Category: News

  • Law Enforcement Review Board Releases Inquiry Report: CPS Use of Force

    Law Enforcement Review Board Releases Inquiry Report: CPS Use of Force

    The Law Enforcement Review Board released its report on the handling by Calgary Police Service (CPS) of judicial criticism of officer testimony and use of force during the 2008 arrest of Jason Arkinstall. In 2017, Kathleen Ganley, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, directed the board to inquire into that matter. The board reviewed hundreds…

  • Southern Alberta RCMP Respond to Severe Driving Conditions in the Past 24 Hours

    Southern Alberta RCMP Respond to Severe Driving Conditions in the Past 24 Hours

    Southern Alberta – Despite several warnings in conjunction with Alberta 511 reports, travelers ventured onto southern Alberta highways. In anticipation of severe snowstorms, Alberta RCMP first began issuing warnings about extremely poor driving conditions, starting at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday. Motorists were requested to avoid travel on Highway 1, west of Calgary. At 1:30 p.m., an update…

  • Police Car Rammed During Traffic Stop

    Police Car Rammed During Traffic Stop

    Airdrie, Alberta– Airdrie RCMP are requesting the public’s help in locating a stolen 2005 Black Ford Super duty truck with Alberta licence plate BJJ 9959. RCMP were investigating a suspicious vehicle complaint in a field by Township Road 273A and Dickson Stevenson Trail. The suspect vehicle fled the scene, ramming the police vehicle and narrowly…

  • Conservatives Celebrate LNG Canada’s Final Investment Decision

    Conservatives Celebrate LNG Canada’s Final Investment Decision

    OTTAWA, ON – Shannon Stubbs, Conservative Shadow Minister for Natural Resources, today released the following statement regarding LNG Canada’s final investment decision: “Canada’s Conservatives welcome this important investment in Canada’s energy sector. Our previous Conservative government championed LNG Canada through the approvals process and provided regulatory certainty for major resource projects because Conservatives know all…

  • B.C.’s New LNG Framework to Deliver Record Investment, World’s Cleanest LNG Facility

    B.C.’s New LNG Framework to Deliver Record Investment, World’s Cleanest LNG Facility

    BC (October 2, 2018) – Today’s $40-billion investment by LNG Canada shows B.C.’s future can balance economic opportunity and job creation with forward-looking environmental action that meets the Province’s climate action goals, said Premier John Horgan. “British Columbians want a future that brings opportunities for them and their kids in the communities they call home,…

  • Periodic Closures on Highway 1 Continue

    Periodic Closures on Highway 1 Continue

    Snowstorms in parts of southern Alberta continue to create extreme winter driving conditions. Throughout the day sections of Highway 1 between Cochrane and Canmore have been periodically closing in both eastbound and westbound directions as conditions fluctuate. Highway crews are responding, but closures may remain in place overnight. Travel is not recommended. RCMP are asking…

  • The CAQ Wins in Quebec

    The CAQ Wins in Quebec

    Source: Coalition Avenir Québec

  • Investigation Continues into Calgary Officer-involved Shooting Incident

    Investigation Continues into Calgary Officer-involved Shooting Incident

    On Sept. 25, 2018, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding an incident that resulted in a Calgary Police Service (CPS) officer-involved shooting and the arrest of a 35-year-old Calgary man. An officer’s discharge of a firearm at a person is presumed to be a serious incident pursuant…

  • Joint Statement from United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland

    Joint Statement from United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland

    “Today, Canada and the United States reached an agreement, alongside Mexico, on a new, modernized trade agreement for the 21st Century: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). USMCA will give our workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses a high-standard trade agreement that will result in freer markets, fairer trade and robust economic growth in our region. It…

  • New RCMP Commanding Officer Announced

    New RCMP Commanding Officer Announced

    Kathleen Ganley, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, issued the following statement to recognize Alberta’s new RCMP Commanding Officer: “I am pleased to welcome Assistant Commissioner Curtis Zablocki as the new Commanding Officer for the RCMP in Alberta.

  • Scheer Lays Out Plan to Fix Trudeau’s Pipeline Failures

    Scheer Lays Out Plan to Fix Trudeau’s Pipeline Failures

    Ottawa, ON (September 24, 2018): Today, the Leader of Canada’s Conservatives and the Leader of the Official Opposition, the Hon. Andrew Scheer, laid out a two-step plan to get the Trans Mountain Expansion built and the steps a Conservative government will take in 2019 to undo the damage Justin Trudeau’s failures have caused. “After years…

  • Facebook Statement re Security Breach

    Facebook Statement re Security Breach

    On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 25, our engineering team discovered a security issue affecting almost 50 million accounts.

  • Cochrane RCMP – Fatal Collision near Redwood Meadows

    Cochrane RCMP – Fatal Collision near Redwood Meadows

    On September 26, 2018 at approximately 9:20 pm, the Cochrane RCMP responded to a single vehicle rollover collision on Hwy 22 between Redwood Meadows and Bragg Creek.  It appears the dark blue early 90’s GMC Sierra was travelling northbound on Hwy 22 when it left the roadway and rolled in the east ditch. Unfortunately, one of the…

  • United Conservatives Conclude Successful India Mission

    United Conservatives Conclude Successful India Mission

    CALGARY, AB (September 22, 2018): United Conservative Party (UCP) Leader Jason Kenney, along with UCP Energy Critic Prasad Panda and Trade Critic Devin Dreeshen, have successfully concluded the UCP’s visit to India. After spending six days in India meeting with senior government and business leaders, I am more confident than ever that Alberta can and should…

  • United Conservative Statement on Tzeporah Berman and the ATA

    United Conservative Statement on Tzeporah Berman and the ATA

    EDMONTON, AB (September 19, 2018): New revelations that two important branches of the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) – the Social Studies Council (SSC)[1] and the Global, Environmental and Outdoor Education Council (GEOEC)[2] – are honouring controversial anti-Alberta activist Tzeporah Berman with a keynote speech at an upcoming event raise serious questions about the NDP’s curriculum reform. In response,…