Tag: Southern Alberta

  • RCMP Banff Seeks Public’s Help to Identify Assault Suspect

    RCMP Banff Seeks Public’s Help to Identify Assault Suspect

      On March 2nd, 2016, at approximately 1:41 a.m., Banff RCMP received a complaint of an assault in the west alley of the 200 Block of Banff Avenue in the Town of Banff. It’s alleged that an altercation between the Victim and the unknown suspect occurred. The suspect then fled the scene Northbound up the…

  • Royalty Report Sets Stage to Review Alberta’s Competitiveness: CAPP

    Royalty Report Sets Stage to Review Alberta’s Competitiveness: CAPP

      The Alberta royalty review has led to a balanced report that sets the stage for more work between industry and government to ensure Alberta’s oil and gas sector is competitive in North America to attract investment and create more jobs and value for Albertans, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) said (January 29th).…

  • M.D. of Foothills not Immune to Market Conditions: Mayor

    M.D. of Foothills not Immune to Market Conditions: Mayor

    CREB®Now sits down with M.D. of Foothills Mayor Larry Spilak Situated south of Calgary, the Municipal District of Foothills is changing. Communities such as Okotoks, High River, Black Diamond and Turner Valley are growing, while areas in-between are seeing its demographics evolve. CREB®Now recently sat down with M.D. Mayor Larry Spilak to get his two cents on…

  • Canadian teacher re-arrested on sex abuse charge to return to Jakarta prison

    Canadian teacher re-arrested on sex abuse charge to return to Jakarta prison

      JAKARTA (Reuters) – A Canadian teacher is expected to return to a Jakarta prison on Friday, a family member said, a day after Indonesia’s Supreme Court overturned his acquittal on charges of sexually abusing kindergarten children at an international school in the capital. On Friday, the teacher’s brother said there is a plan to…

  • The Liberal Government is Losing Control of the Natural Resources File

    The Liberal Government is Losing Control of the Natural Resources File

    High River, AB – Official Opposition Deputy Critic for Workforce, Employment and Labour and Member of Parliament for Foothills, John Barlow, today expressed his disappointment with the Quebec government’s decision to file an injunction against TransCanada and the Energy East Pipeline. The provincial government is trying to force TransCanada to submit an appliction for the project…

  • Okotoks RCMP- Missing 13 year old female, Jessie THEW – UPDATE

    Okotoks RCMP- Missing 13 year old female, Jessie THEW – UPDATE

    Okotoks RCMP- Jessie Thew – LOCATED Okotoks, Alta.- Jessie Thew has been located. The Okotoks RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance. Okotoks, Alberta – The Okotoks RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 13-year-old female. Jessie THEW was discovered missing on the morning of February 24, 2016 from…

  • Alberta Party chooses not to run in Calgary-Greenway byelection

    Alberta Party chooses not to run in Calgary-Greenway byelection

    CALGARY, AB – February 29, 2016 – Following a decision by the Board of Directors, the Alberta Party has elected to not run a candidate in the Calgary-Greenway by-election. “This byelection was called early by a government desperate to get it out of the way before a bad-news budget,” said Clark. “We believe the best place…

  • Celebrate French Heritage and Cultures Throughout March

    Celebrate French Heritage and Cultures Throughout March

      French cultures will be on vivid 3D display as Alberta celebrates Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, March 3 to March 23. The province is kicking off this annual, national celebration on March 2 at noon with a public event in the Legislature rotunda hosted by the Hon. Robert E. Wanner, Speaker of the Legislative…

  • Pat Stier, MLA Livingstone Macleod

    Pat Stier, MLA Livingstone Macleod

    Pat Stier, your MLA for the riding of Livingstone Macleod, invites you to contact him with any of your questions or concerns.

  • A Message from the Turner Valley RCMP on Rural Mailbox Thefts

    A Message from the Turner Valley RCMP on Rural Mailbox Thefts

    As a follow-up to our message from 2016-02-27 “HCRCWA: Rural mailbox break-ins,” I have contacted Canada Post for discussion on solutions and contacted our RCMP for a message on this topic.  You can see the details of the confirmed break-ins and recommendations in the RCMP message below.  During the next few weeks Canada Post and…

  • Calgary’s New Central Library Set for a 2018 Opening

    Calgary’s New Central Library Set for a 2018 Opening

    A cornerstone for the future of the Calgary Public Library is the New Central Library. Providing approximately 240,000 sq. ft. of usable library space, the New Central Library will be a multi-faceted family destination and gathering place with a physical collection of approximately 600,000 books and specially designed space for programs and technology. Construction is…

  • Alberta Launches Provincial Transit Engagement

    Alberta Launches Provincial Transit Engagement

    The Government of Alberta is seeking public and stakeholder input into the future of public transit across the province. Albertans can have their say about funding criteria for new municipal transit initiatives and rural bus service, as well as a new provincial transit strategy. “Investing in modern public transit benefits all Albertans. An improved transit…

  • Gleichen RCMP seeking public assistance in hit and run death 

    Gleichen RCMP seeking public assistance in hit and run death 

      Gleichen, Alta. – RCMP in Gleichen are seeking public assistance for information in a hit and run investigation. On Feb. 1, 2016 at approximately 7:50 a.m., the Gleichen RCMP were dispatched to Highway 842, near Cluny, approximately ten kilometres south of Highway 1. Upon arrival, RCMP located a deceased male on the west side of the highway.  The deceased had sustained…

  • Researchers Track Impact of Marine Pollution and Acidification

    Researchers Track Impact of Marine Pollution and Acidification

    University shares in $1.8 million funding from MEOPAR and Irving Shipbuilding to study marine ecosystems in Arctic waters By Andrea Kingwell The isolated Arctic hamlet of Cambridge Bay on Nunavut’s Victoria Island is 3,500 kilometres and a world away from Halifax, Nova Scotia, but what the two coastal communities share is a treasure trove of…

  • Alberta Supports Public Transit with Third Call for GreenTRIP Projects

    Alberta Supports Public Transit with Third Call for GreenTRIP Projects

    The Government of Alberta is seeking applications for the Green Transit Initiatives Program (GreenTRIP). GreenTRIP provides funding to municipalities to support local priorities for sustainable, affordable and environmentally sound public transit in their communities. “Support for transit is support for all Albertans. GreenTRIP capital infrastructure spending will create much-needed jobs – employing construction workers to…