Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Family Fishing Weekends – Catch a Memory

    Family Fishing Weekends – Catch a Memory

    No Licence Required Fishing is an easy and enjoyable way for family and friends to connect with some of Alberta’s greatest natural resources – our lakes, rivers, streams and the fish that live in them. Family Fishing Weekends, no licence required, occurs twice a year. Albertans and visitors are invited to give fishing a try…

  • Unlicensed Calgary Contractor Faces 16 Charges

    Unlicensed Calgary Contractor Faces 16 Charges

    Howard Bursey, owner of Lock-Out Security Inc. in Calgary, has been arrested on warrants issued by Service Alberta’s Consumer Investigations Unit. He faces 16 charges under the Fair Trading Act and the Criminal Code of Canada, including fraud, theft under $5,000 and operating without the required licence to take money from consumers before work is…

  • Review of Infrastructure Assets Should Include Selling off MLA Offices: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB – The PC government should look at putting the new MLA office building up for sale as part of the government’s review of selling Alberta Infrastructure assets instead of putting hospitals and schools on the chopping block according to the Wildrose Official Opposition. Earlier this month, Premier Jim Prentice said the government is…

  • Alberta SPCA Removes 201 Dogs from Southern Alberta Property

    Alberta SPCA Removes 201 Dogs from Southern Alberta Property

      On January 13, 2015, the Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Alberta SPCA) completed the largest removal of dogs into protective custody in its history. In total, the Alberta SPCA removed 201 dogs from a property near Milk River, Alberta. The removal happened in two stages. On December 23, 2014, the dog…

  • Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer’s Update on the Flu

    Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer’s Update on the Flu

      Listen to Dr. Talbot’s January 29th update on influenza in Alberta    The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (OCMOH) provides public health expertise to support health surveillance, population health and disease control initiatives on issues of public health importance. The Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) in Alberta is Dr. James…

  • Alberta-based Decisive Farming Provides Integrated Service Licensing to G-Mac’s AgTeam

    Alberta-based Decisive Farming Provides Integrated Service Licensing to G-Mac’s AgTeam

    G-Mac’s AgTeam Uses My Farm Manager™ for Variable Rate Technology & Agronomy Services Calgary, AB / TheNewswire – Decisive Farming™ today announced that G-Mac’s AgTeam will use its cloud-based My Farm Manager™ data platform to deliver variable rate technology and other precision agronomy services to growers through their nine retail locations in Western Saskatchewan. The…

  • Forsyth Statement on Cabinet Pay Cut

    Forsyth Statement on Cabinet Pay Cut

      CALGARY, AB – Wildrose Leader Heather Forsyth released the following statement on news the PC government will cut cabinet minister base pay by 5 per cent. “While my Wildrose colleagues and I welcome any cut to cabinet minister pay, I’m disappointed Premier Prentice chose not to take real action in addressing the bloated compensation packages…

  • RCMP Airdrie – Stolen Vehicle / Stolen Cell Phones / Arson to Gazebo

      RCMP Request assistance to identify Suspect Airdrie, Alberta – On January 21st, 2015, at approximately 4:05 pm, a lone male entered the London Drugs store in Airdrie. The male collected three cellphones from the display case and departed the store making no attempt to pay. On exit, the male entered a waiting new model…

  • Blue Rock Gallery Presents: The Subject Tonight is Love

    Blue Rock Gallery Presents: The Subject Tonight is Love

      February 14, 2015, 6 – 9pm It’s a LOVE-IN!  A Happening!  A Celebration of Love!  And Art, of course! All are welcome!  Bring yourself, bring a friend, bring a date, bring your beloved! Here’s a peek at the special offerings we’ve got for you! We will be welcoming a new local artist to Bluerock…

  • Forsyth Issues Statement on Raj Sherman

    Forsyth Issues Statement on Raj Sherman

      EDMONTON, AB – Wildrose Leader Heather Forsyth released the following statement on Raj Sherman’s resignation as Alberta Liberal party leader. “During his time as an MLA, Raj fought with passion and conviction on the issues he most believed in and it is a legacy he should be proud of. “He is a fierce advocate…

  • Reserve Your Site Online and Be a Happy Camper

      Gathering with family and friends, relaxing by an evening fire pit and sleeping under the stars at a provincial campground are not too far away. To help visitors connect with the summer camping season sooner, the Reserve.AlbertaParks.ca online campsite reservation system will soon launch to accommodate pre-booking of campsites. The system will open for…

  • Cabinet ministers take five per cent pay cut; MLAs asked to follow suit

    Cabinet ministers take five per cent pay cut; MLAs asked to follow suit

    Effective February 1, cabinet ministers will voluntarily take a five per cent wage reduction as part of their commitment to exercising fiscal discipline in these challenging times. “While work on our overall budget challenges is ongoing, Albertans are clearly telling us that they expect their political representatives to be part of the solution. All members…

  • Wildrose Remains Committed to Protecting Alberta Families

    Wildrose Remains Committed to Protecting Alberta Families

      By Heather Forsyth Is anyone else experiencing déjà vu? It wasn’t long ago Alison Redford was warning us about a “Bitumen Bubble,” talking up new taxes, and complaining her government wasn’t making enough revenue to balance the books or avoid new debt. Now, Premier Jim Prentice is talking about a “Price Trough” in oil,…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Rough Sledding?

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Rough Sledding?

    Every year, emergency departments treat children injured in sliding accidents. When minor bruises and bumps give way to broken bones and serious injuries of the head and spinal cord, it’s a sign that parents and children should be reminded of safety while playing outside. There are several precautions you can take that can help protect…

  • From Memory to Remembrance: Liberation of the Netherlands

    From Memory to Remembrance: Liberation of the Netherlands

      70 years ago Canadian troops played a pivotal role in liberating the Netherlands. This lecture is part of a nation-wide series in which Canadian and Dutch historians takes us back to the highlights of the Canadian military campaign that led to the capitulation in Wageningen on May 5, 1945. Please join us Thursday, February…