Category: News

  • RCMP Southern Alberta: Road Rage – Vandalism – Death Investigation

    RCMP Southern Alberta: Road Rage – Vandalism – Death Investigation

    Strathmore RCMP – Update 1 – Death Investigation Rockyview County, Alberta – Strathmore RCMP are continuing to investigate following the discovery of a body east of Calgary on December 6. On December 8, an autopsy was completed by the Calgary Medical Examiners Office. The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Jammie Lee Miller, of Calgary. The…

  • NDP Fails Serenity Yet Again; refuses to pass common-sense legislation to keep vulnerable children safe

    NDP Fails Serenity Yet Again; refuses to pass common-sense legislation to keep vulnerable children safe

    EDMONTON, AB: UCP Solicitor General Critic Mike Ellis today introduced Bill 216, the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement (Protecting Alberta’s Children) Amendment Act, 2017, which clarifies the responsibility of all adults to contact the authorities if they know of a child that is in need of intervention. However, this Bill was defeated by the NDP. Dubbed…

  • New Judges Appointed to the Provincial Court; Includes Past Premier

    New Judges Appointed to the Provincial Court; Includes Past Premier

    Three new judges have been appointed to the Provincial Court of Alberta. David Hancock, Q.C., has been appointed to Provincial Court, Edmonton Family and Youth. He received his bachelor of laws degree from the University of Alberta and became a member of the Alberta Bar in 1980. Hancock spent 18 years as an elected representative…

  • New CEO for Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission

    New CEO for Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission

    After serving as acting CEO of the Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission (AGLC) for nine months, Alain Maisonneuve has been appointed to the position for a five-year term. Maisonneuve has more than 30 years of related experience and is highly respected within the liquor and gaming industries. He was the successful candidate in an open,…

  • NDP ‘Social Licence’ Scheme in Shambles

    NDP ‘Social Licence’ Scheme in Shambles

    EDMONTON, AB: The latest delay to Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain pipeline again proves that the NDP’s job-killing carbon tax has failed to win so-called ‘social licence’ for pipelines. Alberta families are now saddled with an expensive tax that raises the price of virtually everything, and yet have no real progress on a pipeline that is critical to…

  • Proposed Changes to Electoral Boundaries

    Proposed Changes to Electoral Boundaries

    If passed, the Electoral Divisions Act would let the Government of Alberta accept recommendations to create three new ridings and consolidate ridings in three other areas of the province with a population below the average. New electoral divisions are proposed for Calgary and Edmonton, with a third northwest of Calgary. It is also proposed that the number…

  • NDP’s Job-killing Carbon Tax Rises 50 per cent, Failing Alberta’s Job Creators

    NDP’s Job-killing Carbon Tax Rises 50 per cent, Failing Alberta’s Job Creators

    EDMONTON, AB: In less than one month, the NDP will increase their job-killing carbon tax by 50 per cent. Although the NDP never campaigned on it, their carbon tax stands as one of the biggest tax increases in Alberta’s history. “Poll after poll confirms that over two thirds of Albertans are opposed to this job-killing tax.…

  • Foothills School Division Announces Change to Ward 1 Trustee

    Foothills School Division Announces Change to Ward 1 Trustee

    Foothills School Division is sharing the following information on behalf of the Board of Trustees: Foothills School Division recently received a legal opinion that stated Trustee Jeannine Tucker has a conflict of interest that would disqualify her from fulfilling her duties as a School Board Trustee. The Board passed a motion at the December 6…

  • RCMP Southern Alberta: Death Investigation – Ski Fatality – Drug Trafficking

    RCMP Southern Alberta: Death Investigation – Ski Fatality – Drug Trafficking

    Okotoks RCMP – Pharmacist charged with drug trafficking Okotoks, Alberta – Okotoks RCMP have laid charges against an area pharmacist following an investigation into shortages of narcotics. In October, 2017, RCMP in Okotoks were contacted by loss prevention officers from a local Safeway and made aware that a significant amount of narcotics had been diverted from…

  • See How Alberta’s Royalty System Works for You

    See How Alberta’s Royalty System Works for You

    Albertans now have easy access to more information than ever before on the new royalty system, and can see for themselves how it’s benefiting them. The new information can be accessed through the Alberta government’s website and is another accomplishment of the Modernized Royalty Framework, which took effect at the start of 2017. This will…

  • Improving Road Safety on Highway 63

    Improving Road Safety on Highway 63

    A new commercial vehicle inspection station on Highway 63 north of Atmore will help save lives and reduce collisions by taking unsafe vehicles off the road. Highway 63 is one of the busiest highways in Alberta. More than 1.5 million vehicles use the stretch of highway this station is on every year. The new $11-million…

  • NDP Blocks Meaningful Work on Legislature Committee

    NDP Blocks Meaningful Work on Legislature Committee

    EDMONTON, AB: Last week, NDP members of the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship voted down a UCP motion that would allow the committee to meet with stakeholders. UCP Committee Member and MLA for Grande Prairie-Smoky Todd Loewen introduced the motion because under the rules of the Committee, it cannot undertake any activities other than the task…

  • Building Markets and Relationships with Minnesota

    Building Markets and Relationships with Minnesota

    Alberta is one of the best places to do business – and Environment Minister Shannon Phillips is taking that message to Minneapolis. Over two days, Environment Minister Phillips will promote Alberta’s investment opportunities, discuss the province’s strong regulatory framework and pipeline safety and share the success of Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan. “Trips like this one…

  • Pictorial view of the events on December 2nd in Diamond Valley

    Pictorial view of the events on December 2nd in Diamond Valley

    Please enjoy a selection of the photographs we took on December 2nd. High Country SPCA Christmas Market [masterslider id=”45″]       Black Diamond Light Up [masterslider id=”44″]  

  • NDP Picked Most Expensive Bid for Calgary Cancer Center

    NDP Picked Most Expensive Bid for Calgary Cancer Center

    EDMONTON, AB: United Conservative Party Infrastructure Critic Glenn van Dijken revealed in Question Period (last week) that the NDP Government selected the most expensive bid for the Calgary Cancer Center. The bid selected came in at $1.122 billion, a full $206 million more than the least expensive bid; and will take eight months longer to construct.…