Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Found Ram is New World’s Record

    Found Ram is New World’s Record

    A bighorn sheep killed in a highway collision in Alberta has the largest horns ever recorded for the species. Boone and Crockett Club measurers today (March 6) certified the specimen as a new World’s Record. The horns’ final score of 209-4/8 B&C points edged out the previous World’s Record, a ram taken near Luscar Mountain,…

  • Saskiw calls for Stronger Extradition Policy to Keep Sex Offenders like Stanley Behind Bars

    Saskiw calls for Stronger Extradition Policy to Keep Sex Offenders like Stanley Behind Bars

      EDMONTON, AB – Following news convicted Alberta sex offender Michael Stanley was arrested for raping a 69-year-old Seattle lady, Wildrose Justice Critic Shayne Saskiw called on Justice Minister Jonathan Denis to immediately expand and strengthen the government’s extradition policy today. The new policy would ensure those who have committed heinous crimes and break their…

  • Medicine Hat Mayor’s Statement Regarding Impaired Driving Charges

    Medicine Hat Mayor’s Statement Regarding Impaired Driving Charges

    I would like to apologize to the citizens of Medicine Hat. This morning I agreed to plead guilty to the charge of impaired driving. I am human and exercised very poor judgment for which I must take responsibility. I am not above the law. This plea goes against the advice of my lawyer. My legal counsel is convinced I have…

  • Calgary Opera joins Calgary Stampede’s Youth Campus

      Calgary – The Calgary Stampede and Calgary Opera are proud to announce a unique partnership that will see the Calgary Opera move to the Calgary Stampede’s Youth Campus creating an energized and sought-after gathering place for performing arts training and performance for youth. Under the agreement, the Stampede will provide the land for the…

  • Green Energy Futures: Banff Launches the First Municipal Solar Feed-in Tariff in Canada

    Green Energy Futures: Banff Launches the First Municipal Solar Feed-in Tariff in Canada

      By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Banff National Park is famous for its beautiful mountain views, its diversity of wildlife and its many, many tourists. Canada’s most popular national park gets more than three million visitors a year. Located within the national park, the town of Banff has branded itself as an environmental role…

  • Millarville School Principal’s Message: Jumping for Heart Health

    Millarville School Principal’s Message: Jumping for Heart Health

      On February 26th the whole school took to the air to show their support for the Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart! Our energetic Grade 8’s took the lead and ran centers for the rest of the school to try out different styles of rope jumping. Thanks to our Grade 8’s for…

  • Alberta Emerald Foundation: Announcing our new Executive Director

    Alberta Emerald Foundation: Announcing our new Executive Director

      Alan Ross Board Chair, Alberta Emerald Foundation On behalf of the Alberta Emerald Foundation Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce Carmen Boyko as our new Executive Director. Carmen brings over fifteen years of progressive non-profit/charitable experience to the Alberta Emerald Foundation. A strong relationship builder, Carmen has been described by her references…

  • RCMP Cochrane – Missing Person Located

      11 March 2015 AT 1230 pm Donny MYER was located at the SE Plaza Mall on Macleod Tr. He has been picked up by his worker and is being brought back Cochrane. The RCMP will be interviewing Donny to account for the last several days. The RCMP would like to thank the media and…

  • Alberta’s Forest Industry Continues to Grow

      Alberta Forest Products Association 3rd Quarter Results Revenues up from 4% from same period last year Edmonton – Values of lumber, pulp and paper, and panelboard manufactured by Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) members totaled approximately $696 million for the 3rd quarter of 2014. The value of production was up $26 million or 3.9%…

  • AHS Staff Harness Horsepower for Healing

    AHS Staff Harness Horsepower for Healing

    ‘That visit went a long way in helping me get better’ Story by Janet Mezzarobba Jan Eaton has spent most of her life caring for animals. A dedicated animal advocate, the Strathmore woman has spent much of her 51 years caring for and enriching the lives of not only her own animals but those she’s…

  • Increased Hunting, Fishing Fees Aid Outdoor Programs

    Increased Hunting, Fishing Fees Aid Outdoor Programs

    Programs for Alberta fish, wildlife and habitat projects will be enhanced through increased fees for some hunting and fishing licences. The increases, which come into effect April 1, 2015, were requested by the Alberta Conservation Association. A portion of the levies for hunting and fishing licences are directed to that organization to help fund its…

  • CASS/Alberta Education Annual Learning Conference Scheduled for Edmonton on March 11 – 13, 2015

    CASS/Alberta Education Annual Learning Conference Scheduled for Edmonton on March 11 – 13, 2015

      (EDMONTON) – The 2015 Annual Learning Conference hosted by the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) and Alberta Education will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton West Edmonton Hotel on March 11 – 13, 2015. The theme for the Annual Learning Conference is ‘Pathways for Leading and Learning.’ The Honourable Gordon Dirks, Education Minister…

  • Strathmore RCMP seeking Public assistance locating missing youth

    Strathmore, Alberta – Natalya Niles was last seen in Strathmore, Alberta on December 21, 2014. She left her temporary residence on her way to visit friends. She has not been seen or heard from since. Family and friends say it is unusual to not have heard from Natalya. Natalya is a 14 year old caucasian…

  • Meet the Wildrose Highwood Candidate

    We are thrilled to announce and support our Wildrose candidate for Highwood Wayne Anderson. Wayne was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the youngest of four children.  As a youth he spent his summers working on the family farm in Ericksdale, Manitoba, and later as an auto mechanic, and welder for CP rail yards. Wayne attended the…

  • RCMP & Sheriffs – Cochrane Integrated Traffic Unit – Motorcycle Caught at 211 km/hr

    RCMP & Sheriffs – Cochrane Integrated Traffic Unit – Motorcycle Caught at 211 km/hr

      Cochrane, Alberta –  On Tuesday March 10, 2015,  at approximately 7:20 pm, an officer with the Cochrane Integrated Traffic Unit was conducting speed enforcement on Highway #1 near the Highway 40 Kananaskis exit. The officer positioned in a stationary location heard a loud sound of a east bound motorcycle engine rapidly accelerating.  When the motorcycle…