Tag: Central Alberta

  • Premier Prentice establishes Premier’s Advisory Committee on the Alberta Public Service

    Premier Jim Prentice has appointed six Canadian leaders to a new advisory committee focused on achieving public service excellence. The Premier’s Advisory Committee on the Alberta Public Service has been established to ensure Alberta’s Public Service is best positioned to meet the needs of Albertans. The committee will begin work in early 2015 to provide…

  • Hockey Teams Deliver Bear Necessities

    Hockey Teams Deliver Bear Necessities

    Cuddly toys comfort young patients at Christmas Story by Kerri Robins The fur will fly Dec. 12 in Medicine Hat as fans of the city’s Western Hockey League (WHL) Tigers will shower the ice with teddy bears and toques following the first Tigers goal. The game against the Kelowna Blazers will be the last of…

  • New Survey Results Reveal Municipal Govts Have Work to do to Win over Local Business

    Only 34 per cent of entrepreneurs across Alberta are confident their municipal government has a vision that supports small business CALGARY, December 11, 2014 – As mayors and councils across the province finalize their budgets, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) today released new survey results that show Alberta’s local elected officials face a…

  • AHS Holiday Wellness News: Create Meaning this Holiday Season

    AHS Holiday Wellness News: Create Meaning this Holiday Season

    Holidays are a joyful time, offering a chance to reconnect with friends and family. But for many it can also cause loneliness and be painful time of year. You may worry about family matters, or it may be a painful reminder of past times. During the holidays try focusing on some simple steps that can…

  • IBM Helps Make Brenda’s House a Home

    IBM Helps Make Brenda’s House a Home

    This fall, IBM Canada donated Young Explorer workstations to 12 Alberta Promise Agencies. One recipient was Brenda’s House, a transitional shelter and re-housing program operated by the Children’s Cottage Society. IBM’s generosity didn’t stop there. Roy Hebert, IBM Alberta Territory Executive, visited Brenda’s House in November to see how the workstation was being received. Roy was so inspired that when Dawn Boustead, Manager…

  • One day RCMP CheckStop blitz takes 166 impaired drivers off Alberta roads

    Edmonton, AB – Police stopped and checked 20,825 vehicles during an Alberta-wide RCMP CheckStop blitz that took place on Friday, December 5th. The RCMP conducted 230 CheckStops in local communities and on Alberta roadways. The operation was part of a Canada-wide RCMP enforcement campaign aimed at taking impaired drivers off the roads. At some locations,…

  • RCMP – Fentanyl Public Safety Notice

    RCMP – Fentanyl Public Safety Notice

    Grande Prairie, AB:  Following several recent Grande Prairie-area drug seizures, Grande Prairie RCMP and Alberta Health Services (AHS) are again reminding Albertans about the significant health risks associated with street drug use During the past month alone, the Grande Prairie RCMP has seized over 10,000 pills of fentanyl.  Typically sold under the street name ‘greenies’, the…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Battling Bone Loss

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Battling Bone Loss

    Osteoporosis isn’t called the silent thief for nothing. Unfortunately, unless you or your doctor have any reason to suspect that your bones may be thinning, there’s no way of telling that it’s happening until the damage has been done. People with osteoporosis are more likely to get fractures and these can cause pain, make moving…

  • Inspiring Stories of Volunteerism Highlight Stars Awards Gala

    Inspiring Stories of Volunteerism Highlight Stars Awards Gala

    Inspiring stories of leadership and compassion were shared as six outstanding Albertans were honoured during the 2014 Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards. Akshay Verma, Jim Hole and Ingrid Pederson, all of Edmonton, Mitchell Mulhall of Fort McMurray, Donna Du Bois of Three Hills and Gail Wolfe of Cold Lake were honoured at the annual Stars…

  • RCMP urge Vehicle Owners to use “All Valuables Removed” Car Signs

    Red Deer – Red Deer RCMP have partnered with Alberta Motor Association (AMA) to create and distribute “All Valuables Removed” placards that the public can place in their vehicles to deter thefts. The push to distribute the placards is timely, as crimes of opportunity often spike during the holiday season when thieves see gifts and…

  • Global Privacy Guardians urge App Marketplaces to make Links to Privacy Policies Mandatory

    Global Privacy Guardians urge App Marketplaces to make Links to Privacy Policies Mandatory

    The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta in partnership with 23 privacy enforcement authorities from around the world are calling on app marketplaces to make it mandatory for mobile app developers to post links to privacy policies prior to download if they’re going to collect personal information. Privacy authorities have raised…

  • Congratulations! Newly appointed Directors of the Alberta Council of Technologies Society

    Congratulations! Newly appointed Directors of the Alberta Council of Technologies Society

    Steven Zink has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Alberta Council of Technologies Society as Treasurer and Director of Finance.  Steve is Vice President for ATB Financial for the Growth and Productivity Strategies team for Business & Agriculture.  He is also a member of the Certified Management Accountants Society of BC and…

  • Politicization of Infrastructure Hurting Alberta: Wildrose

    Politicization of Infrastructure Hurting Alberta: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB – Escalating deferred maintenance costs in hospitals across Alberta are a direct result of ignored priorities and politicized infrastructure spending from the PC government , the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. A new investigative report published in the Edmonton Journal shows the cost of deferred maintenance for hospitals in Alberta is currently at…

  • New Provincial Park a Special Gift to all Albertans

    New Provincial Park a Special Gift to all Albertans

    Three hundred and eighty hectares of undisturbed native grassland has been donated to Alberta’s provincial parks system.     At the request of donor Gottlob Schmidt, who resides on the land near Hanna, the land will become Antelope Hill Provincial Park. Antelope Hill has high ecological value because it has never been cultivated. It features rare…

  • Wildrose Amendments Offer Extra Protection for LGBTQ Students, Balance Local Autonomy

    EDMONTON, AB – The Wildrose Official Opposition will propose two amendments to Bill 10 – An Act to Amend the Alberta Bill of Rights to Protect Our Children – that will compel stronger protection for LGBTQ students and remove onerous legal appeals for students. The first amendment would require schools to provide students with “a bona fide…