CALGARY Calgary’s arts community took to Twitter Monday to mourn the passing of one of the city’s true arts champions, Bob McPhee. The former longtime CEO and General Director of Calgary Opera passed away Saturday, after an extended bout of cancer, at the age of 65. Our hearts are heavy today with the sad news of the passing of our dear friend and former General Director and CEO of Calgary Opera Bob McPhee. A highly decorated leader in Canada’s arts scene and an artist in his own right, Bob joined the company in 1998 (1/5) #yycartspic.twitter.com/NqmFsLAx96
CALGARY A section of Highway 93 is closed and will remain closed through Thursday afternoon to accommodate planned avalanche control work. According to 511 Alberta, the highway was closed to traffic between Athabasca Falls and Saskatchewan River Crossing as of noon Tuesday. The reopening of the highway is tentatively scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday. Once the highway reopens, snow tires will remain mandatory along the Icefields Parkway until April 1 and commercial vehicles will continue to require permits for travel between Lake Louise and Jasper. A section of the highway was closed for nearly six hours on Sunday as the result of an unplanned avalanche.
CALGARY Maddi, a 12-year-old SPCA rescue, is recovering after a weekend attack by a predatory cat in Kananaskis Country that was thwarted by her owner. Dawn Graham was walking Maddi on-leash near Mount Kidd RV Park, off of Highway 40, on Sunday afternoon when a cougar approached them from behind. The wildcat pounced on the dog, pinning her to the ground. Graham began to angrily shout at the cougar, prompting the cat to release the dog and run off. The mixed-breed dog said to be part golden retriever, part husky, part Weimaraner and part malamute suffered scratches under her eye, teeth marks to her head and a puncture wound on her lip.