Tag: Central Alberta

  • Minimum wage going up to $11.20 October 1

    Minimum wage going up to $11.20 October 1

      Alberta will take first step towards a $15 per hour minimum wage by 2018. Alberta’s general minimum wage will increase to $11.20 from $10.20 per hour. The liquor server minimum wage will rise to $10.70 from $9.20 per hour in the first of two steps to eliminate the differential rate altogether in 2016. “Alberta’s…

  • Alberta Seeks Renewed Relationship with First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples of Alberta

    Premier Rachel Notley announced that Alberta is joining the call for a national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. The Alberta government also committed to acts of reconciliation and a fundamental shift in its relationship with the Indigenous peoples of the province. As a first step in reconciliation, the government apologized for not taking…

  • Alberta Business Barometer®: Small Biz Gloomy About the Future

    Alberta Business Barometer®: Small Biz Gloomy About the Future

      Hiring plans at standstill, rising wage costs top concern, as huge min wage hike looms CALGARY – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released the latest Business Barometer index today that shows Alberta’s small business outlook dropped 1.4 points in June to 44.3.  That puts the Alberta index 15 points below CFIB’s national…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Avoiding the Breakup Earthquake of Divorce

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Avoiding the Breakup Earthquake of Divorce

      When a couple breaks up, it sends shockwaves through a family. Depending on the seismic force of this breakup, anger, sadness, confusion and conflict reverberate through the family. These feelings can tear apart family relationships in the same way an earthquake tears apart buildings, bridges and other structures. When the breakup earthquake goes on…

  • Albertans Recognized for Keeping their Communities Safe

    Albertans Recognized for Keeping their Communities Safe

    Seven Community Justice Awards were presented, earlier this month, to individuals and organizations from across Alberta for leading local community safety and crime prevention initiatives. Recipients of the 2015 Community Justice Awards were honoured in Edmonton at a ceremony co-hosted with the Edmonton Police Service. “The work done by these individuals and organizations to help…

  • Alberta REALTORS® Support Government Decision to Build More Affordable Housing Units Rather Than Implementing Rent Controls

    Alberta REALTORS® Support Government Decision to Build More Affordable Housing Units Rather Than Implementing Rent Controls

      Calgary AB – The Notley Government’s announcement of a plan to work with cities and municipalities in the province to ensure that more affordable housing units are built is being met with approval by the Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA) and its 10,000 REALTOR® members across the province. AREA recognizes the value in building…

  • CFIB Urges Government to Support Small Biz Amendment to Bill 2

      Change would reduce the small business tax rate from three to two percent  CALGARY – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business welcomes amendments to Bill 2 An Act to Restore Fairness to Public Revenue that would reduce the small business income tax rate to from 3 per cent to 2 per cent.  CFIB has long advocated…

  • A Constructive Session from Wildrose Leaves Plently of Unanswered Questions from NDP

    A Constructive Session from Wildrose Leaves Plently of Unanswered Questions from NDP

      EDMONTON, AB – Wildrose successfully amended election financing legislation, put forward positive ideas to strengthen small business, and exposed the government’s economic policies that will harm job creation and economic prosperity, the Wildrose Official Opposition said Friday. “Our strong team of Wildrose MLAs proved we are more effective, responsible and constructive than ever before. We…

  • ASIRT concludes investigation into RCMP officer-involved shooting

    On October 4, 2014, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an incident that had occurred near Red Deer, Alberta, that led to an officer discharging his firearm, although no injuries resulted. Our investigation is now complete. On October 3, 2014, RCMP officers attempted to intercept two vehicles that had been…

  • Province Takes Meaningful Steps Toward Climate Change Strategy

    Province Takes Meaningful Steps Toward Climate Change Strategy

    The new government is taking two important first steps in its commitment to take leadership on climate change with a goal to make at least a preliminary proposal in time for the COP21 world summit in Paris at the end of the year. First, the government will renew and update our province’s current, expiring regulations…

  • Schneider Questions Minister on Funding for Rural Transportation Infrastructure

    Schneider Questions Minister on Funding for Rural Transportation Infrastructure

      EDMONTON, AB – (On Tuesday), Wildrose Little Bow MLA Dave Schneider asked Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Brian Mason about the need for funding for rural transportation infrastructure projects. “In the riding of Little Bow, a roundabout has been proposed for the convergence of highway 23 and highway 519, where seven accidents have taken place…

  • No Timelines, No Terms of Reference, No Certainty from Today’s Royalty Announcement

    No Timelines, No Terms of Reference, No Certainty from Today’s Royalty Announcement

      EDMONTON, AB (June 26, 2015): Today’s royalty review announcement offered no clarity for Alberta’s energy industry, and added another layer of uncertainty to Alberta’s economy, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. “Ongoing delays in providing any framework or timelines for a royalty review will hurt confidence and investment in Alberta’s economy which is already…

  • Province Names Chair of Royalty Review Advisory Panel

    Dave Mowat, President and CEO of ATB Financial, will chair the province’s royalty review advisory panel. The panel will be responsible for listening to Albertans and stakeholders on what type of royalty structure the province should have. It will work under the principle that the owners of our oil and gas resources, the people of…

  • Environment Minister Must Explain Radical Book

    Environment Minister Must Explain Radical Book

      EDMONTON, AB – Environment Minister Shannon Phillips must explain a radical book she inspired and wrote the introduction for, the Wildrose said. An Action A Day Keeps Global Capitalism Away, written by Greenpeace activist Mike Hudema, advocates everything from climbing buildings and dropping banners to taking “militant” action against government and industry. The book says…

  • Wildrose to Put Forward Amendment to Shrink Small Business Tax Rate

      EDMONTON, AB – In light of several policies that will hurt the economy, businesses and families, Wildrose will put forward an amendment to Bill 2 to lower the small business tax rate from three to two per cent, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. “Royalty reviews, dramatic minimum wage hikes and tax hikes on businesses…