Category: Events

  • Grey Cup Tours Through Okotoks

    Grey Cup Tours Through Okotoks

      Tuesday, April 28, 2015 – 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM Don’t miss the Grey Cup as it tours through Okotoks! Bring your camera and have your photo taken with the Grey Cup at the Okotoks Recreation Centre. Ray Watrin, former CFL offensive lineman and Grey Cup champion, as well as local Town Councillor will also be on hand for photos!

  • Register Your Entry for the Town of Black Diamond Parade

    Register Your Entry for the Town of Black Diamond Parade

    Registration is now open for the Annual Black Diamond Parade.  Make sure you get your entry in.

  • Riparian Restorations Coming to Turner Valley August 2015

    Riparian Restorations Coming to Turner Valley August 2015

    Our next round of restos will take place in Turner Valley between August 15th and 31st. We will return to the same site for three days (August 21st, 22nd and 29th) and have a brief classroom component in the morning. by the end if the day we will have tried at least two restoration methods,…

  • Town of Okotoks Open House Tonight on Area Structure Plan Near D’Arcy Ranch

    Town of Okotoks Open House Tonight on Area Structure Plan Near D’Arcy Ranch

    North Okotoks Area Structure Plan & Amendments to Northwest Okotoks Area Structure Plan The Town is working in collaboration with United Communities, as the developer, to identify key planning principles and site features to be integrated into a cohesive land use concept for the subject lands.  Residents are encouraged to attend the upcoming open house for…

  • 2015 River Valley Clean-up and Tree Planting in Okotoks

    2015 River Valley Clean-up and Tree Planting in Okotoks

    The purpose and intent of the annual clean-up is to encourage year-round stewardship and care of our community’s most precious natural resource, while also directly benefitting the environment. Your help is needed to ensure the event has the necessary resources to continue growing and expanding just like our community. We invite everyone to attend the…

  • Horses Jump to Give a Leg Up 2015

    Horses Jump to Give a Leg Up 2015

      Spruce Meadows is proud to announce that last year’s hugely popular Horses Jump to Give a Leg up initiative is back for another colourful season! In partnership with the Calgary Sun and Conoco Phillips, Spruce Meadows celebrates its 40th Anniversary by giving back to the community and its vitally important charities, foundations and Not-For-Profit…

  • OUTShine 2015 Connects Canadian LGBTQA High School Students and Educators to Promote Youth Leadership

    Toronto–Egale Canada Human Rights Trust presents OUTShine 2015, Canada’s National biennial Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Summit. From May 15th to 17th in Winnipeg, Manitoba, hundreds of high school students and educators from across the country will come together to discuss Lesbian, Gay, Sexual, Trans and Ally (LGBTA) issues, GSA strategies, and anti-bullying initiatives to combat the…

  • Teams and Volunteers Needed in High River for Capital One Race for Kids

    Teams and Volunteers Needed in High River for Capital One Race for Kids

    Grown Ups Play, Kids Win High River – On Saturday, June 6th the Capital One Race for Kids is coming to High River. The National Fundraising event is a fun 5 km urban adventure race where teams of 4 adults complete 10 checkpoint challenges that will remind them of their childhood. All proceeds of the…

  • Hunt for Alumni to Celebrate 50 Years of Special Alberta Camp

    Hunt for Alumni to Celebrate 50 Years of Special Alberta Camp

      This summer will mark the 50th anniversary for Easter Seals Camp Horizon. In preparation for this special celebration we are requesting help in reaching alumni from the past 50 years. Camp memories and stories last a lifetime. Thousands of Albertans have given their time, energy, and passion to make a difference in the lives…

  • Clay Tile Painting for Lions Spray Park – Fun Time For All

    Clay Tile Painting for Lions Spray Park – Fun Time For All

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Today was officially the last day for painting clay tiles for the Lions Family Spray Park. Several community members came out for the event, held at the Sheep Creek Arts Council in Turner Valley.  Please enjoy these photographs of the budding artists hard at work. If you missed the deadline you can still make…

  • Toronto Rush partner with TSN to deliver live game coverage

    Toronto Rush partner with TSN to deliver live game coverage

      The American Ultimate Disc League has finalized a partnership with Canada’s leading specialty network, TSN, to deliver live access to the league’s ESPN-produced “Game of the Week” telecasts in Canadian markets. The agreement includes the coverage of four games on TSN GO featuring each of the AUDL’s four Canadian franchises: the Montreal Royal, Ottawa Outlaws, Toronto Rush, and Vancouver Riptide,…

  • Member of Parliament John Barlow announces support for the Willow Creek Gathering

    Federal Funding Supports Celebration of Western Canadian Cowboy Heritage Stavely, Alberta – The Government of Canada has provided the Willow Creek Cowboy Poetry and Music Society with $2,000 in funding through the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage program in support of the 15th edition of the Willow Creek Gathering. John Barlow, Member of Parliament…

  • Help Colour Black Diamond

    Help Colour Black Diamond

    Black Diamond’s Economic Development Manager David Petrovich and Rod Ross, Planning & Development Officer, will be holding a workshop on April 21 at 7pm in the Black Diamond Council chambers where they will explore the possibilities of getting a fresh coat of paint on some of our downtown buildings. Its intended to be a fun,…

  • Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day: The Responsibility to Remember

    Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day: The Responsibility to Remember

    TORONTO, April 15, 2015 /CNW/ – On the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, 70 years after the last Nazi death camp was liberated, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation is mindful that the entreaty of “Never Again” takes on a new urgency. The extent of that tragedy and its reverberations across the decades are still difficult to…

  • Town seeks feedback on designs for new murals

    Town seeks feedback on designs for new murals

      High River, AB: The Town’s Mural Ad Hoc Committee is looking for High River residents of all interests and age groups to complete a short survey regarding the proposed design of two new murals for the community. The Town of High River has received grant funding from the Calgary Foundation to create the new…