Category: Events

  • “Healthy Development” Group Schedule Walks

    “Healthy Development” Group Schedule Walks

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Submitted by Chris Weingarth This is the first of the walks scheduled as follow up to the April 7 “Healthy Development” meeting where we continued the conversation about “Pathways & Trails” development in Black Diamond and Turner Valley. At that last meeting we heard presentations by Gary Taylor, General Manager at the Turner Valley…

  • New Images for Turner Valley Spray Park

    New Images for Turner Valley Spray Park

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] On Friday, May 1st members of the Foothills Lions Club were joined by community volunteers to lay sod in the Lions Family Spray Park in Turner Valley. Here are some photographs of the progress:    

  • Toronto Rush Pro Ultimate Frisbee Home Opener

    Toronto Rush Pro Ultimate Frisbee Home Opener

      Toronto, ON – The Toronto Rush will be hosting RUSH (the Band) Day on May 9th, 2015 at Varsity Stadium. Game time is 7:00pm, but doors open at 6:00pm and you’ll want to be there early. The crowd is expected to be big, well into the thousands. Of the few thousand people in attendance…

  • RCMP Integrated Traffic Units support volunteers cleaning up provincial highways across Alberta on Saturday, May 2

    RCMP Integrated Traffic Units support volunteers cleaning up provincial highways across Alberta on Saturday, May 2

      RCMP Alberta – Integrated Traffic Units and all RCMP detachments would like to remind motorists to slow down to ensure the safety of thousands of volunteers participating in this year’s Annual Highway Cleanup. Youths and adults will be wearing orange safety vests when picking up garbage along highways across the province.  Signs will be…

  • Oilfields High School Book Sale Held Over

    Oilfields High School Book Sale Held Over

        The Learning Commons will extend their used book sale to Monday from 9am to 3:30pm. There are still plenty of books to make it worth your while!

  • Public Education and Events Planned for Emergency Preparedness Month

    Public Education and Events Planned for Emergency Preparedness Month

      HIGH RIVER, AB: May is Emergency Preparedness Month in High River and the Town and its partners have a series of initiatives planned to help prepare and educate residents and businesses to be ready for all types of emergencies or disasters. Council made the official proclamation at the Monday, Apr. 27 council meeting. “It’s…

  • MS Bike Tour 2015: Airdrie to Olds

    MS Bike Tour 2015: Airdrie to Olds

    (Submitted) Can you imagine. . . Having Multiple Sclerosis means that one morning you may not be able to walk when you wake. Or that you may suddenly have impaired vision. Or that your memory will fail you for no apparent reason. The symptoms of MS are many and vary for everyone. It is estimated…

  • Community spirit helps Parkinson SuperWalk hit the 25-year mark

    Community spirit helps Parkinson SuperWalk hit the 25-year mark

      TORONTO, ON – Back in 1990 when seven members of the Toronto (Ontario) Chapter held the first SuperWalk, it’s likely that they dreamed about bigger success in the future. Twenty-five years later, after steady growth, Parkinson SuperWalk inspires participation by more than 14,000 walkers and volunteers in more than 115 communities from coast to…

  • Peak Athletics Spring Street Hockey Tournament Returns to Okotoks

    Peak Athletics Spring Street Hockey Tournament Returns to Okotoks

    June 13th and 14th will mark the second annual Spring Street Hockey Classic put on my Peak Athletics. The games will run from 8am to 6pm each day in the Foothills Composite parking lot (229 Woodhaven Drive). All teams from Timbits to Bantams are encouraged to participate. You can register online. Please have your teams…

  • High River’s Heaven Can Wait Online Auction

    High River’s Heaven Can Wait Online Auction

    Heaven Can Wait is holding our first online auction to help support the ongoing care of our animals. With the scope and crisis of the Milk River dogs, local artist Kari Martin has spearheaded this fundraising effort by producing 8 original pieces of art depicting each of the dogs who came into our care. Additional…

  • Plan to Visit High River this May

    Plan to Visit High River this May

      Emerson Lake to be restocked with fish The Government of Alberta, in conjunction with the Alberta Conservation Association, will soon be restocking Emerson Lake with fish. The lake will be restocked with: 600 Brown Trout the first week of May 2,500 Rainbow Trout by May Long Weekend Please note that a valid Alberta sportfishing…

  • 50 Shades of Brown….or is it?

    50 Shades of Brown….or is it?

    Spruce-up Black Diamond’s Downtown – meeting held to brainstorm some ideas.

  • Millarville School BBQ Fundraiser this Saturday

    Millarville School BBQ Fundraiser this Saturday

    The Millarville Grade 8 students will be holding a BBQ fundraiser at the Okotoks Sobeys on Saturday, April 25 from 10:00am to 5:00pm.   All proceeds go toward Millarville’s Grade 8 graduation celebration to wish students a final farewell as a community and send them on to high school in style!

  • Kite Day Festival is this Sunday in Okotoks

    Kite Day Festival is this Sunday in Okotoks

    Sunday, April 26, 2015 – 11:00am to 3:30pm Wind or No Wind! Rain, Snow or Shine! Riverside Park on the corner of 32 St. and North Railway St.across from Seaman Stadium Join us for a free day of kite flying in celebration of Earth Day! The Kite Guys will be on hand to give kite flying…

  • Royal Canadian Mint Announces Notable Canadians Who Will Judge Public’s Submissions For My Canada, My Inspiration Coin Design Contest

    Royal Canadian Mint Announces Notable Canadians Who Will Judge Public’s Submissions For My Canada, My Inspiration Coin Design Contest

      Canadians to vote online in September on panel’s selection of finalist designs OTTAWA, ONTARIO – To celebrate Canada’s upcoming 150th anniversary, the Royal Canadian Mint launched a national contest inviting Canadians to design the 5-cent, 10-cent, 25-cent, one-dollar and two-dollar coins that will circulate in 2017. To assist in the selection of five finalist…