Tag: Southern Alberta

  • RCMP Okotoks ~ Missing Person Located

    RCMP Okotoks ~ Missing Person Located

    Okotoks, Alta. – On Feb. 17, 2016, Okotoks RCMP received a complaint of a missing person. A 19 year old male, Zachary Lavin, left his residence in Okotoks and did not show up for work.  He was later  reported missing by his family. An extensive search was initiated by the RCMP and Lavin’s family members.  The…

  • Where Is Alberta’s Electricity System Heading?

    Where Is Alberta’s Electricity System Heading?

    By Don MacIntyre, MLA  The NDP government is launching a massive experiment with our electricity grid that will result in higher bills as a result of the $3 billion carbon tax. We have seen the damage these types of bad policies have brought to other Canadian jurisdictions. Almost ten years ago, the Ontario government decided…

  • Black Diamond & Turner Valley Explore Amalgamation

    Black Diamond & Turner Valley Explore Amalgamation

      This week, Black Diamond and Turner Valley Councils agreed to explore the feasibility of amalgamating the two communities. The decision to proceed with examining the viability of becoming one community evolved from Friendship Agreement meetings held over the past year. Adopted in 2012, the Friendship Agreement formalized a commitment between the two towns to…

  • Reel Reflections: Film from Books

    Reel Reflections: Film from Books

    By E. P. Whinters Movies come from two sources – they either start as a visual story, created for the screen through what you see and what the characters say, or they start as a print-source first, a book or a comic. The two movies that I will reflect on today started as novels, Room by…

  • RCMP Okotoks – Requesting Help to Locate Missing Person

    RCMP Okotoks – Requesting Help to Locate Missing Person

    Okotoks, Alta. – on Feb. 17, 2016, Okotoks RCMP received a complaint of an overdue traveller. 19-year-old Zachary Lavin left his residence in Okotoks around 4:00 pm on Feb. 17, 2016 and was believed to be heading to work in Blackfalds, Alta. RCMP investigation revealed that Lavin did not show up for his work and…

  • AHS EMS Slowing Down to Save Lives

    AHS EMS Slowing Down to Save Lives

    When it comes to responding to emergency calls, Alberta Health Services EMS’s primary responsibility is to deliver safe and effective patient care. This includes responding to calls and getting patients to hospital safely, while at the same time ensuring the safety of other motorists and EMS staff. A report in Calgary’s Metro newspaper (Tuesday) suggested that…

  • Foothills MP elected as vice-chair of Natural Resources Committee

    Foothills MP elected as vice-chair of Natural Resources Committee

    OTTAWA – Today, John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Foothills and Official Opposition Deputy Critic of Employment, Workforce and Labour was elected as vice-chair of the Natural Resources Committee. The Standing Committee on Natural Resources may examine issues related to the four industrial sectors that constitute the mandate of the Department of Natural Resources (NRCan): the energy…

  • Protection Measures in Place Early to Prepare for Wildfire Season

    Protection Measures in Place Early to Prepare for Wildfire Season

    Alberta’s wildfire season officially starts in two weeks, bringing into effect annual restrictions on burning activities. Beginning March 1, a permit is required for all planned fires in Alberta’s Forest Protection Area, with the exception of campfires. “By beginning one month early, we can more effectively monitor burning activities and also ensure that our firefighters…

  • CBC: Okotoks Singer Samm Smith will be the only Canadian to Appear on The Voice this Season

    CBC: Okotoks Singer Samm Smith will be the only Canadian to Appear on The Voice this Season

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  • UPDATE: Calgary Police investigate early morning fatal collision

    UPDATE: Calgary Police investigate early morning fatal collision

    The Calgary Police Service can now confirm the truck involved in the fatal collision this morning was stolen out of Chestermere and may have been involved in an incident earlier on the Tsuu T’ina Nation. The victim is a man in his 50s. Next of kin notifications have not yet been complete. A third suspect…

  • Train Derailment Reroutes Traffic in Calgary

    Train Derailment Reroutes Traffic in Calgary

      A CP Rail train has left the tracks at 15th St and 19th Ave SE in the Inglewood neighbourhood. According to a Twitter update from CPR the cars that derailed consisted of 14 tank & centrebeam cars (all empty) and one car containing canned goods. There were no injuries and all safety precautions have been taken. Avoid the…

  • Alberta Health Increases Access to Kits that Reverse Fentanyl Overdoses

    Alberta Health Increases Access to Kits that Reverse Fentanyl Overdoses

      Pharmacies across the province are now providing take-home naloxone kits free-of-charge to Albertans with a prescription. “This is just one of the steps our government is taking to address the devastating impact fentanyl is having in our province. The highly toxic drug is being used by people from many different age groups and from…

  • Karelian Bear Dogs Help Keep People and Bears Safe

    Karelian Bear Dogs Help Keep People and Bears Safe

    Alberta’s dog program barking up the right tree A dog is man’s best friend, goes the old saying. That familiar phrase rings true for those Albertans who know about Justice and Solicitor General’s Karelian Bear Dog program.  The dogs use shepherding techniques to teach bears to recognize and avoid inhabited areas, helping to keep Alberta’s…

  • High River Community Cancer Centre Expansion

    High River Community Cancer Centre Expansion

    Story by Kerri Robins; Photo by Lisa Sutherland When 63-year-old high school teacher Scott Forbes learned he had incurable stage four colon cancer in April 2011, he buckled down with a ‘can do’ attitude and faced his impending treatment full on. “It’s really just the power of positive thinking to get through this,” says Forbes.…

  • Government Discloses Third Quarter Sole-source Service Contracts

    Government Discloses Third Quarter Sole-source Service Contracts

    Online database has been updated to reflect those service contracts that were awarded outside of a formal competition process during the last fiscal quarter. The Sole-sourced Service Contracts Database has been updated with an additional 197 contracts with start dates before December 31, 2015. Of this number, 98 support government business and 99 provide direct…