Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Cochrane RCMP – Stolen Vehicle & Copper Wire Theft: Suspects Arrested

    Cochrane RCMP – Stolen Vehicle & Copper Wire Theft: Suspects Arrested

      On 2015-11-03 at 600PM, Cochrane RCMP received a report of a stolen SUV out of Calgary, being tracked by Onstar . Cochrane RCMP located the vehicle, which fled from them when they attempted to stop it . Cochrane RCMP back off and tracked the vehicle with the help of On STAR. The vehicle was…

  • Minister of Human Services Responds to First Case Review

      Minister of Human Services Irfan Sabir issued the following statement in response to the Family Violence Death Review Committee’s release of their first case review. “I want to thank the Family Violence Death Review Committee for their first Case Review Report. The Committee plays an important role in determining how we can prevent family…

  • Canadian researchers discover fossils of first feathered dinosaurs from North America

    Canadian researchers discover fossils of first feathered dinosaurs from North America

    Significant find provides clues on early wing uses The ostrich-like dinosaurs in the original Jurassic Park movie were portrayed as a herd of scaly, fleet-footed animals being chased by a ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex. New research published in the prestigious journal Science reveals this depiction of these bird-mimic dinosaurs is not entirely accurate — the ornithomimids,…

  • Alberta Government Reinstates and Expands Student Employment Program

    Alberta Government Reinstates and Expands Student Employment Program

    Students will soon be able to access more job opportunities as government brings back the Summer Temporary Employment Program (STEP). The program will support employers by providing wage subsidies for more than 3,000 student positions starting in summer 2016. STEP will help students gain valuable work experience while helping small businesses and other employers access…

  • Oilfields Student Sell Cookie Dough as Fundraiser

    Oilfields Student Sell Cookie Dough as Fundraiser

      The OHS Travel Club are doing a Cookie Dough Telethon on Monday, November 9th. If there is anyone interested in purchasing cookie dough, please let one of the travel club students know or the front office so we can send that information along. There is a variety of different flavors and there are sugar free,…

  • Okotoks Wins Southwest Alberta Tourism Award for Municipality of the Year

    Okotoks Wins Southwest Alberta Tourism Award for Municipality of the Year

    The Town of Okotoks is honoured to have received the 2015 Southwest Alberta Service & Tourism award for “Municipality of the Year”  presented by the Chinook Country Tourist Association at the ceremony held October 7, 2015 at the Yates Centre in Lethbridge.  The award is presented to a municipality that works together to develop, build,…

  • Official Launch of Community Action Plan on Sex Trafficking in Edmonton

    Official Launch of Community Action Plan on Sex Trafficking in Edmonton

    EDMONTON, Alberta – (Tuesday) marked the official release of the final report of the project Engaging Community: Addressing Sex Trafficking in Edmonton. This project, which aims to address sex trafficking in our city, is the first of its kind in Edmonton and is one of three across the country. Working in partnership with local experts, policy makers,…

  • CREB: Prices Decline for the Second Consecutive Month

    CREB: Prices Decline for the Second Consecutive Month

    Sales activity remains well below long-term averages Click here to view the full monthly stats package. Calgary, Nov 2015 – Elevated inventory levels in October contributed to a second consecutive month of price declines in Calgary’s resale residential housing market. Benchmark prices declined 0.7 per cent from the previous month, and 1.2 per cent from…

  • NDP Interfering in Royalty Review Process, Ready to Rubber Stamp Higher Rates: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government must stop interfering in the work of its own royalty panel by suggesting it is ready to rubber stamp higher rates on the energy sector, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. “This review is creating nothing but uncertainty in an industry that is already being crushed by low oil prices,…

  • Lions Club of Okotoks Held Donations Night

    Lions Club of Okotoks Held Donations Night

    The Lions Club of Okotoks held a Donations Night event to distribute proceeds from their fund-raising to support charities.  The proceeds came from a portion of the running of the 2014 season of the Okotoks Lions Campground and a casino night. A total of over $17,000 was presented to the following groups by Okotoks Lions…

  • David Swann’s Statement on First NDP Budget

    David Swann’s Statement on First NDP Budget

    NDP’S FIRST BUDGET JUST NOT WHAT WAS NEEDED Alberta Liberal Leader Dr. David Swann says the budget tabled today by the NDP fails to address the needs of the Alberta economy. “Albertans were looking for a proactive budget that would meet the needs of Albertans and be a driver for stimulating and diversifying our economy,”…

  • RCMP Strathmore – Search Warrant at Rural Marihuana Grow Operation

    RCMP Strathmore – Search Warrant at Rural Marihuana Grow Operation

    On November 2, 2015, at approximately 3:15 p.m., Strathmore RCMP executed a Search Warrant at a rural property in the County of Rocky View, north of Langdon, Alberta. A large marihuana grow operation was discovered and police seized 1140 marihuana plants valued at $1.425 million dollars. The grow operation was located inside multiple grow rooms…

  • This is Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week

    This is Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week

    November 1-7, 2015 Carbon Monoxide (CO) – tasteless, odourless, colourless and a deadly gas that can kill silently in just minutes. This week is Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week and a great opportunity to educate yourself and your family about the dangers of CO and what you can do to keep your loved ones safe. How…

  • NDP Votes Down Key Ethics Legislation

      EDMONTON, AB: The NDP has voted down a private members’ bill that would prevent governments from making manipulative announcements during election periods, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. Bill 203, the Election (Restrictions on Government Advertising) Amendment Act, 2015, promised to make elections fairer by banning government spending announcements during writ periods. Premier Rachel Notley…

  • AB Small Business Confidence makes Slight Recovery from Historic Low

    AB Small Business Confidence makes Slight Recovery from Historic Low

      October marks the end of yearlong declining optimism Calgary – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released the latest Business Barometer numbers showing Alberta’s small business confidence rose to 36.1, a two point bump from last month. This is the first time since October 2014 the Alberta numbers reversed the downward trend.  Small…