Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Foothills Christmas Events for November and December

    Foothills Christmas Events for November and December

    November 6 to 8 Millarville Christmas Market, Millarville Racetrack November 7 St. George’s Christmas Tea and Bake Sale, St George’s Anglican Church, Turner Valley November 14 Diamond Valley Christmas Market, Griffith‘s Memorial Centre, Black Diamond November 21 Christmas Tea and Bazaar, Lewis Memorial United Church, Turner Valley Turner Valley Legion Christmas Market, Royal Canadian Legion, Turner Valley…

  • Oilfields Food Bank: You Can Help Stock Up

    Oilfields Food Bank: You Can Help Stock Up

      We’re headed into our busiest time of year. We hope you can participate as you are able. Monday Nov 9 – Fire Dept. Food Drive – Turner Valley Tuesday Nov 10 – Fire Dept. Food Drive – Black Diamond, Longview (unloading the collected items will be done by volunteers with help from the Boy Scouts…

  • Alberta Budget Misdiagnoses the Problem

    Blaming oil prices is a convenient but false narrative By Charles Lammam and Steve Lafleur The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, BC/ Troy Media/ – If the first step towards remedying a problem is admitting that you have one, Alberta is a long way away from fixing its budget woes. Indeed, Finance Minister Joe Ceci took every…

  • Exercise Program Lightens Load on Health System

    Exercise Program Lightens Load on Health System

    Participants report fewer doctor, emergency department visits Story by Tara Grindle; Photo by Paul Rotzinger At 73, Calgarian Shirley Servis was worried about her loss of flexibility, particularly the risk of falling on winter ice. That’s when her doctor recommended she join the Alberta Health Services (AHS) Supervised Exercise Program, which she started at her…

  • Alberta Employment Drops While Rest of Country Gains: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB (November 6, 2015): Statistics Canada has released their Labour Force Survey for October 2015, and the numbers for Alberta show the ongoing impact of the NDP’s risky economic agenda, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. Employment increased across Canada by 44,000 in October, while in Alberta unemployment fell by 11,000. “This large…

  • Statement from Premier Notley on Keystone XL

    Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement on the U.S. decision regarding the proposed Keystone XL pipeline: “Though I am not surprised by the news coming from the White House this morning, as we have anticipated this announcement for some time, I am disappointed by the way the U.S. government chose to characterize our energy…

  • Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week focuses on safety

    Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week focuses on safety

    Albertans are encouraged to install and test their carbon monoxide alarms during Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week (Nov. 1-7). Carbon monoxide is often referred to as a silent killer. It’s an odourless, colourless and toxic gas, and in an enclosed space, such as a home or garage, even a small amount can cause serious illness or…

  • Jean Condems Keystone XL Rejection

      EDMONTON, AB (November 6, 2015): Today, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean released the following statement condemning US President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline: “It’s deeply disappointing the current White House administration rejected a pipeline that would have secured North America’s energy security, and meant tens-of-thousands of jobs for both Albertans and Americans.…

  • Bill 5 Important First Step, Lower Limit Needed: Wildrose

    Bill 5 Important First Step, Lower Limit Needed: Wildrose

        EDMONTON, AB: Wildrose welcomed the proposal to extend Alberta’s sunshine list to include all agencies, boards and commissions (ABCs) with further study and an explanation for the higher indexed limit of $125,000 compared to current government of Alberta disclosure levels. Bill 5, the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act, sets an indexed limit of $125,000 for employees of…

  • Government to Ensure Greater Transparency for Albertans Through expanded ‘sunshine’ list

        Today the government introduced Bill 5, the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act, to increase transparency by addressing the disclosure of compensation paid to a wide variety of public sector employees, appointees, physicians and other health practitioners. This proposed legislation would require compensation disclosure for certain employees who work for: Agencies, boards and commissions…

  • The Hens Can Stay

    The Hens Can Stay

      Both Black Diamond and Turner Valley Councils voted to allow Backyard Hens in the community following a successful pilot project held in both communities. The Animal Bylaws will be amended to reflect this: Turner Valley Bylaws – PDF Black Diamond Bylaws – PDF Check in with your respective town offices for the rules and regulations and…

  • High River Yard Waste Drop-off Station to Close Nov. 30

    High River Yard Waste Drop-off Station to Close Nov. 30

      HIGH RIVER, AB: Town Operations crews will be closing the current Town of High River yard waste drop-off station located south of the former sprung structures on 1 Street S.E. in order to clear the area for new developments. The station where residents were able to take grass, leaves, branches and other yard waste…

  • RCMP Airdrie – Marihuana Grow Op

    RCMP Airdrie – Marihuana Grow Op

    On November 5th, 2015, at approximately 9:30 AM, Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit “Green Team South”, along with Airdrie Rural RCMP, RCMP Police Dog Services and Airdrie Crime Reduction Unit executed a search warrant at a rural property in the county of Rocky View, near Balzac, Alberta. 536 marihuana plants were located inside the attached garage…

  • Municipal Overspending Costs each Household $5,200

      Senior levels of government should freeze unconditional transfers to cities  Toronto/Calgary, November, 2015 – Excessive city spending took $5,200 from each Canadian household over the past decade, according to the latest report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Cities of all sizes overspent by $68 billion between 2003 and 2013.  “We keep…

  • RCMP Cochrane ~ Poor Road Conditions

    RCMP Cochrane ~ Poor Road Conditions

    Cochrane RCMP advise that Highway 1 is in poor traveling condition this evening. There is black ice on Highway 1 west of the Petro Canada. Numerous vehicles in the ditch. If you must travel please drive with extreme caution.