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Increased minimum wage still not a living wage
June 9, 2016. Public Interest Alberta is applauding the Alberta government for keeping its commitment to implement a $15 per hour minimum wage by 2018. However, it won’t meet living costs two years down the line, says PIA executive director Joel French. “While the increase to $15 per hour by 2018 is a step in the right direction, it will still leave hundreds of thousands of Albertans earning less than it costs to live in Alberta’s major cities,” said French in a news release. According to the Edmonton Social Planning Council a living wage in Edmonton is $17.36 per hour, while Vibrant Communities Calgary sets a living wage in Calgary at $18.15 per hour.
CPS constable recognized for diversity work
June 8, 2016. Const. Cindy Provost is the recipient of one of seven Community Policing Awards presented by the Calgary Police Commission. Provost, an 18-year member of the Calgary Police Service and a member of the Diversity Resource Team, won in the category of CPS Sworn Member. As the Aboriginal relations officer, Provost has developed meaningful and impactful relationships and partnerships with Aboriginal groups and Elders. She carriers out numerous workshops and programs, such as intergenerational education workshops on the effects of residential schools, missing women, child welfare, and suicide. Her work also extends to educating CPS internally, doing outreach with Aboriginal youth, and leading numerous collaborate partnership events with organizations throughout Calgary such as the Alberta Human Rights Commission, Calgary Public Library, Treaty 7 Management Corp., City of Calgary, Metis Nation of Alberta, YMCA, and Elders. Community policing awards were presented to both individuals and organizations on Wednesday evening. “Their work may be challenging but their resolve and determination makes our city stronger and safer. I hope their stories will inspire others to take action in whatever way they can,” said Howie Shikaze, chair of the Calgary Police Commission.
Province unveils ambitious plan to save caribou
June 8, 2016. A draft plan for the protection of caribou in the Little Smoky and A La Peche caribou ranges makes Alberta the leader in permanent protection of woodland caribou ranges, says Environments and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips. The Alberta government has used the recommendations of mediator Eric Denhoff as the basis of the first draft range plan. Among those recommendations: ensure the restoration of over 10,000 km of legacy seismic lines to caribou habitat in the Little Smoky and A La Peche caribou ranges; increase the Little Smoky population and reduce reliance on wolf control (although wolf culling will continue) through a caribou-rearing facility; and provide permanent protection to an additional 1.8 million hectares of caribou range in the Chinchaga, Bischto, Yates and Caribou Mountains ranges, for a total of 4.9 million hectares provincially. These figures mean Alberta is providing more permanent protection than any other province or territory in Canada, both in absolute area and percentage of provincial caribou range area. Phillips says all Denhoff’s recommendations have been accepted. Public input is being solicited until Aug. 5, and Phillips says meetings with First Nations and industry are being scheduled. The federal government has given provinces until 2017 to develop range plans and recovery strategies for caribou herds, which are in danger across the country.
Increased minimum wage still not a living wage
June 9, 2016. Public Interest Alberta is applauding the Alberta government for keeping its commitment to implement a $15 per hour minimum wage by 2018. However, it won’t meet living costs two years down the line, says PIA executive director Joel French. “While the increase to $15 per hour by 2018 is a step in the right direction, it will still leave hundreds of thousands of Albertans earning less than it costs to live in Alberta’s major cities,” said French in a news release. According to the Edmonton Social Planning Council a living wage in Edmonton is $17.36 per hour, while Vibrant Communities Calgary sets a living wage in Calgary at $18.15 per hour.
CPS constable recognized for diversity work
June 8, 2016. Const. Cindy Provost is the recipient of one of seven Community Policing Awards presented by the Calgary Police Commission. Provost, an 18-year member of the Calgary Police Service and a member of the Diversity Resource Team, won in the category of CPS Sworn Member. As the Aboriginal relations officer, Provost has developed meaningful and impactful relationships and partnerships with Aboriginal groups and Elders. She carriers out numerous workshops and programs, such as intergenerational education workshops on the effects of residential schools, missing women, child welfare, and suicide. Her work also extends to educating CPS internally, doing outreach with Aboriginal youth, and leading numerous collaborate partnership events with organizations throughout Calgary such as the Alberta Human Rights Commission, Calgary Public Library, Treaty 7 Management Corp., City of Calgary, Metis Nation of Alberta, YMCA, and Elders. Community policing awards were presented to both individuals and organizations on Wednesday evening. “Their work may be challenging but their resolve and determination makes our city stronger and safer. I hope their stories will inspire others to take action in whatever way they can,” said Howie Shikaze, chair of the Calgary Police Commission.
Province unveils ambitious plan to save caribou
June 8, 2016. A draft plan for the protection of caribou in the Little Smoky and A La Peche caribou ranges makes Alberta the leader in permanent protection of woodland caribou ranges, says Environments and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips. The Alberta government has used the recommendations of mediator Eric Denhoff as the basis of the first draft range plan. Among those recommendations: ensure the restoration of over 10,000 km of legacy seismic lines to caribou habitat in the Little Smoky and A La Peche caribou ranges; increase the Little Smoky population and reduce reliance on wolf control (although wolf culling will continue) through a caribou-rearing facility; and provide permanent protection to an additional 1.8 million hectares of caribou range in the Chinchaga, Bischto, Yates and Caribou Mountains ranges, for a total of 4.9 million hectares provincially. These figures mean Alberta is providing more permanent protection than any other province or territory in Canada, both in absolute area and percentage of provincial caribou range area. Phillips says all Denhoff’s recommendations have been accepted. Public input is being solicited until Aug. 5, and Phillips says meetings with First Nations and industry are being scheduled. The federal government has given provinces until 2017 to develop range plans and recovery strategies for caribou herds, which are in danger across the country.