Tag: Central Alberta

  • Foundation Calls For Provincial Strategy For Rare Diseases

    Foundation Calls For Provincial Strategy For Rare Diseases

    PC Leadership Contenders Urged To State Position on Treatment For Rare Conditions “It is the role of government to protect and ensure fair and equitable access to Health Care for all Canadians, not just the ones whose treatments are inexpensive.” On the one-year anniversary of life-saving treatment being approved for a young St. Albert toddler,…

  • Red Deer RCMP two missing girls – Update – Located

    Red Deer RCMP would like to advise the public that 15 year old Diamond Saddleback and 16 year old Sky Big Crow have both been located safely. RCMP thank the public and the media for their ongoing support as police worked to locate these girls.

  • Red Deer RCMP seek Public Assistance to Locate 2 Missing Persons

    14 year old Andy Ferrier Red Deer RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 14 year old Andy Ferrier. Ferrier was reported missing on August 16. He is known to spend time at Collicutt Centre, the G.H. Dawe Centre, downtown and at the skate parks, but RCMP checks at these locations have not located…

  • Lukaszuk Outlines Three-Point Plan for Government to Welcome New Ideas

    Lukaszuk Outlines Three-Point Plan for Government to Welcome New Ideas

    “Government should not be a place where ideas go to die,” says PC leadership candidate Thomas Lukaszuk. He released a three-pronged approach for government to bring new ideas forward. “Strengthening grassroots input, hearing from those outside government, and listening to front-line staff mean that ideas and information will flow. Creating a culture of open conversation…

  • Alberta launches mentorship campaign to support children and youth in care

    Alberta launches mentorship campaign to support children and youth in care

    More kids will benefit from caring adults with the launch of a recruitment campaign to help find a mentor for every child and youth in care in Alberta. Watch the video here The #8000mentors campaign will attract more mentors, particularly from Aboriginal and ethno-cultural communities, who can share important cultural experiences and community connections with…

  • Prentice to Introduce Accountability Act and Term Limits

    Prentice to Introduce Accountability Act and Term Limits

    Edmonton – PC leadership candidate Jim Prentice committed to introducing an Accountability Act as one of his first actions if elected as leader, during a speech at his campaign headquarters this afternoon. “I have previously committed that the first Bill that my government will introduce will be a Bill to protect the property rights of…

  • Free the Fuzz and support the Special Olympics

    Free the Fuzz and support the Special Olympics

    Parkland Mall shoppers will be entertained to see a couple of police officers suspended on scaffolding in front of Walmart the weekend of August 22 through 24. It’s “Free the Fuzz” weekend, and these courageous cops have committed to staying on the scaffolding until they meet their goal of raising $25,000 for the Special Olympics.…

  • IBM Canada Ltd. Partnership with 15 Promise Agencies

    IBM Canada Ltd. Partnership with 15 Promise Agencies

    Access to technology is important in today’s economy, and that’s exactly what IBM Canada Ltd. has provided to 15 Alberta’s Promise partner agencies across Alberta. IBM Canada is a proud Alberta’s Promise partner committed to early childhood learning, education, and Aboriginal achievement. In 2014, the organization once again partnered with Alberta’s Promise to distribute 15…

  • RCMP in Alberta Request Public’s Help in Missing Persons Cases

    Red Deer RCMP seek public assistance to locate 13 year old Haley Saskatchewan Red Deer RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 13 year old Haley Saskatchewan. She was reported missing on August 18, and RCMP checks at various Red Deer locations over the course of the past several days have not located her.…

  • Alberta PC Leadership Race Nearing Finish Line

    Alberta PC Leadership Race Nearing Finish Line

    There are only a few weeks left in the Alberta PC leadership race. This election is using a new method of voting. It means a change from what we have been used to. This time voting will be online or by phone only. You MUST become a member in advance, and the deadline is approaching.…

  • RCMP Red Deer – RCMP seize 2.2 kilos, over $127,190 cash & charge two – Bank account frozen

    Red Deer, Alberta – A 9 month RCMP investigation has resulted in charges against a man and a woman from Red Deer, Alberta. On August 1, 2014, Shane Clifford WHITE (age 29) and Alyssa Marilyn LANDRY (age 23) were charged with drug and Criminal Code offences. Their first appearance court date is set for August…

  • Mules: Did you know?

    Mules: Did you know?

    Terms: MULE: horse dam/donkey sire HINNY: donkey dam/horse sire HORSE or JOHN: male mule/hinny MARE or MOLLY: female mule/hinny MINIATURE: 36″ and under SADDLE: bred from riding type mares DRAFT: bred from draft type mares Mules are sterile and cannot reproduce. However they are anatomically normal and males must be gelded. Mules are a “made-to-order”…

  • Merrifield says Prentice can get Alberta back on track

    Merrifield says Prentice can get Alberta back on track

    (Barrhead) Federal Member of Parliament Rob Merrifield announced (on Friday) that he is endorsing Jim Prentice in his bid for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta. Merrifield has represented the federal constituency of Yellowhead for fourteen years, and worked together with Prentice it Ottawa where they both sat in Harper’s Cabinet. “Speaking…

  • RCMP officers arrest two in homicide of Gordon, Monica and Sandra Klaus

    Coronation, Alberta – On August 15, 2014, RCMP Calgary Major Crimes Unit arrested 29-year-old, Joshua Gregory FRANK and 38-year-old, Jason KLAUS for the murders of Gordon, Sandra and Monica Klaus. Both men from Castor, Alberta, were arrested without incident and charged with three counts of 1st degree murder as well as one count of arson…

  • RCMP Red Deer – Two arrested after ramming police cruiser and fleeing RCMP

    RCMP Red Deer – Two arrested after ramming police cruiser and fleeing RCMP

    A report of suspicious activity in a parking lot in the Highland Green neighbourhood led to a string of smashed vehicles as two suspects attempted unsuccessfully to flee from Red Deer RCMP in the early morning hours of August 17. It began just before 1:00 am when a citizen reported that someone driving a truck…