Tag: Southern Alberta

  • New Investor Tax Credit Supports Jobs and Economic Diversification

    New Investor Tax Credit Supports Jobs and Economic Diversification

    The new Alberta Investor Tax Credit (AITC) will encourage investment in small and medium sized businesses in non-traditional sectors, diversifying Alberta’s economy and creating new jobs. The AITC will offer a 30 per cent tax credit to investors who provide capital to Alberta companies in the information technology, clean technology, health technology, interactive digital media…

  • Alberta Business Owners Still Worrying About Labour: ATB poll

    Alberta Business Owners Still Worrying About Labour: ATB poll

      Calgary – Just as it was one year ago, Alberta small and mid-sized enterprise owners and operators (SMEs) are worried about labour and workforce issues. But the reasons they worry about employee-related issues has changed. That’s the key finding from the latest edition of the ATB Business Beat survey. In each survey, ATB asks SMEs…

  • Save the Date: Waterton Wildflower Festival June 19 – 24

    Save the Date: Waterton Wildflower Festival June 19 – 24

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  • MLA Pitt Marks 100 Year Anniversary of Suffrage

    EDMONTON, AB (April 18, 2016): Today, Wildrose Shadow Status of Women Minister Angela Pitt released the following statement to mark the 100 year anniversary of Alberta women gaining the right to vote: “It is an honour as a woman and a legislator to mark this significant milestone in the suffrage movement. The past 100 years has shown us just how…

  • First Rodeo of the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association in the Books

    First Rodeo of the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association in the Books

    MEDICINE HAT, ALTA – If you’re going to win your very first professional rodeo, why not do it in your home town? Medicine Hat Bull Rider Jordan Carlier, who, having never collected a cheque in the bull riding at a professional rodeo before, became rodeo’s version of a hometown hero by winning the Broncs and…

  • Cooper on NDP Trying to Shut Out Parental Choice and Playing Games with Opposition Motion

    Cooper on NDP Trying to Shut Out Parental Choice and Playing Games with Opposition Motion

    EDMONTON, AB: “I am incredibly disappointed by the NDP government pushing amendments on a motion to protect parental choice. “Instead of affirming the long standing position by the Alberta government to protect choice, they played politics with a simply worded motion. “The fact is, charter, independent and home education options play a critical role in…

  • Register to be an Organ and Tissue Donor

    Register to be an Organ and Tissue Donor

    Join the 230,000 Albertans already registered as organ and tissue donors during National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week. April 17 – 23 is National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week in Canada. With more than 600 Albertans waiting for an organ transplant, and many more waiting for tissues, increasing the number of Albertans registered…

  • Alberta RCMP Officer Faces Criminal Charges

    Alberta RCMP Officer Faces Criminal Charges

    Edmonton, AB – On April 18, 2016, RCMP Constable Elliot Teed of Bow Island Detachment was charged with the following: one count Sexual Assault under Section 271 of the Criminal Code two counts Breach of Trust under Section 122 of the Criminal Code Cst. Teed will make his first appearance in Medicine Hat Provincial Court…

  • Lethbridge Couple Caused Children to be Drug-Endangered

    Lethbridge Couple Caused Children to be Drug-Endangered

    Lethbridge… A Lethbridge couple is facing charges under the province’s drug-endangered children’s act following an ALERT investigation that uncovered evidence of drug trafficking at the family’s home. On April 12, ALERT Lethbridge and Lethbridge Police Service executed a search warrant at a home in West Lethbridge and seized cocaine, marijuana, and codeine pills. Six people…

  • Nature Conservancy of Canada expands protected land in Alberta’s Southern Foothills

    Nature Conservancy of Canada expands protected land in Alberta’s Southern Foothills

    April 13, 2016 Calgary, AB The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has assisted the Waldron Grazing Co-operative in adding the very historic King Ranch to the largest conservation easement in Canadian history. With the acquisition of the ranch, the existing 12,357 hectare (30,535-acre) Waldron conservation project, a conservation easement secured by NCC in 2014, has grown by…

  • New Area Code 825 in Alberta

    New Area Code 825 in Alberta

    With the continuing popularity for telecommunication services, the demand for new phone numbers will soon exceed the supply in Alberta.  Currently covered by area codes 403, 587, and 780, the solution was to add a fourth area code on April 9, 2016.  The new 825 area code will co-exist within the same geographic region as area…

  • Government Introduces Amendments to Simplify and Streamline How Minor Offences are Enforced

    Government Introduces Amendments to Simplify and Streamline How Minor Offences are Enforced

    Bill 9 proposes two sets of amendments that would make the enforcement of provincial laws and municipal bylaws more effective, efficient and proportionate. One set of amendments in an Act to Modernize Enforcement of Provincial Offences would, if passed, end the practice of issuing warrants for unpaid fines for minor infractions such as not shoveling…

  • Credit Rating Downgraded due to Dangerous NDP Budget

    Credit Rating Downgraded due to Dangerous NDP Budget

    EDMONTON, AB: Credit rating agencies are already downgrading Alberta’s credit rating because of a dangerous NDP budget that will mean $58 billion in debt, higher interest payments, higher taxes and less money for hospitals, schools, teachers and nurses, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. DBRS officially dissolved Alberta’s AAA credit rating after the NDP budget…

  • RCMP Cochrane Weekend – Assault on Officer and Traffic Accident

    RCMP Cochrane Weekend – Assault on Officer and Traffic Accident

    Cochrane RCMP Integrated Traffic Unit appealing to witnesses to come forward Cochrane, Alta. – Cochrane RCMP and Integrated Traffic Unit members are investigating a dangerous driving incident which turned into an assault on a police officer.  Early (Saturday April 16th) at approximately 2:20 a.m., Cochrane Integrated Traffic Unit members were called to assist a Sheriff with…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Get Loud About Mental Health

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Get Loud About Mental Health

    Mental Health Week, May 2-8, 2016 Each year, more than 500,000 Albertans visit a doctor about their mental health. Taking care of your health means taking care of your mind too. Engaging in physical activity, eating healthy foods, practicing gratitude and having fun are all small steps that can improve your mental health and help…