Category: Lifestyle

Premier Jason Kenney has announced that Alberta will unilaterally drop half of its exceptions to the 2017 Canadian Free Trade Agreement. Alberta is also launching a fast-track review of its few remaining exceptions to cut needless red tape and create jobs. Eliminating procurement exceptions from internal trade agreements means more competition for contracts, which in…

Calgary, Alberta – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Today, Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, attended the Calgary Stampede where she announced an investment of $8.3 million for six projects that will help support Canada’s world-class beef industry. Today’s investments will help producers become more competitive and provide them with the tools they need to remain…

Calgary – Recognizing families who represent the true values of agriculture, BMO Bank of Montreal and the Calgary Stampede are proud to recognize 19 southern Alberta families at this year’s BMO Farm Family Awards. The 2019 chosen farm families were welcomed to Stampede Park today for the 23rd annual BMO Farm Family Awards to celebrate the contributions they have made…

For a treat that represents carefree sunny days, ice cream sure is finicky. And that’s after it’s been crafted with the best ingredients, to the highest flavour standards. It’s delivering the ice cream where things can go wrong. Ensuring one company’s trucks and drivers are meeting required delivery standards for perishables is a project the…

Granting extended leases to ranchers who demonstrate exemplary care for public lands will help support the economy and the environment. Lengthening public land leases to a maximum of 20 years will make good on government’s promise to help give ranchers the long-term certainty and investment opportunities they need to succeed, now and in the future.…

Derek Arthurs helps vulnerable populations every day in his job as a Community Safety Officer for the Calgary Fire Department. But leading an effort to support Calgarians with dementia was personal. And very rewarding. “I had a grandfather and several relatives who had dementia,” he says. “Seeing the progression of this disease in them was…

Government is consulting with industries on the new Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) system.  Minister Nixon, Minister Savage and Minister Dreeshen announce summer engagement on the proposed TIER system. TIER is an improved way to manage emissions from large industries like oil and gas, which account for more than half of Alberta’s total emissions.…

New UCalgary initiative builds strong relationships with Indigenous communitiesBy Collene Ferguson, Faculty of Veterinary MedicineJuly 5, 2019 Mike Scott helps UCVM student Brenna Sakatch in diagnosing Ollie the horse’s lameness, while fellow student Erica Ward holds the horse’s lead rope. Photo by Todd Korol, for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ollie was a model patient for…

The Government of Alberta has declared July 12, 2019 as Collector Car Appreciation Day across the province. Collector Car Appreciation Day is part of a North American celebration of classic car collectors and the history of the automobile. “Alberta is a province full of strong communities, and the collector car community is no exception. Those…

Canadians played pivotal roles in landing humans on the moon LONGUEUIL, QUE. – Canada Post today issued two commemorative stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission that landed humans on the moon for the first time – and the Canadians who helped make it possible. On July 20, 1969, more than half a…

$840,000 from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund supports VETS Canada’s program for homeless Veterans. Today, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, and Darren Fisher, Member of Parliament for Dartmouth – Cole Harbour, announced funding for Veteran Emergency Transition Services Canada (VETS Canada) from the Veteran and…