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Ceci Set to Rubber Stamp Higher Royalty Rates: Wildrose
EDMONTON, AB (July 27, 2015): Finance Minister Joe Ceci needs to explain why the NDP government is planning to boost royalty rates before the pending royalty review has even started, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. In an interview with Rick Bell of the Calgary Sun, Ceci is quoted saying a new royalty scheme…
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Province Delivers Funding for Local Infrastructure
Communities across Alberta are moving forward with local infrastructure projects, thanks to funding support from the government’s Municipal Sustainability Initiative. The funding commitment under the Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI) ensures stable support for the long-term plans of communities across the province. “Alberta families and businesses have asked us to ensure strong and stable support…
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‘Cracking’ Gluten Intolerance
Researchers use egg yolks to create supplement that could improve lives of people with celiac disease. By Sandra Pysklywyc (Edmonton) University of Alberta researchers may have found a way to help people with celiac disease enjoy the wide variety of foods they normally have to shun. Hoon Sunwoo, an associate professor in the Faculty of…
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AHS Weekly Wellness News: Submit-a-Tick ~ Alberta Program Checks Ticks for Lyme Bacteria
As summer gets underway, Albertans are reminded to submit any ticks they find to the Alberta Tick Surveillance Program. The program tests first for the type of tick and then, if necessary, for the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease in humans. Lyme disease is an illness caused by bacteria that is spread through…
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Because You Cared: Former Paramedic ‘Forever Grateful’ for Nurse’s Care
Surprise ‘thank you’ a career highlight for 29-year health professional Story by Heather Marcoux Glenda Volk thought she was attending just another meeting on just another day at the Wainwright Health Centre. But then a recent patient, former paramedic Dan Schmidt, made a surprise appearance and turned the day into one of…
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Giving Back in Today’s Economy: Challenges and Opportunities from the Non-Profit Sector
It’s no surprise that low oil prices and financial uncertainty in the markets has had a negative impact on Alberta businesses and families. Businesses all across the province have been faced with difficult decisions to downsize and lower costs. At the same time, families affected by job loss and lower incomes have relied heavily…
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Alberta’s Energy and Innovation Ministers Visit Heartland Region
Tour showcases over $13 billion in new industrial projects and employment for 25,000 people in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Alberta’s Industrial Heartland – Alberta’s Energy Minister, Honourable Margaret McCuaig-Boyd, Minister of Innovation and Advanced Education Honourable Lori Sigurdson, and local MLAs met with industry and municipal stakeholders Wednesday to tour Alberta’s Industrial Heartland, including the…
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Geek is Chic
Library cards are cool again, thanks to alumna Tina Thomas A teenager in skinny jeans scans stands at a kiosk scanning a bright purple card with the tagline, “Chicks dig big brains.” Next to him, a young woman throws a tall stack of video games and CDs into a totebag that brags, “Library lovers never…
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Health Minister responds to Protection for Persons in Care decisions
Health Minister Sarah Hoffman issued the following statement on the release of decisions related to reports of mistreatment of three residents at the Kipnes Centre for Veterans in late 2014 and early 2015. “I am deeply disturbed by cases of abuse at the Kipnes Centre that an investigation has determined to be founded, and by…
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Energy Minister statement on Nexen pipeline spill
Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd provided the following statement to the news media after visiting the Nexen spill site: “I would like to thank the Fort McMurray First Nation for the invitation extended to me and my colleague, Minister of Environment and Parks. “Our government came together today with the Fort McMurray First Nation to meet…
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Government Debt Risking Alberta’s Future
By Pat Stier, MLA We all know the crippling effects of debt, which is why we try our best to prudently manage our finances in both our personal and professional lives. In Europe, the banks recently shut down, pensioners and public servants were locked out of their contracts and the Eurozone almost collapsed, after…
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UAlberta Film Review Summer Series: Big Game
by Paul Matwychuk A summer series highlighting the hidden movie gems you don’t want to miss During the summer blockbuster season, it’s easy for smaller, more offbeat and adventurous movies to get lost in the shuffle. Every Tuesday for six weeks, local film writer and alumnus Paul Matwychuk (’93 English & Film Studies, ’98 LLB) will come…
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NDP Promises On CCS Were Just Hot Air: Wildrose
EDMONTON, AB (July 23, 2015): The NDP government needs to explain why just three months after the election they are breaking one of their key campaign promises to scrap funding for present and future carbon capture projects (CCS), the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The NDP campaign platform promised to reallocate funding from the…
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Furry Philanthropy: how BC & Alberta Guide Dogs Stand Out from the Pack
Top employers know that companies that give back are better able to engage and retain employees. Last year, The Globe and Mail reported that sixty percent of millennials said they prefer to work for organizations that are actively making their communities a better place. So giving back is good business, right? It turns out…
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Alberta Green Party: Janet Keeping’s Thoughts on the NDPs’ First Days in Government
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