Tag: Southern Alberta

  • RCMP High River – Motor Vehicle Collision With Injuries

    RCMP High River – Motor Vehicle Collision With Injuries

    High River, Alberta – On July 5, 2016 at approximately 11:15 am, High River RCMP responded to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 783 and 434 Avenue East.  An east bound car struck a south bound minivan, causing both vehicles to go into the ditch.  A female passenger in the minivan was…

  • Fireside Theatre Merges Past and Present Parallels of the Real Life Refugee Experience

    Fireside Theatre Merges Past and Present Parallels of the Real Life Refugee Experience

    The World premiere of  Kaspar Hauser: The Riddle of Refuge Fundraiser for the Rosebud Committee for Syria to be performed around campfires at three locations (Drumheller, Strathmore & Rosebud) July 21-24 Drumheller, Strathmore & Rosebud, Alberta – Fireside Theatre,  a collective of theatre artists based in Rosebud presents Kaspar Hauser: The Riddle of Refuge, a mysterious…

  • RCMP Brooks: Mischief to Quad Baseball Park

    RCMP Brooks: Mischief to Quad Baseball Park

    Brooks, Alberta- Brooks RCMP received a call on June 17 2016 of reports of damage at the Quad Baseball Park in Brooks. An unknown person tried to rip off the meter reader as well as the irrigation box was tampered with. This is the second time this has occurred in the last month. The approximate…

  • NDP Added Almost 500 Names to the Sunshine List in 2015: Wildrose

    NDP Added Almost 500 Names to the Sunshine List in 2015: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB (June 30, 2016): Today’s updated release of Alberta’s sunshine list shows the NDP government, along with the previous government in charge, added 474 names to Alberta’s sunshine list while tens of thousands of Albertans were losing their jobs, the Wildrose Official Opposition said Thursday. According to the NDP government’s own data, in 2013, there…

  • Expanded Sunshine List Means More Transparency

    Expanded Sunshine List Means More Transparency

    The Government of Alberta has updated and expanded its sunshine list to reflect staff salaries from 2015. Before the end of the day, nearly 150 agencies, boards and commissions are also required to post compensation paid to public-sector workers in 2015 to meet the legislated requirement. Government staff who earned more than $104,754 in the…

  • RCMP Canmore Investigates Death at Grassi Lakes Near Canmore

    RCMP Canmore Investigates Death at Grassi Lakes Near Canmore

    On Saturday July 2nd, 2016 at approximately 10:45 am, Canmore RCMP were called to assist EMS and Kananaskis Emergency Services at the Grassi Lakes area near Canmore. A 53 year old man from Calgary appeared to have been in the area known as “Whiteman’s Gap“ along Highway 742 when he fell and sustained injuries.The man…

  • RCMP Brooks: Farming Accident – Sudden Death

    RCMP Brooks: Farming Accident – Sudden Death

    Brooks, Alberta– Brooks RCMP were called to assist EMS at a Rural residence on the Afternoon of July 3 2016. It was reported that a tractor and bailer had caught fire and the driver of the tractor received burns to the majority of her body.  Mary-Jane WICKERT, 88, was taken to a local hospital and…

  • Dramatic Minimum Wage Hike Comes at a Time When the Economy Can Least Afford It: Wildrose

    Dramatic Minimum Wage Hike Comes at a Time When the Economy Can Least Afford It: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: The announced timeline by the NDP government to implement a dramatic increase to the minimum wage comes at a time when our economy can least afford it and puts employment with our most vulnerable at risk, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. Labour Minister Christina Gray refused to release any type of economic analysis about…

  • Minimum-Wage Plan Brings Hope to Hardworking Albertans

    Minimum-Wage Plan Brings Hope to Hardworking Albertans

    The province is mapping out the next steps toward a $15 minimum wage by 2018 following several weeks of consultation with Albertans. The increases to minimum wage will move nearly 300,000 hardworking Albertans closer to earning a living wage for their families and provide certainty to businesses. Alberta’s general minimum wage will rise $1.00 to…

  • Wildrose Responds to Ridesharing Regulations Being Passed

    Wildrose Responds to Ridesharing Regulations Being Passed

    EDMONTON, AB: Following the release of the NDP government’s regulations for ridesharing services in the province, Wildrose Shadow Infrastructure Minister Dave Schneider released the following statement: “Following a delay of many months where a void was created in Alberta’s ridesharing industry due solely to the NDP government dragging its feet, it’s a relief to see these regulations…

  • Transportation Network Company Regulation and Insurance Driven by Safety And Fairness

    Transportation Network Company Regulation and Insurance Driven by Safety And Fairness

    The Government of Alberta has developed a framework to allow Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) to operate in a fair manner, while maintaining safe roads. The ministries of Transportation and Treasury Board and Finance have worked with the ride-for-hire industry, the insurance sector, municipalities and other stakeholders to develop appropriate insurance coverage, licensing and police information…

  • Calgary School Release Their Own Hitchbots Across the Canada

    Calgary School Release Their Own Hitchbots Across the Canada

    A team made up of Grade 4/5 students and teachers from Erin Woods School in Calgary got together to design and build a number of hitchhiking robots, modelled after the original hitchBOT that travelled across Canada in the summer of 2014. On Friday, June 24th they officially launched the first 3 Hitchbots! These were completed…

  • Foothills School Division Announces New Vice Principal for Turner Valley School

    Foothills School Division Announces New Vice Principal for Turner Valley School

    HIGH RIVER, AB – Foothills School Division (FSD) is pleased to announce the administrative appointment of Debbie Reid as the new Vice Principal of Turner Valley School, effective August 2016. Ms. Reid will move into the position currently held by Chase Ellis, who is transferring as vice principal to Spitzee Elementary School in the fall.…

  • Annual Report Shows No Fiscal Restraint and Harmful Impact of NDP Policies: Wildrose

    Annual Report Shows No Fiscal Restraint and Harmful Impact of NDP Policies: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB (June 29, 2016): The NDP government’s 2015-16 annual report shows a government with no plan for fiscal restraint, only policies that continue to hurt the economy, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The annual report showed an even higher than expected deficit after the NDP brought in billions of dollars in new government…

  • Government Stabilized Funding for Key Public Services in 2015-16, Despite Steep Drop in Oil Prices

    Government Stabilized Funding for Key Public Services in 2015-16, Despite Steep Drop in Oil Prices

    With the strongest balance sheet in the country, the Alberta government maintained nearly $50 billion in provincially owned net assets, despite the continued economic downturn and declining revenue due to the volatile price of oil. The newly released annual report shows government finished the fiscal year with a $6.4-billion deficit – $324 million more than…