Tag: Good News

  • Millarville Mutts, Mustangs and Marksmen Keeping Busy this Winter

    Millarville Mutts, Mustangs and Marksmen Keeping Busy this Winter

      The members of the Millarville Mutts, Mustangs and Marksmen 4-H club have been participating in a variety of engaging activities this year. On February 7, the club’s annual public speaking competition was held at the Millarville Racetrack Hall. Twenty-nine speakers (including three very brave cleavers) participated, all of whom demonstrated strong communication skills. Congratulations…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Parents as Role Models

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Parents as Role Models

      Parents tend to be the strongest role models in their child’s life and this can be a strong parenting asset. Imagine all of the wonderful things you want your child to be, for example, kind, respectful, and honest. If you choose to model those traits, your child is likely to follow suit. As a…

  • Sheep Creek Arts Council: Scrapbooking Crop Fest for Rowan House

    Sheep Creek Arts Council: Scrapbooking Crop Fest for Rowan House

      On March 7, 2015 the Scrapbook Club (an active club within the Sheep Creek Arts Council) is hosting a “Crop Fest” in support of Rowan House. This event taking place from 10am to 10pm, will not only interest dedicated “scrapbookers” and card-makers but will also appeal to community members who are invited to drop…

  • Pam Rannelli joins Foothills School Division’s executive leadership team

    Pam Rannelli joins Foothills School Division’s executive leadership team

    HIGH RIVER, AB – Foothills School Division is pleased to announce that Pam Rannelli has been selected as the new Assistant Superintendent of Learning Services, effective immediately. Pam joined the school division in 2013 as Director of Inclusive Learning. In her new role, Pam will guide the work of the division’s Learning Services team and…

  • From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Esi Edugyan and Celeste Ng

    From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Esi Edugyan and Celeste Ng

      by Lynn Willoughby Half Blood Blues ~ Esi Edugyan This novel won many, many awards and nominations for one of the best books of the year (2011). I must have missed something. It jumped around a lot in time and location. However, the gist of the story is that in Paris in 1940, twenty…

  • Beneath the Arch Bursary

    Beneath the Arch Bursary

    A total of $1500 is available for one or more bursaries, to be awarded at the discretion of the Beneath the Arch Education Committee. These bursaries are available to enable young performing artists to enhance their experiences and skills in a performing arts field. We define “performing arts” as any creative, artistic endeavor that is…

  • Oilfields High School: On the Move and Outdoors

    Oilfields High School: On the Move and Outdoors

    Outdoor Phys Ed The Phys. Ed team has designed a different year end camping opportunity for Grade 9. Outdoor experiences create fantastic experiences for youth. We would love to see the majority of Grade 9 students participate. Deposit is due March 18th for those participating and there are fund-raising opportunities to help with the fee.…

  • Visit Alberta’s First Craft Distillery: The Eau Claire Distillery In Turner Valley

    Visit Alberta’s First Craft Distillery: The Eau Claire Distillery In Turner Valley

      By Shari Fenn, CRP Set to open early Spring in picturesque Turner Valley,the Eau Claire Distillery is being built to serve demand from the next revolutionary beverage-community movement: artisanal, small-batch craft spirits. Where glacial Rocky Mountain waters flow into fertile Alberta farmland, Eau Claire’s gins, vodkas and whiskies will bottle local flavour from Turner…

  • Business After Hours Offers Development and Networking Opportunities

    Business After Hours Offers Development and Networking Opportunities

    The Business After Hours event being held on March 25 at the Highwood Golf & Country Club will be more than just a chance to listen to two of Canada’s most sought after public speakers. It will also be an opportunity for the local business community to network with their peers and showcase High River…

  • When “Forever” Fades but the Ink Stays

    When “Forever” Fades but the Ink Stays

    PhD student develops new tattoo removal technology By Alana Milner It’s an all-too-familiar story: You meet someone. You fall in love. You show your love by getting your partner’s name tattooed on your arm. A few months or years later, your partner leaves — but your broken love remains forever inked on your bicep. Tattoos…

  • Calgary to Host a Stop on TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay

    Calgary to Host a Stop on TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay

    Announced (Tuesday) by the organizing committee, the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay, presented by President’s Choice® and OLG, is coming to Calgary on July 3, 2015. “I’m excited that our city is one of only five stops outside of Ontario for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.” said Mayor Naheed Nenshi. “Calgarians know…

  • High River votes to rejoin Calgary Regional Partnership

    High River votes to rejoin Calgary Regional Partnership

    High River, AB – At their regular meeting February 23, High River Town Council voted to rejoin the Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP). “It’s important that High River have a voice in the future development of this area,” said Mayor Craig Snodgrass. “Through this partnership we will have more influence by being part of the discussion…

  • Turner Valley School News: Tiger’s Den – What is it?

    In January we started a grade 4-6 Tiger’s Den. Each student in grade 4-6 will be put into a Tiger group (Siberian, Bengal, White, Golden) and have a Den meeting with a teacher (Ms. Klafki, Mrs. Baxter, Ms. Alm and Mr. Ellis with Mr. Holladay floating between each) once a week for 30 minutes. The…

  • Rowan House Celebrates 15 Years

    Rowan House Celebrates 15 Years

      Join us in celebrating 15 years serving the Foothills at our annual Hope & Healing Gala! Our signature fundraiser will take place Saturday, April 25th at Lynnwood Ranch in Aldersyde and promises to be another great evening. Dinner, dancing, raffles, live and silent auctions – all in support of women and children in the…

  • PM Harper and Bill Gates renew call to advance global Maternal, Newborn and Child health priority

    PM Harper and Bill Gates renew call to advance global Maternal, Newborn and Child health priority

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with Bill Gates (Wednesday) in Ottawa to discuss how to further leverage the strong leadership that Canada has demonstrated in promoting  maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in order to ensure that it remains a global development priority and a prominent feature of the global post-2015 development agenda. They were…