Category: Organizations

  • Stampede Critters are back! Suggest a name to win your spot in the Stampede Parade

    Stampede Critters are back! Suggest a name to win your spot in the Stampede Parade

    This summer the Critters are back! Last year we said farewell to our Calgary Stampede street sweeping Critters. For 13 years Dixie, Samson, Rocky and Alfalfa kept the Calgary Stampede parade route clean on parade day. Since the Critters’ retirement last year, The City has worked to design and build four new Critters, including a…

  • Visit the Royal Alberta Museum Before its Treasures are Packed

    Visit the Royal Alberta Museum Before its Treasures are Packed

    The Royal Alberta Museum is preparing to move from its current home to its new location in the heart of Edmonton’s downtown arts district. This year marks the final year of operation at the museum’s Glenora neighbourhood building. Albertans are invited to mark this milestone and come see all the museum has to offer in…

  • Big Rock Gr. 3 Student Using Okotoks Lemonade Day to Battle Cancer

    Big Rock Gr. 3 Student Using Okotoks Lemonade Day to Battle Cancer

    Makayla Hinton, a Gr. 3 student at Big Rock School, will be operating one of the stands at Okotoks 1st Lemonade Day on Saturday, June 13, 2015. Her profits will be donated to Kids Cancer Care. Lemonade Day is a popular initiative in the U.S. and Okotoks is the first city in Canada to organize this event. Each child…

  • Alberta’s Environmental Innovators Recognized at Emerald Awards Celebration

    Alberta’s Environmental Innovators Recognized at Emerald Awards Celebration

      EDMONTON, Alberta – On June 4, 2015, environmental leaders from across the province gathered at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre for the announcement of the 24th Annual Emerald Awards. Presented by the Alberta Emerald Foundation, the uniquely-Albertan award showcases environmental excellence in nine cross-sectoral categories. Earlier this year, the Alberta Emerald Foundation received many nominations for…

  • Dispose of Any Unwanted Metal Items for Free This Week in Black Diamond

    Dispose of Any Unwanted Metal Items for Free This Week in Black Diamond

    Do you need to get rid of old metal lying around your place? Until next Saturday, June 13th, you can take it to the bin located at the entrance to the Bob Lochhead Memorial (formerly the Foothills Lions) Campground in Black Diamond on 5th Street SW. There will be a Foothills Lions Club member on…

  • Royal Canadian Legion Branch #78, Turner Valley: 2015-2016 Executive and Awards

    Royal Canadian Legion Branch #78, Turner Valley: 2015-2016 Executive and Awards

    Installation of the New Executive and Awards Presentation took place at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #78 in Turner Valley on May 30th, 2015. The New Executive for 2015-2016 is: President, Ray MacGregor 1st Vice-President, Linda Macaulay 2nd Vice-President, Jim Deacon 3rd Vice-President, Eileen Pool Past President, Michel Jackson Treasurer, Wendy Williams Secretary, Leslie Miller The…

  • Who will be the 2015 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award winner?

    It’s time for Canadians to vote: 10 finalists in the race for $100,000 grand prize Montreal, June 3, 2015—Canadians can begin casting votes today at www.bdc.ca/yea in the 2015 BDC Young Entrepreneurs Award contest organized by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). Ten finalist turning‑point projects from across the country are competing for the $100,000 Grand Prize and…

  • Black Diamond ‘Trails’ Conversation Continues…

    Black Diamond ‘Trails’ Conversation Continues…

    The Healthy Development Group would like to remind everyone that the group’s next meeting will be tomorrow night, Tuesday, June 9th at the Turner Valley Golf Club, 7:00pm. Chris Weingarth, the group’s chair, is hoping that the agenda will include details on the formation of a “Friends of …..” group, what that will entail and…

  • Support Rowan House Through the Millarville Half Marathon

    Support Rowan House Through the Millarville Half Marathon

      The next big event we are involved with is the Millarville Half Marathon—Run to the Farmers’ Market and there are a few ways you can get involved. If you enjoy running, there is still room in the COBS 8 Mile Cinnamon Bun Run. The half marathon and the relay are now sold out. Not…

  • Rowan House: A Journey to Trauma-Informed Practice

    Rowan House: A Journey to Trauma-Informed Practice

      After the devastating June 2013 floods in Southern Alberta, Rowan House began the journey towards a trauma-informed service delivery model. Developing trauma-informed services is considered a best-practice approach in the literature for all human services. Offering trauma-informed services recognizes the pervasiveness of trauma and its impacts on a survivor’s ability to cope, to access…

  • SRHT Wild West Golf Showdown 2015

    SRHT Wild West Golf Showdown 2015

      The 12th Annual Golf 4 Wellness Charity Golf Classic will take place on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at the Turner Valley Golf Club. A BBQ lunch and registration will kick things off from 11:30am to 12:30pm followed by a shotgun start at 1:00pm. Wear your favourite western wear and join us for an afternoon…

  • A Dozen Mini-Ministers Make their Marks with Environment and Parks

    A Dozen Mini-Ministers Make their Marks with Environment and Parks

    Twelve of Alberta’s greenest Grade 5 students participated in Environment and Parks’ Minister for the Day program. “What a wonderful way to begin my new role as Minister by meeting with these exceptional kids and learning about their concerns, as well as their solutions, to our environmental challenges.” ~ Shannon Phillips, Minister of Environment and…

  • 2015 Alberta Sports Hall of Fame Inductees

      On May 29th the following Alberta athletes, builders and media personality were inducted into the Hall of Fame: Carla MacLeod – Hockey Athlete Carla MacLeod was a defenceman for Team Canada for six seasons and is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and the 2006 Torino Olympics – where she…

  • The Cost of Injury in Canada

    The Cost of Injury in Canada

    Parachute launched The Cost of Injury in Canada Report that show the financial costs of preventable injuries are rising, while the human costs are catastrophic. Using the latest national and provincial data available (2010), the Report shows $27 billion is lost to the economy, surpassing heart and stroke disease costs. Injury is the number one…

  • MLA John Barlow Encourages Groups to Apply Now to the Canada 150 Infrastructure Fund

      Ottawa, Ontario – The Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program is part of Canada 150 Celebrates, the Government of Canada’s celebration of our country’s 150th anniversary. Through investments in community infrastructure, the Government of Canada will invest in projects that celebrate our shared heritage, create jobs, and improve the quality of life for Canadians. Under…