Tag: Central Alberta

  • Climate Leadership Plan to reduce carbon pollution moves Alberta forward

    Climate Leadership Plan to reduce carbon pollution moves Alberta forward

    Environment Minister Shannon Phillips introduced Bill 20, the Climate Leadership Implementation Act on Tuesday. This proposed law implements key elements of Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan. It will create jobs by investing in a higher-value, lower-carbon, energy-efficient economy. It will help Alberta do its part by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption, and improving the energy efficiency…

  • NDP Should Justify Excessive Language Infringing on Property and Privacy Rights in Bill 20: Cooper

    NDP Should Justify Excessive Language Infringing on Property and Privacy Rights in Bill 20: Cooper

    EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government needs to justify why Bill 20, the carbon tax bill, gives it the power to enter virtually any property or computer in Alberta, and conduct warrantless searches, Wildrose Shadow Property Rights Minister Nathan Cooper said Wednesday. The full powers described to enter lands without a warrant are listed under Part…

  • Alberta RCMP Partners with Milk Carton 2.0 on International Missing Children’s Day

    Alberta RCMP Partners with Milk Carton 2.0 on International Missing Children’s Day

    Edmonton, AB – Today, May 25, marks International Missing Children’s Day. There are more than 41,000 children reported missing each year in Canada and on Missing Children’s Day Alberta police forces unite to make a difference. The Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) created their innovative technology platform – the Search Program, also known as…

  • FRIAA FireSmart Review Committee approves 4.1 million in project funding through FireSmart program

    FRIAA FireSmart Review Committee approves 4.1 million in project funding through FireSmart program

    Edmonton- The FRIAA FireSmart Review Committee met yesterday in a regularly scheduled meeting to review and approve proposals for project funding under the FRIAA FireSmart Program. Funding was awarded to all 34 completed project proposals, for a total amount of $4.1 million. (See full list below) Proposals for FireSmart project funding were received by FRIAA…

  • Wildrose is Determined to Bring all Alberta Conservatives Together

    Wildrose is Determined to Bring all Alberta Conservatives Together

    After a year of NDP government, huge numbers of right-of-centre Albertans are clamouring for a united conservative party to stand in the next election. Despite overtures made by the Wildrose last autumn, leadership and delegates at the recent PC annual general meeting emphatically voted to move ahead in isolation. For those who want to see…

  • Government Meets Commitment to Support Student Jobs

    Government Meets Commitment to Support Student Jobs

    The Alberta government is meeting its commitment to support approximately 3,000 student jobs under The Alberta Jobs Plan through the Summer Temporary Employment Program (STEP), which begins this month. Since the program launched in January, more than 2,600 applications have been received from employers across Alberta. More than 1,100 employer applications were approved, funding just…

  • Expanding Alberta’s Export Markets: ATB Releases New Perch

    Expanding Alberta’s Export Markets: ATB Releases New Perch

    Calgary — A healthy Alberta economy depends on our exports. From oil and gas to beef, to wheat, wood and medical instruments, Alberta has a lot to sell to other provinces and the rest of the world—and when it does, it generates money and jobs. The latest edition of ATB Financial’s Perch takes a close look at…

  • Government to Ensure Consistency in Executive Compensation

    Government to Ensure Consistency in Executive Compensation

      Today the government introduced Bill 19, Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation Act, to address consistency and fairness in executive compensation levels. The proposed legislation would enable government to develop regulations setting compensation frameworks, including salary ranges, for executives and board members of the public agencies, boards and commissions subject to the Alberta…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Quitting Tobacco with AlbertaQuits.ca

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Quitting Tobacco with AlbertaQuits.ca

    People use tobacco for different reasons, and there is no shortage of good reasons to quit. Longevity, quality of life, the sheer cost of cigarettes or chewing tobacco, the impact smoking has on your friends and loved ones: these are all major factors that may motivate you to quit. For all these motivations though, quitting…

  • Diagnostic Lab Service Report Raises Further Questions: Wildrose

    Diagnostic Lab Service Report Raises Further Questions: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB (May 18, 2016): Following the release of the Health Quality Council of Alberta’s report on diagnostic lab services in Alberta, there remain too many questions about whether or not the NDP government is using the best available evidence to provide a lab service delivery model for Edmonton and northern Alberta, the Wildrose Official Opposition…

  • One in Three Business Owners Earning Effectively $15/hour or Less Themselves

    One in Three Business Owners Earning Effectively $15/hour or Less Themselves

    CALGARY – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) welcomes the opportunity to share serious concerns about the government’s $15 minimum wage policy.  Recent CFIB analysis of Statistics Canada data found almost one in three Canadian business owners are earning effectively $15/hour or less, compared to one in five paid employees. “CFIB will be first…

  • Alberta to Consult on Minimum Wage

    Alberta to Consult on Minimum Wage

    As previously committed, the Government of Alberta will listen to employers and employees on how to move forward with changes to the minimum wage. Focused consultations will be held over the next month with key stakeholders, including employers, social service organizations and low-income earners. Discussion topics will include future increases, meal and lodging deductions and…

  • The Generosity of Albertans and the ‘Spectacle of Giving’

    The Generosity of Albertans and the ‘Spectacle of Giving’

    UAlberta sociologists weigh in on why the Fort McMurray wildfire triggered the largest financial response in Canadian history. By Geoff McMaster The response Albertans have shown residents of Fort McMurray over the past two weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. Instantly and with unfettered generosity, people have offered money, shelter, food, clothing, fuel, child…

  • Another Major Credit Downgrade Should be a Call to Action: Wildrose

    Another Major Credit Downgrade Should be a Call to Action: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB (May 19, 2016): The NDP government should reinstate a debt ceiling after Standard and Poor’s (S&P) delivered a deeper downgrade to Alberta’s credit rating, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. S&P lowered Alberta’s rating to AA from AA+ citing the NDP’s “very weak budgetary performance and high, increasing debt.” The agency lowered Alberta’s…

  • Alberta Moves Forward to Strengthen Independent Environmental Monitoring and Science Program

    Alberta Moves Forward to Strengthen Independent Environmental Monitoring and Science Program

    Government is tabling legislation that would help establish more rigorous environmental monitoring, open up access to data and assure independent and transparent science. Bill 18, An Act to Ensure Independent Environmental Monitoring, would officially move the environmental monitoring, evaluation and reporting functions once led by the Alberta Environmental Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) back…