Tag: Northern Alberta

  • Notley Needs to Stop Tearing Down Alberta’s Relationship with Saskatchewan: Wildrose

    Notley Needs to Stop Tearing Down Alberta’s Relationship with Saskatchewan: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: Premier Rachel Notley needs to start building instead of tearing down Alberta’s relationship with Saskatchewan at the Premiers’ meeting this week, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. Last summer, Notley found herself in a war of words with Saskatchewan’s Premier Brad Wall after he gave a vocal defense of Canada’s oil and gas sector.…

  • Maple Leaf Forever

    Maple Leaf Forever

    A Rhodes Scholar and prominent historian, UAlberta alumnus George Stanley was also the designer of Canada’s national flag. “It meets all the tests for a distinguished flag. It is a flag of dignity and grace, worthy of a great sovereign nation.” —John Matheson A noted historian, Rhodes Scholar and lieutenant-governor, George Francis Gillman Stanley, ‘29…

  • Mykhaylo Bazelevskyy: Statement from Premier Rachel Notley

    Mykhaylo Bazelevskyy: Statement from Premier Rachel Notley

    Premier Rachel Notley has provided the following statement on the death of MacEwan University student Mykhaylo Bazelevskyy in Nice: “The deepest condolences of all Albertans go to the family and friends of Mykhaylo (Misha) Bazelevskyy, who lost his life in the terror attack in Nice on July 14. “This young man had every right to…

  • It’s Official – Alberta’s 2015/16 Deficit Larger than Initially Thought

    Notley government hiding behind low oil prices to defer making the tough decisions to reduce spending By Steve Lafleur and Ben Eisen, The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, B.C. / Troy Media/ – There’s no doubt that 2015/16 was a bad year for Alberta’s public finances. And with the recent release of the provincial government’s 2015/16 annual report, we…

  • Crash During 2016 Cold Lake Air Show

    Crash During 2016 Cold Lake Air Show

    July 17, 2016 – Cold Lake, Alberta – We can confirm at approximately 1:50 p.m. MDT, a T-28 Trojan flown by Bruce Evans (of Calgary) crashed during his performance at the Cold Lake Air Show. 4 Wing emergency services responded to the situation immediately and upon securing the scene discovered Mr. Evans was killed as a…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Fight the Bite this Summer

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Fight the Bite this Summer

    Warm summer weather brings mosquitoes… and with them, the risk of West Nile virus. Alberta Health Services (AHS) reminds you to make a summer habit of protecting yourself and your loved ones from mosquito bites, and their potentially severe health consequences. “With exposure to mosquitoes comes risk of West Nile virus,” says Dr. Gerry Predy,…

  • Alberta Seniors Have a New Advocate to Voice their Concerns

    Alberta Seniors Have a New Advocate to Voice their Concerns

    Alberta’s new Seniors Advocate, Sheree Kwong See, will help bring the issues and concerns of seniors to government. Kwong See has worked on behalf of seniors as an educator, researcher and policy expert for more than 25 years. She is a psychology professor at the University of Alberta and holds a PhD in experimental psychology…

  • Penalties for Violating Public Lands Reinstated

    Penalties for Violating Public Lands Reinstated

    The province will reinstate tickets and specified penalty amounts for violations on Alberta’s public lands effective August 6. Government will reinstate previously approved specified penalties for offences under the Public Lands Administration Regulation (PLAR). When the PLAR consolidated four regulations in 2011, including the Forest Recreation Regulation, the violations were amended, however the specific ticket…

  • NDP Appointee Compares Oil Sands to “Mordor,” Calls Industry “Toxic”: Wildrose

    NDP Appointee Compares Oil Sands to “Mordor,” Calls Industry “Toxic”: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: Following the establishment of the Oil Sands Advisory Group (OSAG) by the NDP government, there are serious concerns about why Ms. Tzeporah Berman has been appointed as co-chair of the panel, given the fact she is an active anti-pipeline activist and equated Alberta’s oil sands to feeling “a bit like Mordor,” the Wildrose…

  • Province Announces Oil Sands Advisory Group Membership

    Province Announces Oil Sands Advisory Group Membership

    The province is establishing an Oil Sands Advisory Group (OSAG) composed of members from industry, environmental organizations, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities to advise government on the oil-sands aspects of its Climate Leadership Plan and ensure that its initiatives are effective and widely supported. On the advice of leaders from industry and leading environmental organizations,…

  • Benefits of New Royalty Framework to Start Early

    Benefits of New Royalty Framework to Start Early

    Rigs and wells across Alberta can now get access to Alberta’s Modernized Royalty Framework, which will help create more jobs when drilling season starts. In response to industry requests, oil and gas producers can apply to opt in to the new, modernized royalty framework for wells that otherwise would not have been drilled. This changes…

  • Markup on Beer Producers Another NDP Tax Hike: Wildrose

    Markup on Beer Producers Another NDP Tax Hike: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government’s latest tax hike on Alberta’s small breweries is causing greater uncertainty for business owners and creates an expensive new grant program, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. On Tuesday, the NDP government announced the tax markup on beer to $1.25 per litre regardless of production quantities or brewery location, while…

  • NDP Must be Upfront About the Cost of its Minimum Wage Ad Buy: Wildrose

    NDP Must be Upfront About the Cost of its Minimum Wage Ad Buy: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: Following a massive ad buy to promote its risky and ideological carbon tax, the NDP government must now clarify just how much it’s spending to promote the increase of Alberta’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018, the Wildrose Official Opposition said last week. The NDP government previously spent an astounding $4.4 million on a carbon…

  • Government to Create Consistency for Alberta Beer Markups

    Government to Create Consistency for Alberta Beer Markups

    In ongoing efforts to promote local jobs, economic development and trade consistency, the Government of Alberta is updating the markup for beer products sold throughout the province. The President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance, Joe Ceci, has directed the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission board to set the beer markup to $1.25/L, regardless…

  • Lawmakers Focus on Collaboration and Policy at Cross-border Conference

    Lawmakers Focus on Collaboration and Policy at Cross-border Conference

    Cameron Westhead, the MLA for Banff-Cochrane, will attend the Council of State Governments (CSG Midwest) Midwestern Legislative Conference July 17-20 in Milwaukee, Wis. CSG Midwest is a regional forum bringing together legislators and government leaders from 11 states and four Canadian provinces. The Milwaukee conference will advance discussions on agriculture and economic development and will…