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UCP Leadership Candidate Jason Kenney Condemns NDP Silence

Calgary, AB – United Conservative Party leadership candidate Jason Kenney condemned the NDP Government’s silence on the Trudeau Liberals’ tax attack on small business. “The Liberal Premier of Nova Scotia, along with the Premiers of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, have all joined the chorus of entrepreneurs denouncing the Trudeau Liberals small business tax attack. Unfortunately, Alberta’s…
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Airdrie Rural RCMP Locate Horse Running Loose on Highway 2

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Okotoks RCMP: Vehicle doors unlocked in Town of Okotoks

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ATB presents Foothills Lions Club with money for playground

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Airdrie RCMP seek public assistance in identifying Theft Suspect

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Alberta Agricultural Societies Finding in Limbo

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RCMP Okotoks: Charges Laid in Relation to Fatal Collision in May

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Environmental Fines for Calgary Pest-control Firm

Orkin Canada Corporation has been fined $150,000 for violating provincial and federal laws following the 2015 fumigation of a Calgary business. Orkin was fined $70,000 after pleading guilty on August 31 for failing to report a release of a substance into the environment, a violation of the Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act. Under a creative…
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Office of the Auditor General releases annual report on activities for 2016–2017

The annual results report of the Auditor General of Alberta explaining how the office used Albertans’ money to conduct its work as the independent auditor of the Government of Alberta is now available online at oag.ab.ca. The Results Report for the Year Ended March 31, 2017 summarizes and analyzes the work of the Office of the Auditor General…
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Christ The Redeemer Announces Results of Nomination Day

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Why I’m Backing Brian Jean: Pitt

July 22, 2017 will be a day that goes down in the political history books for Alberta. Led by Brian Jean, conservatives of different stripes put their differences aside and came together for the greater good of Alberta. That was a victory for the people of Alberta and the democratic process. Altogether more than 50,000…
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EI Insurance Rate Hike Another Impediment to Small Business Success: CFIB

Ottawa, September 14, 2017 – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is renewing calls for the federal government to reduce the overall payroll tax burden on small businesses, following today’s announcement of an increase in the 2018 Employment Insurance premium rate. The 2018 EI rate for employees, set by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission (CEIC),…
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Foothills Search & Rescue Join In Search for Missing Person

On September 12th and September 16th, 2017 the Cochrane RCMP, as well as Search and Rescue teams from Cochrane, Calgary, Foothills, Didsbury and Badlands, conducted searches in the Morley area for Sara Coates. Over 50 Volunteers with the search and rescue teams contributed 644 working hours conducting the search.
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Termination of Sundance PPA Another Example of Consequences of NDP Mismanagement

EDMONTON, AB: United Conservative Party Electricity Critic Don MacIntyre released the following statement on the termination of the Sundance Power Purchasing Arrangement by the Balancing Pool: “The termination of the Sundance Power Purchasing Arrangement (PPA) by the Balancing Pool is the latest fallout from the NDP government’s mishandling of the electricity file, and will leave Albertans…
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UCP Responds to CBE Operational Review

CALGARY, AB: United Conservative Party Education Critics Leela Aheer and Dave Rodney today responded to the NDP government’s operational review of the Calgary Board of Education (CBE): “The report released today does nothing to help parents facing the difficulties of busing changes right now. “It is incumbent upon the Education Minister to remember that the busing…

