RCMP arrived pretty quickly to 4 Street West this morning after reports a power line may have been knocked down.
Police say a large rig carrying equipment clipped a low hanging cable line near Everybody’s Gym after taking a wrong turn trying to get to the water tower.
The equipment snagged on a second line, but the driver was able to free the equipment without knocking that line down.
Police say no one was injured and Shaw is on the way to repair the line.
Alberta’s new Premier Jim Prentice announced this afternoon, September 18, that his government is cancelling the fifteen-million dollar program to redesign and roll out new Alberta license plates. Prentice said there will be no redesign and no slogan change. photo Government of Alberta.
After much fan-fare, controversy and debate, plans to redesign Alberta’s licence plates have been cancelled.
Premier Jim Prentice announced today that the Government of Alberta is cancelling any further work on new licence plate designs for motor vehicles in Alberta.
“Albertans want us to deal with priorities they have identified in health care, education, infrastructure and seniors. Changing the design of Alberta’s licence plates is not one of them.
We are going to invest our time, effort and resources on the clearly identified priorities of Albertans,” Prentice said in a press release.
The government had estimated a fifteen-million dollar price tag to bring in the new licence plates for close to five million vehicles in Alberta.
The Town of Drumheller's work toward a new Aquaplex waterslide is one step closer with the signing of the contract for the work.
Th e Town of Drumheller has finally inked a deal with the contractor for the Aquaplex’s new waterslide. Th e Town’s original plan was to have the waterslide installed by the end of September, 2014. Th e project has been delayed, due to the efforts by Town staff to ensure that
t a x p a y e r ’ s money wasn’t at risk in the event of project problems or delays.
“It was all about due diligence, because the contract that was presented wasn’t in the best interest of the Town of Drumheller," said Mayor Terry Yemen. He adds there were no checks or balances in the contract, so the Town’s Chief Administrative Officer didn’t feel comfortable going forward with the contract. “It took quite a bit of pushing and pulling on both sides,” said the Mayor, “but we have a contract in place now that protects the people of Drumheller and our investment.” Town Council set aside five-hundred-thousand dollars in the 2014 budget for work at the Aquaplex, including the waterslide purchase and installation.
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