MP seeks 240 km livestock transport ELD exemption
Bow River MP Martin Shields pushes a private member bill to ease driving time limits for livestock and insect shipments. The proposal would align Canada with the US by allowing a 240 km exemption around origin and destination to ensure safe bee and livestock transport and prevent unsafe unloading delays.
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Bow River
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Shields
Canada
Alberta
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SMRID Reservoirs Reach 47 Percent Winter Storage Target
The St. Mary River Irrigation District reports winter storage at 285000 acre feet, about 47 percent of the combined headworks and district reservoirs winter storage target. Snowpack has risen since January though stations remain below the lower quartile. February snow pillow charts show a modest upward trend toward normal years.
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St. Mary
George Lohues
SMRID
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Milk River Ridge
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Akamina
Flat Top
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Police federation urges 400 new RCMP officers for Alberta
The National Police Federation seeks 80 million over three years from Alberta's 2024 budget to hire 400 RCMP officers to serve over 1.5 million residents from the Rockies to the prairies. An additional 4 million for policing committees and 4 million to expand regional police and crisis teams is proposed.
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National Police Federation
NPF
RCMP
Alberta Health Services
Halwa
Rocky Mountains
Prairies
Alberta
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