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  • Minister Bains and MP McGuinty Announce Investment in Canadian Artificial Intelligence Company

    Minister Bains and MP McGuinty Announce Investment in Canadian Artificial Intelligence Company

    Investment will help strengthen Canadian leadership in artificial intelligence and create well-paying jobs June 12, 2019 – Ottawa, Ontario Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of complex and powerful technologies that will touch or transform every sector and industry in Canada. It has the power to help us address some of our most challenging problems, from…

  • Alberta RCMP Participates in Sod Turning Ceremony for New Coaldale Detachment

    Alberta RCMP Participates in Sod Turning Ceremony for New Coaldale Detachment

    Coaldale, Alta. – Representatives from the Alberta RCMP, the Lethbridge municipal government and the Town of Coaldale participated in a symbolic sod turning ceremony to kick-off the much awaited construction of the new Coaldale RCMP detachment. The Coaldale RCMP Detachment building construction contract was awarded at a cost of nearly $12 million dollars and will…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Are You at Risk for a Stroke?

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Are You at Risk for a Stroke?

    Stroke is the third-largest killer of Canadian adults, after heart disease and cancer. It’s also the primary cause of physical disabilities and is second only to Alzheimer’s disease as a cause of mental disability. In Canada, there are more than 50,000 strokes a year. About 6% of deaths in Canada are due to stroke –…

  • As Albertan as They Come

    As Albertan as They Come

    Marg Southern’s community impact is recognized with an Honorary Doctor of Laws Marg Southern believes in the value of education and the importance it plays in today’s society. Marg Southern, co-founder of the esteemed Spruce Meadows, one of the finest equestrian sports facilities in the world, still finds time to learn. The 2019 Mount Royal…

  • Juno the Canadian Army Mascot

    Juno the Canadian Army Mascot

    Juno is the official mascot of the Canadian Army and represents the hard working men and women in uniform. Juno typifies the traditions, morals and ethics that make up the Canadian Army and is guided by three distinct ethics: strength, patriotism and honour. Juno enforces the fact notion that the Canadian Army is Strong. Proud. Ready. for any mission,…

  • MLA Leela Aheer (Alberta Minister of Culture) leads the Rocky Mountain Symphany Orchestra

    MLA Leela Aheer (Alberta Minister of Culture) leads the Rocky Mountain Symphany Orchestra

    Alberta Minister of Culture, MLA Leela Aheer (Strathmore-Chestermere) leads the RMSO in O Canada at their Dress Rehearsal on June 8, 2019 in Strathmore. The Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra seeks to grow and serve communities of Orchestral Music lovers in small towns in the Shadows of the Rockies by delivering engaging Orchestral experiences in unique…

  • Bill C-69: Statement from Energy Ministers

    Bill C-69: Statement from Energy Ministers

    Alberta Minister of Energy Sonya Savage, Ontario Minister of Energy, Mines and Northern Development Greg Rickford, and Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre issued the following statement in response to developments relating to Bill C-69: “Today’s developments are unacceptable and very disappointing. These amendments were put forward by provincial and territorial governments –…

  • First Steps in Establishing Energy War Room

    First Steps in Establishing Energy War Room

    Premier Jason Kenney and Energy Minister Sonya Savage are meeting on June 7 with key industry stakeholders to hear their expert advice in establishing the Energy War Room for the Government of Alberta. “For more than a decade, Alberta’s responsible energy sector has been under attack from a sustained campaign of defamation and disinformation by…

  • Premier Kenney Headed East to Attract Investment

    Premier Kenney Headed East to Attract Investment

    Premier Jason Kenney is travelling to Quebec and Atlantic Canada to meet with global investors and provincial premiers. The trip is part of the Premier’s strategy to stand up for Alberta, attract job-creating investment to the province and find common ground with other provincial governments. The Premier will begin his trip by speaking to dozens…

  • Generous Donors and Buyers Raise More Than $124,000 in Seventh Annual Building the Legacy Fundraiser Auction

    Generous Donors and Buyers Raise More Than $124,000 in Seventh Annual Building the Legacy Fundraiser Auction

    Rocky View County, AB—Generous donors bid heartily to raise more than $124,000 during the eighth annual Canadian Angus Foundation (CAF) Building the Legacy fundraiser auction during the Canadian Angus National Convention in Drumheller, AB. The fundraiser was initiated in 2012 to support the CAF in preserving and expanding the Angus breed for future generations through…

  • High River Library and Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex Increase Accessibility

    High River Library and Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex Increase Accessibility

    Collaboration will allow new users to experience both facilities without committing to a full membership HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA – The Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex and the High River Library have come together in a unique collaboration that will increase accessibility to their facilities by introducing three ways to trial the facilities. The joint effort aims…

  • Alberta Wildfires: More Than 3700 People Can Now Return Home

    Alberta Wildfires: More Than 3700 People Can Now Return Home

    Evacuation orders have been lifted for Bigstone Cree Nation and the Hamlets of Wabasca-Desmarais, Sandy Lake and Chipewyan Lake. More than 3,700 people are now able to return home. To date, more than 9,800 evacuees from the following communities have been approved to return home: High Level Mackenzie County Dene Tha’ First Nation County of…

  • Castle Mountain Resort Announces Major Infrastructure Upgrades in Time for 2019/2020 Season

    Castle Mountain Resort Announces Major Infrastructure Upgrades in Time for 2019/2020 Season

    In excess of $2M in resort improvements will improve snow quality and duration of upcoming seasons Castle Mountain Resort, Alberta (June 10, 2019) – Following a Master Development Plan completed in 2017, Castle Mountain Resort is set to invest more than $2M in resort infrastructure projects that will be completed in advance of the 2019/2020 season.…

  • Canada to Ban Harmful Single-use Plastics and Hold Companies Responsible for Plastic Waste

    Canada to Ban Harmful Single-use Plastics and Hold Companies Responsible for Plastic Waste

    Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec – June 10, 2019 Plastic pollution is a global challenge that requires immediate action. Plastic waste ends up in our landfills and incinerators, litters our parks and beaches, and pollutes our rivers, lakes, and oceans, entangling and killing turtles, fish, and marine mammals. Less than 10 per cent of plastic used in Canada…

  • Bill C-69: Statement from Premier Kenney

    Bill C-69: Statement from Premier Kenney

    Premier Kenney issued the following statement following the federal government’s decision on Bill C-69: “I’m very disappointed to learn that during the night the federal government rejected the vast majority of amendments made by the Senate of Canada to Bill C-69, after thousands of hours of close study and witness testimony. We commend the Senate…