Tag: Good News

  • Bull Riders Hervey and Purcell win on $10k Weekend

    Bull Riders Hervey and Purcell win on $10k Weekend

    Thank you to Ted Stovin with Everything Cowboy for the following story! LONGVIEW, Alberta and PENTICTON, British Columbia — On a weekend* that featured $10,000 in added prize money, current BRC number one Brian Hervey increased his lead while an Australian Bull Rider got his first win on Canadian soil. Hervey picked up his weekend…

  • CRTC Seeks Solutions to Help Canadians Protect Themselves from Unsolicited and Illegitimate Calls

    CRTC Seeks Solutions to Help Canadians Protect Themselves from Unsolicited and Illegitimate Calls

    Ottawa-Gatineau – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) launched a public consultation to better understand the technical solutions that are currently offered to help Canadians manage unsolicited telecommunications and illegitimate telemarketing calls. The CRTC is also exploring new and innovative solutions that could enhance consumer protections, including those that may reduce illegitimate caller identification…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Prevent Bread from Falling

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Prevent Bread from Falling

      By Reena Nerbas Falling Bread Dear Reena, I have baked my own whole grain bread by hand (not in a bread machine) for over 35 years. About a year and a half ago the bread took on a new twist; in the oven it would crash (fall in the center). I thought it was…

  • TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games End on a High Note

    TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games End on a High Note

    Closing Ceremony Serves as Victory Celebration for Historic Games TORONTO —The excitement of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Gamesreached a final crescendo (last night) as nearly 40,000 people — athletes, coaches, volunteers, officials and very loud, enthusiastic and dancing Games supporters — gathered for one last party: the Pan Am Closing Ceremony. The ceremony’s theme,…

  • Millarville Community Library Summer Hours and Programs

    Millarville Community Library Summer Hours and Programs

    Summer hours are Wednesdays only from 10:30am to 7:30pm. We are again offering a Summer Reading Program for the children over the summer. It is so important that kids keep up their reading skills during summer break from school, and we offer crafts and games to enhance their library experience. It is a drop-in program…

  • ‘Cracking’ Gluten Intolerance

    ‘Cracking’ Gluten Intolerance

    Researchers use egg yolks to create supplement that could improve lives of people with celiac disease. By Sandra Pysklywyc (Edmonton) University of Alberta researchers may have found a way to help people with celiac disease enjoy the wide variety of foods they normally have to shun. Hoon Sunwoo, an associate professor in the Faculty of…

  • TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Make Canadian History

    TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Make Canadian History

    More than 80 records were broken TORONTO —The largest-ever international multi-sport Games in Canada’s history is about to come to a close, but the impact of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games will be felt for decades to come. The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee (TO2015) estimates that, between ticketed events, municipal…

  • Harper Government Establishes Market Access for Beef to Ukraine

    Harper Government Establishes Market Access for Beef to Ukraine

      July 22, 2015 –Ottawa, Ontario – Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast, announced today that the Government of Canada has opened the Ukrainian market for beef (from cattle under 30 months) and ready-to-eat meat. This new market access marks a significant milestone for Canada following the lifting of Ukraine’s ban…

  • RCMP: A Uniform with your Name on it is Waiting for You

    RCMP: A Uniform with your Name on it is Waiting for You

    http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/recruiting-recrutement/rm-mr/rm-mr-eng.htm

  • From My Bookshelf: Featuring Leslie Parry and Annie Barrows

    From My Bookshelf: Featuring Leslie Parry and Annie Barrows

      By Lynn Willoughby The Church of Marvels ~ Leslie Parry This is a first novel for Parry and it is brimming with odd, quirky and eccentric characters. They are all survivors in a world where most of the us would despair. Sylvan Threadgill is a night soiler who is cleaning privies one night and…

  • Because You Cared: Former Paramedic ‘Forever Grateful’ for Nurse’s Care

    Because You Cared: Former Paramedic ‘Forever Grateful’ for Nurse’s Care

          Surprise ‘thank you’ a career highlight for 29-year health professional Story by Heather Marcoux Glenda Volk thought she was attending just another meeting on just another day at the Wainwright Health Centre. But then a recent patient, former paramedic Dan Schmidt, made a surprise appearance and turned the day into one of…

  • Lucky Stampede Lotteries Winners announced!

    Lucky Stampede Lotteries Winners announced!

      Prizes for the 2015 Stampede charity lotteries were valued at $1.3 million! A lucky group of people became Stampede Champions. Notable prizes up for grabs were a $864,000 dream home, almost a quarter of a million dollars cash, as well as a pickup truck with a boat. This year’s Stampede Champions are Paul Allred…

  • Giving Back in Today’s Economy: Challenges and Opportunities from the Non-Profit Sector

    Giving Back in Today’s Economy: Challenges and Opportunities from the Non-Profit Sector

      It’s no surprise that low oil prices and financial uncertainty in the markets has had a negative impact on Alberta businesses and families. Businesses all across the province have been faced with difficult decisions to downsize and lower costs. At the same time, families affected by job loss and lower incomes have relied heavily…

  • Harper Government Announces Tax Relief for Western Livestock Producers

    Harper Government Announces Tax Relief for Western Livestock Producers

    July 23, 2015 – Ottawa, Ontario – Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz today released a list of designated regions in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba where tax deferrals have been authorized for 2015. The designation allows livestock producers in prescribed drought regions who are facing feed shortages to defer a portion of their 2015 sale proceeds…

  • Geek is Chic

    Geek is Chic

    Library cards are cool again, thanks to alumna Tina Thomas A teenager in skinny jeans scans stands at a kiosk scanning a bright purple card with the tagline, “Chicks dig big brains.” Next to him, a young woman throws a tall stack of video games and CDs into a totebag that brags, “Library lovers never…