Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Canmore RCMP Investigate climbing fatality

    Canmore RCMP Investigate climbing fatality

    Heart Creek Canyon, Alberta – On August 5, 2016 at 3:00 p.m., Canmore RCMP responded to a complaint that 42-year-old male climber had fallen approximately 22 metres at Heart Creek Canyon. RCMP members with partner agencies; Kananaskis Emergency Services, Conservation Officers, EMS, and Exshaw Fire, located the male, who was in critical condition.  The injured…

  • Rowan House Says Thank You

    Rowan House Says Thank You

    Sharing Our Gratitude Rowan House Society is blessed to have such amazing community support. We cannot thank you enough for standing behind the work that we do. The need for domestic violence services remains high and we’ve been fortunate the last few years to be able to grow and expand our services to meet those…

  • ASIRT Completes Investigation into CPS Officer-Involved Shooting

    On October 31, 2014, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed by the Director of Law Enforcement to investigate the circumstances surrounding a Calgary Police Service (CPS) officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of a 30-year-old man. On that date at approximately 2:08 a.m., CPS received a 911 call regarding a man…

  • NDP Government Out of Touch on the Impact of Their Policies: Wildrose

    NDP Government Out of Touch on the Impact of Their Policies: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: Wildrose Shadow Jobs Minister Grant Hunter today released the following statement after Lethbridge West MLA Maria Fitzpatrick called a local business owner trying to stay afloat because of NDP policies “selfish”: “It is incredibly disappointing to see Ms. Fitzpatrick react to a local business owner attempting to combat risky NDP policies by attacking…

  • Longview’s Little New York Daze Parade – July 2016

    Longview’s Little New York Daze Parade – July 2016

  • Town of Okotoks Water Conservation and Leak Detection Program

    Town of Okotoks Water Conservation and Leak Detection Program

    The Town of Okotoks is working with EPCOR and Corix Water Products to implement a Water Conservation and Leak Detection Program. The program will continue to update or replace existing water meter infrastructure to provide advanced metering features. Starting summer 2016, approximately 8,400 residential and commercial properties throughout the Town will have their water meter…

  • NDP Hurting Everyday Albertans with PPA Court Case

    NDP Hurting Everyday Albertans with PPA Court Case

    You’ve probably been hearing a lot about Power Purchase Arrangements, or PPAs, lately. This latest NDP debacle is tricky, but it is also important, as it will likely result in power prices surging for families like yours and mine. The NDP is looking to point fingers at former governments and power companies, but the real…

  • NDP Government Must Clarify Whether They Have the Best Interests of Albertans or Union Pals at Heart: Wildrose

    NDP Government Must Clarify Whether They Have the Best Interests of Albertans or Union Pals at Heart: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: Recent actions by the NDP government and their union counterparts demonstrate that in the face of the worst economic downturn in over 50 years, the NDP government is choosing public sector pay raises over fiscal restraint, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. Particularly in a time when significant job losses and cutbacks are the…

  • NDP Intent on Making a Bad Situation Worse Amid Steep Job Losses: Wildrose

    NDP Intent on Making a Bad Situation Worse Amid Steep Job Losses: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: The never-ending parade of reckless NDP policies are making a bad situation worse for the more than 100,000 Albertans who lost their jobs over the past year and who are now looking for work in the bleakest job market the province has seen in decades, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. A Statistics…

  • Town of Okotoks: Shane Olson is Moving On!

    Town of Okotoks: Shane Olson is Moving On!

    Economic Development Manager Shane Olson has tendered his resignation with the Town of Okotoks. His last day will be August 5, 2016. He will be pursuing a new career opportunity with Strathcona County as their Manager of Commercial Development within Economic Development & Tourism starting in September. Shane exchanged a few final thoughts with us,…

  • BC Ethics Investigation of Tobaccogate Welcomed – RCMP Investigation Should be Next Step: Wildrose

    BC Ethics Investigation of Tobaccogate Welcomed – RCMP Investigation Should be Next Step: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: News that British Columbia’s Conflict of Interest Commissioner has determined another investigation is warranted surrounding Tobaccogate is a positive step that should be conducted simultaneously with an RCMP investigation, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. Key information during the original investigation was obscured or not obtained in 2013, as was revealed in former Supreme…

  • RCMP Pincher Creek – Stolen Skid Steer

    RCMP Pincher Creek – Stolen Skid Steer

    Pincher Creek RCMP is requesting the public assistance in solving a skid steer theft the occurred over the weekend of July 29th and July 31st. Person(s) unknown entered the Pincher Creek Farm Centre and stole a New Holland L220 skid steer from the equipment yard. The skid was brand new with a snow bucket attached…

  • B.C. Conflict of Interest Commissioner to re-investigate awarding of contract

    B.C. Conflict of Interest Commissioner to re-investigate awarding of contract

    British Columbia’s Conflict of Interest Commissioner has completed his examination to determine whether a re-investigation is warranted into allegations involving former Premier Alison Redford and the appointment of counsel to represent Alberta in litigation against tobacco companies. The Commissioner, Paul Fraser, determined that information not available to the former Alberta Ethics Commissioner when he completed…

  • CPAWS Sounds Alarm over Parks Canada’s Shift Away from Nature Conservation in our National Parks

    CPAWS Sounds Alarm over Parks Canada’s Shift Away from Nature Conservation in our National Parks

    OTTAWA – In its latest annual report released in advance of Canada Parks Day, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is calling on Parks Canada to re-focus on its legal obligation to protect nature as the first priority for managing our national parks, and to immediately stop development in Banff and Jasper National Parks.…

  • The Olympic Games in Rio: Statement from Culture and Tourism Minister

    The Olympic Games in Rio: Statement from Culture and Tourism Minister

    Ricardo Miranda, Alberta’s Culture and Tourism Minister responsible for sport, issued the following statement in advance of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro: “Congratulations to the 31 athletes from Alberta on making the Canadian Olympic Team. I am extremely proud to see our province so well represented. Over the next 16 days these athletes…