Tag: Good News

  • Province Gears Up to Protect Alberta Waters from Invasive Species

    Province Gears Up to Protect Alberta Waters from Invasive Species

    Hilo, Diesel and Seuss are strapping on their booties and vests for another busy watercraft inspection season. Boating season is just around the corner and watercraft inspection stations are gearing up for the influx of snowbirds on their way home from the U.S. The Coutts inspection station opened for business on March 7 and is…

  • Millarville Junior Gardeners

    Millarville Junior Gardeners

    The Junior division of the Millarville Horticultural Club will have their first meeting in 2016 on Thursday, April 28th at 7 pm in the Library of the Millarville Community School. All junior gardeners and their families are invited to attend. We will do some planting of vegetables and flowers, discuss garden plans and products, and…

  • Foothills Students Discuss School Division Policy on Inclusiveness and Respect

    Foothills Students Discuss School Division Policy on Inclusiveness and Respect

    At the most recent Students’ Matters Committee meeting, Board and executive leadership team representatives were impressed by the thoughtful discussion among student committee representatives on the draft policy and administrative procedure that FSD has developed. Policy 18 – Welcoming, Safe, Caring, Inclusive and Respectful Learning Environments and Administrative Procedure 350 – Student Code of Conduct,…

  • High River Council selects new Chief Administrative Officer

    High River Council selects new Chief Administrative Officer

    HIGH RIVER, AB: High River Council is pleased to announce that Tom Maier has been appointed as the new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for the Town. Maier has been High River’s acting CAO since January and has been the Town’s Chief Financial Officer since 2011. “Tom has passion, experience and a positive attitude, as well…

  • Research Could Help Young Cancer Survivors Sleep Easier

    Research Could Help Young Cancer Survivors Sleep Easier

    CALGARY — It’s a bitter irony that many kids with cancer who have overcome their illnesses are then challenged by an everyday function that most people take for granted: the ability to fall and stay asleep. Difficulties with sleeping that can develop in hospital can also stick with kids after they’ve returned home – and…

  • Twitter Turns 10

    Twitter Turns 10

    Thank you! Love, Twitter By Twitter (@twitter) [21:01 UTC] Tweet On March 21, ten years ago, it began with a single Tweet. Since then, every moment of every day, people connect about the things they care about most — all over the world. As we mark this milestone, it’s you we want to celebrate. As March…

  • FSD: Blackie School Education Plans

    FSD: Blackie School Education Plans

      Principal Fred Woods’ and VicePrincipal Debra Sorensen-Valette’s presentation highlighted the value and impact of student voice. Students suggested a “comic book” theme to share the school’s goals, resulting in an eight-minute video and accompanying cartoon-style handout: To create and sustain a safe and caring, inclusive culture and learning environment: Blackie students see themselves as…

  • Millarville Wildcats Take on the Calgary Stampeders in Epic Basketball Game

    Millarville Wildcats Take on the Calgary Stampeders in Epic Basketball Game

    The fourth game in the 2016 TELUS Stampeders Basketball Program saw a visit to the nearby town of Millarville on Thursday afternoon for a fun-filled contest at Millarville Community School. The likes of Andrew Buckley, Ben D’Aguilar, Rene Paredes, Adam Thibault, Spencer Wilson, Quinn Smith and Brandon Boudreaux picked up a 42-32 victory over the boys and girls representing…

  • Foothills Lions Interclub Thank You!

    Foothills Lions Interclub Thank You!

    The Foothills Lions Club wish to thank the following Diamond Valley Businesses for their generous donations to our Interclub AG Foods- Black Diamond ATB Financial- Black Diamond Black Diamond Gallery Black Diamond Hotel Black Diamond Liquor & Cold Beer Blue Rock Gallery – Black Diamond Bohemia, an Eclectic Shop – Back Diamond Chuck wagon –…

  • Statement from Premier Notley on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

      Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, first proclaimed by the United Nations in 1966. “Racial discrimination can show itself as invisible stigma or the barrier of lowered expectations. Or it can hit harder, to deny people housing, job opportunities and social interaction. At…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News – Locked up Tight and Out of Sight: Safer Homes, Safer Kids

    AHS Weekly Wellness News – Locked up Tight and Out of Sight: Safer Homes, Safer Kids

    Every year in Alberta, more than 1600 children under the age of 10, visit emergency departments as a result of accidental poisoning. Most of these events involve the unintended ingestion of medications. Alberta’s Poison and Drug Information Service (PADIS) receives over 13,000 calls per year concerning accidental exposure to poisons by children in this age…

  • From My Bookshelf: Featuring Sharon Butala and Amy Stewart

    From My Bookshelf: Featuring Sharon Butala and Amy Stewart

    By Lynn Willoughby Wild Rose ~ Sharon Butala I read Butala’s first book “Country of the Heart” published in 1984 and didn’t care for either the content nor the flowery style of writing. So I was prepared never to read another. Then this one was handed to me so I thought “Why not?” Having just…

  • Province Supports Children and Families Most in Need with New Alberta Child Benefit

    Province Supports Children and Families Most in Need with New Alberta Child Benefit

    Human Services Minister Irfan Sabir is reminding eligible parents to file a tax return to receive the new Alberta Child Benefit, and that free tax clinics are available throughout Alberta to help. “In tough times, Albertans pull together. Our government has made a commitment to help Alberta families who are facing financial hardship. I encourage…

  • Millarville-Stockland 4-H Club March News

    Millarville-Stockland 4-H Club March News

    Submitted by Jackson Collard, Club Reporter The Millarville-Stockland 4-H Club’s public speaking competition was on February 7th at the Millarville Racetrack Hall. We wish to send a great big thank you to our judges, Danna Ormstrup, Kathleen Arkes, David Cranswick, Myrtle Siebert, Janette Macmillan, Jill Stephenson, Donna Kendall, Barb Castell and Anne Marie Mullane. All…

  • ‘We Are Seven’

    ‘We Are Seven’

    Eight years before women could vote, they could come to the University of Alberta. By Andy Grabia The first seven female undergrads (from left): Erna Roedler, Decima Robinson, Ethel Anderson, Agnes Kathleen Wilson, Ada J. Johnston, Winnifred Dorothy Hyssop, Mary Elizabeth Lloyd. (Photo courtesy U of A Archives, UAA 70-69-10) The University Act of 1906…