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Baskets of Hope for Rowan House
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Millarville School News – Principal’s Message for December
December is finally here and the Christmas season started off with a bang last week with our grade 6-8 students’ performance at Oilfields for our annual junior high band concert. I remember fondly my time in junior high when I first picked up the trombone, blew my first couple of notes and then was asked…
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EarthSky News: Everything you need to know about the Geminid meteor shower
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Housing Market Expected to be Stable in 2015
Calgary, Dec. 10, 2014 – While the recent drop in oil prices has caused speculation about implications for the housing sector, stable conditions are expected given current forecasts for employment and migration. “While employment and migration are expected to support housing demand, estimates could change depending on the extent and duration of oil price declines,”…
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Millarville Community School is proud to present It’s Christmas, Carol!
Thursday, December 11, 2014 Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Show 7:00 p.m. Please join the students from Kindergarten to Grade 8 as we share a seasonal musical that sees a very Scrooge-like Elf named Carol change from bitter to better through the power of friendship and caring. As this musical takes place in Santa’s Workshop,…
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Talisman gets on the Little Red Wagon
Talisman Energy accepted their Little Red Wagon on October 29, and is now a member of the Alberta’s Promise family. As a big supporter of the United Way of Calgary and Area, Talisman held its annual ‘A Day Makes a Difference’ campaign in late October. For five days, over 230 Talisman employees helped paint the main public areas…
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Samantha Scott Proves $5 Can Make A Difference
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Inspiring Stories of Volunteerism Highlight Stars Awards Gala
Inspiring stories of leadership and compassion were shared as six outstanding Albertans were honoured during the 2014 Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards. Akshay Verma, Jim Hole and Ingrid Pederson, all of Edmonton, Mitchell Mulhall of Fort McMurray, Donna Du Bois of Three Hills and Gail Wolfe of Cold Lake were honoured at the annual Stars…
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Premier Prentice congratulates the new leader of the Assembly of First Nations
Premier Jim Prentice issued the following statement: “On behalf of the Government of Alberta, I offer my sincere congratulations to Perry Bellegarde, the newly-elected National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. “I have known National Chief Bellegarde for many years and his leadership comes at a pivotal time for the Assembly of First Nations.…
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Turner Valley School News – Holiday News
Best wishes for a Joyous Holiday From the Staff at Turner Valley School Christmas Vacation Dec.19-Jan. 4, 2015 Administrator’s Message: Greetings to all of our Turner Valley families! It’s hard to believe that we are already into the winter holiday season. Fall has been very busy for our staff, students, and volunteers. I would just like to say to…
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Turner Valley School: Ask the Principal – Snow Hill
Winter is here….and what about that snow hill? Snow is such a wonderful thing, so many of us have had great memories and experiences playing in the snow. And there is nothing more exciting for a child then an enormous mound of snow to play on. The concern I have had brought up is about behavior and location of the…
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CBC: Sable Island horses not likely to go extinct soon, says expert
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Congratulations! Newly appointed Directors of the Alberta Council of Technologies Society
Steven Zink has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Alberta Council of Technologies Society as Treasurer and Director of Finance. Steve is Vice President for ATB Financial for the Growth and Productivity Strategies team for Business & Agriculture. He is also a member of the Certified Management Accountants Society of BC and…
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European Small Planet Airlines will balance seasonality by establishing an AOC in Thailand
The leisure airline Small Planet Airlines grows its activities in Southeast Asia by founding a company in Thailand with plans to start carrying tourists from China and South Korea to Bangkok in the autumn of 2015. Small Planet Airlines Thailand has been registered in Bangkok. The company intends to secure an air operator’s certificate in…
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Residents Have Their Say on a Tim Horton’s in Black Diamond
Our publisher, Tanya Thibodeau, is a great advocate for business and economy in our area. She wants to see the Diamond Valley area grow and thrive, so when she heard that a local group of concerned citizens were meeting to discuss the possibility of a Tim Horton’s coming to Black Diamond she wanted to…
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