At a campaign stop in Vernon B.C. last Wednesday premier Gordon Campbell was asked how ambulance paramedics could afford to feed their families. In response Campbell tossed a loonie at the paramedic and told him “Don’t spend it all in one place.” The paramedic replied, “Thanks a lot, that’s half-an-hour’s pay for me.” Ambulance paramedics [...]
Calgary’s economy is expected grow below its long-term average in 2009 – 2010, according to Calgary’s Economic Outlook for Q1, which was released recently by The City of Calgary.
Jasper Place residents get to kick off the City’s Big Bin season on Saturday, May 2. This weekend’s event is the first of 12 the City will hold from May to September.
The City of Edmonton will be out looking for unlicensed pets in off-leash parks and on popular trails as part of its annual pet licensing campaign in May. The goal of the campaign is to encourage dog and cat owners to get a licence so lost pets found by the City can be returned to their owners.
Edmonton – Hugh MacDonald, Alberta Liberal Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, is concerned for the future of property rights in Alberta thanks to the Stelmach administration’s forced passage of Bill 19 yesterday afternoon. Alberta Liberals led the charge in real opposition to the bill, with amendments and a motion to kill it.
With less than ten months until the 2010 Olympics, Vancouver City Council has voted unanimously to phase out the sale of bottled water in municipal facilities.
The individuals were all young adults, three of them male and one of them female. All of them had recently returned from Mexico and none of them require hospitalization.
Albertans now will have fast and easy access to scientific and technical information on environmentally assessed land in the province through an online searchable database.
OTTAWA – “With workers’ rights at stake, Liberals joined with the Conservative government to kill a motion designed to level the playing field for workers in federally regulated industries during a strike,” said New Democrat Labour Critic Chris Charlton (Hamilton Mountain).
Anti-scab legislation had Liberal support in the last Parliament, but this motion failed when Liberals [...]
Edmonton – Harry Chase, Alberta Liberal critic for Tourism, Parks and Recreation has concerns about the unintended consequences of the Stelmach administration’s new on-line camping registration system.
