Category: Voices

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: May 30 to June 6, 2016

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: May 30 to June 6, 2016

    By Eric Francis ARIES – You are being called deeper into your awareness than you have in a long time. All the doors in your emotions that you typically walk past are now asking to be opened one by one. Through this process, you will gradually discover how you actually feel, and what you truly need.…

  • C Ian McLaren Students Win Legion Award

    C Ian McLaren Students Win Legion Award

    Kiana Milne and Fletcher Zabek, grade 4 students at C. Ian McLaren School participated in the Turner Valley Legion Remembrance Day Essay Contest, and placed second and fourth respectively in the Div. 2 category! Wonderful achievement, especially when you consider that it was their first time writing an essay for a contest! Several other students…

  • Parachute Safe Kids Week Celebrates 20 Years

    Parachute Safe Kids Week Celebrates 20 Years

    Come celebrate with us! This year marks the 20th anniversary of Parachute Safe Kids Week, a national awareness campaign developed to bring attention to predictable and preventable injuries in children. Parachute Safe Kids Week 2016 is focused on the top injury issues that affect children ‘At Home, At Play, and On The Road.’ Over the…

  • Join Foothills Ride for STARS This September

    Join Foothills Ride for STARS This September

    A wonderful community event & opportunity to help STARS Saturday, September 17th It’s a full circle cycle …. STARS Air Ambulance flys out to equestrian accidents when we need them most.  In return this fundraiser event exists to raise money for STARS and keep them in the air.  It has also turned into a well…

  • Literacy for Life’s 4th Annual Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee

    Literacy for Life’s 4th Annual Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee

                    Literacy for Life’s Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee is a fun filled and exciting afternoon, as teams of three people compete in a battle for bragging rights to spelling supremacy and to win the coveted BEE Trophy. We are excited to announce that Dave Poulsen, author, rodeo announcer…

  • Millarville-Stockland 4-H Club May News

    Millarville-Stockland 4-H Club May News

    Submitted by Jackson Collard, Club Reporter The Millarville Stockland Beef and Sheep Club’s Achievement Day was May 14, 2016, at the Millarville Racetrack Arena. The Beef Conformation and Showmanship Judge was Sandi Jones, and the Sheep Conformation and Showmanship Judge was Kathleen Arkes. Ring master was Carlie Meyer, a former club member. “Cooper”, who the…

  • Canadian Angus 2015 Auction Market of the Year Award Presented to Cowtown Livestock Exchange Inc.

    Canadian Angus 2015 Auction Market of the Year Award Presented to Cowtown Livestock Exchange Inc.

    ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, AB – The Canadian Angus Association is pleased to honour Cowtown Livestock Exchange Inc from Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, with the 2015 Auction Market of the Year Award. 2016 marks the ninth year this award has been was presented by CAA. CAA Director of Field Services Brian Good and Eastern Canada Manager Cheryl…

  • Rowan House Release Stats

    Rowan House Release Stats
  • Our High River Launches Vital Signs

    Our High River Launches Vital Signs

    High River AB –  Our High River is pleased to announce the launch of the Vital Signs survey along with the Town of High River and FCSS. Vital Signs is a community check-up conducted by community foundations across Canada that measures the vitality of our communities, identifies significant trends, and assigns grades across a range…

  • Oilfields Food Bank Needs Donations to Keep Up!

    Oilfields Food Bank Needs Donations to Keep Up!

    Volunteers are the Heart and Soul of the Food Bank Pictured here is Jean Hardy who has volunteered every Tuesday at the Food Bank for more than 25 years! Last week was her birthday!  HAPPY 90th JEAN! Naturally she spent the afternoon helping to prepare fresh fruit, vegetables, rice, oatmeal and cheese into appropriate portions for our…

  • Parks Canada Announces New Explora App for Waterton Lakes National Park

    Parks Canada Announces New Explora App for Waterton Lakes National Park

    New mobile application guides visitors along Waterton’s most popular hike, the Bear’s Hump trail Waterton Lakes National Park is ready to welcome visitors for the 2016 season. This year, Parks Canada is continuing to improve its visitor offer with even more innovative and educational events and activities as well as new investments in visitor facilities.…

  • New DINO-mite Exhibit Paves Way for Tyrrell Expansion

    New DINO-mite Exhibit Paves Way for Tyrrell Expansion

    Alberta’s world-renowned Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is getting even more exciting as it unveils a major new exhibit and a planned $9.3-million expansion, part of the Alberta Jobs Plan. The new exhibit, Foundations, offers visitors of all ages a dynamic, interactive experience that explores the science of palaeontology and Alberta’s leadership role in the…

  • Hope & Healing Gala a Continued Success!

    Hope & Healing Gala a Continued Success!

    Annual fundraiser exceeds expectations, raising over $90,000 Rowan House would like to take this opportunity to once again thank the Foothills community for its help in bringing hope to women and children affected by family violence. Going into this year, our planning committee was hesitant to put on the Hope & Healing Gala, understanding the…

  • FRIAA FireSmart Review Committee approves 4.1 million in project funding through FireSmart program

    FRIAA FireSmart Review Committee approves 4.1 million in project funding through FireSmart program

    Edmonton- The FRIAA FireSmart Review Committee met yesterday in a regularly scheduled meeting to review and approve proposals for project funding under the FRIAA FireSmart Program. Funding was awarded to all 34 completed project proposals, for a total amount of $4.1 million. (See full list below) Proposals for FireSmart project funding were received by FRIAA…

  • Alberta’s Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum Praised as the Seventh Biggest Museum Opening Of The Year!

    Alberta’s Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum Praised as the Seventh Biggest Museum Opening Of The Year!

    According to Condé Nast Travelerm well known traveling and lifestyle blog, the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum (us!) ranks as the seventh largest museum opening of the year for 2015. We are now officially ranked amongst world-class heavyweights such as the Shanghai Museum of Natural History and the Singapore National Gallery. This reinforces the fact…