Tag: Central Alberta

  • RCMP: Name the Puppy 2015

    RCMP: Name the Puppy 2015

      INNISFAIL, Alberta – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) needs help in naming a handful of their newest (and cutest) recruits! The Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) in Innisfail, Alberta is asking young Canadians to suggest names for 10 German Shepherd puppies recently born at the Centre. Children are encouraged to be original…

  • Red Deer RCMP continue to look for Timothy Knowles

      An Alberta-wide warrant was issued for 32 year old Timothy John Knowles of Red Deer after an incident on January 14 in which he assaulted his victim with a weapon. Knowles faces a number of Criminal Code charges upon his arrest, including uttering threats, being in possession of a firearm in breach of court…

  • Fixing Emergency Rooms Requires New Leadership: Forsyth

    Fixing Emergency Rooms Requires New Leadership: Forsyth

      CALGARY, AB – The PC record of failing to reduce overcrowding in emergency rooms requires new leadership committed to restoring local decision making for hospitals, redirecting funding away from layers of Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) management and increasing funding for long-term nursing care beds, Wildrose Leader Heather Forsyth said today. Despite flashy announcements months…

  • Alberta Cancer Rates Continue to Trend Downwards

    Alberta Cancer Rates Continue to Trend Downwards

    EDMONTON – The rate at which Albertans are being diagnosed with cancer, or dying from the disease, is continuing to decrease, according to newly released data from Alberta Health Services (AHS). Alberta’s cancer incidence rates have steadily declined by about one per cent annually between 2002 and 2012. Mortality rates have also decreased over the…

  • Tell Us About the Mental Health and Addiction Leaders in Your Community

    Tell Us About the Mental Health and Addiction Leaders in Your Community

    People across Alberta are finding inspiring ways to address the mental health and addiction challenges faced by individuals and society as a whole. Help us celebrate their accomplishments. The Lieutenant Governor’s Circle on Mental Health and Addiction welcomes nominations for its 2015 True Awards. The awards honour successful efforts to reduce stigma, encourage recovery and…

  • Do You Know How To Help Someone With A Mental Illness?

    Do You Know How To Help Someone With A Mental Illness?

    By Tom Barthel This is for any family wanting to help a mentally ill person start to recover. I have been going through an experience this last month with a couple of full grown adults. It reminds me of how important it is to approach any mental illness with this certain style. BLACK AND WHITE…

  • Protecting Alberta Taxpayers: Wildrose MLAs Sign No New Taxes Pledge

    Protecting Alberta Taxpayers: Wildrose MLAs Sign No New Taxes Pledge

      EDMONTON, AB – While the Prentice PCs are talking about raising job-killing taxes during a time of economic uncertainty, Wildrose MLAs are signing a pledge today to protect Alberta taxpayers from any new tax or increase to existing taxes proposed by the PC government. (The Wildrose) pledge is the first of several Protecting Alberta Taxpayers announcements…

  • PCs Vote Down Wildrose Motion to Reduce MLA And Cabinet Pay: Strankman

      EDMONTON, AB – The PCs proved they aren’t interested in saving money for taxpayers or cutting wasteful spending by rejecting a Wildrose motion to reduce MLA and cabinet minister pay, Wildrose MLA Rick Strankman said. On Wednesday, in Members’ Services Committee, the PCs rejected a Wildrose motion to reduce MLA pay by 8 per…

  • Statement from Premier Jim Prentice on Black History Month

    Statement from Premier Jim Prentice on Black History Month

    Jim Prentice issued the following statement as Albertans mark Black History Month, February 1 to 28, 2015. “February is Black History Month in Alberta and across Canada. This year’s theme is ‘Black History Then & Now: A Link in Time.’ “Accustomed as we are to the growing diversity of Alberta, it would surprise many to…

  • Premier thanks John Baird for his service

    Premier Jim Prentice issued the following statement following the resignation of John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs with the Government of Canada: “On behalf of Albertans, I would like to thank Minister Baird for all he has done for Canada – at home and around the world. “John has always fought for what he believes…

  • Prentice List of Broken Promises Grows: Barnes

      EDMONTON, AB – Premier Jim Prentice is adding to his legacy of broken promises and mistrust by reneging on a commitment to build new schools, Wildrose Education Critic Drew Barnes said. Last October, when he was campaigning for his seat in the legislature, Prentice promised to build 55 new schools and modernize 20 by…

  • RCMP Red Deer – Search for Suspect in Home Invasion

      RCMP are looking for public assistance to identify a man who took a taxi to rob his victim on Saturday night. Shortly after 10 pm on January 31, the suspect arrived at a mobile home in Mustang Acres and knocked on the victim’s door. When the door was opened, the suspect assaulted the resident…

  • AHS Wellness News: RxEACH to Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

    AHS Wellness News: RxEACH to Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

      February is heart month. Did you know your local pharmacist can be a great source of health information and treatment when it comes to your cardiovascular (heart and blood vessels) health? The Alberta Vascular Risk Reduction Community Pharmacy Project (RxEACH) is a province-wide heart disease and stroke reduction program where pharmacists work with at…

  • RCMP Bashaw – Plane Crash

      On February 1st, 2015 at 11:30 am Bashaw RCMP responded to a aircraft collision that occurred about 10 km Northwest of Bashaw, AB. Two single engine home built kit aircrafts were travelling parallel from Carstairs, AB to Red Deer Lake northwest of Bashaw, AB, when the two aircrafts collided mid air. One of the…

  • Wildrose Announces June Date For Leadershp Race

    Wildrose Announces June Date For Leadershp Race

      CALGARY, AB – The Wildrose party announced the next leader of the Wildrose will be selected by party members from across Alberta on June 6 at the Coast Plaza Hotel in Calgary. “Our party is strong, united and ready to give Albertans a real, principled, grassroots and fiscally conservative option at the ballot box,” Wildrose…