Tag: Good News

  • The New Year in FSD

    The New Year in FSD

    By John Bailey, Superintendent of Schools Happy New Year! I trust you had an enjoyable holiday break with your loved ones, and that you find yourself rejuvenated as we embark on a new year. Typically when the calendar turns to January, many people make resolutions and view it as the opportunity for a fresh start.…

  • LA Times: Yosemite climbers pass another milestone in El Capitan free climb

    LA Times: Yosemite climbers pass another milestone in El Capitan free climb

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  • Turner Valley School News: Happy New Year!

    The ringing in of the New Year always gives us an opportunity to reflect on the previous years successes and also to look ahead as the future takes shape. In looking back at 2014 the staff and students of TVS will take time to celebrate the growth we have made, especially in the area of…

  • World Snow Day

    World Snow Day

    World Snow Day is the second phase of the ‘Bring Children to the Snow’ campaign. The first phase of the campaign, called SnowKidz, was launched in 2009. The SnowKidz project aims to encourage FIS Member National Ski Associations to promote snow sports within their country. Meanwhile, World Snow Day looks beyond the FIS membership to…

  • Liberals Wrap Up Tour of the North

    Liberals Wrap Up Tour of the North

    INUVIK, NWT – Liberal Party of Canada Leader, Justin Trudeau, kicked off a five-day tour of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut on Friday focused on working with Northerners to ensure that they have a real and fair chance at success. “Liberals understand that you cannot truly appreciate the challenges faced by Canadians up North until…

  • Alumni Concert to start High River Lions Music Festival Season

    Alumni Concert to start High River Lions Music Festival Season

    The High River and District Lions Music Festival is back for its 2015 season, and it begins with a celebration of past seasons. An Alumni Concert on February 28, 2015 at the High River United Church will be the official kickoff for the competitive festival. “This concert will give former volunteers, families and supporters a…

  • Half Your Plate Program Launches to Consumers to Encourage Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables

    Half Your Plate Program Launches to Consumers to Encourage Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables

    OTTAWA /CNW/ – The Canadian Produce Marketing Association and its partners are proud to launch Half Your Plate, a new healthy eating initiative, across Canada this week. Half Your Plate empowers Canadians of all ages to eat more fruits and veggies to improve their health while providing simple and practical ways to add a variety…

  • Longview Library Presents a Winter Speaker Series

    Longview Library Presents a Winter Speaker Series

    Happy New Year every one! I hope you are all snuggled up with a pile of good books to last you the winter season. The library has a wonderful Speaker Series lined up for you in the month of February called “Community and Land”. The Series is done by video-conferences from several south western libraries,…

  • Save Water Every Time You Flush With This Rubber “Brick”

    Save Water Every Time You Flush With This Rubber “Brick”

    By Ian Andrew California’s massive drought has been raising lots of awareness about the importance of conserving water wherever possible, but unfortunately it hasn’t been enough to get more people to take action. When a couple of entrepreneurs got together to discuss the problem, they noted that ‘dropping a brick’ inside of your toilet’s water tank…

  • Canadian Pacific Holiday Train Successful Run for Food Banks

    Canadian Pacific Holiday Train Successful Run for Food Banks

    Our numbers are in and we are proud to report that over $1.1 million and 300,000 lbs of food was raised for North American food banks and food shelves! The crowds in 2014 were simply amazing – a true reflection of all the hard work put in by community volunteers. We look forward to seeing…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Using up Candy Canes

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Using up Candy Canes

    By Reena Nerbas Removing wax from fabric Dear Reena, One of my daughter’s winter gloves has melted wax on it. It is made with nylon fabric and has faux fur trim on the edge. I don’t want to wash it in the machine. How can I remove the wax? Celeste Dear Celeste, Soak the glove…

  • UAlberta Students to Put Alberta’s First Satellite into Orbit

    UAlberta Students to Put Alberta’s First Satellite into Orbit

    (Edmonton) A University of Alberta student team plans to build and launch Alberta’s first satellite. They raised more than $36,000 through the university’s first crowdfunding campaign in December (plus an anonymous donor brought the total to over $50,000) to buy their ticket on the rocket. Now they need to build it. The students’ satellite, the…

  • PM Marks Bicentennial of Sir John Alexander Macdonald’s Birth

    PM Marks Bicentennial of Sir John Alexander Macdonald’s Birth

    Canada’s First Prime Minister honoured with restored portrait and bicentennial stamp and coin at special ceremony Kingston, Ontario – Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the City of Kingston, Ontario, (on January 11th) to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald and to pay tribute to the important role…

  • Open House Planned for High River Red Tail Rise Annexation Proposal

    Open House Planned for High River Red Tail Rise Annexation Proposal

      HIGH RIVER, AB: New expansion is being planned for High River with the Red Tail Rise annexation proposal, which includes approximately 370 acres of land in the south east area of town behind Highwood High School.  The Town of High River has initiated a formal Notice of Intent to start the annexation process. The…

  • Polytechnics Canada welcomes launch of the Canada Apprentice Loan

    Polytechnics Canada welcomes launch of the Canada Apprentice Loan

    VANCOUVER /CNW/ – Polytechnics Canada welcomes the launch by the Prime Minister and Minister Jason Kenney of the new Canada Apprentice Loan, announced (Thursday) at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Vancouver. BCIT, a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, provides the technical training to over 5,100 apprentices in 23 skilled trades programs each…