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Lions Den: You Make the Difference
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Fixing Emergency Rooms Requires New Leadership: Forsyth
CALGARY, AB – The PC record of failing to reduce overcrowding in emergency rooms requires new leadership committed to restoring local decision making for hospitals, redirecting funding away from layers of Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) management and increasing funding for long-term nursing care beds, Wildrose Leader Heather Forsyth said today. Despite flashy announcements months…
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Alberta Cancer Rates Continue to Trend Downwards
EDMONTON – The rate at which Albertans are being diagnosed with cancer, or dying from the disease, is continuing to decrease, according to newly released data from Alberta Health Services (AHS). Alberta’s cancer incidence rates have steadily declined by about one per cent annually between 2002 and 2012. Mortality rates have also decreased over the…
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Annual HEART to HEART Marketplace at Dr Morris Gibson School in Okotoks
At Dr. Morris Gibson School, we believe that global citizenship through helping others is part of who we are – in recent years, we have raised thousands of dollars through our Heart to Heart Markets to help others around the world through charities that have touched our hearts. Our market will take place on FEBRUARY 13…
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Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Heart Attack ~ Know the Symptoms
The key to surviving a heart attack is getting medical help early – nearly half of all deaths due to heart attack occur within three to four hours of the beginning of symptoms. Keep in mind that not everyone experiences the same heart attack symptoms to the same degree – some older people and women…
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SNAPS – Show the Love heArt Gala
Plan to attend on February 6, 2015, 7 to 10pm at Alta Vita Restorante. You can also stay for the after party ($5 after 10pm). Tickets are $20/person or $25/SNAPS family and available at Alta Vita, SNAPS office, Sheena’s Sweets and Such, Small Things. There are a limited number of tickets available. There will be…
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Tell Us About the Mental Health and Addiction Leaders in Your Community
People across Alberta are finding inspiring ways to address the mental health and addiction challenges faced by individuals and society as a whole. Help us celebrate their accomplishments. The Lieutenant Governor’s Circle on Mental Health and Addiction welcomes nominations for its 2015 True Awards. The awards honour successful efforts to reduce stigma, encourage recovery and…
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Protecting Alberta Taxpayers: Wildrose MLAs Sign No New Taxes Pledge
EDMONTON, AB – While the Prentice PCs are talking about raising job-killing taxes during a time of economic uncertainty, Wildrose MLAs are signing a pledge today to protect Alberta taxpayers from any new tax or increase to existing taxes proposed by the PC government. (The Wildrose) pledge is the first of several Protecting Alberta Taxpayers announcements…
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CENTURY 21 Foothills Real Estate wins Grand Centurion Award
High River, Alberta – CENTURY 21 Foothills Real Estate has been awarded the Grand Centurion Award by Century 21 Canada Limited Partnership. The award was presented at the CENTURY 21 Annual Awards Event at The Westin Hotel Edmonton on February 2nd. “We’ve been striving to provide the highest level of service to each one of…
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Millarville School News: Wildcat Ice – Hockey Canada Skills Academy
Wildcat Ice wrapped up its inaugural season on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Wildcat Ice is Millarville Community School’s name for our Hockey Canada Skills Academy (HCSA). It is an option that students in Grade 6-8 sign up for to improve their hockey skills. On Wednesday afternoons these students gathered to participate in on-ice and off-ice…
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PCs Vote Down Wildrose Motion to Reduce MLA And Cabinet Pay: Strankman
EDMONTON, AB – The PCs proved they aren’t interested in saving money for taxpayers or cutting wasteful spending by rejecting a Wildrose motion to reduce MLA and cabinet minister pay, Wildrose MLA Rick Strankman said. On Wednesday, in Members’ Services Committee, the PCs rejected a Wildrose motion to reduce MLA pay by 8 per…
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Statement from Premier Jim Prentice on Black History Month
Jim Prentice issued the following statement as Albertans mark Black History Month, February 1 to 28, 2015. “February is Black History Month in Alberta and across Canada. This year’s theme is ‘Black History Then & Now: A Link in Time.’ “Accustomed as we are to the growing diversity of Alberta, it would surprise many to…
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RCMP Okotoks – Break and Enters
On February 4, 2015, Okotoks RCMP received a complaint of a suspicious vehicle in the Westmount area. A male driving a 2010 – 2014 royal blue Ford F150 4×4 crew cab was observed leaving the vehicle and proceeding into an open garage. When the homeowner went into the garage, they observed that the contents and…
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Saving Millions by Cutting Red Tape
Cut Red Tape program saves The City and Calgarians millions of dollars and thousands of hours Program transitioning into daily City operations The latest update from The City of Calgary’s Cut Red Tape program shows that at least $12.7 million dollars have been cumulatively saved by The City and its customers through over 40 red…
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Warrant Issued in Kijiji Concert Ticket Frauds
Airdrie, Alberta – The RCMP is requesting victims of Kijiji concert ticket frauds contact police. Since August of 2014, Airdrie RCMP has received numerous complaints of fraudulent concert ticket sales through Kijiji. In all occurrences, victims located ads for upcoming concerts in Calgary through the online service Kijiji. Victims then met the suspect outside…
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