Tag: Environment

  • Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef & Sheep Club: Recycling Helps the Environment and the Club

    Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef & Sheep Club: Recycling Helps the Environment and the Club

    Club Reporter Ethan Beck These past two months have been busy. Tire recycling and 4-H public speaking. We would like to thank Farm Credit Canada Relationship Manager – Erron Pouteaux for donating $500 to our club. We are planning to use this money to buy show equipment for 4-H on Parade. The money will keep…

  • WIN! Tsal’alh Becomes a Blue Community

    WIN! Tsal’alh Becomes a Blue Community

    By Brent Patterson January 13, 2015 – The St’at’imc at Tsal’alh, located along the shores of Seton and Anderson lakes, are situated in St’at’imc territory in south-western British Columbia. They have a membership of 720 people with approximately 320 members who live on reserve. Last night Tsal’alh became the first Indigenous community to become a…

  • Town of Okotoks one of the 2015 FCM Sustainable Communities Award Winners

    Town of Okotoks one of the 2015 FCM Sustainable Communities Award Winners

    On November 14, 2014, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) announced the winners of its 2015 Sustainable Communities Awards, recognizing innovation and excellence in municipal sustainable development in six categories: brownfields, energy, neighbourhood development, transportation, waste and water. This year’s winning initiatives all share a focus on partnerships and community engagement to ensure environmental, economic…

  • Environmental Appeals Board Hearing Scheduled in Turner Valley

    Environmental Appeals Board Hearing Scheduled in Turner Valley

    The Environmental Appeals Board will conduct a hearing on April 28 to May 1, 2015 in Turner Valley. The Board will hear submissions with respect to appeals filed regarding Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development’s decisions to issue to the Town of Turner Valley EPEA Amending Approvals 1242-02-02, 1242-02-04 and 1242-02-05 and Water Act Approval…

  • West Bragg All Season Trail Plan Implementation Soon to Be a Reality in Bragg Creek

    West Bragg All Season Trail Plan Implementation Soon to Be a Reality in Bragg Creek

    Project made possible thanks to the federal National Recreational Trails Program February 11, 2014 West Bragg Creek Parking Lot, Bragg Creek, AB Bragg Creek families, residents and visitors will soon benefit from West Bragg All Season Trail Plan Implementation thanks to federal investments to expand and improve snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, off-road motorcycle and non-motorized recreational…

  • National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Launched in Canada

    National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Launched in Canada

    Opportunity for communities to join effort to reduce wildfire risk EDMONTON, Feb. 9, 2015 /CNW/ – In collaboration with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR), and The Co-operators, FireSmart Canada today announced the launch of the first ever National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day in Canada scheduled for May…

  • Justin Trudeau Pitches a Medicare Approach to Fight Climate Change in Canada

    Justin Trudeau Pitches a Medicare Approach to Fight Climate Change in Canada

    CALGARY – A future Liberal government will take a medicare approach to the fight on climate change by working with the provinces and territories to reduce greenhouse gases, announced Liberal Party of Canada Leader, Justin Trudeau. “I strongly believe, as do many Canadians, that our children’s future requires us to take meaningful action to reduce…

  • Premier Prentice applauds Alberta-U.S. collaboration

    Premier Prentice applauds Alberta-U.S. collaboration

    The U.S. government is working with Shell Canada to conduct research at an Alberta carbon capture and storage site. Premier Jim Prentice met with U.S. Department of Energy and Shell officials in Washington, D.C. to learn more about their research collaboration on carbon capture and storage (CCS). The U.S. government will work with Shell Canada…

  • Wind Warning in Effect for Foothills – February 6

    Wind Warning in Effect for Foothills – February 6

    10:35 AM MST Friday 06 February 2015 Wind warning in effect for: M.D. of Foothills near Cayley M.D. of Foothills near High River and Aldersyde M.D. of Foothills near Longview and Eden Valley Res. M.D. of Foothills near Okotoks and De Winton M.D. of Foothills near Priddis and Brown-Lowery Prov. Park M.D. of Foothills near…

  • MD of Foothills: Working Well Workshop

    MD of Foothills: Working Well Workshop

    February 10, 2015, Blackie Community Hall, 7 – 10:30 pm If you are one of 450,000 Albertans who use their water well for household purposes, the key to ensuring your water supply is safe and secure is knowing how groundwater works, learning about your well and understanding how to properly maintain it. Proper water well…

  • Happy Groundhog Day!

    Happy Groundhog Day!

      By Tracey Walshaw, staff According to Punxsutawney Phil (in Pennsylvania) and Shubenacadie Sam (in Nova Scotia) those areas will see six more weeks of winter but Wiarton Willie (Ontario) and Balzac Billie just North of Calgary (who is not a real groundhog) predicted early spring. By the way did you know that the first…

  • AccuWeather: Do Animals Possess Instinctive Ability to Sense Impending Storms?

    AccuWeather: Do Animals Possess Instinctive Ability to Sense Impending Storms?

    By Kevin Byrne, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer Animals may possess an innate ability to react to weather quicker than humans, but don’t count on their behaviors determining how much snow is expected for winter or how severe a hurricane season could become. That is because while there are indications that animals do have advanced capabilities to…

  • Canada Foundation for Innovation awards over $2.3 million for 10 projects

    Canada Foundation for Innovation awards over $2.3 million for 10 projects

    Awards bring highest tech tools to push the frontiers of University of Calgary research By Sean Myers Ten projects aimed at solving pressing global questions, from better health to new ways of looking at energy solutions, have received vital funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) that will push their work forward. “When the…

  • Calgary’s Round Tables on Sustainability – Future Cities and Inner-city Re-development

    Calgary’s Round Tables on Sustainability – Future Cities and Inner-city Re-development

      Pathways 2 Sustainability Calgary is a citizen led initiative focused on defining practical solutions to achieve Calgary’s sustainability goals as outlined by the imagineCALGARY Sustainability Plan. On January 29th, Sustainability Resources and Host Partner Brookfield Residential will host Calgary’s Round Table on Sustainability with guest speakers that include: Druh Farrell, City of Calgary Ward 7…

  • Section of Little Bow Creek Closed to Public

    Section of Little Bow Creek Closed to Public

      High River, AB: A section of the Little Bow Creek has been closed to the public while crews complete the clean-up of a hydrocarbon spill that occurred on the weekend. The spill affected a storm water catch basin that feeds into the creek as well as a section of the creek from the east…