The holiday season is a busy time for all Albertans. The following links will help save time in finding information important to you during the holiday period and into the new year.

Drinking and driving

• Impaired driving

Road safety

• Preparing your vehicle for winter
• Driving on winter roads
• Snowplow safety tips
• Blizzards and road travel (pdf, opens in a new window)
• Road reports
• Travel advisories/closures

Alberta vacations

• Travel Alberta

Outdoor fun

• Provincial park winter season information
• Kananaskis Country backcountry avalanche report
• Kananaskis Country trail report
• Snowmobile safety
• Choosing your sleeping bag for winter camping
• Danger! Thin ice
• Ice fishing safety
• Running in the cold
• Wildlife viewing guide

Staying healthy

• Influenza self-care
• Information on the flu
• Healthy Alberta

Holiday fire safety

• Fire Facts: Halloween Fire Safety
• Fire Facts: the December Holiday Season (pdf, opens in a new window)
• Candle safety tips (pdf, opens in a new window)
• Christmas tree safety tips (pdf, opens in a new window)
• Fire Facts: Fireworks

Employment information

• General holidays and general holiday pay
• Working in the cold (pdf, opens in a new window)
• Travelling, standing and working on ice (pdf, opens in a new window)

Special events

• Upcoming fairs and exhibitions
• Christmas choirs at the Legislature

More information

• Cold weather makes home heating a hot topic (December 1, 2006)
• Checkstops and patrols aim to catch impaired drivers (December 1, 2006)
• Celebrate! The holiday season at the Alberta Legislature (November 28, 2006)
• Vehicle preparation is the key to safe winter driving (November 24, 2006)
• Winter cameras provide up-to-date road conditions for motorists (October 20, 2006)