Tag: Central Alberta

  • AHS Weekly Wellnless News ~ Immunization: Be Aware; Get Protected

    AHS Weekly Wellnless News ~ Immunization: Be Aware; Get Protected

      The week of April 25, 2016 isn’t only the last week of the month: it’s also Immunization Awareness Week, and Alberta Health Services (AHS) is encouraging parents to learn more about arming their children against disease by visiting immunizealberta.ca. Developed for Albertan parents, together with Albertan parents, the immunizealberta.ca website provides parents with information…

  • RCMP promotes attention behind the wheel this Easter weekend

    RCMP promotes attention behind the wheel this Easter weekend

      Edmonton, Alta.,  – Easter weekend will see an increase in traffic volume on Alberta’s roads and highways.  The RCMP is reminding motorists that paying attention and having patience behind the wheel goes a long way in reducing the possibility of a collision.  While it’s exciting to get away with family and friends for the weekend,…

  • NDP Legislation Leads to Cancelled Power Contracts, Higher Power Bills

    The NDP government’s changes to provincial carbon costs have resulted in yet another major power company cancelling its power purchase agreement, and businesses and families could be left to pick up the pieces, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The NDP implemented a 66 per cent increase to the price of carbon under the Specified Gas…

  • FortisAlberta Earth Hour Challenge Winners

    FortisAlberta Earth Hour Challenge Winners

    Our Earth Hour Challenge results are in! Congrats to the Villages of Glenwood and Hill Spring tied for 1st! Coming in 3rd, Village of Alix!

  • Keep the Zebras out of Your Boat

    Keep the Zebras out of Your Boat

  • Marcia Nelson named Deputy Minister of Executive Council

    Marcia Nelson named Deputy Minister of Executive Council

    Premier Rachel Notley has appointed veteran public servant Marcia Nelson to serve as Deputy Minister of Executive Council. Nelson will assume the top public servant role in Alberta on April 16, 2016, replacing Deputy Minister Richard Dicerni, who is retiring. “In the face of the current economic shock, having an experienced leader like Marcia, who…

  • Brian Jean’s Statement on the Passing of Jim Hillyer

    Brian Jean’s Statement on the Passing of Jim Hillyer

      Today, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean released the following statement on the passing of Jim Hillyer, Conservative MP for Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner: “I am incredibly saddened today to hear of the sudden and tragic passing of our friend Jim. “Jim was a man who lived his life with passion and dedication to public service – an…

  • Province Extends GreenTRIP Application Deadline

    Province Extends GreenTRIP Application Deadline

      The Government of Alberta has extended the application deadline for the third call for applications to the Green Transit Incentives Program. GreenTRIP applications will now be accepted until August 31, 2016 at the request of several municipalities interested in accessing the funds. “GreenTRIP has supported many capital transit projects across the province. When municipalities…

  • New Horse Racing Agreement Supports Rural Alberta

    New Horse Racing Agreement Supports Rural Alberta

    A renewed 10-year funding agreement with Horse Racing Alberta will help ensure the viability of Alberta’s horse racing industry and reflects government’s focus on responsibly managing provincial finances during the economic downturn. The Government of Alberta and Horse Racing Alberta (HRA) have signed a new 10-year agreement, which will support rural communities and the agriculture…

  • Province Gears Up to Protect Alberta Waters from Invasive Species

    Province Gears Up to Protect Alberta Waters from Invasive Species

    Hilo, Diesel and Seuss are strapping on their booties and vests for another busy watercraft inspection season. Boating season is just around the corner and watercraft inspection stations are gearing up for the influx of snowbirds on their way home from the U.S. The Coutts inspection station opened for business on March 7 and is…

  • Statement from Premier Rachel Notley on Brussels attacks

    Statement from Premier Rachel Notley on Brussels attacks

    March 22, 2016 Premier Rachel Notley released the following statement on the tragic explosions in Brussels. “It is with great sadness that I learned of the devastating explosions in Brussels. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. “These unspeakable acts are fostering the opposite of their desired effect. As the world…

  • Proposed Labour Law will Comply with Supreme Court Ruling

    Proposed Labour Law will Comply with Supreme Court Ruling

      The Government of Alberta is amending legislation to ensure it protects Albertans’ access to public services while respecting public sector workers’ bargaining rights. If passed, Bill 4, An Act to Implement a Supreme Court Ruling Governing Essential Services, will modernize two key Alberta labour laws to reflect rulings by the Supreme Court of Canada…

  • Broken Model Hurting Midwifery Services in Alberta: Wildrose

    Broken Model Hurting Midwifery Services in Alberta: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) broken model for midwives in Alberta does not meet current demands and will result in some of the midwife centres having their doors closed, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The current lapse in funding, as revealed by the AHS funding allocation for the 2016-17 fiscal year, will force…

  • Statement from the Alberta Association of Midwives – March 18 2016

    Statement from the Alberta Association of Midwives – March 18 2016

      Alberta Health Services has released the allocation of 2,774 funded courses of care for 2016/17 to Alberta’s midwifery practices. In 2015/16, the relaxation of a restriction on the opening of new practices resulted in a number of midwives moving between practices and some opened new practices in order to serve rural and underserved Albertans to meet…

  • Statement from Premier Notley on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

      Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, first proclaimed by the United Nations in 1966. “Racial discrimination can show itself as invisible stigma or the barrier of lowered expectations. Or it can hit harder, to deny people housing, job opportunities and social interaction. At…