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5/22/2013
Gas prices have surged again after the 10 cent a liter long-weekend leap last week. According to the website, gasbuddy-dot-com, prices at several stations have jumped 6 cents to 131.9 a liter for regular, although one full-service station has bumped its prices to 134.9. The lowest price stations are still selling gasoline for 121.9 or 122.9 a liter.
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5/22/2013
Move over wildfire concerns and make room for possible floods.Provincial officials are now keeping their eyes on water levels in southern Alberta as some regions are expected to get drenched with about 50mm of rain between now and Saturday.Rene Hackney, with Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, says if that happens there could be flooding in Bragg Creek, High River, Black Diamond, Okotoks, Banff, Canmore, and Sundre.She says no advisories have been issued yet, but that could change as the rain keeps falling.Environment Canada says Calgary could get about 50mm of rain by Saturday, while areas southwest of the city could get 100.
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5/22/2013
The public was given a chance to provide input on four preliminary concept drawings for the future of Anderson Station. The city doesn't need all the parking at the 20 acre Anderson Station anymore since it is not the end of the C-Train line anymore. So it is looking at redeveloping a lot of the land and provided a few different options at an open house on Wednesday.Paul Edney says he didn't have a clear favourite of the four concepts but redevelopment can't come soon enough for him."I just think that Anderson right now in itself is a bit of a dump, to be honest with you, it's in disrepair, windows are missing and i think this would help to improve things."The final design is expected to go to council next year and optimistically, shovels could be in the ground in 2015 or the following year.
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5/22/2013
Liam remains the top name for baby boys in Alberta for the third year in a row. For girls, Emma has jumped from third spot to first. The province has released the list of most popular and unique names. Liam is followed by Ethan and Jacob, Emma is followed by Olivia and Emily. Unique names include Dancing Sunflower, Rhaney-Day, Shy-Angel for girls. While, Thunderbolt, Icarus, and Horizon make the list for boys.
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5/22/2013
A hostage taking at the Edmonton courthouse is over.Police tactical officers responded to the downtown building shortly before noon Wednesday.Officials say reports indicated hostages were being held in the courthouse holding cells.Within two hours, however, police reported that the matter had ``successfully concluded.''Police would not confirm who was involved.
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5/22/2013
Alberta's justice department is renewing its support for an anti-gang program in Calgary.The Youth At Risk Development Program, or YARD, proactively deals with youth between the ages of 10 to 17, who are demonstrating gang-related behaviours.Police Chief Rick Hanson says it's a great way to keep kids away from criminal activity.Alberta Justice cut a cheque Wednesday for $330,000 to go toward the YARD program, which has teams consisting of a police officer and a social worker, working closely with "at risk" youth, their families, schools and community agencies.
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5/22/2013
A city committee has given the green light to a year-long pilot project aimed at increasing school zone and playground zone awareness. But one alderman thinks it's time to wipe the slate clean. Part of the problem now is you have year-round schools and private schools that don't operate on the same old September-June schedule.Add in schools with staggered start and end times and count Alderman Gord Lowe as one of those who isn't really sure when a school zone is in effect.The question becomes: should playground zones and school zones be one and the same?Lowe does like some of the awareness pilot project ideas, which include more and bigger signs and neighborhood speed watch programs.But he thinks they need to start with a "fresh sheet of paper" in dealing with the confusion, which could start with talking to the province about harmonizing the two zones, which he refers to as "areas".The pilot project will not include rumble strips because of noise complaints from nearby residents.
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5/22/2013
The city's transporation committee has passed a recommendation to lower parking rates in under utilized parking spaces downtown. The Calgary Parking Authority's goal is to get a few more people parking in the fringe areas like the downtown's west end and the East Village. GM Troy McLeod tells the Morning News on News Talk 770 they want to base it more on occupancy and less on a set-in-stone rate. He says. "That's where we want to head as far as the availability of space so that people can always find a spot and then structure the price around that. So there would be discounted prices where parking is available and where there's parking that's highly busy then we'd have a different price structure. For a typical spot in the downtown that costs $5/hr, the price will drop to $4.50/hr in July, then will go up or down $0.25/hr, depending on the demand. Officials say they are also looking into having the pricing depend on the time of day, so more busy times will see higher prices. But that worries some like Calgary Downtown Association executive director Maggie Schofield, who says restaurants will see a negative impact because people are already going elsewhere ...
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5/22/2013
The U of C Schulich School of Engineering has opened a traffic lab that will use real time data from sensors on the Deerfoot to help map out solutions to increase road safey and ease congestion. The Alberta Motor Association is sold on the idea, providing $750 thousand for the initiative.The new traffic lab is taking data it is getting from 15 sensors along an 8 kilometer section of the Deerfoot and will test possible solutions with a simulator. Don Szarko, with the AMA, says we have a car culture in Alberta and the key to addressing congestion is innovation. "Every time we make an enhancement and it provides new information, it just increases the appetite for more data. We like data and we process a lot of data and we like to make choices."The new lab will look at the effectiveness of ramp metering, that is limiting the number of cars entering freeways from ramps. Solutions can even have information transmitted directly to your vehicle about what is the best route to take to avoid congestion.
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5/22/2013
In anticipation of heavy rain in Calgary over the next few days, the city is banning recreational use of Glenmore Reservoir. The water level in the reservoir is being dropped to accomodate the rain which will create heavy flow from the Elbow River.In the interest of safety, the public is being asked to stay off the reservoir until further notice.
Heavy rain is expected today through Saturday in most of southern Alberta. A rainfall warning is in effect in the Pincher Creek, Crowsnest Pass areas were up to 100 mm's of rain is expected.
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