Category: News

  • Too Little, Too Late: United Conservatives respond to Trudeau Liberal government’s oil and gas announcement

    Too Little, Too Late: United Conservatives respond to Trudeau Liberal government’s oil and gas announcement

    EDMONTON, AB (December 18, 2018): United Conservative leader Jason Kenney has issued the following statement regarding the Trudeau Liberal government’s belated aid package to an oil and gas sector reeling from Trudeau Liberal policies: “Today’s announcement does nothing to help the thousands of families in our province that are left unemployed as the result of Trudeau Liberal…

  • Banff RCMP Respond to False Report of Hostage Taking

    Banff RCMP Respond to False Report of Hostage Taking

    Banff, Alberta – On December 11, 2018 the Banff RCMP responded to an allegation that a man had shot a person at the Banff International Hostel. RCMP members contained the hostel and established contact with the suspect by phone. The man claimed that he had shot a person and had taken hostages. The suspect made threats…

  • Alberta RCMP Investigating Email Threats Sent to Multiple Businesses

    Alberta RCMP Investigating Email Threats Sent to Multiple Businesses

    Edmonton, Alta. – The Alberta RCMP is aware and investigating email bomb threats that were sent to multiple businesses in communities throughout Alberta. The email threats are demanding Bitcoin payment. If you have been the recipient of one of these email threats, please do not respond to the Bitcoin demand. The RCMP is determining the origin and validity…

  • Turner Valley RCMP Seek to Identify Break and Enter Suspects

    Turner Valley RCMP Seek to Identify Break and Enter Suspects

    On December 10, 2018 at approximately 7:17am, Turner Valley RCMP received a call from a resident on 252 Street W in Priddis, AB.  The home owner had been woken up by their dog who was acting up.  A black car was observed, unattended, left running in the driveway.  Another vehicle drove down the laneway from the outbuildings shortly after.  A female driver, who identified herself as “Haley”, claimed that…

  • UCP Leader Jason Kenney Meets with Manitoba and Saskatchewan Premiers

    UCP Leader Jason Kenney Meets with Manitoba and Saskatchewan Premiers

    Manitoba Premier and Alberta United Conservative Leader meet to discuss carbon tax, C-69 WINNIPEG, MB: Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister today met with Alberta’s United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney to discuss areas of mutual interest between the two provinces, including a shared commitment to opposing Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax, the ‘No More Pipelines law’ Bill C-69, and…

  • United Conservatives Fight Carbon Tax in Court of Appeal

    United Conservatives Fight Carbon Tax in Court of Appeal

    EDMONTON, AB (December 10, 2018): Alberta’s United Conservatives welcome a decision from Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal to grant intervenor status in the fight against the Trudeau government’s costly carbon tax. The United Conservative Party (UCP) applied to support the Government of Saskatchewan’s court challenge against the federally imposed carbon tax. Last week, Justin Trudeau’s government attempted to…

  • A ‘MASsive’ Reform will Help RCMP Reduce and Remove Impaired Drivers on the Road

    A ‘MASsive’ Reform will Help RCMP Reduce and Remove Impaired Drivers on the Road

    Edmonton – This week, Alberta RCMP Traffic Services discussed the impact of the upcoming legislation of part two of Bill C-46 on police delivery, which will put Mandatory Alcohol Screening (MAS) into force on Dec. 18, 2018. On Dec. 1, the RCMP participated in National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day, a Canada-wide initiative that brings together…

  • Travellers’ Advisory: Wind warning in southwest Alberta

    Travellers’ Advisory: Wind warning in southwest Alberta

    A wind warning is in place for southwest Alberta which is experiencing gusts of up to 130 kilometres per hour. Commercial vehicles are having difficulty travelling along Highway 22 between Longview and Highway 3 and are advised not to travel in the area. All drivers should proceed with caution and should be prepared to stop…

  • Crowsnest Pass RCMP and surrounding detachments deal with high winds and multiple collisions

    Crowsnest Pass RCMP and surrounding detachments deal with high winds and multiple collisions

    *UPDATE* Crowsnest Pass, Atla. –Crowsnest Pass and Nanton RCMP detachments advise Highway 22 is now cleared of the semi collision. Due to high winds on Highway 2 and Highway 22, travel is still not recommended for any large light vehicles, such as RVs and empty tractor trailers. Police are still in the area dealing with numerous…

  • High River RCMP Seek Wanted Man

    High River RCMP Seek Wanted Man

    High River, Alberta – RCMP in High River are asking for the public’s assistance to locate a man who failed to turn himself in after being sentenced to serve intermittent custody. Cole Stuart Mclean (30) was sentenced to a term of intermittent custody on November 30th, 2018. Mclean failed to attend the Calgary Remand Centre to…

  • Kenney Calls for Alberta Election at Earliest Opportunity

    Kenney Calls for Alberta Election at Earliest Opportunity

    EDMONTON, AB: United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney today called for the next Alberta general election to be held as soon as possible under Alberta’s fixed-date election law. Alberta’s Elections Act requires that election day must occur between March 1 and May 31, 2019. “I commend the Premier for saying that she will comply with the fixed…

  • Roger Reid Wins United Conservative Nomination in Livingstone-Macleod

    Roger Reid Wins United Conservative Nomination in Livingstone-Macleod

    CALGARY, AB: United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney has issued a statement following the nomination of Roger Reid as the party’s candidate in Livingstone-Macleod for the 2019 provincial election: “Over two days of voting, more than 880 United Conservative members in Livingstone-Macleod cast ballots for their preferred candidate for the next election from amongst three great contestants.…

  • *Update* Turner Valley RCMP Investigate Serious Collision

    *Update* Turner Valley RCMP Investigate Serious Collision

    Black Diamond, AB – One person has died following a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 7 near Black Diamond on Friday.  The collision took place on Highway 7 approximately 2km east of Black Diamond at 3:35 P.M.  A passenger car collided with an SUV.  The driver of the car, a 17 year old female from Turner Valley, was…

  • High River: Temporary Lane Modifications on Southbound Centre Street on Dec. 11 and 12

    High River: Temporary Lane Modifications on Southbound Centre Street on Dec. 11 and 12

    HIGH RIVER, AB: Clifton Associates Ltd. will be decommissioning four groundwater monitoring wells at the intersection of Centre Street and Macleod Trail S.W. (south of the Little Bow Bridge) on Tuesday, December 11 starting at 9 a.m. The work will require some modifications of the Centre Street southbound through lane and eastbound left turning lane (into…

  • Alberta RCMP Recover Large Quantity of Explosives. Remember, Don’t Touch!

    Alberta RCMP Recover Large Quantity of Explosives. Remember, Don’t Touch!

    Edmonton – Explosives and detonators that are not disposed of properly are extremely dangerous and surprisingly common on Alberta properties. Historic rules gave Alberta farmers easy access to dynamite and as a result there is a large quantity of explosives that remain forgotten on properties. From November 2017 to October 2018 the RCMP Explosives Disposal Unit (EDU) recovered…