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  • Canadian Angus Auction Market of the Year Award Presented to The Electronic Auction Market (TEAM) at Livestock Markets Association of Canada Convention

    Canadian Angus Auction Market of the Year Award Presented to The Electronic Auction Market (TEAM) at Livestock Markets Association of Canada Convention

    Rocky View County, AB-The Canadian Angus Association is pleased to honour The Electronic Auction Market (TEAM) with the Auction Market of the Year Award. This marks the eleventh year the award has been presented by CAA. Senior Director of Business Development BC/AB Brian Good and Director of Business Development SK/MB Bob Toner presented the award at the…

  • Balanced Plans Protect Land, Boost Recreation

    Balanced Plans Protect Land, Boost Recreation

    New land management plans for the Livingstone-Porcupine Hills areas will help conserve and protect sensitive ecosystems while improving economic and recreation opportunities. The Land Footprint and Recreation Management plans establish the Livingstone and Porcupine Hills areas as Public Land Use Zones (PLUZ). This follows through on the government’s commitment to science-based land management that protects…

  • Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef Club News: Cleaning Up

    Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef Club News: Cleaning Up

    Club reporter – Clay Jardie We started March with our first meeting on the 11th where we marked all the beef and sheep records. Our Grooming Clinic March 24th at Watkins barn was a success and well attended. A big thank you to Pete Watkins for instructing the clinic. We also had a sheep clinic on March…

  • Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Update

    Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Update

    Information sessions tonight and Thursday The Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1), a flood-mitigation project that, when completed, will protect Calgary from a 2013-level flood, is now under an expected one-year regulatory review. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has informed the Government of Alberta that the project conforms to the agency’s guidelines. While the province awaits…

  • Turner Valley School News: May Adventures

    Turner Valley School News: May Adventures

    The month of May has arrived with better weather and opportunities for us to enjoy the sunshine. May is a busy time here at Turner Valley School. If you look at the calendar in this issue you will see that there are many field trips and interesting learning experiences (including some tests) on the horizon this month from the bike rodeo, jump…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: May 21 – 28, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: May 21 – 28, 2018

    BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO ARIES — You may feel as though you’ve stepped into some kind of unusual social situation that you just don’t understand. You may feel like you’re in over your head, or that elements from the past are driving you more than what is immediately in your environment. Yet you must maintain…

  • High River RCMP Arrest a Woman Following a Chase

    High River RCMP Arrest a Woman Following a Chase

    On May 19th, 2018, at approximately 7:10 pm, High River RCMP responded to a 911 call regarding a female sleeping inside a running vehicle on 1st street SW north of 3rd avenue. Once police contact was made, the female driver fled the area at a high rate of speed northbound on Centre street in High River. The…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness: Play Time

    AHS Weekly Wellness: Play Time

    All types of play build skills Play is the foundation on which children build lifelong skills and positive relationships with themselves and others. Who will be the princess and who will be the pony? How will we get across this lava to safety? In a make-believe world, those kinds of big, creative decisions build healthy…

  • Red Deer RCMP Victim Services welcomes therapy dog Harley

    Red Deer RCMP Victim Services welcomes therapy dog Harley

    Red Deer, AB – Red Deer RCMP have a brand new team member, thanks to fundraising efforts by the Notre Dame High School graduating class of 2017 – Harley, a two-year old black lab, joined the Red Deer RCMP Victim Services Unit as their therapy dog on Monday, May 14. Harley dove straight into his work,…

  • International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: Premier Notley

    International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: Premier Notley

    Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: May 17, 2018 – “Homosexual, trans and bisexual Albertans are more likely to be bullied verbally or physically, more likely to experience domestic and other forms of violence, and more likely to consider, and to attempt, suicide than Albertans…

  • “Groot” the Grizzly Cub Put Down After Rescue

    “Groot” the Grizzly Cub Put Down After Rescue

    Brandy Gienger and Kyla Woodard run an animal rescue facility in Grande Cache. By Kyla Woollard (Facebook) (On May 10th) I had a run in with Alberta Fish and Wildlife. For the first time in my life I have never been so upset. We found a baby grizzly bear cub, and it was abandoned by…

  • First Alberta Book Day Declared

    First Alberta Book Day Declared

    Culture and Tourism Minister Ricardo Miranda has declared May 15, 2018 as Alberta Book Day. Alberta Book Day recognizes the importance of Alberta’s book-publishing industry in preserving and sharing Alberta’s culture with the world, as well as contributing to the province’s economic growth and diversity. “Books are a feast for the mind. As we mark…

  • Happy Trails Pathway Closure Required for Legacy Project Paving

    Happy Trails Pathway Closure Required for Legacy Project Paving

    HIGH RIVER, AB: Bow Mark Paving has begun to pave an unfinished section of the Happy Trails that runs from the north end of 7 Street S.W. to connect with Macleod Trail S.W. Paving started on Tuesday, May 15 and will continue until Friday, June 15. The work will require a closure of that section…

  • The Wonderful World of Wetlands

    The Wonderful World of Wetlands

    Sloughs, potholes and marshes, oh my! The names may bring back happy memories growing up on the farm, less happy memories of itchy bug bites or perhaps you haven’t thought about wetlands since grade 5.  In Alberta, wetlands are grouped into five classes; bog, fen, marsh, swamp and shallow-open water. While they are sometimes thought…

  • Alberta Fire Bans Go Mobile

    Alberta Fire Bans Go Mobile

    The Alberta government has released a mobile fire ban app so people across the province can be aware of the wildfire risk.   The new app, available for Android and Apple devices, will give people mobile access to see where there are fire bans, restrictions and advisories to help plan their camping and recreational experiences. Keeping people informed of…