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Child and Youth Advocate releases investigative review involving deaths of three Indigenous youth The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (OCYA) has completed an Investigative Review involving the deaths of three young people and is publicly releasing the results of the reviews as outlined under the Child and Youth Advocate Act. Over seven months in…

Romy Tittel was elected new leader of the Green Party of Alberta at the party’s AGM held in Red Deer November 4th. The other four outstanding candidates were Brian Deheer of Lac La Biche, James Friesen of Grande Prairie, Grant Neufeld of Calgary and Marco Reid of Calgary. For more information on the other four…

By Ryan Chittum Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Canada Revenue Agency would investigate Canadians names in the Paradise Papers. as he fended off questions about his relationship with his close ally and Liberal Party fundraiser Stephen Bronfman. The comments came a day after ICIJ and its partners, which included Canada’s CBC, published the year-long investigation. “We…

The work of Alberta Sheriffs Branch investigators has helped put a stop to years of criminal activity at a problem property in Sherwood Park. An investigation by the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit targeting drug trafficking and drug consumption at 201 Marion Dr. has resulted in a court order barring a long-time resident from the…

Edmonton, AB:  After just four days in the Alberta Legislature as a united party, the UCP successfully pressured the NDP government to step up and fight to get shovels in the ground on Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain pipeline project. On Monday, outgoing United Conservative MLA Dave Rodney used his final question in the Legislative Assembly to…

The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate has completed an Investigative Review regarding a serious injury sustained by a young person and is publicly releasing the results of the review as outlined under the Child and Youth Advocate Act. Sixteen-year-old Dillon was seriously injured after he was stabbed during an altercation. At the time of…

Edmonton – On November 2nd, the United States Department of Commerce announced final duties in the softwood lumber case. Duties of 20.83% to 23.76% will apply to Alberta lumber products that are shipped into the US market. This announcement follows preliminary duties that were imposed in April. Those duties were over 30% for some products. In…

Edmonton, AB: Earlier this week, the Notley NDP refused to allow debate on a common-sense motion requesting that the Government of Alberta demand the federal government to amend the National Energy Board Act to prohibit including upstream and downstream emissions in pipeline approval assessments. Leader of the Opposition in the Legislature Jason Nixon requested debate on…

Ottawa, Ontario – The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of Natural Resources, today issued the following statement in response to the final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce in the countervailing and anti-dumping duty investigations into imports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada: “The Canadian forest…

YOUNG CYCLIST STRUCK IN CROSSWALK Cochrane, AB – On October 30, 2017 at approximately 4:45 pm the Cochrane RCMP were made aware of a vehicle versus cyclist collision that had occurred earlier in the afternoon in the Sunset Ridge area of Cochrane.  The collision occurred between 2:30 and 2:50 pm at the Sunset Drive and Sunset Circle intersection.  The…

Okotoks, Alberta – Okotoks RCMP have laid charges in relation to an incident on October 26 that resulted in two police vehicles being rammed by a stolen truck in a Walmart parking lot. On October 26 at 5:53 pm, Okotoks RCMP were dispatched to a report of an erratic driver in the Walmart parking lot. Officers attended…

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Oneil Carlier and Minister of Economic Development and Trade Deron Bilous issued the following statement in response to the final countervail and anti-dumping determination issued by the U.S. government against Canadian softwood lumber exports: “We stand firmly behind Alberta families, workers and communities that rely on a strong and robust…

$1.9 billion should be refunded to AB employers, yet due to the NDP’s WCB review refunds may never be issued again Calgary, November 1, 2017 – As of 2016, eight out of 12 workers’ compensation boards in Canada are overfunded, depriving employers of billions of dollars that could otherwise be used to invest in their businesses,…