Category: Voices

  • High Country Rural Crime Watch Share Rural Crime Statistics from RCMP

    High Country Rural Crime Watch Share Rural Crime Statistics from RCMP

      By John Robin Allan Below are some statistics from the R.C.M.P. about crime in our area. They make for some fascinating reading. Here are some notes I made when I went through the figures: 1. Many of the figures have such small numbers that they are meaningless for trying to find trends. In the past four…

  • Moonshine Horoscope for February 12 – 19, 2016

    Moonshine Horoscope for February 12 – 19, 2016

    By Len Wallick Aries (March 20-April 19) — Let comfort be your guide. Offer comfort to others. As odd as it might seem for a person of action like yourself to make comfort your cause and objective, it’s not really inconsistent. You know from experience how important it is to make a good start in…

  • Kudos and Caveats, for Alberta’s Royalty Review

    The recommendation that the provincial government “seize opportunities to enhance value-added processing” could turn into a fiasco By Kenneth P. Green and Steve Lafleur, The Fraser Institute CALGARY, Alta./ Troy Media/ – On Friday, Jan. 29, the Government of Alberta released the long-anticipated report of the Royalty Review Advisory Panel. The review, a campaign promise by the…

  • Rowan House: What Makes a Healthy Relationship?

    Rowan House: What Makes a Healthy Relationship?

      Registration open for next six-week course Are you or someone you know struggling in a relationship? Learn more about healthy relationships and get support  at one of our upcoming educational groups. High River: WEDNESDAYS 6-8pm March 9th – April 13th Okotoks: WEDNESDAYS 6-8pm March 23rd – April 27th (registration opens February 23rd) Topics covered include: Domestic Abuse &…

  • Planet Waves: The Election, Saturn and the Great Attractor

    Planet Waves: The Election, Saturn and the Great Attractor

    Dear Friend and Reader: It’s political season in the U.S. of A. Unlike most countries, where they get in and out of the elections, here in the States we have an endless phase of quarter finals, semi-finals, demi-finals, playoffs, and finally, the final finals.. The presidential race goes on for two years, with many hundreds…

  • What Canadian First Nations can Learn from New Zealand’s Maori

    How Indigenous-led business partnerships can lead the way By James Wilson, Advisor, EvidenceNetwork.ca WINNIPEG, Man./ Troy Media/ – Moving Manitoba’s Indigenous peoples from the liability to asset column was a topic that consumed some of Manitoba’s most innovative First Nations and mainstream business minds during a two-day ‘design-thinking boot camp’ recently. It was facilitated by Karl Wixon…

  • Canada’s Afghanistan Memorial Vigil 

    Canada’s Afghanistan Memorial Vigil 

    One of the ways the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) commemorated Canada’s mission in Afghanistan was through the Afghanistan Memorial Vigil. The Vigil commemorated those who lost their lives during the mission: 158 CAF personnel, a Canadian diplomat, a DND contractor, a Canadian journalist who was embedded with the…

  • Black Diamond and Turner Valley Fire Departments Recruiting Members

    Black Diamond and Turner Valley Fire Departments Recruiting Members

    Black Diamond Fire Department If you think you might be interested you can come by the Fire Hall (120 5th St SW ) on Monday nights at 7:00pm. Call for more information: 403-933-7866. Becoming a Firefighter just might be the best experience of your life! What we need from you: Be at least 18 years of age. Live…

  • A Conversation about cougars and other predators, with Philip Marasco, Alberta Fish and Wildlife

    A Conversation about cougars and other predators, with Philip Marasco, Alberta Fish and Wildlife

        The following is an edited transcript of a conversation between Philip Marascro (PM) of the Alberta Fish and Wildlife service and J. R. Allen (JRA) of the High Country Rural Crime Watch Association. The discussion took place on February 8, 2016, shortly after some the recent kills made by cougars in our area.…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Spring Cleaning

      By Reena Nerbas Cleaning Cabinets Hi Reena, I read your column and wonder if you can tell me how to clean my cabinets? They are not melamine; they are custom made laminate cabinets. Thanks, Rudy Dear Rudy, The following is recommended for cleaning cabinets: Mild dish soap and water use a damp clean cloth…

  • Rowan House Rises for Revolution in Okotoks

    Rowan House Rises for Revolution in Okotoks

    Emergency Shelter Holds 2nd Annual 1 Billion Rising Awareness March High River, AB February, 2016 – Rowan House Emergency Shelter invites the Foothills community to join the revolution and participate in a march raising awareness about violence against women. It will take place Saturday, February 13th at Ethel Tucker Park in Okotoks, starting at 1pm.…

  • Assisted Suicide a Deadly New Form of Normal

    The Supreme Court’s Carter decision set the floor, not the ceiling, according to one proponent By Peter Stockland, Senior Fellow, Cardus HAMILTON, Ont./ Troy Media/ – Euthanasia? Assisted suicide? There’s an app for that. Or there soon might be, the executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association told a joint Senate-Commons committee this week. The committee…

  • Rowan House: Volunteer Opportunities

    Rowan House: Volunteer Opportunities

    Get Involved! New volunteer opportunities available at Rowan House. Rowan House Emergency is looking for your volunteers interested in working with children. The following positions are available: Child Support for Healthy Relationship Education Group March 23, 30 and April 6, 13, 20 and 27 5:30pm – 8:30pm in Okotoks Must be available for all 6 weeks Child Support…

  • Canada Pension Plan is not ‘low cost’

    Despite its reputation, the cost of the CPP is actually above the average for comparable plans By Philip Cross and Charles Lammam, The Fraser Institute OTTAWA, Ont. and VANCOUVER, B.C./ Troy Media/ – A recent meeting of Canada’s finance ministers rightly put the brakes on the federal government’s proposal to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). After…

  • From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Louise Penny and Richard Wagamese 

    From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Louise Penny and Richard Wagamese 

      By Lynn Willoughby The Cruelest Month – Louise Penny This is a Chief Inspector Gamache novel, one of a series.  They all take place in the same location with many of the same characters – more or less, so it all seems very familiar and friendly.  However, there is no doubt that this is…