100 block of Erin Circle SE, site of Tuesday's home invasion

Calgary police are looking for two men who invaded a home in the 100 block of Erin Park Circle S.E. Tuesday night around 9:30 and robbed an elderly couple.  The men, armed with guns, confronted the 69-year old woman in her backyard and forced her into the house.  Continue Reading

Owner and dogs on new river-side concrete ramp in Southland off-leash park

The City of Calgary parks department held an open house Tuesday night at the Southland off-leash park to update southeast residents on the $1.8 million upgrade that began last year.  Improvements included fenced on-leash pathways for pedestrians and cyclists, a concrete ramp for easy to access to the river’s edge, and greater protection for riparian zones within the park. Continue Reading

Parking lot of church on MacDonald Avenue SE where a man was attacked Saturday night

 Calgary police are looking for a group that assaulted a man outside a southeast church late Saturday evening.  Just before midnight a church employee was standing in the building’s parking lot in the 800 block of MacDonald Avenue S.E. when he was approached by three males and a female, who came from the Elbow River pathway, located east of the church parking lot. Continue Reading

Markham Hislop

In a former life, while working on my graduate degree, I helped the Saskatchewan government assess the historical value of townhall-opera houses across the province.  The year before I had worked with the Western Development Museum analyzing their farm equipment inventory to determine which pieces had heritage value. Continue Reading

Fermentation tanks installed in 1984 at the old Calgary Brewing site

Heritage buildings are an important part of a city’s skyline and heritage.  Citizens are often passionate about preserving the history of their community and building are important symbols of a community’s growth and development.  When a developer decides an old building has to be torn down, communities usually unite to oppose demolition and to preserve that piece of their history.  Such a fight is already brewing between the community of Inglewood and Matco Investments, led by Ron Mathison. Continue Reading

Barb Gustafson

Another week of summer – if room temperature days can be called that – and another visitor.  This time, I got a chance to catch up with a grade-school friend who was home from Ontario to visit her parents. Continue Reading

Erik Freiburger

It was last week when my in-laws from Ninette, MB clipped the story of Demetrius’ adventure out of the Edmonton Sun while visiting with other family in the area so that they might bring it down to Calgary and share it with my wife and I while staying with us for a few days. Continue Reading

Markham Hislop, SECN publisher

Remember that line from the old Kink’s song, Lola?  “Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola..”  The song is about the band’s manager dancing into the wee hours with a transvestite, so it’s a pretty good bridge into a discussion of gender roles in modern society, particularly among 20-something Canadians. Continue Reading

Christian Kostiuk pitched a fine game for the FC Sox, allowing only two runs over 6-2/3 innings

Christian Kostiuk came within one out of pitching a complete game victory for the Fishcreek Sox as they captured the Provincial Jr. AA championship Sunday by defeating Milk River 9-2 at Bow Bottom West diamond.  Continue Reading

Inspector Ray Robitaille of the Calgary Police Service holds up handguns stolen from Wholesale Sports

Southeast Calgary MP Jason Kenney says the provincial chief firearms officer needs the resources to conduct more inspections of stores selling restricted weapons in Calgary and he intends to take up the matter with his cabinet colleague Peter Van Loan, the federal minister responsible for the RCMP. Continue Reading