Category: News

  • Leadership Race is on for the Alberta Party

    Leadership Race is on for the Alberta Party

    The Alberta Party is pleased to announce our final approved list of candidates for the Alberta Party Leadership race. Monday (January 15) at 5pm, the deadline for submission of candidate applications passed at which point we had received three packages, from Rick Fraser, Kara Levis, and Stephen Mandel. The Provincial Board of Directors met this…

  • Didsbury RCMP – Power Outage Caused by Aircraft Striking Power Line

    Didsbury RCMP – Power Outage Caused by Aircraft Striking Power Line

    Didsbury, Alberta – Didsbury RCMP and the Transportation Safety Board are investigating after an air plane struck a power line causing power to be lost in the town of Didsbury. At approximately 8:15 pm on January 16, a witness called Didsbury RCMP to report that she had seen a low flying aircraft come into contact with a…

  • NDP Must Provide Update on Highway Maintenance After Carillion Bankruptcy

    NDP Must Provide Update on Highway Maintenance After Carillion Bankruptcy

    EDMONTON, AB (January 16, 2018): The United Conservatives today are calling on Transportation Minister Brian Mason to provide Albertans with an update after Carillion PLC filed for bankruptcy yesterday. Carillion is currently responsible for the maintenance of approximately 50 per cent of Alberta’s highways, including snow plowing. The NDP has yet to clarify who will assume…

  • Okotoks RCMP Investigate Theft of Electronics

    Okotoks RCMP Investigate Theft of Electronics

    Okotoks, Alberta – On October 31st, 2017 Okotoks RCMP responded to a theft of electronics from Walmart in Okotoks AB. A single male left the Walmart on three occasions with shopping carts full of electronics.  The male was confronted by staff and was seen leaving the scene in a taxi. If you have information about this crime, or any…

  • Shaw Performing Utility Maintenance During the Week of Jan. 15

    Shaw Performing Utility Maintenance During the Week of Jan. 15

    HIGH RIVER, AB: Crews from Shaw Communications will be completing maintenance work in the alley ways north and south of 5 Avenue S.W. next week. The work will start on Monday, January 15 and continue through the week until complete. The Town asks residents and visitors to find alternate routes around these alleys while this…

  • High River RCMP Need Public Help to Find Theft Suspects and Hit and Run Vehicle

    High River RCMP Need Public Help to Find Theft Suspects and Hit and Run Vehicle

    High River RCMP – Request to identify theft suspects High River, Alberta –  High River RCMP are seeking assistance in identifying five suspects responsible for a recent theft in High River. On January 1, 2018, High River RCMP were called to a theft of clothing that had just occurred at the Mark’s Work Warehouse in High River.…

  • ASIRT Clears RCMP Officers in Red Deer Fatality

    ASIRT Clears RCMP Officers in Red Deer Fatality

    On November 13, 2015, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a 45-year-old man whose body was found in a wooded area near 32nd Street within the Red Deer city limits on Nov. 11, 2015. The RCMP had attempted to arrest the man in the same…

  • Okotoks RCMP – Update – Arrests in Break and Enter Investigation

    Okotoks RCMP – Update – Arrests in Break and Enter Investigation

    Okotoks, Alberta:  On January 10th, 2018, Okotoks RCMP general duty, general investigative section, and crime reduction unit in collaboration with Calgary Police Service centralized break and enter unit executed a search warrant at a residence in Huntington area, NW Calgary. A significant number of the stolen items from the break and enter were recovered with an approximate value in the range…

  • Okotoks RCMP Seeking Witnesses for Indecent Acts

    Okotoks RCMP Seeking Witnesses for Indecent Acts

    Okotoks, Alberta:  The Okotoks RCMP is asking the public’s assistance in identifying a male suspect. On January 3rd & January 9th, 2018 in the early evening hours, RCMP were dispatched to a male exposing himself outside the Reitman’s clothing store to employees inside. The suspect departed walking in an easterly direction. The male suspect is…

  • Alberta Party Welcomes MLA Rick Fraser

    Alberta Party Welcomes MLA Rick Fraser

    by Robbie Kreger-Smith, Alberta Party The Alberta Party is pleased to welcome MLA Rick Fraser into the Alberta Party Caucus. “Rick went through a long and thoughtful process and he actively listened to the constituents of Calgary-South East,” said Caucus Leader Greg Clark. “Just like the process Karen McPherson followed, the focus was on doing the right thing for the people they…

  • RCMP Strathmore – Search of Chop Shop and Fatal Collision

    RCMP Strathmore – Search of Chop Shop and Fatal Collision

    Strathmore RCMP – Search warrant on suspected “Chop Shop” location Wheatland County, Alberta – Strathmore RCMP have conducted a search of a rural property resulting in the seizure of 15 vehicles from a suspected chop shop. On January 8, acting on information received from the public, the Strathmore RCMP served a search warrant at a property on…

  • Okotoks RCMP – Seeking Witness to Break and Enter into Residence in Spruce Meadows

    Okotoks RCMP – Seeking Witness to Break and Enter into Residence in Spruce Meadows

    Okotoks, Alberta: Okotoks RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance to solve a break and enter to a residence near Spruce Meadows. On or between December 23rd and 29th, 2017, a residence in Spruce Meadows on Tournament Lane was broken into, possibly on multiple occasions. A significant amount of personal property and jewellery was stolen during the break in. “The stolen items have a significant sentimental…

  • Town of High River Reminds Residents and Snow Removal Companies Not to Deposit Snow on Roadways

    Town of High River Reminds Residents and Snow Removal Companies Not to Deposit Snow on Roadways

    HIGH RIVER, AB: The Town is reminding residents, snow removal companies and condo associations that all cleared snow is to remain on their own property. Snow must not be deposited or blown onto town property or roadways as Per Bylaw 3622/99 which states: No person shall place snow, ice, dirt or other foreign material on…

  • UCP Releases New Ad Attacking NDP Carbon Tax

    UCP Releases New Ad Attacking NDP Carbon Tax

    The United Conservatives today launched a new ad campaign targeting the NDP’s job-killing carbon tax, the largest tax increase in Alberta’s history. The ad is running for the next 4 weeks and is narrated by Alberta talk-radio icon Dave Rutherford. “Get ready to pay more taxes. On January 1st the NDP hit Albertans with a…

  • Jason Kenney Officially Becomes an MLA and Leader of the United Conservative Caucus

    Jason Kenney Officially Becomes an MLA and Leader of the United Conservative Caucus

    EDMONTON, AB: With the certification of the election results for the December 14, 2017 Calgary-Lougheed by-election, United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney has officially become a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, as well the Leader of the United Conservative Caucus. “It is a great honour to serve the people of Alberta in the Legislature, a…