it extends its reach from the desktop to the living room. CEO Eric Schmidt said the...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Software firm sells assets to RIM

WIRELESS • Research In Motion Ltd. has purchased part of software maker DataViz Inc., a Milford, Conn.-based company behind a smartphone application called Documents To Go. In a statement, RIM said it had “acquired some of the assets of DataViz and...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Modular walls win innovation award

Yesterday morning, John Read visited the DIRTT Environmental Solutions plant to announce that this year's winner of an innovation award is Geoff Gosling, the designer of its Modular Wall Systems. A partner of the company who leads its product...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: STRIKE WHILE IT'S HOT

Commuters queue for water taxis against a backdrop of Britain's Houses of Parliament in central London, on Tuesday, as workers on London's Underground train system started a 24-hour strike over staffing cuts.

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Casey's receives rival bid, challenges Couche's offer

Casey's General Stores Inc. said Tuesday it has received a preliminary proposal from a “strategic third party” for a friendly deal worth $40 US a share, topping Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.' s latest hostile bid made last week. While Casey's...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Chief Canadian bank lobbyist to retire in 2011

The chief lobbyist for Canada's banks, Nancy Hughes Anthony, announced plans on Tuesday to step down as chief executive of the Canadian Bankers Association in the spring of 2011, pending a successor being in place. Hughes Anthony is a familiar face in...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Bank of Nova Scotia shuffles management

Bank of Nova Scotia said Tuesday it has shuffled its management deck, creating four new business lines and making a series of executive appointments in a bid to position itself for global growth. Rich Waugh, CEO with Scotiabank, said the bank will...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: HP sues to stop ex-CEO from joining Oracle

Hewlett-PackardCo. sued Mark Hurd on Tuesday, the day after the tech giant's former CEO joined Oracle Corp. as president. In a lawsuit filed in California Superior Court in Santa Clara County, HP accuses Hurd of violating the company's trade secrets...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Venture capitalists face challenge

TORONTO • Venture capitalists in Canada are losing ground to emerging nations, according to a report by Deloitte and Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. Two-thirds of industry insiders surveyed said they expect the local industry to...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Innovative tower finds tenants for office space

It was a tough two-year haul in a downtown commercial real estate market that was seeing a cooling in office space demand. But the unique and new Le Germain 10-storey office tower, right across the street from the Calgary Tower, has secured six...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Bank of America hires CIBC exec

banking • Bank of America Corp. hired Tim Watson from CIBC to oversee Canadian energy and power investment banking. Watson is a managing director based in Calgary, Bank of America said in a statement Tuesday. Watson has more than 20 years of...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: New rules eyed for heavy traders

regulation • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Mary Schapiro said her agency may impose new rules on highfrequency traders after lawmakers and investors questioned whether market participants who execute thousands of transactions in...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Loonie sinks on global concerns

currency • The Canadian dollar fell for the first time in three sessions on Tuesday as investors fretted over the health of the European banking system, sending oil prices lower and the U.S. dollar to its biggest gains in more than three weeks. The...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Eldorado gives up bid for Andean

takeover • Eldorado Gold said on Tuesday it would abandon its proposal to acquire Argentina-focused Andean Resources in light of Goldcorp's higher offer worth $3.6 billion US. Goldcorp and Eldorado were both vying for Andean's 100 per cent owned Cerro...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Canadian gasoline prices edge down

prices • Canadian gas prices have dropped by two cents on average. Energy consultancy MJ Ervin and Associates' weekly gas-price survey put the national average price for regular gas at $1.013 a litre. Montreal saw the biggest weekly decline among the...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: BP to release report on Gulf oil spill today

BP PLC will publish an eagerly awaited report on the causes of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill today, the company announced Tuesday. The probe by the oil giant's head of safety and operations, Mark Bly, is viewed as key to how BP defends itself against...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Offshore training falls short: audit

The company that has been exploring for oil at record depths off Canada's Atlantic coast did not keep its promises to train workers to respond to an offshore oil spill, according to audit records obtained exclusively by Postmedia News. Last month,...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Oilsands Quest names new CEO

EXECUTIVE • Veteran oilman Brian MacNeill has been activated from the board of directors of Oil sands Quest to acting chief executive, replacing Murray Wilson, the company announced Tuesday. MacNeill has been given the chore of directing operations...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Refinery blast boosts oil prices

U.S. crude oil pared losses and Brent crude turned positive after a deadly explosion ripped through a Mexican oil refinery, raising concerns that Mexico, a top U.S. crude supplier, would have to import more fuel. U.S. product futures surged after news...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Savanna pulls out of Mexico field

