Tag: Environment

Remediation of High River Boulevards Underway

HIGH RIVER, AB: Parks crews and contractors are actively remediating a number of boulevards throughout town, starting with the southeast and southwest quadrants. This is part of dozens of remediation and reconstruction projects the Town of High River has been actively working on this year. “The assessments carried out in the spring identified the level…

October 22, 2014
Calgary Stampede’s OH Ranch Education Program

by Sharon Lightfoot, OH Ranch Education Coordinator, October 2014 Stampede Blog You can learn more about the OH Ranch Education Program at the Calgary Herald, CTV and CBC. It’s back to school and back to education on the range! The Calgary Stampede is very excited to announce the launch of the OH Ranch Education Program.…

October 21, 2014
SW Calgary Ring Road Holding Public Meetings

By Suzanne Oel, Councillor On Tuesday, October 28th there is a public meeting on the SW Calgary Ring Road at Spruce Meadows. The meeting is scheduled to run from 4:30 to 8:00pm at the British House. For a list of other meetings on the Ring Road go to the Alberta Transportation website. The M.D. of…

October 19, 2014
MD of Foothills News: Tree-mageddon Clean-Up Continues

By Suzanne Oel, Councillor The storm on Sept. 10-11 left quite a mess of tree limbs throughout the MD. It has been weeks of clean up for many of us. The M.D. of Foothills wanted to help out our residents by allowing a no-fee delivery to the regional landfill for debris from the event. If…

October 18, 2014
MD of Foothills News: Working Well Workshop

October 22, 2014 – Davisburg Community Centre @ 7:00 – 10:30 pm How would your life change if you lost your water supply? Did you know that a poorly maintained water well can put your water supply at risk of contamination? Attend this FREE Water Well Management Workshop, hosted by the M.D. and presented bt…

October 14, 2014
New Research Debunks Canadians’ Misconceptions about Agriculture

Majority of farmers adopting new & innovative technologies; almost half plan to expand operations Regina, October 8, 2014 – Farming in Canada is not what many Canadians think it is, according to Realities of Agriculture in Canada – A sector of innovation and growth, a new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).…

October 9, 2014
Smoke Jumpers

By Tracey Walshaw A smokejumper is a wildland firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires. During our visit Yellowstone National Park this year we learned about the Smoke Jumpers program in West Yellowstone, Montana. We found out that there are not only smokejumpers in the U.S. but in Europe as well. The…

October 6, 2014
CTV: Alaska refuge proposes killing invasive caribou

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October 6, 2014
Walrus Haulout of the Native Village of Point Lay

October 2, 2014- Declines in sea ice in late-summer in the Chukchi Sea over the last several years have caused Pacific walruses to more frequently haul out on land to rest instead of resting on offshore ice. A haulout has recently formed near the community of Point Lay and has garnered significant media and public interest. Walruses…

October 5, 2014
The World’s Most Eco-Friendly Car: Made From Hemp!

By Sarah Burke, Greener Ideal The Cannabis plant often gets a bad rap for its extra-curricular uses, but people may be shocked to discover that the hemp plant has over 50,000 uses, from clothes, to medicine, to fabrics, to fuel… to… well, even cars. Henry Ford Makes the First Hemp Car In the 1940s, the…

October 5, 2014
New Parks Canada Youth Tourism Entrepreneur Award announced for the 2014 Canadian Tourism Awards

New award will highlight the achievements of young entrepreneurs in the tourism industry Ottawa, Ontario – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, together with David Goldstein, President and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), today announced the creation of a new award category for…

October 4, 2014
Nature Conservancy of Canada Completes Landmark Project

Calgary AB – The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) in Alberta has announced the completion of the largest conservation easement in the province’s history and the largest in Canadian history. The iconic Waldron Ranch project is 30,535 acres of privately owned property located along the Cowboy Trail (Highway 22), south of Longview and northwest of…

October 2, 2014
Westmount School in Okotoks Conducts Waste Audit

[break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Last year, Westmount School in Okotoks was the first Canadian School to participate in “Green Apple Day of Service” – a global movement, which gives students, teachers, parents, companies and local organizations the opportunity to transform schools into healthy, safe and productive learning environments through local service projects. This year, the Grade 4 classes are…

September 29, 2014
Tap vs Bottled Water: What do you drink?

[break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] The bottled water industry is worth more than $170 billion, and North Americans are some of its most avid consumers, so much so that in the U.S., bottled water has surpassed milk and beer in terms of volume sold. In Canada, three out of 10 households drink bottled water at home, according to Statistics Canada. 1.…

September 29, 2014
Oilfields Arena Reaches ‘Green’ Milestone

[break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] The month of July saw the Oilfields Regional Arena reach a zero cost for the first time on their energy thanks to the solar and wind power alternative that is installed on the roof of the arena. That means that the energy produced by the system matched the amount of energy used. A significant…

September 21, 2014