Category: News

  • One Month Countdown to Higher Carbon Tax

    One Month Countdown to Higher Carbon Tax

    EDMONTON, AB): One month from December 1st the NDP will hike its failed carbon tax by 50 per cent. “Alberta families are already struggling under the weight of a carbon tax that this NDP never campaigned on,” said United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney. “Their job-killing carbon tax has made virtually everything Albertans buy more expensive, from groceries…

  • World AIDS Day: Statement from Premier Notley

    World AIDS Day: Statement from Premier Notley

    Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement on World AIDS Day (December 1st): “The first clinical cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, appeared in the early 1980s. Today, fewer people are becoming infected. And, although there is still no cure, treatment and care are helping most people with HIV stay healthy, avoid AIDS, and…

  • Survey: Access to Information and Privacy Rights Matter to Albertans

    Survey: Access to Information and Privacy Rights Matter to Albertans

    Albertans believe strongly that it is important to protect privacy and the right to access information in Alberta, a public opinion survey commissioned by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) has found. The survey, conducted in October 2017, showed that 95% of respondents believe it is important to protect the privacy of…

  • AHS Responsible for Unauthorized Accesses by 49 Employees

    AHS Responsible for Unauthorized Accesses by 49 Employees

    An investigation by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) has found Alberta Health Services (AHS) contravened the Health Information Act (HIA) when 49 of its employees accessed and used the health information of a patient and her daughter for unauthorized purposes. The unauthorized activities took place in 2015 at the South Health Campus emergency department in Calgary.…

  • Mail Thefts Increase During the Holiday Season

    Mail Thefts Increase During the Holiday Season

    Strathcona County, Alberta – Strathcona County RCMP are presently investigating a large number of theft of mail incidents that have occurred at various locations throughout Strathcona County during the past week. The thefts involve small parcels and cards, along with general mail being stolen from compartments in community mailboxes located throughout rural Strathcona County. Tips to…

  • Minister Hoffman: Statement About Fertility Services

    Minister Hoffman: Statement About Fertility Services

    Health Minister Sarah Hoffman issued the following statement about access to fertility treatment: “Alberta families are always foremost in my mind. I know the departure of two physicians from the Regional Fertility & Women’s Endocrine Clinic at the Lois Hole Hospital for Women to take up private practice has led to uncertainty and stress for…

  • Child and Youth Advocate Releases Annual Report

    Child and Youth Advocate Releases Annual Report

    Del Graff, Provincial Child and Youth Advocate, released the 2016-17 Annual Report of the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (OCYA). This year’s Annual Report provides a summary of OCYA activities during the past year, and reflects on how far the organization has come over the first five years as an independent office. The report…

  • Alberta’s Credit Rating: Minister Ceci Statement

    Alberta’s Credit Rating: Minister Ceci Statement

    President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance Joe Ceci has issued the following statement regarding one agency’s decision to revise Alberta’s credit rating: “Alberta’s economy is looking up, with 70,000 new full-time jobs. With the recession behind us, we are carefully tightening our belts to balance the budget while protecting health care and education.…

  • NDP “Social License” Scheme a Complete Failure

    NDP “Social License” Scheme a Complete Failure

    EDMONTON, AB: As Premier Notley continues her pipeline road show this week in British Columbia, the NDP’s attempt to secure so-called  “social license” is failing miserably. When the NDP introduced its economy-wide carbon tax in 2015 – a tax it did not campaign on – it promised Albertans that this would buy the “social license” required…

  • Fiscal Update Confirms NDP Tax Hikes Have Hurt, Not Helped Alberta

    Fiscal Update Confirms NDP Tax Hikes Have Hurt, Not Helped Alberta

    EDMONTON, AB: Tuesday’s second quarter fiscal update shows personal and corporate income tax revenue is down $339 million and $43 million respectively from Budget 2017 projections, proving yet again that the NDP’s 2015 tax hikes have had a negative impact on Alberta’s finances. “In 2015, the NDP raised income taxes expecting to generate additional revenue but…

  • NDP Defeats Common-sense Red Tape Reduction Legislation

    NDP Defeats Common-sense Red Tape Reduction Legislation

    EDMONTON, AB: Monday, the NDP rejected yet another common-sense proposal to help reduce the regulatory burden on Alberta job-creators when it defeated UCP MLA Grant Hunter’s Bill 207, the Regulatory Burden Reduction Act. The Bill proposed to eliminate one or more regulations for each new one created that adds administrative burden onto a particular sector of the…

  • Another Credit Downgrade Proves NDP Running Alberta Off Fiscal Cliff

    Another Credit Downgrade Proves NDP Running Alberta Off Fiscal Cliff

    EDMONTON, AB: Wednesday, credit rating agency DBRS Limited downgraded the Government of Alberta’s credit rating, following the release of the NDP’s Second Quarter Fiscal Update. Under previous governments, Alberta benefited from top notch credit ratings but has now seen six credit downgrades in just over two years. In a news release issued (Wednesday morning), DBRS writes that the…

  • Okotoks RCMP Investigate Armed Robbery

    Okotoks RCMP Investigate Armed Robbery

    Okotoks Alberta – On November 29th, 2017 the Okotoks RCMP responded to a complaint of an robbery with a weapon at the Telus store on Elizabeth street in the Town of Okotoks. At approximately 3:43 p.m., a male suspect entered the Telus store, sprayed the employee with bear spray, stole items and exited store running in a northbound direction. The employee was temporarily incapacitated from the…

  • High River: Traffic Lights Outage and Vac Truck Work

    High River: Traffic Lights Outage and Vac Truck Work

    Upgrades to lift stations will require use of vac trucks in the late evening HIGH RIVER, AB: In order to continue providing high quality water service to High River residents, water works crews have been working to upgrade four lift stations located in the N.W. and S.E. areas of Town. During the late evening on…

  • ALERT Makes Record Drug Seizure in Calgary

    ALERT Makes Record Drug Seizure in Calgary

    Calgary… A year-long investigation into a Calgary-based drug trafficking network has led to one of Alberta’s largest drug seizures. More than $4 million worth of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine was seized by ALERT. Project Offshore was an investigation by ALERT Calgary’s organized crime and gang team that focused on a drug trafficking consortium operating in Calgary.…