DRILLING • Calgary-based Savanna Energy Services will pull its remaining two drilling rigs in the Chicontepec oilfield out of Mexico, it announced Tuesday. The company had moved four rigs there to work for U.S. giant services provider Halliburton on...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Court asked to rule ban illegal

COURTS • Opponents of a federal ban on deepwater oil drilling asked a judge Tuesday to rule that a new moratorium is illegal, according to court papers. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans on June 22 threw out the six-month ban imposed...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Shale well link eyed in gassy water

GAS • Methane gas detected in the Susquehanna River and at six private water wells probably came from Marcellus Shale wells drilled by Chesapeake Energy Corp., Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection said. Chesapeake was issued a notice...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Potash Corp. CEO courts other potential buyers

BHP Billiton Ltd. will not be the only company bidding to acquire Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., the fertilizer company's president and CEO said Tuesday. A number of companies have contacted the potash firm, and Potash Corp. has also approached...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Oil traders gaining confidence in U.S. economic recovery

market • Oil traders are showing increasing confidence that U.S. economic growth will rebound next year as they take advantage of the widening gap between current prices of crude and contracts for delivery six months from now. The price advantage, or...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Record gold price betrays investors' fear

Gold closed at a record high Tuesday, surpassing its previous peak reached in June, as fears of new financial-system trouble in Europe triggered another flight to what investors perceive to be safe. October gold futures in New York rose $8.10 to end...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: China tops clean energy project list

China overtook of the U.S. to lead a quarterly index of the most attractive countries for renewable energy projects for the first time, according to the global accounting firm Ernst & Young, which compiles the list. China, which shared the lead with...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Layoffs hurt those who keep their jobs: study

It's a given that a recession, such as the one that recently passed, hurts companies' bottom lines and the employees who are laid off. But a study released Tuesday shows it can also have an adverse effect on the workers who keep their jobs as they are...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Brick Brewing settles with founder

legal battle • Brick Brewing Co. said late Tuesday that it had settled its legal battle with founder Jim Brickman. The company said the two sides have agreed to keep the terms of the settlement confidential. Last summer, the Waterloo, Ont.based...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: CF Industries CFO leaving company this month

retirement • CF Industries Holdings Inc. said on Tuesday its chief financial officer will leave the company later this month as the fertilizer producer integrates a $4.6-billion acquisition of rival Terra Industries. CF said Anthony Nocchiero will...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Finding the right market strategy

Nearing the end of a decade of lacklustre stock performance and volatile markets, investors are rightly worried for their fortunes and their futures. For the record, the S&P/TSX Total Return Index returned 3.5% per year compounded annually in the 10...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Finding your way around the pension maze is tricky

As Baby Boomers head for the crowded retirement exits, there may not be room for them all. The dominant zeitgeist among that crowd will be pension envy — of the lucky few who stuck with a single employer through most of their working career and now...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: TSX DOWN FOR FIRST TIME IN NINE DAYS

Canadian stock market participants jumped off the bandwagon Tuesday, with the Toronto Stock Exchange's main index falling for the first time in nine business days as some headwinds emerged. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 42.94 points, or...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: Forzani reports narrow loss as sales rise

Astronger economy combined with strategic initiatives helped Calgary-based Forzani Group Ltd., Canada's largest retailer of sporting goods, to substantially cut its second quarter loss. In reporting its fiscal 2011 results for the 13-week second...

9/8/2010: CALGARY BUSINESS: FDA warns drink makers about green tea labels

CHICAGO • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned beverage makers and about making improper statements regarding green tea on product labels and websites. In a letter dated Aug. 30 and released on Tuesday, the regulator said Dr Pepper's...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: dead live

Something wicked this way comes. Slow. Tireless. Merciless. Relentless. And hungry. Oh so very hungry. These days, consider yourself lucky if you're faced with a simple “night” of the living dead. The dead don't ever seem to rest; zombies seem to be...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Canuck top pick for Man Booker Prize

For the first time since 2003, a Canadian author has been named to the Man Booker Prize shortlist. Emma Donoghue, an Irish-Canadian writer who calls London, Ont., home, has been shortlisted for her novel Room, about a young mother and her fiveyear-old...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Director behind swinging '60s dies at 84

OBIT • Clive Donner, the British film director whose movies helped set the tone for the swinging '60s, died Tuesday at the age of 84, his family said. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease and died in London. Donner's career began at...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Stone Temple Pilots bound for Calgary

CONCERT • Touring in support of its self-titled album, the band's first new release in nearly a decade, a reformed Stone Temple Pilots are coming to Calgary for a Nov. 6 date at the Stampede Corral. The Grammy Award-winning grunge-era arena rockers...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Poehler to host SNL premiere

TV • Comic actress Amy Poehler returns later this month to the set of Saturday Night Live, this time as guest host for the launch of the show's 36th season on NBC. NBC's Parks and Recreation star and former SNL regular takes over hosting duties Sept....

