Tag: Good News

  • What’s Happening at Oilfields: November 2015

    What’s Happening at Oilfields: November 2015

      Food Bank Donations The Student Council in connection with WE Day is taking on a local initiative to bring in food for the food bank. We encourage students to bring non-perishable food items to school and put them in the box in the front entrance/foyer. We will have a 2 week blitz of collecting…

  • ALES Receives Gift of Unique Cattle Herd

    ALES Receives Gift of Unique Cattle Herd

      By Michel Proulx Retired Senator Dan Hays and wife Kathy are gifting their herd of Hays Converters, developed by his father Harry Hays. They are also making a major donation to maintain and care for the herd, which will be housed at ALES’ Roy Berg Kinsella Research Station. The Faculty of ALES’ world-leading livestock…

  • Six Winners Selected in RCMP “Name the Foal” Contest

    Six Winners Selected in RCMP “Name the Foal” Contest

    Ottawa, Ontario – Introducing Maple, Maya, Mavrik, Minion, Minuit and Monark, the six RCMP foals who now have names thanks to the creativity of young Canadians. Each spring, the RCMP “Name the Foal” contest asks young people from across Canada to submit original names for six of the foals born at the RCMP Breeding Farm in Pakenham,…

  • Canadian researchers discover fossils of first feathered dinosaurs from North America

    Canadian researchers discover fossils of first feathered dinosaurs from North America

    Significant find provides clues on early wing uses The ostrich-like dinosaurs in the original Jurassic Park movie were portrayed as a herd of scaly, fleet-footed animals being chased by a ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex. New research published in the prestigious journal Science reveals this depiction of these bird-mimic dinosaurs is not entirely accurate — the ornithomimids,…

  • Oilfields Student Sell Cookie Dough as Fundraiser

    Oilfields Student Sell Cookie Dough as Fundraiser

      The OHS Travel Club are doing a Cookie Dough Telethon on Monday, November 9th. If there is anyone interested in purchasing cookie dough, please let one of the travel club students know or the front office so we can send that information along. There is a variety of different flavors and there are sugar free,…

  • Okotoks Wins Southwest Alberta Tourism Award for Municipality of the Year

    Okotoks Wins Southwest Alberta Tourism Award for Municipality of the Year

    The Town of Okotoks is honoured to have received the 2015 Southwest Alberta Service & Tourism award for “Municipality of the Year”  presented by the Chinook Country Tourist Association at the ceremony held October 7, 2015 at the Yates Centre in Lethbridge.  The award is presented to a municipality that works together to develop, build,…

  • Official Launch of Community Action Plan on Sex Trafficking in Edmonton

    Official Launch of Community Action Plan on Sex Trafficking in Edmonton

    EDMONTON, Alberta – (Tuesday) marked the official release of the final report of the project Engaging Community: Addressing Sex Trafficking in Edmonton. This project, which aims to address sex trafficking in our city, is the first of its kind in Edmonton and is one of three across the country. Working in partnership with local experts, policy makers,…

  • 5 Ways the Digital Age is Improving Health Care

    5 Ways the Digital Age is Improving Health Care

    Banking. Shopping. Travel bookings. Even movie tickets. These are all available online—and so is health care. Canadians are taking personal health-care management into their own hands, which is easier than ever, thanks to technology. Here are the top five ways technology is improving health care in Canada today: 1. Apps: Need help with your health?…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Tending to Your Sore Nose

      By Reena Nerbas Body Odour in Clothing Dear Reena, I have an Under Armour athletic garment that has bad body odor smell in the armpits. I wash it after every use; however, I cannot get the foul smell out. Any suggestions? Chloe Dear Chloe, Soak Under Armour in 50/50 white vinegar and water for…

  • Lions Club of Okotoks Held Donations Night

    Lions Club of Okotoks Held Donations Night

    The Lions Club of Okotoks held a Donations Night event to distribute proceeds from their fund-raising to support charities.  The proceeds came from a portion of the running of the 2014 season of the Okotoks Lions Campground and a casino night. A total of over $17,000 was presented to the following groups by Okotoks Lions…

  • Small Planet Airlines GmbH enters into Partnership with World’s Leading Travel Company Thomas Cook Leisure Carrier

    Small Planet Airlines GmbH enters into Partnership with World’s Leading Travel Company Thomas Cook Leisure Carrier

      Small Planet Airlines GmbH has signed an agreement with Thomas Cook, one of the world’s leading travel companies. In the summer of 2016 the aircraft of Small Planet Airlines GmbH will carry Thomas Cook passengers from its Paderborn base in Germany to Mediterranean resorts. “The cooperation with one of the best known brands in travel, Thomas…

  • 6 Essential Tasks to Prepare your Garden for Winter

    6 Essential Tasks to Prepare your Garden for Winter

    Cooler temperatures make autumn a wonderful time to focus on the garden. Crisp, vivid days are easier on both you and your plants and the effort you put into your garden now will provide for additional curb appeal come spring. “A well-maintained garden adds to your property value and increases its marketability,” says Lincoln Thompson,…

  • Emerald Award Recipient Recognized as Greenest School in Canada!

    Emerald Award Recipient Recognized as Greenest School in Canada!

    Aaron Dublenko has devoted his teaching career with the Edmonton Public School Board to inspiring his students to become environmental champions through his Emerald Award-winning Student Led Initiatives for Sustainable Education (SLISE) program, and INNOVATE, a hands-on project-based program that bridges the different curriculums, connects to the greater community, and provides research and experimental opportunities…

  • Strategies for the Tax Loss Season

      By Kim Inglis   It’s been a rocky year for investors but that doesn’t mean things need to get worse as we near tax loss selling season.  Some prudent planning done now can reap dividends later. Generally speaking, most retail investors conduct tax loss selling during the latter part of November and the first…

  • Oilfields Food Bank Honours Retiring Volunteers

    Oilfields Food Bank Honours Retiring Volunteers

      Long-time, retired Executive members  Wendy Williams (left) & Ida Wegelin (right) were thanked for their enormous contribution over the past several years & presented with a token of appreciation by President, Glenn Chambers at our September meeting.