Tag: Southern Alberta

  • RCMP Airdrie – Theft and Elder Scam

      Fraud Scam Targets the Elderly Airdrie, Alberta – Between the dates of May 21, 2015, and June 2, 2015, Airdrie RCMP has received three reports of Fraud, which have been nicknamed the “Grandparent Scam”. This scam involves an elderly person receiving a telephone call from an alleged family member or friend requesting money. The person states they are…

  • RCMP Airdrie – Recovered Stolen Property related to Calgary Area Residential Break and Enters

    Airdrie, Alberta – On Friday May 29, 2015, at approximately 5:25 p.m., Airdrie RCMP was dispatched to a motor vehicle collision on Range Road 13 in Airdrie, Alberta. Upon further investigation, it was determined one of the vehicles involved in the collision, a Honda CRV was in fact stolen as well as the licence plate attached to…

  • Okotoks Working to Control Mosquito Population

    Okotoks Working to Control Mosquito Population

      Okotoks Parks has a mosquito monitoring and control program. Treatment is a water release into shallow surface waters on public lands with Bacillus thuringiensis, a natural soil bacterium that kills mosquito larvae, but is otherwise safe for aquatic ecosystems. Monitoring has revealed that storm ponds are not the source of mosquito populations, but rather…

  • Help Rowan House from the Comfort of your Phone!

    Help Rowan House from the Comfort of your Phone!

      We have been nominated for Cargill’s Together We Thrive contest and we need your votes to help us win $25,000 toward our food budget. Visit: http://www.togetherwethrive.ca/vote/details/rowan-house-emergency-shelter You can vote once a day, every day until the contest closes June 30th, 2015. Share on social media and help us spread the word!

  • FSD News: Perfect Harmony

    FSD News: Perfect Harmony

    Congratulations to the Alberta High School of Fine Arts Vocal Ensemble and Music Director Nicole Hounjet on their first place showing at the Alberta Provincial Music Festival held earlier in May in Edmonton! They sang beautifully and were also praised for singing impeccably in French (kudos to Mme. Christie Jensen for her tutelage in this regard!). Meantime,…

  • Market Moves Toward Balanced Conditions

    Market Moves Toward Balanced Conditions

    Calgary housing prices change direction in May.      Calgary – For the first time since December 2014, Calgary’s residential unadjusted benchmark prices improved over the previous month. Within the City of Calgary, housing prices totaled $454,100 in May, a monthly and year-over-year increase of 0.55 and 0.96 per cent. “For the third month in the…

  • Canada’s Top Athlete, Kaillie Humphries, Named Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal

    Canada’s Top Athlete, Kaillie Humphries, Named Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal

      Calgary – The Calgary Stampede is thrilled to announce two-time Olympic gold medalist from the sport of bobsleigh, 2014 Lou Marsh Award winner for Canada’s top athlete for the year, Calgary born and raised, Kaillie Humphries as the 2015 Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal. Known best for two consecutive Olympic golds in 2010 and 2014,…

  • From the Teacher’s Desk ~ Pride in the Pursuit of Knowledge

      By Leonard Quilty I slept and dreamed that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. ~ Rabindranath Tagore Over the last few months, I have been working on a book about my teaching practice during the past thirty years. My purpose for writing…

  • Alberta innovators, community leaders to receive province’s top honour

    Alberta innovators, community leaders to receive province’s top honour

    Eight Albertans will become members of the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2015.  The Alberta Order of Excellence is the province’s highest honour a citizen can receive and is an official part of the Canadian Honours System. “These great Albertans have led the way in building our province. In addition to setting a standard of…

  • Minister Phillips Promises New Climate Change Regulations will be in Place by the End of June

    On June 30, 2015, Alberta has four climate change regulations that are set to expire, including the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation. Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips committed today that new regulations will be in place before current regulations expire. “This government will take leadership on the issue of climate change and make sure Alberta is…

  • Premier Notley Further Politicizes Senior Civil Service with Patronage Appointment

    Premier Notley Further Politicizes Senior Civil Service with Patronage Appointment

      EDMONTON, AB – Premier Rachel Notley is following the path set by the PCs by politicizing the senior civil service with a patronage appointment for an NDP partisan, the Wildrose Official Opposition said (Tuesday). An order in council passed by the NDP cabinet on May 28 created a top level job in the bureaucracy for…

  • Millarville School Principal’s Message – Food Forest

    Millarville School Principal’s Message – Food Forest

      It is amazing that we have just one more month together for the 2014-2015 school year. I am sure that with the sun up late, the students have summer on their minds and the outdoors in their sights! What a better time to talk about the continued development of our outdoor learning space. Bravo…

  • Harper Government Creates New Jobs for Youth in Macleod

      June 2nd, 2015 High River, AB – 50 organizations in the riding of Macleod are receiving investment to hire over 100 young Canadians for the summer. The project was announced today by John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Macleod, on behalf of the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development. Canada Summer Jobs…

  • Grand Prize Winners Drawn for the 2015 Foothills Hospital Home Lottery

    Grand Prize Winners Drawn for the 2015 Foothills Hospital Home Lottery

      CALGARY — The winners of the two Grand Prize show homes and several of the vehicles were drawn live on Global Calgary’s Morning News on May 28th. Cathy Edmond, Executive Director at the Calgary Health Trust, drew ticket #097181, belonging to Thelma Dennis of Calgary. Ms Dennis won the “BMW” draw, and has a…

  • RCMP Cochrane – Missing Man Updated

      On 2015/05/30 Cochrane RCMP had received a complaint of a 29 yr old male from Langdon, Alberta missing from Bragg Creek.  On 2015/06/01 at approx. 9:00 p.m.  Cochrane RCMP were notified that Mr. Ward WEBBER of Langdon , Alberta and his dog Nala had returned safely home to his family.