[2] The family spent a short time living in Whitehorse, Yukon, but moved to Alberta to seek medical treatment after an accident left Dan with severe burns over much of his body.

In 2005 his studio held a fund-raiser in which pledges were taken by students who would break boards with martial arts moves in support of a Hurricane Katrina-related charity.

[13] Beyond the measures agreed to by the council, Albas sought to avoid having the city purchase or pay for a fire-rescue boat,[14] the restoration of the SS Sicamous,[15] landscaping improvements at the South Okanagan Events Centre and the beaches,[16][17] mobile radar speed signs,[18] building an agricultural centre in the downtown area[19] and unsuccessfully tried to defer the hiring of additional fire department officers[20] and eliminate a 2.1% raise in councillor salaries[21] (though all were approved by council despite Albas opposing the motions).

Initiatives that Albas began or assisted with included bylaw enforcement fines for aggressive pan-handling,[26] keeping a Canada Post outlet in the downtown area.

[29] He drew criticism as a councillor for interfering with staff management[30] and for posting speculative comments on his blog regarding privatization of city services.

In March 2011, after Stockwell Day, the MP for Okanagan—Coquihalla for the last 11 years, unexpectedly announced his retirement, a nomination election was held to seek his replacement as the Conservative Party nominee.

[33] Albas faced two other candidates: Marshall Neufeld who had worked as Day's parliamentary assistant and West Kelowna landscaper Russell Ensign.

[34] A fourth candidate, Chamber of Commerce president Jason Cox, campaigned but missed the deadline for submitting his nomination papers.

Some 83 years ago during the prohibition era, a law was passed to make it illegal for everyday citizens to transport or ship wine across provincial borders.

It is, for all intents and purposes, an interprovincial trade barrier, meaning that a winery in Quebec cannot legally send a bottle of wine to a customer in Alberta.