Tag: Good News

  • Montrose Bridge set to reopen on Tuesday, Oct. 28

    Montrose Bridge set to reopen on Tuesday, Oct. 28

    HIGH RIVER, AB: Montrose Bridge is set to reopen in the early evening of October 28, restoring an important access point for the Montrose neighbourhood for the first time since the 2013 flood. The reconstruction of the bridge was a $2.4 million project funded by the Disaster Relief Program as result of the damage from…

  • Saskatchewan’s Team Laycock Grows Grassroots Curling With Decisive Farming’s Curlingville

    Saskatchewan’s Team Laycock Grows Grassroots Curling With Decisive Farming’s Curlingville

    Team Laycock and Decisive Farming are excited to announce the launch of Decisive Farming’s CurlingVille presented by Crescent Point Energy. CurlingVille is Team Laycock’s way of energizing the sport of Curling for today’s youth across the prairies. With the help of their sponsors, Team Laycock is supporting the sport that they love in the best…

  • Oilfields High School: Honouring Family at Remembrance Day Service

    In order to bring a more personal connection to this event, we would like to honour veterans from the families of our students and staff.  We did this last year, and would like to include more of our students and staff.  We are in the process of planning our ceremony, and we would like to…

  • Doing Good for Kids

    Doing Good for Kids

    IBM Celebrated 10 Year Commitment to Alberta with New Partnership Announcement On September 18, a very special community event took place in Lethbridge, Alberta (see the event video). Graciously hosted by the Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society, a leading organization delivering exceptional services to Aboriginal children from across Southern Alberta, the event recognized IBM’s contributions to…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Stay healthy during pregnancy with moderate activity

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Stay healthy during pregnancy with moderate activity

    Some say that pregnancy is like running a marathon: it takes a lot of stamina to make it to the finish line. Physical activity can help make the nine-month journey easier—and you don’t need to actually run a marathon to enjoy the benefits. Research shows moderate exercise during pregnancy can help to ease discomfort, reduce…

  • Grants Available Through Bow Valley College, High River Campus and Calgary Foundation

    Grants Available Through Bow Valley College, High River Campus and Calgary Foundation

    Bow Valley College, High River campus is offering a fantastic program to help Foothills residents pursue post-secondary education in partnership with the Calgary Foundation. There are twenty-five scholarships available in the amount of $4,500 each plus additional funds for supplemental expenses. As explained by Randea Prince, the Administrative Assistant for Bow Valley, this initiative takes…

  • Turner Valley School: Hot Lunch Program Can Use Help

    Turner Valley School: Hot Lunch Program Can Use Help

    The Turner Valley PTA would welcome some volunteer support to help implement this year’s hot lunch program. Even if you can help out 1 day a month your contribution is greatly appreciated. The time commitment varies from 1 hr to 2.5 hrs per hot lunch day. Please contact Karen Lyons at klyons1@live.ca or 403-831-7314 for further information and…

  • Music, Story, Connection

    Music, Story, Connection

    CKUA celebrates its annual Fall Fundraiser Thursday Oct 23rd to Sunday Nov 2nd The community radio environment is thriving in Alberta. CKUA leads the way with music, story and connection. CKUA listeners and volunteers come from all over the province and some have amazing stories. Volunteer Brian talks about his encounter with Sam Baker &…

  • CFIB and Scotiabank Team up to Support Startup Businesses

    Toronto – To help celebrate Small Business Week, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and Scotiabank are coming together to offer Canada’s next generation of entrepreneurs access to the tailored support and services they need to get their businesses off to a good start. Through the Scotia Running Start for business program, new businesses…

  • Faith Forum ~ To Give a Life For Their Child

    Faith Forum ~ To Give a Life For Their Child

    By Gloria Wessner “God loved the world (you!) so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.” Who willingly sacrifices…

  • Jump On announces Direct Calgary-Vancouver Flight to Grey Cup Nov 28-30

    Jump On announces Direct Calgary-Vancouver Flight to Grey Cup Nov 28-30

    Arrive in YVR Friday night in time for dinner and return to YYC Sunday evening after the Grey Cup game. Calgary, Alberta – “We’re offering the perfect schedule for Calgary football fanatics who want to be a part of the 2014 Grey Cup weekend in Vancouver,” says Roger Jewett, CEO of upstart air service company…

  • A Chippy off the Old Block?

    A Chippy off the Old Block?

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Three generations have gone into the making of one of the owners of Okotoks’ newest restaurant, The British Chippy. Gary Hodgkinson’s great-grandfather, grandfather and father all owned chippies in Wiggin, England. Gary and his wife, Simone, moved from England to Canada in 2001 and like the rest of us really missed true English Fish…

  • Creative Logic ~ October 25th, 2014 – Week 222

    Creative Logic ~ October 25th, 2014 – Week 222

    Keep your mind fit with our Creative Logic puzzles provided by Mr Larry Berg of High River, Alberta

  • Hashtag you should know: #Time4Nature

    Hashtag you should know: #Time4Nature

    This month APEX PR is featuring in its blog hashtags you should know. Read more at apexpr.com. TORONTO /CNW/ – After reading the book Your Brain on Nature, one thing that has stuck with me is how experiencing nature should be a natural part of all of our everyday lives. It’s something I intuitively knew but until I…

  • Explore Canada’s Natural and Historic Treasures with Street View for Google Maps

    Explore Canada’s Natural and Historic Treasures with Street View for Google Maps

    In 2013 Parks Canada and Google began a two-year collaboration to document many of Canada’s most iconic national heritage places through the unique panoramic lens of Google Street View. The first year’s field season began in May at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site in NS and concluded at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve…