Tag: Southern Alberta

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Window and Balcony Safety

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Window and Balcony Safety

    How to protect your children The warm summer breeze is not the only thing an open window invites into your home. Unchecked, that same window can invite unnecessary risks. Open windows and balcony doors are potentially dangerous to curious children. As summer temperatures go up, Alberta Health Services (AHS) EMS and Emergency Departments report an…

  • Calgary Leads Stem-Cell Cure for Kids with Sickle Cell Anemia

    Calgary Leads Stem-Cell Cure for Kids with Sickle Cell Anemia

    Novel therapy grows a new immune system from transplanted family stem cells CALGARY — Alberta Children’s Hospital here is believed to be the only pediatric centre in the world that is successfully using a novel stem cell transplant procedure to cure children of sickle cell anemia. To date, seven girls and two boys with the…

  • Grade 5 Students Become Environment “Minister for the Day” at Legislature

    Grade 5 Students Become Environment “Minister for the Day” at Legislature

    Twelve Grade 5 students from across Alberta came together to talk environment and get a taste of being Minister for the Day. During the day these “mini-ministers” toured the Legislature and discussed their ideas for environmental protection and sustainable development in a mock news conference with Environment Minister Shannon Phillips. The Minister for the Day…

  • Groundbreaking of the Southbank Medical Building in Okotoks

    Groundbreaking of the Southbank Medical Building in Okotoks

    The groundbreaking of the Southbank Medical Building was celebrated on Wednesday, May 25. The new state-of-the art- facility will offer physicians, specialists, chiropractic, physiotherapy, massage and pharmacy services. With the addition of these new services, Okotoks and area residents will have more options for the treatments they require. Having the best possible health care available…

  • Navigating the SHIFT to a Sustainable Calgary

    Navigating the SHIFT to a Sustainable Calgary

    The Federation of Calgary Communities, SAIT and P2S Calgary are hosting a workshop on June 13th from 4:00-7:30pm at SAIT Culinary Gardens to delve deep into the challenges of urban redevelopment and sustainability. This is an opportunity for the development community to engage with students, community associations, and professionals and faculty from across the broad…

  • Foothills MP John Barlow Raising Funds for Easter Seals Camp Horizon by Hosting the Second Annual RIDE TO HORIZON July 29th and 30th, 2016

    Foothills MP John Barlow Raising Funds for Easter Seals Camp Horizon by Hosting the Second Annual RIDE TO HORIZON July 29th and 30th, 2016

    High River, AB – Cyclists will again be hitting the road for the second annual Ride to Horizon cycling event in the Foothills riding. Easter Seals Camp Horizon has undertaken a huge $10 million fundraising effort to renovate the dorms at Camp Horizon, and on July 29-30 MP Barlow and his team will once again be…

  • Western Canada Unites in Fight Against Invasive Species

    Western Canada Unites in Fight Against Invasive Species

    A  joint agreement among Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Yukon tightens the grip on invasive species. The Inter-Provincial Territorial Agreement for Co-ordinated Regional Defence Against Invasive Species is a step towards better co-ordination among jurisdictions on both prevention and co-ordinated response if invasive species are detected in Western Canada. The initial scope of this agreement…

  • Lacklustre Alberta Job Market Persists in Q1 of 2016

    Lacklustre Alberta Job Market Persists in Q1 of 2016

    Number of unfilled positions in Alberta’s job market half that of booming past Toronto/Calgary – The national private sector job vacancy declined 0.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, according to the latest Help Wanted report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’s (CFIB).  The 2.4 per cent national vacancy rate among full-time and temporary…

  • MLA Stier: Wildrose Leader Brian Jean is a Principled Man

    MLA Stier: Wildrose Leader Brian Jean is a Principled Man

    By Pat Stier, MLA With just over a year having passed since our new caucus was elected in 2015, I have finally had a moment to pause at the end of the spring 2016 session and reflect on what a significant amount of change has occurred since I last composed a statement regarding Wildrose Caucus…

  • COCHRANE RCMP-Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision

    COCHRANE RCMP-Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision

    UPDATE: Highway 1a has be re-open in both directions. Cochrane RCMP, EMS and Cochrane Fire are at scene of Hwy1a at Horse Creek Road, with a two vehicles collision ,  one vehicle was travelling east bound had three occupants, and one vehicle was west bound had one occupants. The occupants in the east bound vehicle are being extracted and…

  • Canada 150 Infrastructure Program Accepting New Applications

    Canada 150 Infrastructure Program Accepting New Applications

    High River, AB – The Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program is part of Canada 150 Celebrates, the Government of Canada’s celebration of our country’s 150th anniversary. In a new round of applications, the Government of Canada will invest in projects seeking to renovate, expand and improve existing community infrastructure, with a focus on recreational facilities,…

  • Petrochemicals Diversification Program Attracts Significant Interest from Global Investors

    Petrochemicals Diversification Program Attracts Significant Interest from Global Investors

    International companies want to invest in Alberta’s petrochemical sector, which will play a key role in job creation and economic diversification. Alberta’s new Petrochemicals Diversification Program received 16 applications locally and from across the globe, representing more than $20 billion in potential new investment interest in Alberta’s petrochemicals industry. These applications are now under consideration…

  • Medical Assistance in Dying Framework Assures Access and Safeguards for Albertans

    Medical Assistance in Dying Framework Assures Access and Safeguards for Albertans

    The Government has approved a framework for medical assistance in dying that protects the vulnerable while supporting individuals who want to exercise their rights. “Medical assistance in dying is now legal in Canada and we are prepared to support individuals considering what may be one of the most difficult decisions anyone can face. This framework…

  • Students Support Climate Leadership in Alberta Schools

    Students Support Climate Leadership in Alberta Schools

    Six high school students representing 3,000 youth share their ideas for how Alberta schools should support climate leadership shown by the provincial government. Today, a representative group of student authors presented a white paper to Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips and Education Minister David Eggen. It includes recommendations in four key areas: curriculum, student…

  • Calgary RCMP charge two Calgary Real Estate Developers with fraud and theft

    Calgary RCMP charge two Calgary Real Estate Developers with fraud and theft

    Calgary, Alta –   In March 2012, the Calgary RCMP entered into an investigation involving allegations of investment fraud at the Bridgecreek Development Corporation. The alleged offences pertain to the unlawful diversion of investor funds raised by Bridgecreek Development Corporation for a proposed real estate development at Crowsnest Lake in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta…