Category: News

  • CREB® Forecasts Price Stability amid Easing Demand

    CREB® Forecasts Price Stability amid Easing Demand

    Calgary – Housing sales are forecasted to ease by four per cent this year, due to market uncertainty and changes in economic climate, while prices are expected to remain relatively stable with a modest increase of 1.58 per cent on an annual basis, CREB® said today in its annual forecast. Although sales levels are expected to…

  • Highway 2 Closure Update

    Rockyview, Alberta – Highway 2 will continue to be closed until at least Noon today.

  • Cst. Wynn’s Family Thank Canadians for their Support

    Edmonton, AB – (Yesterday) afternoon at “K” Division Headquarters in Edmonton, Shelly MacInnis-Wynn, Cst. David Wynn’s wife, shared her gratitude and thanks to the community of St. Albert, the RCMP and all those Canadians who have expressed their support to the family  during this difficult time. “We have watched the Wynn family handle these tragic circumstances with grace…

  • Highway 2 Closed for Next One and Half Hours. More to Follow.

    Rockyview, Alberta – Highway 2 at Cross Iron drive is currently closed in both directions for at least the next one and a half hours.. At approximately 4:00 a.m., Airdrie Rural RCMP was dispatched to a single vehicle rollover on Highway 2 near Cross Iron Drive. A southbound tanker trailer loaded with gasoline left the highway…

  • Why Doesn’t Alberta Diversify?

    Why Doesn’t Alberta Diversify?

      ABCtech Editorial In 2005, the Alberta Council of Technologies Society was incorporated to advocate for “Diversifying Alberta’s economy through the commercialization of emerging technologies.” Some argued against our vision stating, “One hour spent diversifying Alberta’s economy is one hour less for producing oil revenue, providing for Alberta health and education.” – Alberta Oil Industry…

  • Alberta has no reason to panic . . . yet

    Alberta has no reason to panic . . . yet

      Its lack of fiscal discipline on both the spending and saving side is the real culprit behind its current financial bind By Livio Di Matteo, Professor of Economics, Lakehead University THUNDER BAY, ON/ Troy Media/ – A dramatic fall in oil prices, predicted to reduce provincial government resource revenues by $7 billion – a…

  • Citizens On Patrol Foil Mischief Spree

      Airdrie, Alberta – On Saturday, January 17th, 2015, and approximately 1150 p.m., Airdrie RCMP members were alerted by two members of Airdrie Citizens on Patrol (COP) of a lone male walking on Railway Avenue damaging vehicles. COP members followed the male, providing constant updates to RCMP. RCMP arrived on scene and arrested the male.…

  • Rader Farms Fresh Start Smoothie Blend recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

    Rader Farms Fresh Start Smoothie Blend recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

    Ottawa – Costco Wholesale Canada Inc. is recalling Rader Farms Fresh Start Smoothie Blend from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination surrounding the spinach and kale contained in the fruit and veggie blend. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below. What you should do Check to see if you have recalled…

  • Blue Monday Takes Toll, Says Poll 🙁

    Blue Monday Takes Toll, Says Poll :(

    Edmonton, January 19, 2015 – A new poll from ATB Financial reveals that nearly half (46 per cent) of Albertans are feeling above-average to high levels of stress in January. Considering today is thought by many to be the most depressing day of the year (Blue Monday, as it is commonly known), the poll’s results make sense.…

  • RCMP Alberta Update – St. Albert RCMP officers shot

    Edmonton, Alberta – RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson and Deputy Commissioner Marianne Ryan, Commanding Officer of the RCMP in Alberta, spoke with members of the media today about the shooting of two RCMP officers in St. Albert. D/Commr. Ryan provided an update on the medical conditions of the two RCMP officers shot in the early morning…

  • RCMP Alberta Update– Deceased Suspect’s Identity Confirmed

    Edmonton, AB – The RCMP has identified the deceased suspect who shot two RCMP officers yesterday morning in St. Albert as Shawn Maxwell Rehn, age 34 of the greater Edmonton area. An autopsy to determine the cause of his death will take place tomorrow. The investigation has revealed that Rehn was known to police. Further…

  • Roxanne Walsh and Julie Walker Retain U of Calgary Environmental Law Expert

    Roxanne Walsh and Julie Walker Retain U of Calgary Environmental Law Expert

    A six-year struggle by Roxanne Walsh and Julie Walker to get independent testing done of Sheep River water and of soil and sediment near the industrial landfill for the historic and decommissioned Turner Valley Gas Plant has taken a dramatic turn. The Turner Valley residents have retained the legal services of University of Calgary Law…

  • ASIRT investigating death of suspect in St. Alberta RCMP shootings

    On January 17, 2015, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed by the Director of Law Enforcement to investigate the death of a man suspected of involvement in the early morning shooting of two RCMP officers. Early this morning, RCMP responded to a private rural residence, east of St. Albert, having tracked the…

  • Premier and Solicitor General issue statement on RCMP incident

    Premier Jim Prentice and Justice Minister and Solicitor General Jonathan Denis issued the following statement in response to the St. Albert incident that seriously injured two RCMP members. “It is with shock and sadness that we learn of the serious injuries sustained by two officers in the line of duty as they served their home…

  • RCMP Update – St. Albert RCMP Officers Shot

    Edmonton, AB – Auxillary Constable Derek Bond has been released from hospital this evening. At this time there is no change in Constable David Wynn’s condition The RCMP continue to ask that the privacy of these two officers and their families be respected. The RCMP will not be providing any further comment on the contents of…