Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Government Introduces New Eye Care Program, Saving Millions for Patients and Taxpayers

    Government Introduces New Eye Care Program, Saving Millions for Patients and Taxpayers

    Minister of Health Sarah Hoffman has announced a new pilot project that will provide more treatment options for Albertans suffering from vision loss, and will save patients approximately $300 every year. The program will also save taxpayers between $23 –$46 million over the next three years, as patients are able to choose a less expensive…

  • Airdrie RCMP – Seeking public assistance locating additional person charged in homicide

    Airdrie RCMP – Seeking public assistance locating additional person charged in homicide

      Airdrie, Alberta – On September 18, 2015 the Airdrie RCMP were called to a vehicle fire on the outskirts of the City.  The charred remains of Mohammed SAQIB were located in the vehicle. The investigation was treated as a homicide and as the investigation progressed evidence was recovered which supported this belief. On September 24, 2015…

  • RCMP Cochrane – Road Closure due to MVC

    RCMP Cochrane – Road Closure due to MVC

      RCMP Cochrane advising of a MVC on Highway 22, approximately 2 km north of Highway 8. This intersection will be closed until further notice.

  • From the Teacher’s Desk: A Wonderful Education  

        By Leonard Quilty The primary concern of education is character. A school should be a model home, a complete community, an embryonic democracy.   ~ Colonel Francis W. Parker It’s hard to believe we are already nearing the end of the first month of the school year. During our first week back at school,…

  • Empty NDP Promise on ABC Review Creates Budget Questions: Fildebrandt

    Empty NDP Promise on ABC Review Creates Budget Questions: Fildebrandt

      EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government’s failure to deliver on a promised review of Alberta’s Agencies, Boards and Commissions (ABCs) has slapped a giant question mark on the upcoming budget, Wildrose Shadow Finance Minister Derek Fildebrandt said. Nearly 50 per cent of tax dollars go to agencies, boards and commissions such as Alberta Health Services…

  • Albertans Recognized for Work to Transform Lives and Reduce Stigma

    Albertans Recognized for Work to Transform Lives and Reduce Stigma

    Inspiring stories of hope, recovery and service were celebrated today at the fourth annual True Awards ceremony, hosted by the Lieutenant Governor’s Circle on Mental Health and Addiction. Lieutenant Governor Lois Mitchell presented the awards which recognize compassionate and forward-thinking efforts to help Albertans find the services and supports they need, foster recovery for those…

  • Alberta Youth Become EcoHeroes at Environmental Camp

    Alberta Youth Become EcoHeroes at Environmental Camp

      The Metis Nation of Alberta Association Local Council Chinook 1880 brought together youth, parents and volunteer professional staff for their “Understanding the Environment” youth camp, held September 11 – 13 in the Castle Wilderness area in Southern Alberta. The camp achieved its goals of: Bringing together youth with knowledgeable elders and professionals so they…

  • Vulcan RCMP – Victims of Fatal House Fire Identified – Arson

    Vulcan RCMP – Victims of Fatal House Fire Identified – Arson

    Vulcan, Alberta – Today, following review of the autopsy results completed by the Medical Examiner’s office on September 29, 2015, the identity of the two victims in the fatal house fire in Vulcan are confirmed as Robert Farrow, 47, of Vulcan, Alberta and Karen Currie, 56, of Vulcan, Alberta.  The next of kin notifications have been made.…

  • Giving into Mulcair Not in Alberta’s Best Interests: Wildrose

    Giving into Mulcair Not in Alberta’s Best Interests: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB: Premier Rachel Notley needs to clarify her sudden support for federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair’s national cap-and-trade scheme and emissions standards that will directly intervene in Alberta’s energy sector, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. “Albertans want leadership that protects jobs and the economy. They don’t want risky policies that will only pile…

  • UPDATE: RCMP still investigating homicide in Coleman

    UPDATE: RCMP still investigating homicide in Coleman

      Coleman, AB – Members from the RCMP Major Crime Unit continue to investigate the homicide of a 69 year-old woman in Coleman, Alberta.  Hannah Meketech, a resident of Coleman, was found deceased inside her home on the morning of Wednesday, September 9th , 2015.  An autopsy conducted by the Medical Examiner’s Office in Calgary…

  • Alberta’s Minimum Wages Increase Today, October 1st, 2015

    Minimum wage earners in Alberta will see a boost to their paycheques beginning today, when the province’s minimum wages increase. Alberta’s general minimum wage will increase from $10.20 to $11.20 per hour. The liquor server minimum wage will rise from $9.20 to $10.70 per hour, and will be eliminated next year. “Increasing minimum wages will…

  • Caution Needed on Proposed Governance Boards in Updated MGA: Stier

    Caution Needed on Proposed Governance Boards in Updated MGA: Stier

      EDMONTON, AB: Municipalities deserve a better explanation from the NDP government about new mandatory ‘growth management boards’ that will be included in a new Municipal Government Act (MGA) presented next spring, Wildrose Shadow Municipal Affairs Minister Pat Stier said today. As part of today’s announcement committing to a timeline for a new MGA before…

  • Municipal Government Act to change how municipalities work together

      Alberta municipalities will benefit from a modernized Municipal Government Act (MGA) in time for the next municipal elections in 2017. The act is our province’s second largest piece of legislation and touches the daily lives of all Albertans by defining how their municipalities are governed, funded, and developed. A key component of the updated…

  • Fire Prevention Week October 4th to 10th, 2015

    Fire Prevention Week October 4th to 10th, 2015

    Black Diamond Proclaims October 4th to 10th as Fire Prevention Week

  • Town asks Residents Not to Release Goldfish into Storm Ponds

    Town asks Residents Not to Release Goldfish into Storm Ponds

    High River: A biologist from Advisian (WorleyParsons Group) is working with the Town of High River to correct a major issue with domestic goldfish, also known as Prussian Carp, entering the local storm water pond systems. There are 35-100 Prussian Carp that have been observed in the fore bays in the Highwood Lake storm pond…