Tag: Good News

  • Legion Pleased with Government’s Progress on Treating Reservists Fairly

    Legion Pleased with Government’s Progress on Treating Reservists Fairly

    OTTAWA, ON – (The) announcement by VAC to propose changes to address ACVA Recommendation #5 is a significant step forward. “The Legion has been adamant that a Veteran is a Veteran is a Veteran and this applies to benefits and support for rehabilitation programs,” says Royal Canadian Legion Dominion President Tom Eagles. “Our Reservists should be…

  • 20 Years Of Counting Swift Foxes

    20 Years Of Counting Swift Foxes

      Calgary, AB – The Calgary Zoo finished the first survey in nine years to assess the status of the swift fox, one of Canada’s threatened species. This marks the fourth population-wide survey since the foxes’ reintroduction in 1983 and the 20th anniversary of the start of the survey process. The current survey comes at…

  • High Country Rural Crime Watch AGM: New Members Welcome

    High Country Rural Crime Watch AGM: New Members Welcome

    The High Country Rural Crime Watch Association (HCRCWA) is holding the annual general meeting on March 26th at 7pm. The meeting will be held at the Millarville Racetrack Hall. We have a particularly good presentation that includes: Victim Services – Kerri Wilkinson – presentation with a Q & A Okotoks Community Officer Peter Stapley – “Crime…

  • Okotoks Celebrates Earth Hour

    Okotoks Celebrates Earth Hour

    Earth Hour Contest! Participate & Win on Saturday, March 28, 2015 – 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM Share your short video or picture of how you celebrated Earth Hour to our Facebook and/or Twitter pages and you can win an Energy Prize Pack valued at approximately $50. Take photos or a video of what you are doing…

  • Nanton Doctor Wins Outstanding Rural Physician Award: Dr John Tenove

    Nanton Doctor Wins Outstanding Rural Physician Award: Dr John Tenove

  • Millarville School News: Congrats to Wildcat Basketball Players

      Congratulations to our Grade 7/8 boys basketball team for winning the 2015 boys Basketball League Championship finals at the end of February. The boys also took 2nd place and the girls took 3rd in the Oilfields tournament held the first week of March. Our boys and girls combined team won 1st place in the skills competition.…

  • REALTORS® Give Back Through Governors’ Grants

    REALTORS® Give Back Through Governors’ Grants

      CREB® Charitable Foundation accepting funding applications from local charities Calgary – CREB® Charitable Foundation’s Governors’ Grants program awards funds to charities that support housing and shelter-related initiatives in the Calgary and area community. “We’re excited to invite charities to apply for the Charitable Foundation’s Governors’ Grants,” says Jeffrey Mikolajow, CREB® Charitable Foundation president. “The…

  • Crossword Puzzle ~ March 21st, 2015

    Crossword Puzzle ~ March 21st, 2015

    Check out our printable crossword puzzle!

  • Earth Hour: What Are You Doing?

    Earth Hour: What Are You Doing?

     

  • Millarville Community School: What’s Happening in the Classrooms in March

    Millarville Community School: What’s Happening in the Classrooms in March

    The Kinders are inquiring into how people communicate their feelings. They’ve been looking at different artists and will share their own artwork on Thursday, March 26. The Grade 1s are looking at communities and how buildings are constructed to provide for needs and wants. They will be celebrating their learning at an upcoming assembly on…

  • Alberta and the Northwest Territories Announce Bilateral Water Management Agreement

    Alberta and the Northwest Territories Announce Bilateral Water Management Agreement

      Alberta and the Northwest Territories have signed an agreement to protect the integrity of water flowing downstream from Alberta to the Northwest Territories. The Alberta-Northwest Territories bilateral water management agreement commits both governments to co-operatively manage water resources. The agreement focuses on aquatic ecosystems in the Mackenzie River Basin, the longest and largest river…

  • Planet Waves Weekly Horoscope for March 20 – 27, 2015

    By Eric Francis   Aries (March 20-April 19) — You’re about to discover the missing piece. Yet it will be more like a scrim is lifting and you can suddenly see the full scene for what it is. What you discover was missing will turn out to be very nearly everything. That everything is context.…

  • Toronto Rush Pro Ultimate Frisbee rated “Most Entertaining Pro Sports in Toronto”

    Toronto Rush Pro Ultimate Frisbee rated “Most Entertaining Pro Sports in Toronto”

    TORONTO – Torontonians have casted their votes and have had their voices heard: the most entertaining pro sports venue in Toronto are the Rush! A survey by TorontoFive was posted on March 10th that listed every pro sports team you could think of in the GTA; from the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Mississauga Power. What are…

  • Harper Government Announces Support for Seniors in the Riding of Macleod

      High River, AB – John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Macleod, on behalf of the Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), announced funding to several projects led or inspired by seniors who make a difference in the lives of others and their communities. The following organizations are receiving funding for their projects from the…

  • Oilfields High School Spring Fundraisers

    Oilfields High School Spring Fundraisers

      Bake Sale Oilfield’s Student Advisory Committee will be hosting a bake sale on March 31 and April 1. All proceeds will go towards supporting the Sheep River Health Trust and Oilfield’s Breakfast Program. We would appreciate donations of baked goods which can be dropped off the morning of March 31. Please note that we…