Category: Organizations

  • Calgary Police Service is First Policing Agency in Canada to Adopt Mental Health Program

    Calgary Police Service is First Policing Agency in Canada to Adopt Mental Health Program

    The Calgary Police Service today celebrated the adoption of the Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR) program designed to assist its members to increase their mental health awareness. This collaboration between the CPS, Alberta Health Services, the Department of National Defence and the Mental Health Commission of Canada will result in CPS members having a better understanding…

  • A Home for Christ: a Nativity Exhibition

    A Home for Christ: a Nativity Exhibition

    One of the most inspiring shows in the Foothills area returns for its 15th year in High River. The High River Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presents “A HOME FOR CHRIST”, a Nativity Exhibit. Cultural representations of the nativity scene are set in the midst of a transformed gymnasium. This…

  • CCA: Manitobans on a Roll

    CCA: Manitobans on a Roll

    2015 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in North Bay, Ont. By: Danny Lamoureux, Canadian Curling Association News Memories of opening day at the 52nd edition of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship at the North Bay Granite in North Bay, Ont., have become distant ones for Manitoba skip Jared Kolomaya. The Gimli CC team of Kerri Einarson,…

  • Legion thanks Canadians – now it’s back to work for our Veterans

    Legion thanks Canadians – now it’s back to work for our Veterans

    Push to government for action on New Veterans Charter at the top of agenda OTTAWA, ON – As Remembrance Day ends The Royal Canadian Legion wants to extend its deep appreciation and sincere thanks to the millions of Canadians who wore a Poppy and came out to ceremonies across our great country and around the…

  • Sheep Creek Arts Council Helps Four Young People Reach for their Dreams

    Sheep Creek Arts Council Helps Four Young People Reach for their Dreams

    Submitted by Muriel Dais The Sheep Creek Arts council directors are very pleased to announce the names of the two recipients of scholarships. In 2014, the amount in each scholarship was raised to one thousand dollars. Applications from outstanding students were received. Kathlene (Katie) Campbell, daughter of Shirley Campbell of Black Diamond, graduated from Oilfields…

  • Get on Board for the Alberta 55 Plus Provincial Winter Games!

    Get on Board for the Alberta 55 Plus Provincial Winter Games!

    Are you fifty-five years or older and enjoy competing in your sport or recreational activity? The Alberta 55 Plus Winter Games are being held in Lethbridge on February 19th – 22nd and you could represent your area at these games. The events are Alpine Skiing, Badminton, Bowling – 5-pin, Bridge – Duplicate, Carpet Bowling, Cross…

  • Support Our Troops licence plate raised more than $220,000

    Support Our Troops licence plate raised more than $220,000

    About 4,000 Alberta vehicles now display a Support Our Troops licence plate, and for each one sold, $55 went to help military families in Alberta. Since it was introduced on July 22, 2014, the Support Our Troops licence plate has given Albertans a new way to show their respect for—and help aid—Canadian service men and…

  • Canadian Veterinarians Caring For War Horses

    Canadian Veterinarians Caring For War Horses

    2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War. As Canadians across the nation reflect on the war to end all wars, the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum will showcase one of the conflict’s forgotten stories — the War’s horses and the veterinarians of the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps who cared…

  • Join the 55 Plus Women’s Indoor Soccer Team

    Join the 55 Plus Women’s Indoor Soccer Team

    We are looking for female soccer players who will be 55 years old by December 31, 2014. The 55 Plus Winter Games are being held in Lethbridge from February 19th to 22nd and for the first time they are including indoor soccer for women. We are hoping to recruit a team from Zone 2 which…

  • Harper Government Announces the Recovery of the HMS Erebus Bell

    Harper Government Announces the Recovery of the HMS Erebus Bell

    Recovery of the ship’s bell is the crowning achievement of successful 2014 search Ottawa, Ontario – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today unveiled the ship’s bell recovered from the recently discovered Franklin Expedition shipwreck, HMS Erebus. According to naval traditions, a ship’s bell is a symbolic…

  • Remembrance Day Service in Diamond Valley

    Remembrance Day Service in Diamond Valley

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #78, Turner Valley held their Remembrance Day service at Oilfields High School this morning. Lunch followed at the Legion in Turner Valley and the wreaths were placed around a portable cenotaph in the Veterans Hall. Please enjoy the pictorial display below.      

  • New Partnership Brings Sport Equipment to Horse Lake First Nation

    New Partnership Brings Sport Equipment to Horse Lake First Nation

    Guided by the slogan “Assisting the Kid in Sport,” a new partnership between Horse Lake First Nation and Sport Central will help all children and families in the region access the sport equipment they need to play hockey and get involved in other sports. On October 8, the first of two shipments arrived at the Horse…

  • Longview Library: It’s Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas

    Longview Library: It’s Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas

    The Longview Library has some very special events arranged for the Longview School children to celebrate the Christmas season. On November 18, AM, the children in Grades 3 & 4 will be making Candy Cane Mice and Snowmen Pencils. In the afternoon, it will be the Grades 5 & 6’s turn. On November 20, AM,…

  • Rowan House Emergency Shelter Launches New Purple Ribbon Campaign

    Rowan House Emergency Shelter Launches New Purple Ribbon Campaign

    Foothills Communities Encouraged to End the Silence on Family Violence High River, AB  – November is Family Violence Prevention Month and Rowan House Emergency Shelter is looking to raise awareness with a new Purple Ribbon campaign. On Wednesday, November 12th, staff and volunteers will visit High River businesses encouraging them to display a purple ribbon…

  • HCRCWA: A Message from the R.C.M.P.

    HCRCWA: A Message from the R.C.M.P.

    Did you know that Turner Valley R.C.M.P. responded to 359 False or Abandoned 911 calls last year? That means our detachment alone received almost one such call each day, seven days a week. The calls seem to be the result of either cell phone pocket dials or young people playing with phones. 911 calls are…