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  • Cochrane Humane Society: It All Started with a Street Cat

    Cochrane Humane Society: It All Started with a Street Cat

    In the early days of the Cochrane Humane Society, way back in the 20th century, a street cat came into our care named Norman. Through a series of unusual circumstances Norman ended up making the shelter his home and he spent the next 15 years roaming the halls of first the old shelter on Bow…

  • Liberals Failing to Take Action on Trans Mountain Expansion: Stubbs

    Liberals Failing to Take Action on Trans Mountain Expansion: Stubbs

    Ottawa, Ontario – Shannon Stubbs, Conservative Shadow Minister for Natural Resources, issued the following statement today regarding the Trans Mountain Expansion: “With only nine legislative days left before Kinder Morgan’s May 31st deadline, the Liberal government has run out of time to pass legislation to remove roadblocks and delays for the approved expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.…

  • Alberta Welcomes Gov. Gen. Julie Payette

    Alberta Welcomes Gov. Gen. Julie Payette

    The Alberta government will welcome Gov. Gen. Julie Payette to the legislature on Tuesday, May 15 as part of her first official visit to Alberta. “It will be my pleasure to welcome the Governor General for her first official visit to Alberta. Her wide-ranging accomplishments are truly admirable and she is a terrific role model…

  • Kids Who Lost Limbs in Accidents Spread PLAYSAFE Message in War Amps Video

    Kids Who Lost Limbs in Accidents Spread PLAYSAFE Message in War Amps Video

    Kennedy Rhodes, 15, from Calgary, and Ernie Friesen, 10, from Taber, lost limbs in accidents and are members of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program. As the weather warms up, they are warning kids to spot the danger before they play in a new War Amps video, PLAYSAFE: Don’t Let It Happen to You. Kennedy was 13…

  • Millarville Horticultural Club Annual Plant Sale

    Millarville Horticultural Club Annual Plant Sale

    Every second Tuesday of the month (Sept to May) at 7:30pm a speaker is arranged to talk and share their knowledge with the club. We meet at the Millarville church house. Our annual plant sale is on June 7, 2018 at the Millarville Racetrack Quonset at 7pm sharp. You can come early at 6:30 to check out…

  • Agriculture Committee Visits Four Provinces to Study Agricultural Technology and Research Advancements

    Agriculture Committee Visits Four Provinces to Study Agricultural Technology and Research Advancements

    OTTAWA – This week, the House of Commons Agriculture Committee travelled to Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia as part of its current study on the advancements of technology and research in the agriculture sector. Conservative Shadow Ministers for Agriculture and Agri-Food Luc Berthold and John Barlow released the following statement on the conclusion of…

  • The Alberta RCMP Gears up for National Road Safety Week

    The Alberta RCMP Gears up for National Road Safety Week

    Edmonton, Alta. – The Alberta RCMP is proud to participate with the Alberta Sheriffs in Canada Road Safety Week, May 15 to 21, 2018, and National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day on May 19. The dates were strategically chosen as Victoria Day Weekend typically marks the beginning of the “summer” and road trip season for many Albertans…

  • Bar U Ranch National Historic Site Opens for the Season

    Bar U Ranch National Historic Site Opens for the Season

    Bar U Ranch National Historic Site officially opens for the visitor season Free admission for youth at Parks Canada places starting in 2018 Longview, Alberta – Parks Canada’s places represent the very best that Canada has to offer and tell stories of who we are, including the history, cultures, and contributions of Indigenous peoples. Millions of…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: May 14 – 21, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: May 14 – 21, 2018

    By Amy Elliott  Aries You’ve lately experienced a major gear shift with Chiron entering your sign last month. Now Uranus is about to leave Aries and enter Taurus, and your ruler Mars will move into Aquarius soon after. That’s a lot of change in a short period. I would suggest you take each day as…

  • Injury and Job Losses Push Calgarians to Live off Credit Cards

    Injury and Job Losses Push Calgarians to Live off Credit Cards

    As people dig out from Alberta’s worst recession in three decades, Troy Media talks to everyday Albertans who are working to become debt free. Troy Media Special Report Part 3 in our five-part series Back in Balance Name: Linda Pierce Age: 53 Residence: Calgary Occupation: Office administrator At one of the lowest points in Linda…

  • Seeking Witnesses in Okotoks Firearms Investigation

    Seeking Witnesses in Okotoks Firearms Investigation

    On April 19, 2018, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate circumstances surrounding an incident where a member of the Okotoks RCMP fired his service pistol while attempting an arrest. On the same day at approximately 8:20 p.m., members of the Okotoks RCMP responded to a complaint about a suspicious vehicle…

  • Are We Really all on Treaty Land?

    Are We Really all on Treaty Land?

    The phrase ‘you are now on treaty land’ is part of a slick marketing campaign with clear financial goals By Brian Giesbrecht Senior Fellow Frontier Centre for Public Policy I recently attended an event that began with an announcement that “you are now on treaty land.” By now, we’re all familiar with this new way…

  • RCMP: Okotoks Assists HAWCS and CPS; High River Hit and Run

    RCMP: Okotoks Assists HAWCS and CPS; High River Hit and Run

    Okotoks RCMP – Arrests made and two males charged with multiple criminal offences Okotoks, AB – On May 8th, 2018, the Okotoks RCMP assisted CPS and HAWCS with a stolen vehicle. The stolen vehicle was initially observed in Calgary, drove through the Town of Okotoks, and into the MD of Foothills. The vehicle drove in a dangerous manner at…

  • Paving the Way to a Better Economy

    Paving the Way to a Better Economy

    The 2018 construction season is underway in Alberta with the province moving forward on hundreds of transportation projects. More than 500 projects across Alberta will enhance and expand roads and bridges and support water management infrastructure. The wide-ranging work will improve connections between communities, promote safer travel, increase flood mitigation and strengthen key economic corridors.…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: The Laser’s Edge

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: The Laser’s Edge

    For more than 2 decades, laser eye surgery has offered many Canadians a chance to walk away from their glasses and contact lenses. Is it right for you? Laser eye surgery can correct common vision problems such as nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and astigmatism (where an irregular shape of the cornea [the front surface of the eye] makes it difficult…