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Nickle museum set to close as move nears

ARTS • The Nickle Arts Museum, known for its collections of coins, rugs, and contemporary and modern art, closes to the public on Sept. 17 in preparation for its move in September 2011 to the University of Calgary's Taylor Family Digital Library. The...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: REAL LIFE

Planning tips for easy meals

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: TRAVEL

Top locations for solo trips

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Halo extends reach

In the opening shot of the new video game Halo Reach, a helmet with a shattered visor lies alone on the surface of a barren alien planet. It's a solemn vision signifying that unlike the previous five Halo games, this isn't a story of victory and...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Dead Rising sequel poised to be a killer game

School is upon us, and so are a slew of new products: Metroid and the other M, PlayStation Move. It won't be long until the full complement of holiday games are on their way. In the meantime, I've kept myself busy with downloadable add-ons and...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: ONLINE VIDEOS

VIRALVIDEOCHART.COM 1. NSFW. A hunter shoots a bear! 2. Justin Bieber — Baby ft. Ludacris 3. Dancing Merengue Dog 4. Teenage Dream (with me) 5. Posicionamento do Pr. Paschoal Piragine Jr sobre as eleicoes 2010. 6. Eminem — Love The Way You Lie ft....

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: GAMING

1. Mafia II (PlayStation 3) 2. Mafia II (Xbox 360) 3. Metroid: Other M (Nintendo Wii) 4. Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360) 5. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Wii) 6. Madden NFL 11 (Xbox 360) 7. Madden NFL 11 (PlayStation 3) 8. Kane & Lynch: Dog Days (Xbox...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Lovitz stands up to laughter

If you watched Saturday Night Live at any time throughout the late '80s you know just who Jon Lovitz is, and it's hard to picture the guy without cracking a smile, or, maybe even breaking into a full on giggle. The randy dandy in Tales of Ribaldry....

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Gaslight Anthem sling the Slang

“You're in Jersey, pal. You got off on the wrong side of the river,” Gaslight Anthem drummer Benny Horowitz is telling a poor tourist when we reach him on his last day off before taking his band on the road. The Gaslight Anthem, who released their...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Maggie Q brings fresh look to new Nikita

Nikita is not your father's Nikita, Hawaii-born, Hong Kong-trained action star Maggie Q insists. This new version, which is being filmed in Toronto and debuts Thursday, has little in common with Luc Besson's 1990 action opus, Nikita, or the 1993...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Kennedy Center to fete Winfrey, McCartney

Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey and former Beatle Paul McCartney top the list of show business luminaries to be saluted for their contributions to U.S. arts and culture at this year's Kennedy Center Honors. Rounding out the roster of 2010's honorees...

9/8/2010: TRAVEL: Not your average flight search engine

WEB BUZZ • Is there room for another search engine for flights? If Hipmunk.com can truly save us time, then absolutely. What's hot: Search results are displayed in a radically different format that uses charts and colours to draw users into...

9/8/2010: TRAVEL: Photos get home before you do

GEAR • The Eye-Fi Pro X2 is an eight-gigabyte memory card for your camera that creates a Wi-Fi network between your camera and home broadband network. How it works: Plug the card reader and memory card into a USB slot in your home computer. This walks...

9/8/2010: REAL LIFE: Ham and Cheese Breakfast Muffins

2 cups (500 mL) whole wheat flour 1 cup (250 mL) flour 1 tbsp (15 mL) baking powder 1/2 tsp (2 mL) baking soda 1/2 tsp (2 mL) freshly ground pepper 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt 1/4 tsp (1 mL) dry mustard 1/8 tsp (.5 mL) cayenne pepper 11/ cups (325 mL) plain 3...

9/8/2010: REAL LIFE: Sample Monday from Joanne Lalonde Hayes's cookbook More Time Moms Family Meals

In a saucepan, combine 4 cups (1 L) milk, 2 tbsp (25 mL) brown sugar, 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla and 1/2 tsp (2 mL) cinnamon. Bring to a boil. Stir in 2 cups (500 mL) rolled oats. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in 4 tbsp (60 mL) wheat germ....

9/8/2010: REAL LIFE: Dinner: Tomato Feta Penne with Caesar Salad and Garlic Toast

Prepare the caesar salad dressing on page 136 and set aside. Prepare the penne recipe. In a large salad bowl, tear 1 head of romaine lettuce and toss with the dressing. Prepare the garlic toast recipe on page 135. Serve the pasta while hot. 1¼ lbs....

