Tag: Northern Alberta

  • Recognize Albertans Working to Prevent Violence

    Albertans are encouraged to nominate community leaders for recognition in the fourth annual Inspiration Awards. The awards honour extraordinary work in Alberta communities to prevent and address family violence. This year’s awards are being expanded beyond family violence to also recognize work in the areas of sexual violence, child sexual abuse, and bullying. “We all…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: World Suicide Day

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: World Suicide Day

    Reach out and save lives: understand the signs September 10 marks World Suicide Prevention Day, an internationally recognized event designed to raise awareness and dispel some of the myths related to suicide. Suicide affects people of all ages and genders. Each year more Albertans die by suicide than motor vehicle collisions. As a result, many…

  • 3 Best Practices to Minimize Lodged Crops

    3 Best Practices to Minimize Lodged Crops

    The combines have begun roaring across western Canada in the past couple of weeks which means that once again it is the grueling point of year where every minute counts when it comes to getting your crops off in a timely fashion. One of the biggest factors that contribute to an inefficient harvest are crops…

  • Global Privacy Sweep Finds Half of Websites, Apps are Sharing Children’s Personal Information

    Global Privacy Sweep Finds Half of Websites, Apps are Sharing Children’s Personal Information

    An international project aimed at understanding how websites and apps collect and share children’s personal information had mixed results. Of the 1,494 websites and apps analyzed around the globe, 67 percent were found to collect children’s personal information and 50 percent shared information with other organizations. The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner was…

  • GreenTRIP Round Two Starts its Journey in St. Albert

    GreenTRIP Round Two Starts its Journey in St. Albert

    $30 million in grants will support purchase of clean running buses and new regional smart fare technology. Transportation Minister Brian Mason hopped aboard a St. Albert Transit commuter bus as he announced new GreenTRIP funding would support the purchase of four electric buses in St. Albert as well as the development of regional smart fare…

  • Help Alberta’s Chiropractors Give Toasty Toes to Vulnerable Albertans

    Help Alberta’s Chiropractors Give Toasty Toes to Vulnerable Albertans

    Inaugural #ToastyToes Sock Drive aims to collect 100,000 pairs of socks for shelters in partnership with United Way “Sometimes socks can be more important than bringing people food because food is not hard to get, but it seems to be harder and harder to get socks all the time. Without socks you get sores…between your toes…

  • ASIRT Concludes Investigation into St. Albert RCMP Incident

    ASIRT Concludes Investigation into St. Albert RCMP Incident

    The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Shawn Maxwell Rehn, following an incident at the Apex Casino where one police officer and one auxiliary constable were shot, resulting in the death of Cst. David Wynn and the serious injury of Auxiliary Cst. Derek Bond. The…

  • Albertans can now Provide Ideas to Strengthen Addiction and Mental Health Services

    Albertans can now Provide Ideas to Strengthen Addiction and Mental Health Services

    The Mental Health Review’s online questionnaire is now available to collect input from Albertans on how to improve the lives of those living with addiction and mental health challenges. The Mental Health Review is being co-chaired by Dr. David Swann, Liberal leader and MLA for Calgary-Mountain View, and Danielle Larivee, MLA for Lesser Slave Lake.…

  • Trek Factory Racing claims TTT win in Alberta

    Trek Factory Racing claims TTT win in Alberta

      Trek Factory won Stage 1 of Tour of Alberta on Wednesday Trek Factory racing were the third team off the starting line in the opening chilly 19.6-kilometer team time trial in the Tour of Alberta and set an early benchmark in 22:56’88. Dressed in warm jackets, toques, and draped in thick blankets the team of…

  • RCMP promotes patience behind the wheel this Labour Day weekend 

    RCMP promotes patience behind the wheel this Labour Day weekend 

      Edmonton, AB –Labour Day weekend will see an increase in traffic volume on Alberta’s roads and highways, and this may increase travel times. Driver frustration in the face of slower traffic flow or unexpected delays can result in motorists taking unnecessary risks like speeding, unsafe lane changes and non-compliance with passing road markings on…

  • NDP Health Minister Chooses Risky Ideology Over Patient Care

    NDP Health Minister Chooses Risky Ideology Over Patient Care

      Recently, NDP Health Minister Sarah Hoffman ripped up a $3 billion contract for lab services impacting health care for Edmonton and northern Alberta. Sadly, her reason had nothing to do with whether or not this was the best path to provide quality care for patients, but rather, on ideology. The government spent significant time…

  • Restored Funding Helps Students Start the School Year Right

    Restored Funding Helps Students Start the School Year Right

    As Alberta students head back to class, many schools are seeing the direct benefits of $103 million dedicated by government to support enrolment growth. Highlights include: school boards hiring more teachers, maintaining teacher-student ratios, hiring Diverse Learning Teachers, and putting specific supports in place for vulnerable students including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit learners. On…

  • ‘Amazing’ Equine Athletes Inspire Newly Graduated Veterinarians

    ‘Amazing’ Equine Athletes Inspire Newly Graduated Veterinarians

    UCVM graduates set sights on a future in advanced horse care One grew up a city kid and the other riding horses on her family’s acreage. Now, Naomi Crabtree and Kayla Dykstra — who graduated from the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) — aspire to two different but related specialties: equine surgery and equine sports…

  • Pain-Free Brain Surgery Without a Scalpel

    Pain-Free Brain Surgery Without a Scalpel

    University Hospital Foundation funds $17.5M Gamma Knife and Clinical 3T MRI Centre EDMONTON — Alberta’s first Gamma Knife and Clinical 3T MRI Centre — with the capability to pinpoint hard-to-reach brain tumours and perform life-saving surgery without a scalpel — is coming here thanks to the University Hospital Foundation’s next major investment in the advancement…

  • Alberta’s Royalty Review is Now Underway

    Alberta’s Royalty Review is Now Underway

    The royalty review advisory panel will begin its work connecting with Albertans as it reviews the province’s non-renewable resource royalty framework. Energy economist Peter Tertzakian, former Alberta deputy minister of finance Annette Trimbee, and Mayor of Beaverlodge Leona Hanson will work alongside panel chair Dave Mowat. The group will engage with Albertans, energy-related industries and…