Deal struck between Calgary and Alberta for new $800M arena for Calgary Flames
The deal is sealed: the NHL’s Calgary Flames are getting a new $800-million arena.
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Alberta Premier Smith hopes funding for Flames arena will not become election issue
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a day after linking $330 million in provincial money for a Calgary NHL arena project to her United Conservatives getting re-elected, told reporters on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, she hopes it doesn’t become an election issue.
Danielle Smith vs. Danielle Smith
From health care to hockey, Danielle Smith keeps selling out her principles for votes. Will she have any left by the time the votes are counted? columnist Max Fawcett asks.
Calgary’s billionaires should put their money where their hockey team is
Seattle’s new Climate Pledge Arena serves as a reminder — an unpleasant one for those hoping to extort more cash out of Calgary’s city council — that you can build a new arena without public money, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Calgary’s billionaire NHL owners just played themselves
If the Flames ownership group still thinks paying for the climate mitigation measures on their new arena is an expense they can’t afford, they’re about to find out what that really costs, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Calgary pet charity hopes to expand to keep kids with pets
A mother whose family has been struggling financially and emotionally is giving thanks to a pet charity that helped pay for medical treatment for their injured cat during a particularly dark time.
Calgary Flames co-owner helped pay ransom to free hostage Amanda Lindhout
A Calgary businessman and philanthropist paid roughly $750,000 to help free kidnapped journalist Amanda Lindhout in Somalia.
Clayton Riddell, co-owner of Flames and founder of Paramount Resources, dies at 81
Clay Riddell, billionaire businessman and co-owner of the Calgary Flames, has died. He was 81.