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FSD Employee Prepares for Calgary Firefighter Stairclimb Challenge
Facility Services Grounds Keeper Ryan Kaiser, who is also a Squad Leader with the Okotoks fire department (see photo top right), is once again participating in this event to raise funds for Wellspring Calgary to support firefighters and other citizens living with cancer. On May 1st, Ryan, a 15-year community firefighter, will don full firefighting…
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Paul Pitcher, First Down Funding and Bret “Hitman” Hart; Tag Team Champions in Business
WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwired – January, 2016) – A leading entrepreneur has joined forces with one of pro-wrestling’s bona fide legends to form an exciting new tag team in the world of corporate finance and business development. Paul Pitcher, who is a managing partner at First Down Funding, joins forces with actor, author and former WWE…
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Cameron Lake Day Use Area Work
Restricted access in work zones during parking lot tree removal project Waterton Lakes National Park – As previously announced, Parks Canada will replace the Cameron Lake day use area facilities as part of the Federal Infrastructure Investments to Waterton Lakes National Park. The scope includes resurfacing the entire length of the Akamina Parkway, future flood mitigations,…
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Halifax ‘Patio Police’ Win Red Tape Crown for Burdening Small Business
Federal border agency, Ontario recycling authority share CFIB Paperweight Award Toronto, January 20, 2016 – On the third day of Red Tape Awareness Week™, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) announced the winners of its annual Paperweight Award, citing the worst examples of government agencies and departments at all levels that are holding…
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GRPF January Park Talk: Kananaskis Bear Aversion Program
Tuesday, January 26, 7pm Join Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park’s Randy Ramsden for a presentation about the “Kananaskis Bear Aversion Program”. In place since the late 1980s, this is the longest running grizzly bear aversion program in Canada. The program uses aversive conditioning to teach Grizzly Bears to avoid humans and vehicles. The ultimate goal…
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Montana Sage-Grouse will Migrate North this Spring
The State of Montana will work with Alberta in translocating up to 40 sage-grouse this year to help stimulate population growth. The Alberta government applied to the State of Montana to translocate up to 40 sage-grouse hens to Alberta in early April. It is the first of three such possible transfers proposed over the…
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Bell Let’s Talk Day 2016 is January 27: Join the growing global conversation and support Canada’s mental health!
Bell Let’s Talk national spokesperson Clara Hughes welcomes everyone to the mental health conversation on the sixth annual Bell Let’s Talk Day On January 27, talk, text, tweet and share to fight the stigma and grow Bell’s funding for Canadian mental health – let’s beat the record Bell Let’s Talk Day participation in 2015!…
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Calgary Mustard Seed: Students help our guests feel the warmth of the Christmas season
Children and teenagers living in and around Calgary are amazing. They are thoughtful, compassionate and generous. We see this on almost a daily basis during the month of December. That’s when students who have been collecting donations for people experiencing homelessness and poverty drop off socks and back packs at our downtown building. They are…
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AUMA Announces New CEO
The AUMA Board is pleased to announce that Sue Bohaichuk has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2016. “The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Board was pleased to see many candidates of such a high caliber from across the country,” said Lisa Holmes, AUMA President. “I am proud to announce that…
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Okotoks’ Big Rock Part of Historic Project
The Okotoks Erratic, a seven-million kg glacial erratic considered sacred by southern Alberta First Nations, was selected for inclusion in the CyArk 500 Challenge list of world’s most significant cultural heritage sites. (Photos courtesy Alberta Culture and Tourism) CyArk was founded in 2003 to ensure heritage sites are available to future generations, while making them…
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Know an Albertan EcoHero? Nominate Them for an Emerald Award
Alberta Emerald Foundation receives nominations for provincial “Environmental Oscars” EDMONTON, AB – “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking,” said Albert Einstein. “It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” For the past 25 years, the Alberta Emerald Foundation has embodied a similar concept as Einstein’s as their…
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Millarville-Stockland 4-H Club January News
Submitted by Jackson Collard, Club Reporter The Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef and Sheep Club ended 2015 with a farm tour on December 20, 2015, organized by Martie Blatz. After visiting several farms we had a lovely lunch thanks to Dawn Jardie and Paul Rishaug. The Club then had a busy start to the new year. On…
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Happy New Year from the Longview Library!
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Parachute Canada: Catch our New Concussion PSA at Your Local Theatre!
Concussion, the new Will Smith movie that opened in theatres on Dec. 25, shines a light on the invisible injury. The biographical sports medical drama tells the real story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, a Nigerian forensic pathologist who was the first to publish his findings about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease that…
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ROYAL RAMBLE-Penguin Walk Resumes for 2016
Calgary, AB – The Calgary Zoo’s popular Penguin Walk returns for another royal waddle through the zoo. Starting on Sat. Jan. 9, 2016, the king penguins will be walking every day at 11 a.m. “A daily walk is a positive enrichment tool for the king penguins,” says Dr. Malu Celli, Curator, Calgary Zoo. “The birds…
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