Category: News

  • Lethbridge Drug House Boarded Up

    Lethbridge Drug House Boarded Up

    The Alberta Sheriffs and the Lethbridge Police Service have teamed up to stop drug activity at a home on the city’s north side. Investigators from the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit of the Alberta Sheriffs worked with Lethbridge Police  to gather evidence necessary for a court order to close a property at 235 15…

  • Turner Valley 2019 By-election Information

    Turner Valley 2019 By-election Information

    The Town of Turner Valley will be holding a by-election to elect a Chief Executive Officer (Mayor) and a Councillor. For more information, please see the 2019 Turner Valley Municipal Election Candidate Information Package . Printed copies available at the municipal office. 2019 Municipal By-election Worker Application If you would like to submit an application, please fill…

  • 1 Year of Fighting Against Bill C-69, the No More Pipelines Law

    1 Year of Fighting Against Bill C-69, the No More Pipelines Law

    Unlike the NDP government, Alberta’s United Conservative caucus has consistently stood against the Trudeau Liberal government’s Bill C-69 CALGARY, AB – Prasad Panda, United Conservative Energy Critic and MLA for Calgary-Foothills, has issued the following statement: “Today marks one year since the Trudeau Liberal government unveiled their ‘No More Pipelines Law,’ Bill C-69. According to the Canadian Energy Pipeline…

  • NDP ‘Recovery’? 16,000 more jobs lost

    NDP ‘Recovery’? 16,000 more jobs lost

    EDMONTON, AB – Nearly 16,000 Alberta jobs were lost last month, almost all full-time, according to new Statistics Canada numbers. “The NDP’s plan isn’t working for everyday Albertans, with nearly 16,000 more jobs destroyed last month” said Drew Barnes, United Conservative Finance Critic and MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat. “It’s clear yet again that the NDP government’s…

  • Suits and Boots Calls on Senate Committee To Adapt Key Bill C-69 Amendments

    Suits and Boots Calls on Senate Committee To Adapt Key Bill C-69 Amendments

    (February 11, 2019) Suits and Boots today called on Canada’s Senate to adopt 18 key amendments that it says are the next best thing to killing outright the proposed resource sector environmental assessment legislation. In a post on the group’s website Suits and Boots founder Rick Peterson urged Canada’s Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources,…

  • Male Charged with Child Sex Offences on the Siksika Nation

    Male Charged with Child Sex Offences on the Siksika Nation

    Gleichen, Alta. – On Feb. 5, 2019, Gleichen RCMP responded to a complaint of sex assaults involving minors. It is alleged that a non-nation member of the Siksika Nation had sexually assaulted two children under the age of 12 over an extended period of time. Over the course of the investigation, police executed two search warrants…

  • NDP Ads: $1.1 Million Taxpayer Dollars and Counting

    NDP Ads: $1.1 Million Taxpayer Dollars and Counting

    Calgary, AB – According to a troubling report in the Calgary Herald this afternoon, the NDP government has already spent $1.1 million on their taxpayer-funded partisan “Made in Alberta” ad campaign. “If the NDP wants to campaign, the Premier should call the election instead of wasting tax dollars on ads that don’t even promote a program or service Albertans…

  • Claresholm RCMP – Arrest on outstanding warrants results in search warrant and additional charges

    Claresholm RCMP – Arrest on outstanding warrants results in search warrant and additional charges

    On February 6th, 2019 the Claresholm RCMP arrested thirty one year old Daniel Derek Morgan of Claresholm on warrants for break and enter and theft.  As a result of this arrest, an investigation led to a Search Warrant being obtained for a residence in Claresholm where they recovered stolen property linked to multiple offences that occurred…

  • Turner Valley RCMP – Break & Enter Residence

    Turner Valley RCMP – Break & Enter Residence

    Thursday February 7th, 2019 at 3:00pm, 5 suspects were interrupted by a rural homeowner southwest of the Town of Turner Valley, Alberta after smashing several windows of the garage and the house, and stealing property.  The suspects fled in two cars. Two suspects were apprehended shortly thereafter on Highway 541 West of Longview after their vehicle hit the ditch…

  • Statement from the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville

    Statement from the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville

    Dear Prime Minister, With a heavy heart, I am writing to tender my resignation as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence. I want to thank all Canadians, and in particular the residents of Vancouver-Granville, who put their trust in me and supported me as Minster of Justice and Attorney General…

  • John Barlow: Change is Needed in 2019

    John Barlow: Change is Needed in 2019

    We are well into the new year and time and again Foothills residents are telling me how crucial 2019 is for Alberta and for Canada. Over the last three years Canadians have gotten to know Justin Trudeau and they don’t like what they’ve seen. They’re tired of his mistakes. Mistakes including damaged relationships with key…

  • Alberta RCMP Traffic Services Score Significant Drug Seizure in Banff

    Alberta RCMP Traffic Services Score Significant Drug Seizure in Banff

    Banff, Alta. – On Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, Alberta RCMP Traffic Services made a significant drug seizure near Banff. A traffic stop led the RCMP member to form grounds that the lone occupant of the vehicle was in possession of cannabis for the purpose of distribution. A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the…

  • MLA Mark Smith Response to NDP Education Minister David Eggen’s Column

    MLA Mark Smith Response to NDP Education Minister David Eggen’s Column

    This is a response to NDP Education Minister David Eggen’s column (“Students at risk with Jason Kenney”) which was recently submitted to newspapers across the province: NDP Education Minister David Eggen’s recent letter to the editor (“Students at risk with Jason Kenney”) is baseless, the latest in a fear and smear campaign from a desperate, out-of-touch…

  • Alberta Party Statement on Elections Alberta Posting

    Alberta Party Statement on Elections Alberta Posting

    February 8, 2019 (Edmonton) – Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel is asking the Court of Queen’s Bench to overturn a five-year ban, preventing him from running for public office because he did not file all of his required financial paperwork on time. Elections Alberta notified Mandel that his financial return was late following his nomination as…

  • United Conservatives Call for Immediate Election, Ban on Partisan Government Advertising

    United Conservatives Call for Immediate Election, Ban on Partisan Government Advertising

    Kenney commits to review all government contracts signed in campaign period CALGARY, AB (February 1, 2019): On the first day of the legal campaign period, the United Conservatives called on the NDP to start an election immediately, and to stop campaigning with tax dollars. The UCP also announced their first election platform commitment: a law that…