ARES Edmonton

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a volunteer organization of amateur radio operators. Since 1935, ARES has provided radio communications in North America in times of need.

In these modern times of cellular phones and the Internet, we take instant communications for granted. We forget how fragile our communications systems are. We forget that only one critical piece of communications infrastructure has to fail or become overloaded to render it unusable in times of emergency!

>>>> IMPORTANT MESSAGE <<<<<

December 25th - Holiday - No 2m net. No formal 80m net.

January 1 2012 Holiday - No Edmonton 2m net. No formal 80m net.

February 5 2012 - Provincial 2m net.

Edmonton .... The most comprehensive distracted driving legislation in Canada will soon be implemented in our province. Alberta’s new distracted driving law will come into effect on September 1.

“This legislation is another step forward in our traffic safety efforts and an important addition to our overall traffic safety strategy,” said Minister of Transportation Luke Ouellette. “I am confident this new law, which is practical and enforceable, will help to keep Albertans safer while on the road and that’s something we can all support. We all have a role to play in traffic safety and I encourage Albertans to start practising safer driving habits today.”

Licenced Radio Amateurs have partial exemption in the Regulation as follows:

"Exempt classes of individuals
3(1) Pursuant to section 115.1(1) of the Act, an individual who
holds a radio operator certificate issued under the
Radiocommunication Act (Canada) may drive or operate a vehicle
on a highway while holding, viewing or manipulating a 2-way
radio communication device."

Further resources:

http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/distracteddriving.htm

The Ammendment Act: http://www.qp.alberta.ca/570.cfm?frm_isbn=9780779755011&search_by=link

The Regulation: http://www.qp.alberta.ca/570.cfm?frm_isbn=9780779758609&search_by=link

* ARES Edmonton is providing this information for the interest of licenced Amateur Radio Operators only.  None of the information provided here should be considered legal advice from ARES Edmonton.