9/8/2010: REAL LIFE: School daze . . . morning craze

This is my first year as the mom of a school-aged child, and the morning pressure is on. I have to instil good morning eating habits, pack a healthy nut-free snack, and make sure lunch is arranged. Thankfully, I think we have a good framework for her...

9/8/2010: REAL LIFE: Lunch: Chicken Salad Sandwiches, Fruit and Milk

Dice cooked chicken left over from Sunday, 4 green onions, 1 celery stalk and 1 cored apple. Place in a bowl with 1/2 cup (125 mL) of walnuts. Combine 1/4 cup (50 mL) light mayonnaise, 1 tsp (5 mL) tarragon, salt and pepper in a bowl. Toss the chicken...

9/8/2010: REAL LIFE: CONTEST

More Time Moms (moretimemoms.com) also makes wall and fridge family organizer calendars, with appointment and reminder stickers. We have two calendars to give away. Want to win? E-mail reallifecontests@theherald.canwest.com or mail your entry to us...

9/8/2010: FRESH SOLUTIONS: Savoury Pita Pockets

2 pita breads, cut in half 2 tbsp (25 mL) lower-fat mayonnaise 2 tbsp (25 mL) grated low-fat cheddar cheese 1/4 cup (50 mL) chopped red pepper 1/4 cup (50 mL) chopped lettuce 1/4 cup (50 mL) chopped tomato 1/4 cup (50 mL) chopped carrots, broccoli or...

9/8/2010: FRESH SOLUTIONS: Veggie Melt

2 English muffins 2 tbsp (25 mL) lower-fat mayonnaise 1/4 cup (50 mL) corn kernels, fresh or canned 1/4 cup (50 mL) chopped cucumber 1/4 cup (50 mL) chopped tomato 2 tbsp (25 mL) chopped green onion (optional) 2 slices low-fat Swiss or cheddar cheese...

9/8/2010: FRESH SOLUTIONS: Chuck's sandwich tips

Toast for success. When using sliced bread, consider toasting it lightly to keep sogginess at bay. It also adds a great, crunchy texture to your sandwich. Layer strategically. Layer wet ingredients, such as tomatoes and sandwich spreads, between the...

9/8/2010: FRESH SOLUTIONS: Spicy Chipotle Haddock on a Bun

1/4 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, chopped 1/4 cup (50 mL) lower-fat mayonnaise 4 whole wheat buns 4 slices low-fat cheddar cheese 4 6-oz. haddock fillets, baked 4 large leaves romaine lettuce Mix together the chipotle pepper and mayo and spread 1...

9/8/2010: FRESH SOLUTIONS: Turkey Caesar Sammie

2 cups (500 mL) chopped skinless leftover turkey (white meat) 1/4 cup (50 mL) Hellmann's Light or other lower-fat mayonnaise 1 /2 tsp (2 mL) lemon juice 2 tsp (10 mL) grated Parmesan cheese 2 English muffins or whole-wheat buns 2 leaves romaine lettuce...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: All signs

We have the all-clear today to shop and make important decisions. The new moon in Virgo occurs at 4:30 a.m. today. Aries (March 21 — April 19) Today is the best day all year to think how you can improve your health. Do you cut back on something that...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: Hellcats is mindless fun

“Lancer is a top tier university. I couldn't afford it if I weren't on scholarship. And like all the big schools in the deep south it's powered by sports money. At Lancer, football is god. And where there's football, can cheerleaders be far behind?”...

9/8/2010: ENTERTAINMENT: If your birthday is today

Olympic athlete Alexandre Bilodeau (1987) shares your birthday. You are a puzzle to some people. You can appear easygoing and casual to the public, but privately, you are super focused and determined! This ability to role-play means many of you are...

9/8/2010: DRIVING: Hail of a sale on now at GSL Chev City

During a hailstorm that hit Calgary this past July, more than 700 new and used vehicles at GSL Chev City were left with minor damage. Thanks to available GM credits of up to $12,000, combined with year-end pricing and attractive financing, GSL has...

9/8/2010: DRIVING: 2010 CHEVROLET MALIBU LT

GSL is offering customers the chance to buy a 2010 Chevrolet Malibu LT Platinum Edition for as low as $21,588, after a combination of GM's lowest prices of the year and GSL's hail discount. That's almost $8,500 less than the original price. Low...

9/8/2010: DRIVING: Shift points

Sparked by concerns over the BP oil spill, U.S. lawmakers have written a new bill that would give up to $10 billion to spur sales of electric vehicles. Dubbed the Electric Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010, the bill would set up between five and 15...

9/8/2010: DRIVING: How an internal-combustion engine creates motion from fuel

The typical car or truck motor is referred to as a four-stroke engine. That's because every upward and every downward movement of the pistons has a specific function. It takes four of these “strokes” and two complete revolutions of the crankshaft for...