Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Tips for Better Dental Health

    Tips for Better Dental Health

    The Alberta Dental Association and College reminds you that taking proper care of your teeth and gums makes a significant contribution to your overall health and well-being. Follow these steps to contribute to your good dental health. Put a smile in Your Body: Visit Your Dentist Regular dental exams by your dentist are the best…

  • The Results are in! Finalists for the 24th Annual Emerald Awards Announced

    The Results are in! Finalists for the 24th Annual Emerald Awards Announced

      EDMONTON, AB – “And the finalists for the 24th Annual Emerald Awards are…” Today, at Edmonton’s City Hall, nominees joined the Alberta Emerald Foundation, its sponsors, volunteers and other members from the local community, to find out who would be taking another step towards receiving the coveted environmental award. Over the past weeks, a…

  • Run for Rowan

    Run for Rowan

    Rowan House is pleased to once again part-ner with the Millarville Half Marathon Run to the Farmer’s Market! Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 13th. This fun, point-to-point race starts at the Oilfields Arena in Black Diamond, passes through beautiful west country and ends at the Millarville Race Track where you can shop the vendors…

  • Auditor General Asked To Investigate PC Ministers’ Luncheon

      EDMONTON, AB – A taxpayer funded luncheon with no apparent government business requires an investigation by the Auditor General, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean said (Thursday). A pre-election luncheon was held in January 2012 at a cost of $3740 and the hosting expense was picked up by two ministries; Alberta Education and Alberta Culture. However,…

  • Volunteers Are The Salvation Of The Badlands Passion Play

    Volunteers Are The Salvation Of The Badlands Passion Play

      200 Volunteer Actors Invest 30,000 Hours Into The Annual Event Drumheller, Alberta — This July the Canadian Badlands Passion Play will celebrate its 22nd season with nine final performances of the ‘Gospel of John’. “More than 50,000 people have seen the John script in the past four seasons and the responses have been overwhelmingly…

  • Diamond Valley Easter Church Services

    Diamond Valley Easter Church Services

      Gospel Church – Black Diamond 212 Center Avenue West Good Friday – April 3rd – 7pm Easter Sunday – April 5th – 10:30am Lewis Memorial United Church – Turner Valley 125 Royal Ave Good Friday – April 3, 2015 – 7:00 pm Easter Sunday – April 5, 2015 – 7:00 am at the Big…

  • Easter 2015 Hours of Operation for City of Calgary Facilities

    Easter 2015 Hours of Operation for City of Calgary Facilities

    The City of Calgary is adjusting its hours of operation for certain services and facilities for the Easter weekend, from Friday, April 3 to Monday, April 6, 2015. Calgary Transit Calgary Transit will provide a Sunday level of service on Good Friday, April 3, 2015 and Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015. Please check the schedules page to…

  • Joint media release of Foothills School Division and Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools regarding school sites within the Town of Okotoks

    Joint media release of Foothills School Division and Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools regarding school sites within the Town of Okotoks

    As two school divisions serving the Okotoks community, our primary concern is to offer high quality programming to students, in safe and appropriate facilities. As Okotoks residents are well aware, there is urgent and pressing need for both divisions to have school sites within the Town of Okotoks made available as soon as possible. Our…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: A Look at Cataracts

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: A Look at Cataracts

    As we grow older, we are more likely to develop cataracts. A cataract is a clouding that appears on the lens of the eye, leading to a loss in vision. Cataracts can vary in size and thus in the effect they have on vision. They can occur at any age, although they most commonly develop…

  • Car Stolen in Chestermere

    Car Stolen in Chestermere

    This Car which was parked in a trailer and was stolen from the owner’s yard (Wed) night (March 31) in Chestermere (Rainbow Falls). The trailer was found by police (empty) on Garden Road & 88 Ave SE (near the Heatherglen Golf Course). The owner has had the car for over 25 years. (Alternative Restoration &…

  • Alberta’s economy: What’s next?

    Alberta’s economy: What’s next?

    Calgary, AB – We’re starting to see and feel the effects of the low price of oil. Our economy has slowed and various industries are tightening their belts. Many Albertans and others across the country are asking what will happen next. ATB Financial’s Chief Economist Todd Hirsch is addressing that question with findings from the…

  • RCMP Okotoks – HOME INVASION

    Okotoks, Alberta – On April 1st, 2015 at approximately 3:00 a.m., a residence in the Town of Okotoks was unlawfully entered. Four (4) males assaulted a 24 year old male. The 24 year old male sustained injuries, he was treated and released from hospital. RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in locating the following suspects:…

  • Community Emergency Response Team Summit Coming to Calgary

    Community Emergency Response Team Summit Coming to Calgary

    Alberta Floods – Slave Lake Fire – H1N1 Alberta labelled “Disaster Capital of Canada” CALGARY, AB – After a large-scale disaster, local governments do not have the capacity to manage the over-whelming needs of an entire community. With dependence on municipal services, residents are exposed to longterm recovery efforts. Networks of prepared individuals and local…

  • Calgary police lay charges in animal cruelty death

    Calgary police lay charges in animal cruelty death

    The Calgary Police Service has charged a man in relation to a dog death in late March, following a joint investigation with the Calgary Humane Society. At approximately 4:30 p.m., on Monday, March 23, 2015, police were called to a residence in the 1400 block of Richland Road N.E., after a dog that lived there…

  • Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef & Sheep Club: Getting Ready for the Shows

    Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef & Sheep Club: Getting Ready for the Shows

      Club Reporter Ethan Beck Spring is here and the warm weather means it is grooming time. This March we have been getting our animals ready for the upcoming shows by clipping and sheering our animals. On the 22nd of March there was a sheep clinic held at the Thorlacks Cattle Company in Airdrie. It…