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Weekly Horoscope for Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015
By Len Wallick Aries (March 20-April 19) — You go, Aries. You have every reason to be confident. What you have right now is all that’s required to plunge ahead with your most cherished ambitions. Who you currently are is more than enough to excel. To further assure that you are the complete package of…
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Oilfields High School Cheer on their Students
Thank you to the Drillers Athletic Society parents and volunteers who helped out with our Driller Nation night featuring the Harlem Crowns and our own Drillers basketball players on Wednesday night. What a great show of school spirit! Hats off to Leigh Bretzlaff, the Phys. Ed staff and the players for helping to make…
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2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on TSN is the Most-Watched Ever
(TSN) — The 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was a record-breaker for TSN, with the network attracting an average audience of 566,000 viewers throughout the tournament, making the 2015 Scotties the most-watched ever, according to overnight data from Numeris.* Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones’ thrilling 6-5 gold medal victory over Alberta’s Val Sweeting in the Scotties…
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MP Barlow announces further steps to protect Canadian families from repeat violent criminals
High River – John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Macleod, today highlighted Prime Minister Harper’s announcement that the Government of Canada will introduce legislation in keeping with the commitment made in the 2013 Speech from the Throne to further protect Canadian families by ending the practice of automatic early release for repeat violent criminals.…
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University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing Announces New Chair Targeting Heart Health
DIL Walk Foundation partners on a research initiative led by Kathryn King-Shier focused on the South Asian community The Faculty of Nursing and the DIL Walk Foundation announced (Tuesday) the creation of the Guru Nanak Dev Ji DIL (Heart) Research Chair to benefit the study of cardiovascular health in the South Asian population. As chairholder, cardiovascular…
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Tim Hortons Brier opens Saturday in Calgary
History will be made on Saturday afternoon at the Scotiabank Saddledome when Team Canada steps onto the ice for its inaugural game at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier. The Calgary-based team of third Pat Simmons, second Carter Rycroft and lead Nolan Thiessen captured the 2014 Canadian men’s curling championship in Kamloops, B.C., 12 months ago…
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C Ian McLaren School: Putting Safety First
C. Ian McLaren welomed a new staff member this January. Christine Bates is their new Youth Development Counselor. They will have two Youth Development Counselors at the school from now on. Miss Hall, one of the Youth Development Counselors is taking the next year off to go back to school. In the meantime, the…
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Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: The Skinny on Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a fat-based substance found in the bloodstream and the body’s cells. Cholesterol is essential for good health: it builds and repairs cells, protects nerve fibres, and is used to produce certain hormones and bile acids. We get it in two ways: the liver produces it, and it is contained in some of the…
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The Little Company with the Big Heart
Want to see a prime example of a company being a good global citizen? Look no further than Calgary-based Annapolis Capital. Not only does the investment management firm donate locally, it’s also a generous supporter of Operation Eyesight, an international development organization that works to prevent blindness in Africa and India. “Giving is integrated into…
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The Calgary to Cochrane Trail through Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
Trail lovers, hikers, walkers, bikers and nature enthusiasts will soon be able to follow the Trans Canada Trail from Northwest Calgary to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park and Cochrane. The construction of the 2.2 kilometre Bearspaw Trail is vital to the completion of the connection between the two communities. To make this happen, we need…
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Ask the Principal: “What is the Wall of Fame and Bricks?
The Tigers Wall of Fame is our way of recognizing students among their peers when they demonstrate characteristics that we value as a school. The idea is to recognize things we want to see more of and to present the good example for their peers. The categories are Character (eg. honesty, empathy, perseverance), Competence (academic…
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Alberta Parks Partners up for Horse Health
By Jill Sawyer, AERSD Twice a year, University of Calgary veterinarians in training take a short drive from their northwest Calgary campus to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park just outside Cochrane. There, in a historic stable and corral that overlook more than 3,000 acres of rolling grassland along the Bow River, they run the Park’s…
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Canada Winter Games Medal Standings – February 25, 2015
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HIGH RIVER – ‘Wild America’s’ is coming to you!
Be amazed and learn about some of the coolest animals from Argentina to the Canadian Arctic this coming this Wednesday and Thursday only. Come face to face with owls, vultures, eagles, a peregrine falcon and more during incredible free flight bird of prey demonstrations presented by The Canadian Raptor Conservancy. Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo…
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Resource Created by Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) Used In Mount Royal University Classrooms
The Recovery and Resiliency Roadmap: A Toolkit for Economic Preparedness Becomes Resource in MRU’s New Continuing Education Program: Emergency Management & Disaster Recovery Calgary AB – Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) is pleased to announce that Continuing Education students at Mount Royal University will be utilizing a document developed by EDA as part of the Economic…
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