Category: Organizations

  • ACT Alberta Challenges Myths of Human Trafficking

    ACT Alberta Challenges Myths of Human Trafficking

    Last week, a Red Deer man and woman were charged with human trafficking following a lengthy investigation into the alleged abuse of eight temporary foreign workers at the Econo Lodge in Red Deer’s Gasoline Alley. Human trafficking – the act of forcing, coercing, or deceiving an individual into providing sex or labour for the personal…

  • The Top Fundraising Events for Your Kid’s School, Team or Organization

    The Top Fundraising Events for Your Kid’s School, Team or Organization

    Ask any parent of an active child and they’ll tell you that almost everything their kids do costs money.  There are lessons, team fees, trip expenses and much more that can easily add up to the equivalent of a mortgage payment and that’s when parents turn to fundraising to help pay these bills. What To…

  • Local Girl Guides Raising Funds for Trip to Europe

    Local Girl Guides Raising Funds for Trip to Europe

      Pancakes 1st Diamond Valley Trex Unit would like to thank everyone who came out Sunday morning to the Pancake Breakfast at AG Foods to support the girls and guiders. You helped raise $965.00! Perogies Our community can continue to help out this group with their Prairie Gourmet Perogie Fundraiser. Just place your order before…

  • “Y-Camp” PRESCRIBED FIRE in Waterton Today

    “Y-Camp” PRESCRIBED FIRE in Waterton Today

      What’s Happening? Today, fire managers will begin to ignite a 1200 hectare “Y-Camp” burn unit. It is east of the Waterton River, south of Hwy 5/6, between Chief Mountain Highway and where the Lower Waterton Lake meets the Dardanelles. Ignition operations may take up to two days. Why It’s Important: The purpose of this…

  • 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…

  • Carcass 101 Event Set to Come Back to Olds College For Second Year in a Row

      ROCKYVIEW, AB – Carcass 101, a producer-focused training about beef cattle meat quality, will take place on June 8th-10th in Olds, AB. The event will commence with a reception on the Monday night followed by two-days of learning in the National Meat Training Centre at Olds College. Association CEO Rob Smith says, “We are…

  • 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…

  • STARS Announces Winners of 2015 Lottery

    STARS Announces Winners of 2015 Lottery

      Alberta – Many Albertans have much cause to celebrate, following the announcement of the 2015 STARS Lottery grand prize winners Thursday. The lottery raised more than $11.2 million net, with 3,227 prizes worth more than $5.3 million retail. Calgary resident and Edmonton show home winner Justin Hasanen was overjoyed with his win. “I have…

  • The North West Foothills Recreation Board Needs Your Input

    The North West Foothills Recreation Board Needs Your Input

    Who We Are The North West Foothills Recreation Board (NWFRB) was founded in 2010 to explore and develop recreation projects within Council Divisions 3, 4 and 5 of the Municipal District of Foothills (Millarville, Priddis, Red Deer Lake & De Winton Areas). NWFRB is a Committee of the Municipal District of Foothills (M.D.) Council. The…

  • More Than a Breath Mint!

    More Than a Breath Mint!

      Calgary – Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is practical and realistic training, which strengthens community safety and preparedness, through increased civic participation. Community residents who become CERT certified are equipped and ready to react not only with heart but with their head. Having basic emergency knowledge and practical training provides a safer response for…

  • 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…

  • Assembly of First Nations National Chief Demands RCMP and Minister Valcourt Share Information Regarding Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls

    Assembly of First Nations National Chief Demands RCMP and Minister Valcourt Share Information Regarding Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls

    (Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde expressed serious concern that the federal government and the RCMP are withholding important and sensitive information about violence against Indigenous women and girls, and is demanding that this information be shared immediately with First Nations so that it can help inform work to…

  • Province Joins United Effort to Preserve Iconic Edmonton Church

    Province Joins United Effort to Preserve Iconic Edmonton Church

      Plans to proceed with Provincial Historic Resource designation of the McDougall United Church have revived efforts to preserve one of the city’s most distinctive heritage landmarks. A commitment by the McDougall United Church Council to pursue designation for the 105-year-old building will also see the creation of a new community partnership to help support…