Tag: Northern Alberta

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Make a Change……One Meal at a Time

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Make a Change……One Meal at a Time

      March is Nutrition Month! Dietitians in Alberta Health Services across the province are inspiring Albertans to Make a Change: One Meal at a Time. Are you ready to improve your health?  Now is the time to make small changes at mealtimes that can have big results. To help make these changes easier, dietitians have…

  • Province Invests in Search and Rescue Team Training

    Province Invests in Search and Rescue Team Training

      The Government of Alberta will provide $300,000 to volunteer-based search and rescue organizations to support training across the province. “When a loved one is missing, we turn to the brave volunteers who dedicate their time to finding those who are lost or injured. Just as these individuals are committed to the communities they serve,…

  • March is Easter Seals Month

    March is Easter Seals Month

    Easter Seals Alberta names its 2016 Youth Ambassadors Calgary, AB – The month of March marks the time of year Easter Seals Canada launches a nationwide month-long campaign to amplify the courageous stories of Canadian kids and young adults with disabilities, living lives to their full potential. Albertans can give their support by donating online…

  • Government Enrolment Funding Supports Students and Additional Teachers

    Government Enrolment Funding Supports Students and Additional Teachers

    The government’s commitment to fully funding enrolment growth has led to more than 740 additional teachers in Alberta’s classrooms this school year. In May 2015, government restored education funding for the 2015-16 school year, including funding of enrolment growth, to provide needed resources to support student learning. This decision ensured funding for every Kindergarten to…

  • Firefighters Get Fired-up for Provincial Training Grants

    Firefighters Get Fired-up for Provincial Training Grants

    The Government of Alberta will provide $650,000 to 50 municipalities and four First Nations to support fire and emergency preparedness training. The Fire Services Emergency Preparedness Program provides grant funding to municipalities and First Nations to help local authorities and volunteers prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from fires and other emergency situations. “Local…

  • Second Session Begins on March 8 with Speech from the Throne

    Second Session Begins on March 8 with Speech from the Throne

      “The first session of the 29th Legislative Assembly saw robust debate over issues of great importance to the citizens of Alberta,” said Robert E. Wanner, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. “I would expect the second session to be similarly energetic.” The second session of Alberta’s 29th Legislature opens March 8, 2016, at…

  • Provincial Inspectors on Tour to Improve Workplace Safety

    Provincial Inspectors on Tour to Improve Workplace Safety

      Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) officers are inspecting stand-alone convenience stores and combined convenience store/gas station operations. Officers are talking to employers and workers about current OHS and Employment Standards legislation related to issues such as working alone, workplace violence, paycheque deductions and employing young workers. “Health and safety on the job is paramount.…

  • Timing Couldn’t be Worse for Alberta Carbon Tax

      AB small businesses want appropriate environmental safeguards but 82% reject poorly-timed policy; 4 out of 5 say it will impose higher costs Calgary, March, 2016 – New survey results from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) show the overwhelming majority of Alberta small business owners oppose the province’s carbon tax plan.  The news…

  • Albertans Invited to Remember Former Premier Getty

    Albertans Invited to Remember Former Premier Getty

    Albertans are invited to remember former Premier Don Getty, who passed away on February 26. Those wishing to send a message of support to the Getty family are invited to sign condolence books at: Alberta Legislature – Rotunda 10800 97 Avenue Edmonton 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays Noon to 5 p.m. weekends Available until…

  • Albertans Can do Their Part to Help Prevent Wildfires

    Albertans Can do Their Part to Help Prevent Wildfires

    This wildfire season, the government wants Albertans to take the necessary safety precautions to reduce wildfires. Keep debris free of off-highway vehicle hotspots to help prevent wildfires During the spring, dry conditions and strong winds have the potential to fuel fast-burning wildfires. “It is unacceptable that over the past five years, more than two thirds…

  • Province Seeks Public Input on Physician-Assisted Death Policies

    Province Seeks Public Input on Physician-Assisted Death Policies

      The Government of Alberta is seeking the input of Albertans to help develop policies to protect the interests of patients, health-care workers and vulnerable individuals in response to the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that physician-assisted death will be a legal right in some cases as of June 6, 2016. “As the government determines…

  • Pulling a tooth shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg: Wildrose suggests dental fee reforms

    Pulling a tooth shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg: Wildrose suggests dental fee reforms

        Most people don’t like going to the dentist. It doesn’t matter how kind the hygienist is, or how friendly the dentist. It’s uncomfortable to sit there with your mouth wide open, having to grunt responses to polite – and horribly timed – questions. Nevertheless, Albertans understand how critical these services are to our…

  • AGA Opens Exhibition of Ground-Breaking First Nations Artists

    AGA Opens Exhibition of Ground-Breaking First Nations Artists

     7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. features the work of Jackson Beardy, Eddy Cobiness, Alex Janvier, Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Carl Ray and Joseph Sanchez Edmonton, AB – The Art Gallery of Alberta opens 7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. March 5, offering the opportunity for gallery-goers to see work by one of Canada’s most…

  • Alberta Modernizing Renewal Reminders

    Alberta Modernizing Renewal Reminders

      Government will save taxpayers $3 million a year by switching to electronic reminders for registration, licence and identification card renewals. Access to modern, free registration and licence renewal reminder tools has made the mailing of government reminders a dated practice and an unnecessary expense to Albertans that will stop in April 2016. “During these…

  • STARS urges Albertans to take the leap and buy a lottery ticket

    STARS urges Albertans to take the leap and buy a lottery ticket

      Calgary, AB – For the first time in more than two decades, STARS’ Alberta Lottery is in danger of not selling out. The lottery has a 23-year history in the province and is the only charitable home lottery in Canada to set records by selling out every year since it began. However, our stormy…