Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Food Smarts

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Food Smarts

    Friends, family, and food play a large role in summer fun. Barbecues, picnics, and family get-togethers can provide us with some great memories. But summer heat can play havoc with some of our food – a delicious steak or burger (or even a cool salad) can be a breeding ground for bacteria. It’s important to…

  • Calgary Police Run Enhanced Checkstops

    Calgary Police Run Enhanced Checkstops

    The Calgary Police Service would like to remind Calgarians to have a safe Stampede by not drinking and driving. Starting Friday, July 3, 2015, Enhanced Checkstops will run to complement the existing evening Checkstops that CPS runs year-round. In 2014, a total of 46 people were charged with impaired driving related offences during the Stampede…

  • Cabin Fever a Good Thing in Alberta Parks

    Cabin Fever a Good Thing in Alberta Parks

      Five new rustic cabins at the Lakeland Provincial Recreation Area will provide campers with a cozy, yet rugged, experience when they are complete in the summer of 2017. The cabins will be equipped with basic amenities such as beds, tables and chairs, in addition to exterior features like fire pits and benches. There will…

  • Major Transportation Construction Projects in the City of Calgary

    Major Transportation Construction Projects in the City of Calgary

      Major Transportation Construction Projects in the Southwest This summer, Calgary’s southwest quadrant will undergo some major transportation enhancements around Sarcee Trail, Anderson Road, Crowchild Trail and in the downtown core. Sarcee Trail A new fibreglass enforced grid underlay will be installed on a section of Sarcee Trail S.W. The material is expected to enhance…

  • RCMP Olds investigating a house fire in the rural area, south of Olds, AB – Update

      Olds, Alberta – 1226 pm today July 1, 2015, Investigators have released the fire scene.  Autopsies have been completed and the two deceased have been identified as the home owners.   Deceased are Gery Fuchs 62 years and Lori Fuchs 59 years.  Autopsies have determined that the cause of death is not suspicious and fire investigators…

  • RCMP Cochrane – Person Found of Highway 1, near Morley Road

    BACKGROUND: On 2015-07-01 at 1145 PM, Cochrane RCMP, and EMS, where called out to a person lying on the side of the  highway 1, between Highway 40 and Morley road, in the east bound lane. When RCMP and EMS arrived, a male was located who was pronounced deceased at that the scene.  RCMP are currently …

  • Fildebrandt Appointed Chairman of Public Accounts, Fiscal Discipline Top Priority

      CALGARY, AB – After being sworn in as chairman of the Legislature’s Public Accounts Committee, Wildrose Shadow Finance Minister Derek Fildebrandt announced a commitment to scrutinize past spending boondoggles and lead the effort in holding government spending to account. Tasked with analyzing every dollar the government spends, the Public Accounts Committee plays an integral…

  • Larry Simpson Named one of Alberta’s Most Influential People

    Larry Simpson Named one of Alberta’s Most Influential People

      Alberta’s Venture magazine has just named Larry Simpson, director of strategic philanthropy and conservation, and associate regional vice-president of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) Alberta, one of Alberta’s 50 most influential people of 2015. As a recipient of the 2012 Emerald Award for environmental excellence, Simpson’s work has helped conserve over a million…

  • Removing Liquor Server Wage will Hurt Restaurant Jobs in Alberta

    Removing Liquor Server Wage will Hurt Restaurant Jobs in Alberta

    EDMONTON /CNW/ – Alberta’s decision to remove the liquor server wage in 2016 will hurt restaurants, their employees and their customers, by forcing job cuts, reduced service levels and higher menu prices. “The liquor server wage is important because it recognizes the significant tipped income these employees make,” says Mark von Schellwitz, Restaurants Canada’s VP Western…

  • Quarter Horsing Around at Horse Haven

    Quarter Horsing Around at Horse Haven

    by Jocelyn Phu, Community Engagement Advisor The Calgary Stampede is proud to once again partner with the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA)! The AQHA has impacted the lives of horsemen and women around the world–ensuring the unique qualities of this breed does not parish. The AQHA strives to provide beneficial services to both their members and their…

  • Introducing the brand new Blacksmith Showcase and Classic at the Calgary Stampede

    Introducing the brand new Blacksmith Showcase and Classic at the Calgary Stampede

    by Madeline Babinec, communications advisor Guests at this year’s Stampede can take part in Blacksmith events all 10 days with the new Blacksmith Showcase and Classic. Here’s a premiere of what’s in store for you when you visit the blacksmith programs. During the three-day Blacksmith Classic competition and daily demonstrations at the Blacksmith Showcase, the blacksmiths…

  • Alberta Burger Fest 2015

    Alberta Burger Fest 2015

      Congratulations to Roy’s Place Claresholm – Voted number 1 in Southern Alberta Region of Burger Fest. Roy’s Place Restaurant sold an astonishing 843 burgers and has donated $2,675 to the Claresholm & District Health Foundation. Wow!! The Ukrainian Burger was a hit. Restaurants from all over Alberta participated, in May of this year, including…

  • Stampede Caravan – Where the Spirit Begins!

    Stampede Caravan – Where the Spirit Begins!

      You are Invited to Breakfast We put on 15 pancake breakfasts over 8 days of the Calgary Stampede. The breakfasts are hosted around the city at different locations and include a country band, pony rides, a petting zoo, and much more. Stampede Caravan volunteers have been providing FREE breakfasts and western hospitality in Calgary…

  • Pan Am Games Torch to Visit Calgary this Friday

    Pan Am Games Torch to Visit Calgary this Friday

      Watch for the Pam Am Torch in the Calgary Stampede Parade on the morning of July 4th. The Torch is making stops all over Canada before the start of the Pan Am Games in Toronto on July 10th. You can also see the Torch later in the day at Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame…

  • A Special Emerald Award for a Special Volunteer

    A Special Emerald Award for a Special Volunteer

      Currently with a staff of two, the Alberta Emerald Foundation relies on the support of many volunteers to help bring our programs, like the Emerald Awards, to life. It was very difficult to choose just one person to name as our Volunteer of the Year as we could not do what we do without…