Category: Voices

  • Celebrate St Patrick’s Day at the Legion this Friday

    Celebrate St Patrick’s Day at the Legion this Friday

    On Friday March 6th the Turner Valley Legion will be hosting a St Patrick’s celebration. Tickets are $30 which includes the dinner. The doors open at 4:30pm. The Irish Dancers take to the stage at 5:30pm. We will be serving roast beef, mashed potatoes, a veggie, broccoli, onion and Caesar salad, coleslaw and carrot cake…

  • Oilfields Food Bank Annual General Meeting

    Oilfields Food Bank Annual General Meeting

    The Annual General Meeting will be held on March 31st on the lower level of the United Church in Turner Valley at 3pm. If you think you might want to join this dedicated group of people you may want to pop by. It’s only $5 per year to be a member. You can join and give…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Should the Good China go in the Dishwasher?

      By Reena Nerbas Is China Dishwasher Safe? Hi there Reena, We have rediscovered a relative’s chinaware from the 50’s. The style is quite amazing for that period of time. However there is no mention as to whether or not it is dishwasher safe. I’m thinking it isn’t just because of its age and the…

  • Windspeaker: Miyo Wicehtowin Walk Set for Mid-April

    Windspeaker: Miyo Wicehtowin Walk Set for Mid-April

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  • Healthy Development March Conversation Meeting

    Healthy Development March Conversation Meeting

    Just a reminder that the next regularly scheduled “Healthy Development” conversation meeting this coming Tuesday, March 3, 7:00pm at the Griffiths Centre.   They had originally hoped that Gary Taylor from the Turner Valley Golf Course might be able to speak to the group about some of the thinking that has gone into the possibility…

  • Millarville Mutts, Mustangs and Marksmen Keeping Busy this Winter

    Millarville Mutts, Mustangs and Marksmen Keeping Busy this Winter

      The members of the Millarville Mutts, Mustangs and Marksmen 4-H club have been participating in a variety of engaging activities this year. On February 7, the club’s annual public speaking competition was held at the Millarville Racetrack Hall. Twenty-nine speakers (including three very brave cleavers) participated, all of whom demonstrated strong communication skills. Congratulations…

  • Disappointing Senate Decision Exposes Transgender People to Threats and Violence

      Ottawa, February 26, 2015 – Trans Equality Rights in Canada, a civil society-based coalition advocating for the rights of transgender people in Canada, is disappointed that Canada’s Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs amended Bill C-279 on Gender Identity yesterday, exempting it from applying to public spaces including bathrooms and locker rooms. “Human…

  • Sheep Creek Arts Council: Scrapbooking Crop Fest for Rowan House

    Sheep Creek Arts Council: Scrapbooking Crop Fest for Rowan House

      On March 7, 2015 the Scrapbook Club (an active club within the Sheep Creek Arts Council) is hosting a “Crop Fest” in support of Rowan House. This event taking place from 10am to 10pm, will not only interest dedicated “scrapbookers” and card-makers but will also appeal to community members who are invited to drop…

  • From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Esi Edugyan and Celeste Ng

    From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Esi Edugyan and Celeste Ng

      by Lynn Willoughby Half Blood Blues ~ Esi Edugyan This novel won many, many awards and nominations for one of the best books of the year (2011). I must have missed something. It jumped around a lot in time and location. However, the gist of the story is that in Paris in 1940, twenty…

  • Beneath the Arch Bursary

    Beneath the Arch Bursary

    A total of $1500 is available for one or more bursaries, to be awarded at the discretion of the Beneath the Arch Education Committee. These bursaries are available to enable young performing artists to enhance their experiences and skills in a performing arts field. We define “performing arts” as any creative, artistic endeavor that is…

  • Calgary to Host a Stop on TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay

    Calgary to Host a Stop on TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay

    Announced (Tuesday) by the organizing committee, the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay, presented by President’s Choice® and OLG, is coming to Calgary on July 3, 2015. “I’m excited that our city is one of only five stops outside of Ontario for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.” said Mayor Naheed Nenshi. “Calgarians know…

  • Rowan House Celebrates 15 Years

    Rowan House Celebrates 15 Years

      Join us in celebrating 15 years serving the Foothills at our annual Hope & Healing Gala! Our signature fundraiser will take place Saturday, April 25th at Lynnwood Ranch in Aldersyde and promises to be another great evening. Dinner, dancing, raffles, live and silent auctions – all in support of women and children in the…

  • Weekly Horoscope for Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015

    Weekly Horoscope for Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015

    By Len Wallick Aries (March 20-April 19) — You go, Aries. You have every reason to be confident. What you have right now is all that’s required to plunge ahead with your most cherished ambitions. Who you currently are is more than enough to excel. To further assure that you are the complete package of…

  • The Little Company with the Big Heart

    The Little Company with the Big Heart

    Want to see a prime example of a company being a good global citizen? Look no further than Calgary-based Annapolis Capital. Not only does the investment management firm donate locally, it’s also a generous supporter of Operation Eyesight, an international development organization that works to prevent blindness in Africa and India. “Giving is integrated into…

  • The Calgary to Cochrane Trail through Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

    The Calgary to Cochrane Trail through Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

      Trail lovers, hikers, walkers, bikers and nature enthusiasts will soon be able to follow the Trans Canada Trail from Northwest Calgary to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park and Cochrane. The construction of the 2.2 kilometre Bearspaw Trail is vital to the completion of the connection between the two communities. To make this happen, we need…