Tag: Good News

  • Reel Reflections: The New Action Hero

    Reel Reflections: The New Action Hero

    Mad Max: Fury Road By E. P. Whinters An action movie up for Best Picture this year? Are they serious? Many people thought other, more “worthy” films should have been nominated instead of this film … maybe Straight Outta Compton? Or Carol? Or Sicario? Or even Star Wars?? But no – Mad Max: Fury Road gets…

  • Commitment Pays Off for Canadians This Valentine’s Day

    Commitment Pays Off for Canadians This Valentine’s Day

    RetailMeNot.ca survey reveals married couples plan to spend less this February 14 TORONTO, February 2016 /CNW/ — Those hoping to pinch their pennies this February should steer clear of Cupid’s arrow, asValentine’s Day proves to be a costly affair, especially for new lovebirds. According to a recent survey by digital offers site RetailMeNot.ca, 80 per cent…

  • Moonshine Horoscope for February 12 – 19, 2016

    Moonshine Horoscope for February 12 – 19, 2016

    By Len Wallick Aries (March 20-April 19) — Let comfort be your guide. Offer comfort to others. As odd as it might seem for a person of action like yourself to make comfort your cause and objective, it’s not really inconsistent. You know from experience how important it is to make a good start in…

  • Turner Valley School New Year’s Resolutions

    Turner Valley School New Year’s Resolutions

      Here’s to a Productive Year in Mrs. Fredriksen’s Grade 2 Class To pick up dog poo and wash dishes … by Leighton to Mom To clean my room … by Owen To not play my iPad so much and to not be so rude … by Eli To load the dishwasher … by Hannah To do more…

  • Calgary Zoo Blushes with Love for its Animals

    Calgary Zoo Blushes with Love for its Animals

      Calgary, AB – As February 14 draws closer, the Calgary Zoo is preparing to celebrate the season of romance with some of its animal residents. Courtship, mating and reproduction are at the heart of the zoo’s conservation efforts here at home and around the world. With love on the brain, these amorous aspects will…

  • High River Council Approves Locations for Two Community Gardens 

    High River Council Approves Locations for Two Community Gardens 

      HIGH RIVER, AB: Town Council has accepted the Community Gardens Ad Hoc Committee’s recommendation for the construction of two community gardens located at the park at Riverside Drive N.W. and the Town Farm building at McLaughlin Meadows S.W. After significant research and public consultation, the committee identified their two preferred garden locations from a…

  • Family Day Free Fishing Weekend in Alberta: Catch a Memory

    Family Day Free Fishing Weekend in Alberta: Catch a Memory

    Fishing is an easy and enjoyable way for family and friends to connect with some of Alberta’s greatest natural resources – our lakes, rivers, streams and the fish that live in them. Family Fishing Weekends, no licence required, occurs twice a year. Albertans and visitors are invited to give fishing a try on water bodies…

  • City of Calgary: Safe Transportation Options on the Way

    City of Calgary: Safe Transportation Options on the Way

    That’s what The City is delivering because that’s what Calgarians told us they want. We are proposing new changes to our Livery Transport Bylaw that will create the opportunity for Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber to legally operate in Calgary. The City and Uber had issued a joint agreement in December stating that…

  • Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction

    Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction

    LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe with Observation of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes Syracuse University integral to detection of gravitational waves by LIGO For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. This…

  • High River Pool to Re-open Ahead of Schedule

    High River Pool to Re-open Ahead of Schedule

      HIGH RIVER, AB: The pool and hot tub at the Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex will re-open on Friday, Feb. 12 for regular operating hours as repairs to the air circulation system will be completed ahead of schedule. Users are always advised to check the 24-hour phone line at 403-652-4041 prior to visiting the pool…

  • Entries Being Accepted for The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize

    Entries Being Accepted for The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize

    Entries are now being accepted for The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, one of the awards given as part of The Calgary Awards, The City’s official awards program that recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions by individuals and organizations in the community. Details on The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize submission process…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Putting the Cuffs on Hypertension

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Putting the Cuffs on Hypertension

      Have you been tested for high blood pressure? Your doctor may put a cuff on your arm as part of a routine check-up to test your blood pressure. High blood pressure (hypertension) is caused by blood pushing too hard against the walls of your blood vessels, and it can be a serious medical condition.…

  • Turner Valley School Ask the Principal: What Changes are Coming to the Way Bricks are Given?

    Turner Valley School Ask the Principal: What Changes are Coming to the Way Bricks are Given?

    As many of you know, it is a Turner Valley School tradition to hand out bricks to students as a way of recognizing students among their peers when they demonstrate characteristics that we value as a school. The idea is to recognize things we want to see more of and to present the good example for their peers. Usually we hand…

  • Wildrose Statement on Unanimous Support for Family Friendly Legislature Motion

    Wildrose Statement on Unanimous Support for Family Friendly Legislature Motion

    EDMONTON, AB: (Tuesday), Wildrose House Leader and  Members’ Services Committee Member Nathan Cooper released the following statement on the committee’s all-party unanimous support for a motion to make the Alberta Legislature more family friendly: “I am heartened to see that MLAs are willing to work across party lines in supporting the Wildrose motion to make…

  • Wildrose Puts Forward Recommendations to Make the Alberta Legislature Family Friendly

    Wildrose Puts Forward Recommendations to Make the Alberta Legislature Family Friendly

      EDMONTON, AB: In an attempt to make the Alberta Legislature a more inclusive and family friendly place to work, Wildrose is putting forward common sense policies, based on best practices from across the country, to be considered by a subcommittee of the Members’ Services Committee of the Legislature, the Wildrose Official Opposition said (Monday).…