Tag: Good News

  • From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Jhumpa Lahiri and Richard C. Morais

    By Lynn Willoughby The Lowland ~ Jhumpa Lahiri Growing up in Calcutta in the 1960s, Subhash and Udayan Mita are inseparable brothers . Udayan, as an adult, is drawn to the Naxalite movement, a rebellion waged to eradicate inequality and poverty. Mao Tse Tung, Castro and Che Guevara were their heroes. Udayan becomes more and…

  • Help Lethbridge win the 2019 Canada Winter Games!

    Hundreds of athletes will head to Southern Alberta to watch alpine, freestyle, cross country skiing, snowboarding and biathlon events at the 2019 Canada Winter Games……if the bid to hold the games is successful! The 2019 Winter Games Bid Tour is coming to Lethbridge on 21st August, 2014! Should the 2019 Canada Winter Games Bid be…

  • NASA: Three Supermoons in a Row

    This weekend is one for moon-watching! NASA – In June of last year, a full Moon made headlines. The news media called it a “supermoon” because it was 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons of 2013. Around the world, people went outside to marvel at its luminosity. If you thought one supermoon…

  • Walmart Canada launches campaign to raise $3 million for the Canadian Red Cross

    $472,600 is the fundraising goal in Alberta Calgary, Alta – Walmart Canada is gearing up for a cross-country campaign to raise much-needed funds for Canadian Red Cross disaster preparedness and response activities. The campaign will run in Walmart stores until August 29, with an ambitious goal of $3 million, of which over $780,000 are matching…

  • Red Deer RCMP kick off positive ticketing program

    Red Deer RCMP kick off positive ticketing program

    Red Deer RCMP are looking for kids to ticket this summer, and the “fines” are going to be delicious. As RCMP members go about their daily policing duties, they will also be handing out positive tickets to youth 12 years old and younger who police see doing something good for the community. The tickets kids…

  • Princess Patricia’s centennial memorial relay to visit 24 locations across five provinces – Canadian Army Soldiers running relay from Edmonton to Ottawa

    Ottawa, ON – On August 10, a Memorial Baton Relay (MBR) will kick-off in Edmonton, Alberta, as the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) mark 100 years of service. Approximately 50 soldiers from the regiment’s 2nd Battalion (2 PPCLI) will run through select cities and towns across five provinces, retracing the symbolic route taken by…

  • Planet Waves ~ Weekly Horoscope for August 9 – 16, 2014

    By Eric Francis Aries (March 20-April 19) You may be feeling a truly odd kind of insecure, as if within your greatest strength lies your worst weakness. You can turn that one around, however. All you need to do is remember that you can. If you think of your experience as being more like a…

  • Four-legged friends join in Alberta’s fight against invasive mussels

    Specialized detection dogs are following their noses and protecting Alberta from invasive zebra and quagga mussels. The Alberta – Montana Canine Mussel Detection Pilot is the first of its kind in Canada and uses highly trained specialized dogs on both sides of the border to sniff out zebra and quagga mussels attached to boats. “We…

  • Missing Children Society of Canada to benefit further from Calgary Police Rodeo Association

    The Calgary Police Service and the Calgary Police Rodeo Association continue to pledge support to the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) and their powerful rapid response network, the Search Program. Over the past ten years, the Rodeo has donated over $75,000 to the Missing Children Society of Canada who used part of the funds…

  • Alberta takes a natural approach to flood and drought mitigation

    New programs focus on improving watershed health to protect Alberta communities and flood-affected fish habitat. The Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program (WRRP) and the Southern Alberta Fisheries Enhancement and Sustainability (FISHES) Program will provide a combined $31 million over three years for restoration and enhancement projects in flood and drought-prone areas. “Leveraging the land’s natural…

  • Visit Black Diamond and Take a Shot at this Contest

    There is not much time left in the Photo/Video Contest with final submission date set as August 15th, 2014. Don’t delay as no late submissions will be accepted. You can win one of four $500 Black Diamond Shopping Sprees! There are four categories: Category 1) Residential (Black Diamond resident only) Picture of people having fun…

  • XperienceLife Charity Ride – August 16th

    XperienceLife Charity Ride – August 16th

    Love to Ride…. Then Ride to Love! Show your support for a family in need by participating in the XperienceLife charity motorcycle ride for the O’Brien/Liknes family & the Foothills Humane Society. The family is dealing with the loss of their 5yr old son Nathan and his grandparents in the tragic abduction recently in Calgary.…

  • Star Party at Cameron Lake: Get Out Of This World!

    Waterton Lakes National Park – Discover constellations, galaxies, nebulas and stars at Cameron Lake. Parks Canada and volunteer astronomers from Montana are pleased to present a star party on Friday, August 15 at 9:30 p.m.   Following our evening theatre programs at Crandell and Falls Theatres, drive up to Cameron Lake to enjoy the night sky.…

  • Pic-a-Pix ~ Fifa – August 8th, 2014 Puzzle

    All of our puzzles now include their solutions – click the link at the bottom of the page Click the image below to open a pdf printable version Click here to see the solution to this Pic-a-Pix Puzzle “Fifa”

  • Okotoks Street Festivals – Only Two Saturdays Left this Summer

    Formerly First Saturdays, this monthly Street Festival of Arts & Culture now happens on select Saturdays throughout the summer months from 10 am to 4 pm. Come downtown to shop in our local art market and listen to the sounds of live local musicians on our outdoor stage. There will be free crafts for kids…