Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Highway 1 East of Calgary closed due to fatality collision

      Strathmore, Alberta – Strathmore RCMP officers and emergency personnel are at the scene of a four-vehicles-collision on Highway 1 Eastbound on the East side of Calgary, Alberta. One adult occupant was pronounced deceased on scene and one infant child was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. This multi-vehicle collision occurred at approximately 2:00 p.m.…

  • 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…

  • “Free the Fuzz” Fundraiser for Special Olympics

    “Free the Fuzz” Fundraiser for Special Olympics

      Airdrie, Alberta – As of 9am on  July 24th, 2015, the 4th Annual Airdrie Free the Fuzz Fundraiser is underway. The Law Enforcement Torch Run raises funds for the local Special Olympics. Different Law Enforcement representatives will be on scene all weekend, some of which will be camping out to support the cause. This event…

  • Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area to Become Canada’s First Nocturnal Preserve

    Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area to Become Canada’s First Nocturnal Preserve

      The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) is pleased to designate Canada’s first Nocturnal Preserve, the Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area (ASCCA), which is located in Alberta. This designation is a key component of a comprehensive national strategy to preserve and protect the natural nocturnal environment. There is a growing need to identify…

  • UCalgary: Research Leads to Change in Canadian Stroke Care Guidelines

    UCalgary: Research Leads to Change in Canadian Stroke Care Guidelines

    ESCAPE trial, led by Hotchkiss Brain Institute, contributes to new recommended best practices University of Calgary researchers Mayank Goyal, left, Andrew Demchuk and Michael Hill in the neuro-angiography suite where endovascular treatment is performed. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary A recent stroke clinical trial led by the University of Calgary is one of…

  • UAlberta Film Review Summer Series: Big Game

    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…

  • Environmental Protection Order issued to remediate site of fertilizer spill

    Environmental Protection Order issued to remediate site of fertilizer spill

    Alberta Environment and Parks has ordered 1370996 Alberta Ltd. to carry out activities to prevent impacts to aquatic life in the Little Bow River. Incident details On July 15, 2015, a fertilizer storage tank owned by the company ruptured and approximately 9,800 litres of urea ammonium nitrate was released onto the site. The fertilizer migrated…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Water Fun

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Water Fun

    Spending a week at the cottage, going fishing or sailing, or just having fun in your backyard pool can make for a great summer. But water needs to be treated with respect or accidents can happen. By paying attention to certain safety rules and by knowing what to do in case of an emergency, you…

  • Canadian High School and Jr High Rodeo Finals

    Canadian High School and Jr High Rodeo Finals

      Nanton is hosting the Canadian Finals for the High School/Jr High Rodeo this weekend. The events got underway on Wednesday but you can still catch the action this weekend at the Ag Society grounds. Friday, July 24 8:00a.m. – High School Cutting go#2 10:00a.m. – Jr. High Finals in main arena 2:00p.m. – 2nd…

  • NDP Promises On CCS Were Just Hot Air: Wildrose

    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…

  • ASIRT Concludes RCMP Officer-Involved Shooting

    On October 6, 2014, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed by the Director of Law Enforcement to investigate the circumstances surrounding an incident that occurred at the Redcliff Detachment. In the evening hours of October 5, a 33-year-old man had attended a local bar in Medicine Hat. After having consumed several drinks,…

  • Scammer Posing as ENMAX Employee

    Scammer Posing as ENMAX Employee

    The Calgary Police Service and ENMAX are alerting Calgarians to a new door-to-door fraud involving people posing as ENMAX employees. On Friday, July 17, 2015, police were called to a residence in the 400 block of 71 Avenue S.E. by a woman who claimed she’d been defrauded two days before. Officers learned that on Wednesday,…

  • Harper Government Invests in Animal Health

    Harper Government Invests in Animal Health

    Okotoks, Alberta – John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Macleod, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced yesterday an investment of over $268,000 to Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) to help ensure that cattle arriving at auctions and abattoirs are in good health and meet the standards required for processing. The development of a…

  • Furry Philanthropy: how BC & Alberta Guide Dogs Stand Out from the Pack

    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…

  • RCMP Cochrane – Missing Man Located

      At 2015-07-23 at 11:00 hrs, Cochrane RCMP, with the assistance of Cochrane Search and Rescue located Paul KERR, alive in a cabin, off the Towers Trail. North Of Township Road 252. EMS attended the scene and will be transporting KERR to the hospital. RCMP will be continuing to investigate to find out where he…