Last week, Tim Uppal, Federal Minister of State for Democratic Reform and local Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Sherwood Park, held a roundtable at the Sherwood Park Chamber of Commerce with local small businesses and interested residents on the federal government’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program. “Listening to the input from local constituents, businesses and stakeholders...
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In less than two weeks, NASA will take a bold new step in the exploration of Planet Mars with the launch of a new rover, Curiosity. Curiosity is the centerpiece of the Mars Science Laboratory mission and will seek to determine if the Red Planet has ever had conditions supportive of life. Scheduled to...
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News media in Kamloops, British Columbia yesterday reported that Mark Lindsay, the man who pled guilty to stabbing Fort Saskatchewan resident Dana Turner earlier this year, made yet another Court appearance in Kamloops without entering a plea to the charges he is facing. According to Kamloops This Week’s Tim Petruk, Lindsay made another court...
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Mike de Jong, British Columbia’s Minister of Health, last week issued an apology in the BC Legislature, regarding the death of a senior in a privately-owned facility in North Vancouver. The case of 88-year-old Eldon Mooney first came to public attention late in October, when BC media sources revealed that Mooney’s daughter had surreptitiously...
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The Government of Alberta last week announced that the controversial Heartland Transmission Project had been approved, with conditions, by Alberta’s independent utilities regulator, following what officials deem the “the most substantial application process” in the Alberta Utilities Commission’s (AUC) history. The AUC decision indicated that the application from AltaLink Management Ltd. and EPCOR Distribution...
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The Fort Saskatchewan Policing Committee last week issued a reminder to local residents that coyotes have been seen in our community and have also ventured into private yards. They indicate that coyotes are curious animals that adapt to their environment with relative ease, and scope out backyards and school yards for potential homes and...
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The Fort Foundation is moving forward with their plan that addresses housing needs for seniors in Fort Saskatchewan. A seniors lodge was identified in the Seniors Housing Needs Assessment that the Foundation completed in early 2011. At the Oct. 26 Fort Foundation meeting, members voted to appoint Barr Ryder Architects & Interior Designers as the...
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Another nearby municipal council faces the search for a new Chief Administrative Officer. In a brief press release last week, Sturgeon County indicated they had accepted the resignation of their CAO, Chris Micek, effective immediately. Ian McKay, the county’s General Manager of Infrastructure services, was appointed to the Acting CAO post. “Chris moved the...
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Last week, DNV, an international risk management firm, announced it has issued the world’s first certificate of fitness for safe CO2 storage to Shell’s Quest Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) Project. The proposed Quest Project will capture and permanently store underground more than one million tonnes of CO2 per year from its Scotford Upgrader, located...
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The much-anticipated opening of the northwest section of Anthony Henday Drive last week gives motorists access to 21 kilometres of free-flowing road in the Capital Region. This $1.42 billion portion of the freeway runs from Yellowhead Trail on the west side of Edmonton to Manning Drive and improves safety and travel time for both...
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