Tag: Northern Alberta

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week

      National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week (NOTDAW) April 19 – 25, 2015 is a week to honour organ and tissue donors and their families who have so graciously given the precious gift of life and improved health to many individuals who require a transplant. This is also a week to heighten awareness around…

  • Standing Up For Families: Wildrose Would Scrap Mandatory School Fees

    Standing Up For Families: Wildrose Would Scrap Mandatory School Fees

      EDMONTON, AB – A Wildrose government would put an end to the nickel-and-diming of parents every September by scrapping mandatory school fees in all public, Catholic, and public charter schools, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean announced today. “There shouldn’t be a surcharge on public education. No parent should have to take out their chequebook to…

  • Alberta PCs Protecting Jobs in Agriculture

    Alberta PCs Protecting Jobs in Agriculture

    Verlyn Olson, PC Candidate for Wetaskiwin-Camrose, shares how the Prentice Plan will encourage and support the growth of Alberta’s agricultural industry. By Verlyn Olson, PC Candidate for Wetaskiwin-Camrose Growing up in Camrose, I was raised with a healthy respect for the land and the importance of the agriculture sector. Today, my wife and I live…

  • Anyone can Become a Victim of Crime

    Anyone can Become a Victim of Crime

      Alberta, Canada – When a crime occurs that affects you, it is comforting to know that support is available in your area.  Last year, victim service programs responded to 54,118 new cases of crime or tragedy; 45% of them involved assistance to victims of violent crimes. These valuable services are provided by the 76…

  • Laurie Blakeman is Green Party candidate in Edmonton-Centre

    Laurie Blakeman is Green Party candidate in Edmonton-Centre

    By Janet Keeping Laurie is a courageous, hard-working and effective MLA.  She supports the six principles of the global Green movement – sustainability, respect for diversity, social justice, ecological wisdom, participatory democracy and non-violence.  Her long-term commitment to social justice has been especially obvious in her recent successful campaign to ensure Gay-Straight Alliances are available…

  • Dr. David Swann Proposes 5 Point Plan to Fix Healthcare

    Dr. David Swann Proposes 5 Point Plan to Fix Healthcare

    EDMONTON, AB – (This week) Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann announced a five-point plan to fix health care. The Liberal plan is specifically designed to fix the health care system’s most pressing problems: EXPAND HOME CARE AND LONG-TERM CARE Problem: Without access to home care and long-term care, many seniors turn to hospital emergency rooms…

  • Alberta PCs ~ Protecting Jobs: Oil & Gas Industry

    Alberta PCs ~ Protecting Jobs: Oil & Gas Industry

    Fort McMurray-Conklin PC Candidate, Don Scott outlines how the Prentice Plan will protect Alberta jobs in the oil and gas industry. By Don Scott, PC Candidate Fort McMurray-Conklin As a longtime Fort McMurray resident, I know firsthand how important the oil and gas sector is to Alberta’s communities, families and economy. Managing my own law…

  • The Alberta Party: Make government more effective and efficient by reducing the number of MLAs by 30%

    The Alberta Party: Make government more effective and efficient by reducing the number of MLAs by 30%

    By Greg Clark The Alberta Legislature is the most ineffective legislature in Canada Most of the government of Alberta’s business is done behind closed doors in cabinet or in the PC caucus room, far from public scrutiny. The Alberta Legislature also works far less than other Canadian legislatures – only PEI and Nunavut sat for fewer days…

  • Alberta Veterinary Medical Association Pet Importation Warning: Canine Influenza (H3N2)

    Alberta Veterinary Medical Association Pet Importation Warning: Canine Influenza (H3N2)

      A strain of canine influenza has recently been spreading in parts of the United States including Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and New York State. To control the spread of this infection and keep our animals safe, we request that you do not import animals from these areas until the infection has subsided. While H3N2 is…

  • School Councils Conference: Parents Engage with Peers and Partners in Education

    School Councils Conference: Parents Engage with Peers and Partners in Education

      Promoting engagement in public education, the Alberta School Councils’ Association (ASCA) is hosting its annual conference event and business meeting this weekend in Edmonton. Working with Alberta Education to strengthen parent participation in education, ASCA provides a unified voice for parents as the provincial organization representing school councils in Alberta. The School Councils Conference…

  • Jean Presents Clear Vision for Low Taxes and Balanced Budgets in Leaders’ Debate

      EDMONTON, AB – Wildrose Leader Brian Jean presented Alberta voters with a clear alternative for low taxes and balanced budgets against what he called the “Coalition for Higher Taxes” during (last night)’s leader’s debate. Jean contrasted the PC, NDP and Liberal plans for overspending and higher taxes on Alberta families and small businesses with…

  • Notley takes Jim Prentice head on in Leader’s Debate

    Notley takes Jim Prentice head on in Leader’s Debate

    EDMONTON – The NDP’s Rachel Notley emerged (last night) as the clear winner of the Alberta Leadership Debate. The hour-and-a-half long debate saw Notley outline her vision of a province where health care and education are protected by asking corporations to pay their fair share. “It was obvious from the debate that Jim Prentice does…

  • Global TV Livestream and Live Blog of the Alberta Election Leaders Debate Tonight

    Global TV Livestream and Live Blog of the Alberta Election Leaders Debate Tonight

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  • Statement on Wildrose Financial Plan

      CALGARY, AB – In response to the PCs continued attempts to justify their desperate and outlandish claims about the Wildrose Low-Tax Balanced Budget and Savings Plan, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean made the following statement: “Wildrose has been putting together alternative budgets with a transparent cash balance for years.  As in the 2012 election, our…

  • ASBA President’s statement: Budget 2015/16 cuts funding for students, classrooms and schools

    ASBA President’s statement: Budget 2015/16 cuts funding for students, classrooms and schools

    Alberta School Boards Association President Helen Clease issued this statement.  Concerns are growing across this province about the budget and the impact on our students. This is not a good news budget for education in Alberta. After years of belt tightening this budget is being called “one of the worst”. As boards review and dig deeper…