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 Grit leader Sherman outlines 'brave, honest' taxation strategy
The Alberta Liberal party is the only party to be “brave and honest” about the need for a modest increase in personal and corporate provincial income taxes for wealthy corporations and individuals, Raj Sherman said Tuesday during his first Calgary leader’s dinner.
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 Two Montreal cardiologists accused of taking bribes for faster treatment
Two Montreal cardiologists are facing disciplinary charges over allegations of medical kickbacks, the Gazette has learned. The Quebec College of Physicians has concluded a 14-month investigation after the Gazette reported doctors at several Montreal hospitals routinely accepted bribes from patients to fast-track services to publicly funded health care.
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 Guitarist for Calgary band Women Christopher Reimer dies
The Calgary music scene was in mourning Tuesday with news that Christopher Reimer, guitarist for local noise-pop band Women, passed away in his sleep. Women, who had released two albums to great acclaim, had been on indefinite hiatus for more than a year since the release of their last album, Public Strain.
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 Braid: Is good, basic health care too much to ask for?
Are you finally sick of being a medical experiment? Tired of being poked and prodded, massaged and manipulated, sent out for yet more tests as politicians figure out how to tame the monster they created? I am sick of it.
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 Jennifer Aniston lands Bel-Air home
Jennifer Aniston has bought a mid-century California house in Bel-Air that was listed at $24.9 million US. Set on a three-acre-plus promontory with unobstructed ocean and city views, the house features an open floor plan, walls of glass, a bar, a projection room, a wine cellar, four bedrooms and 6½ bathrooms.
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 Kinder Morgan to continue Trans Mountain expansion planning
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP said Tuesday it will move ahead with planning a $3.8-billion proposed twinning of its Trans Mountain oil pipeline to connect growing oilsands production with Canada’s West Coast for export, after receiving strong and binding commitments from shippers.
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 Alberta moves to boost protection of property rights
The provincial government is promising several moves to strengthen protection of property rights, including creating a new advocate. A review of regulations around compensation for landowners, an exploration of the requirements on industry to remediate land, and better consultations are also on the government’s agenda, Environment and Water Minister Diana McQueen said Tuesday.
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 All fossil fuels must be cut to avoid global warming, scientists say
Two Canadian climate change scientists from the University of Victoria say the public reaction to their recently published commentary has missed their key message: that all forms of fossil fuels, including the oilsands and coal, must be regulated for the world to avoid dangerous global warming.
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 Gas Plus cleanup expected to finally start next week
The excavation of a contaminated Gas Plus site at the centre of an acrimonious dispute for nearly two years should begin by March 1, according to owner Sal Handel. His tenant, Bow Liquor, was expected to turn over the keys to the building on the site at 6336 Bowness Rd. N.W. on Tuesday.
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 Mario Puzo estate sued by Paramount over Godfather books
LOS ANGELES, Feb 21 - The infamous Corleone crime family has found itself in a legal jam -- but it has nothing to do with whacking anybody or leaving a horse’s head in somebody’s bed. Paramount Pictures filed a lawsuit against Anthony Puzo, the executor of the estate of The Godfather author Mario Puzo last week, seeking to block the estate from publishing a Godfather sequel, The Family Corleone, later this year.
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 Historic Ogden Hotel reborn as affordable housing complex
It’s been a railway hotel, a military hospital, and for former addict and prostitute Sandra Domenjoz, it was once a reliable place to find crack cocaine. The 49-year-old remembers stepping over passed-out bodies laying in the halls of the Ogden Hotel on her way to a “date.”
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 Nexen donates $1 million to support Mount Royal university scholars program
A local energy firm has committed $1 million to help Mount Royal University attract professors and fund research. Nexen Inc. announced the money over a five-year term to support the Nexen Scholars Program. The initiative will provide funding to six scholars to develop projects, conduct research and publish their findings.
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 Calgary's notorious Peace Bridge to be featured on a T-shirt
The Peace Bridge was designed to be worthy of postcards, but it’s become a T-shirt first. Rick Thomas, a fan of the pedestrian crossing, has designed a shirt fellow supporters can wear at the bridge’s much-delayed March 24 opening celebration.
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 More takeovers seen for Canadian oilpatch service companies
Canadian service companies with a strong foothold in the oilsands present tasty opportunities for U.S. and European corporations seeking growth outside of flat markets. The $1.25-billion proposed acquisition of Calgary-based Flint Energy Services by engineering firm URS prompted a run on Canadian engineering and construction companies Tuesday, a day after the deal was announced.
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