Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Aboriginal Construction Program Builds Opportunities

    Aboriginal Construction Program Builds Opportunities

    A two-year pilot program co-sponsored by the Alberta government, Bow Valley College, NorQuest College, industry and Aboriginal organizations will help more than 600 Aboriginal people train for careers in the construction industry. The Alberta Aboriginal Construction Career Centres pilot will complement other existing programs that support Aboriginal training and employment in trades careers. Bow Valley…

  • Lions Den: Serving our Foothills Community

    Lions Den: Serving our Foothills Community

      Submitted by Lion Carol Gibson Members of the Foothills Lions Club believe in their motto “We Serve”. In the year 2014, members contributed over a 30% increase in volunteer hours over 2013 volunteer hours. Foothills Lions Club members volunteered 11,025.25 hours in 2014 in their communities. Organizations and events that needed volunteers were diverse.…

  • Drew Barnes has Momentum in Wildrose Leadership Race

      51% support Barnes in poll of Wildrose members; fundraising and endorsements point to strength on the ground MEDICINE HAT, AB – As Wildrose members start telephone voting to select a new leader who will be announced on March 28th, overwhelming support among current Wildrose members and strength on the ground has given Cypress-Medicine Hat…

  • Premier Prentice Focuses on First Nations Education

    Premier Prentice Focuses on First Nations Education

    Premier Jim Prentice issued the following statement at Friday’s Alberta-First Nations Education Summit: “All Alberta students deserve access to a good education that supports them in achieving their full potential. “Right now, there is an unacceptable achievement gap between First Nations students and other students in Alberta. Closing this gap will help First Nations students…

  • Fargo TV series returning to film in High River March 19

    Fargo TV series returning to film in High River March 19

      High River, AB: Fargo S2 Productions Inc. will be in High River on Thursday, March 19 to film an episode of the television series Fargo, which airs on the FX network. Please see below for details on each filming location’s parking and traffic restrictions. 415 1 Street S.W. (see map below) There will be…

  • Taxpayers Paid out over $700,000 in Severances at AGLC in 2014

    Taxpayers Paid out over $700,000 in Severances at AGLC in 2014

      EDMONTON, AB – In 2014, taxpayers shelled out over $700,000 in severances and lump-sum payouts to high level executives at the Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission (AGLC), the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The payouts include $382,000 to the Vice President of Strategy, Transformation and Ethics – three times his annual base salary. Another…

  • University Partners With City in First-of-its-Kind Wastewater Research Facility

    University Partners With City in First-of-its-Kind Wastewater Research Facility

    Unique multidisciplinary collaboration allows researchers, practitioners and industry to work together   For the first time, university researchers are working side by side with municipal operators to advance wastewater treatment technologies and knowledge that will lead to cleaner water, a better protected ecosystem and improved public health. (Yesterday), the University of Calgary and The City…

  • RCMP Okotoks – Single Motor Vehicle Collision

    On March 17th, 2015 at approximately 5:30 P.M., Okotoks RCMP and emergency services responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 549 – 1 km east of junction highway 549 and highway 552. The driver and lone occupant of a van was traveling eastbound on Highway 549. The driver lost control, struck the hydro…

  • Action Underway to Improve Rural Health Care

    Action Underway to Improve Rural Health Care

    Following consultations with more than 100 communities, action is being taken to improve access to health-care services in rural Alberta. The Rural Health Services Review Committee has delivered its final report and recommended actions – a number of which are underway, including: developing a provincial EMS service delivery model; and establishing eight to 10 Alberta…

  • High School Students Get New Opportunities to Succeed

    High School Students Get New Opportunities to Succeed

    Fairer reflection of student learning and more learning opportunities are at the forefront of two important changes. Diploma exam weighting As of September 1, 2015 diploma exam weighting will shift from a 50/50 weighting to a 30/70 weighting where school-awarded grades will be worth 70 per cent. The change in diploma exam weighting will provide…

  • Turner Valley School News: School Health Team – Hip Hop Dance Experience

    Turner Valley School News: School Health Team – Hip Hop Dance Experience

    The Hip Hop Dance Experience with Sound Kreations! had the whole school  learning some super-cool Hip Hop moves in Phys. Ed. class this month. Sound Kreations ran a 3 day dance residency at Turner Valley School on March 2nd to 4th. All students in Kindergarten to Grade 6 experienced 4 Hip Hop Dance lessons facilitated by a professional dancer. This dance…

  • Private Member’s Bill Passes to Allow 6 Storey Wood Structures in Alberta

    Private Member’s Bill Passes to Allow 6 Storey Wood Structures in Alberta

    (March 16th), MLA for Whitecourt-Ste.Anne, George VanderBurg was successful in passing Bill 203, the Safety Codes (Sustainable Structures) Amendment Act, 2014. This Private Member’s Bill would amend the Safety Codes Act, under which the Building Code Regulation falls, to allow buildings of wood construction to be built to a maximum of six storeys or 18…

  • Fatal Hit-and-Run

    Fatal Hit-and-Run

    The Calgary Police Service is investigating an early morning fatal hit-and-run. At approximately 3:30 a.m. this morning, Wednesday, March 18, 2105, officers responded to a call of a female victim found deceased in the westbound lane of 16 Avenue and 5 Street N.E. The injuries she sustained are consistent with being struck by a vehicle. The Traffic…

  • Tunes for Trails

    Tunes for Trails

    We are pleased to announce our annual Tunes for Trails date, which is May 2, 2015 at the Bragg Creek Community Hall. Skuzzy and the Woodticks are at it again and will surely keep you and your friends entertained throughout the evening. Barauch will be our Stage Man, providing his usual stoic announcements and jokes.…

  • Longview Library Offers Personal Service to Seniors and Shut-Ins

    Longview Library Offers Personal Service to Seniors and Shut-Ins

      I would like to remind the Seniors and Shut-Ins in our community that the library would be very happy to bring you books and return them for you. We have an eager group of volunteers who would be glad to do this. You can call Joan, our librarian, at 403-558-3927 and request a book…