Tag: Good News

  • When it’s Icy – do the Penguin Walk!

    When it’s Icy – do the Penguin Walk!

    Walk like a Penguin: Deep freeze temperatures and sheets of ice may not inspire feelings of safety and comfort. Most of us have known someone – if not ourselves – who has fallen and been seriously injured on ice.  In fact, from April 2013 – March 2014, injuries caused by falls on ice and/or snow accounted for 16,910…

  • Foothills Lions Club Helps the Little Ones This Time

    Foothills Lions Club Helps the Little Ones This Time

    The Foothills Lions Club makes a donation to help the pre-school children at the Boys & Girls Club of Diamond Valley and District.

  • And the Oscar Goes to……

    And the Oscar Goes to……

    The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Oscars in 24 categories. The ceremony,…

  • The Countdown is on for Fast Eddy Dostaler’s “There and Back Again” Cross-Canada Run

    The Countdown is on for Fast Eddy Dostaler’s “There and Back Again” Cross-Canada Run

    By Juli Harland Time is getting short and the countdown is on for ‘Fast’ Eddy Dostaler and his epic run across Canada … and back again. On March 1 at 8 am, 26-year-old Dostaler will set off from Clover Point; Victoria, BC, on a journey to raise funds, break records, and inspire an attitude of…

  • Government of Canada supports innovative healthcare solutions including a focus on dementia

    Government of Canada supports innovative healthcare solutions including a focus on dementia

    Putting the needs of patients and families first Markham, ON – Peter Kent, Member of Parliament for Thornhill, announced, last week,  on behalf of the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, federal support of $127,000 for Saint Elizabeth Health Care in Markham, Ontario. The funding will support a project to assist healthcare providers working in homes…

  • Mould Education Sessions Planned for March

    Mould Education Sessions Planned for March

      HIGH RIVER, AB: Bow Valley College, in cooperation with the Town of High River, is hosting several mould education sessions with expertise provided by Alberta Health Services. The sessions will be held on: •                   Monday, Mar. 2 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. •                   Monday, Mar. 9 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. •                   Wednesday, Mar.…

  • Turner Valley School News From the Learning Commons: Dog Tales Comes to Turner Valley School!

    Turner Valley School News From the Learning Commons: Dog Tales Comes to Turner Valley School!

      Literacy for Life’s Dog Tales program is off to a howling start at Turner Valley School. Twenty students in grade 3-6 are sitting down with a four-legged friend for 15 minutes of quality reading time each week thanks to local Literacy for Life volunteers and their pets. The Dog Tales concept provides students with…

  • Millarville Racing and Ag Society Honoured

    Millarville Racing and Ag Society Honoured

    The Honourable Verlyn Olson, Minister of Agriculture, presented Millarville Racing and Ag Society with the Alberta Century Award for their 108 year commitment to the Agriculture community. Bill Jackson graciously accepted this award on behalf of the MRAS in Edmonton earlier this year.

  • Foothills Lions Club Helps “Face Off in the Foothills”

    Foothills Lions Club Helps “Face Off in the Foothills”

    The Foothills Lions Club made a donation to the High Country Rockies Minor Hockey last week.  The donation is going to help off-set the costs of hosting the “Face-Off in the Foothills” Atoms Hockey Tournament taking place in March at the Oilfields Regional Arena in Black Diamond.

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Sharpen Scissors at Home

      By Reena Nerbas Moths and Cashmere Dear Reena, I was given a beautiful cashmere sweater for Christmas, and I am wondering if you have any tips to ensure that moths don’t get at it? I had another cashmere sweater that now has a hole in it, and I was devastated. I do not want…

  • Sheridan-Trained Animator Receives Oscar for Big Hero 6

    Sheridan-Trained Animator Receives Oscar for Big Hero 6

    Chris Williams directed Best Animated Feature winner OAKVILLE, ON, Feb. 23, 2015 /CNW/ – Big Hero 6, directed by Sheridan-trained animator Chris Williams, has won the 2015 Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. The film picked up the top award last night at the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, California. Big Hero 6 centres on…

  • Shell Canada Elevates Outstanding Environmental Achievements Through Emerald Award Sponsorship

    Shell Canada Elevates Outstanding Environmental Achievements Through Emerald Award Sponsorship

      EDMONTON, Alberta – Shell Canada Ltd intensified their commitment to environmental excellence today by announcing their $50,000 sponsorship of the Public Education & Outreach Award category at the 24th Annual Emerald Awards. The Public Education & Outreach Award recognizes community-based individuals, organizations and initiatives that demonstrate leadership and creativity in educating the broader public…

  • AHS Wellness News: Dipping into Online Knowledge

    AHS Wellness News: Dipping into Online Knowledge

      Surfing online can help you navigate parenthood, changing relationships and your family’s health. Here are some of the benefits of connecting online: Find (reliable) knowledge  From your child’s developing brain to his budding literacy skills, you can learn all about his development and health online. Tapping into such information—and 60 per cent of new…

  • Foothills Lions Club Helps Calgary Nova Lions Club

    Foothills Lions Club Helps Calgary Nova Lions Club

    A donation from the Foothills Lions Club will help the Calgary Nova Lions Club send two youths on the Lions International Student Exchange Program.

  • WYCP Partnership Grows with Support from GLC Moving and Storage and Long-Time Partners

    WYCP Partnership Grows with Support from GLC Moving and Storage and Long-Time Partners

      Partnerships make the impossible happen. Just ask Lee Eskdale, Executive Director of the Wilderness Youth Challenge Program (WYCP), whose program for high risk teens would not be possible without help from GLC Moving and Storage and the long-time support of committed partners Supreme Steel LP and the Leder Charitable Foundation. WYCP challenges high risk…