Tag: Southern Alberta

  • PC’s Prepare for Super Saturday

    PC’s Prepare for Super Saturday

      February 21st is being dubbed Super Saturday by the Alberta PC Party. Their members will get to vote on the next slate of candidates to represent the party in the upcoming election. There are eight contested nominations across the province. In Calgary-Mountain View, J.S. Rioux, Mark Hlady and Lynn Moen are on the ballot.…

  • Call for Volunteers to Participate in Mock Evacuation Centre

    Call for Volunteers to Participate in Mock Evacuation Centre

      On February 26, the Town of High River and M.D. of Foothills will be conducting a mock disaster for our Emergency Social Services team. This will involve the set up and operation of a Reception/Evacuation Centre at the Legacy Regional Fieldhouse in Aldersyde. In order to make this scenario more realistic for our ESS…

  • Family Literacy Day in the Foothills School Division

    Family Literacy Day in the Foothills School Division

    Held annually on January 27, this national initiative raises awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. It’s a popular initiative in FSD and our schools planned a variety of fun activities to encourage students and their families to learn together. Among those who visited schools as “celebrity…

  • Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef & Sheep Club: Recycling Helps the Environment and the Club

    Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef & Sheep Club: Recycling Helps the Environment and the Club

    Club Reporter Ethan Beck These past two months have been busy. Tire recycling and 4-H public speaking. We would like to thank Farm Credit Canada Relationship Manager – Erron Pouteaux for donating $500 to our club. We are planning to use this money to buy show equipment for 4-H on Parade. The money will keep…

  • AHS Consultants and Managers Rack Up Cell Phone Bills North of $10,000: Wildrose

    AHS Consultants and Managers Rack Up Cell Phone Bills North of $10,000: Wildrose

      CALGARY, AB (February 13, 2015): Over an 18 month period, several AHS upper managers and senior consultants racked up cell phone bills surging near or over $10,000, the Wildrose Official Opposition announced today. The information was gathered and released through a Freedom of Information (FOIP) request submitted by the Wildrose, unveiling over $825,000 spent…

  • RCMP Bassano – Sudden Death

    At approximately 2:45 p.m. on February 18, 2015 EMS, Rosemary Fire Department & Bassano RCMP were dispatched to a rural residence located approximately 10 kilometres northwest of the Village of Rosemary for a report of a man who had been trapped under a 18 foot sea can. At the scene it was discovered that the…

  • Red Deer Lake School Fundraiser

    Red Deer Lake School Fundraiser

    So why, you might ask, did Red Deer Lake School Principal Craig Barabash wear a chicken suit at school for the entire day on January 20th? In the fall, the school challenged students to raise enough money in their annual magazine subscription drive to buy chickens for African villages. The goal was fifty chickens and,…

  • Fargo TV Series Returning to Film in High River February 19th, 20th and 23rd

    Fargo S2 Productions Inc. will be in High River on February 19th, 20th, and 23rd to film an episode of the television series Fargo

  • High River Policing Committee Hosting Open House

    High River Policing Committee Hosting Open House

      HIGH RIVER, AB: The High River Policing Committee is hosting an open house on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Culture Centre (251 9 Avenue S.W.). Residents are invited to provide input on what priorities they think the RCMP should focus on for 2015. “This is a chance for residents to meet…

  • FSD: Heritage Heights Education Plan

    FSD: Heritage Heights Education Plan

    Heritage Heights School Principal Joanne Higgins and Vice Principal Lauren Frandle provided Foothills School Division Trustees with an overview of the school’s Education Plan. As relatively new administrators to the school and with the addition of seventeen new staff over the past two years, Joanne and Lauren’s work has included a focus on solidifying Heritage…

  • Millarville Saddle Sores: Making Homes for Birds

    Millarville Saddle Sores: Making Homes for Birds

      By Club Reporter Clara Blatz  Over the past few months the Millarville Saddle Sores have been very busy. In December the club had a spectacular Christmas party at the Okotoks bowling alley. Serval games were played and lots of pizza was eaten. In January the club had their first winter workshop with Andrew Styles.…

  • Multi-Million Dollar Grow-Op Discovered in Olds

    Calgary…RCMP Olds and Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) have uncovered a massive marihuana grow operation in Olds, Alta. More than 2,000 plants, valued at $2.5 million, were located in a rural home.  A total of 2,137 marihuana plants were located inside the home and inside Quonset huts located on the property. The plant count…

  • FSD School Field Trips: Health and Safety is a Priority

    FSD School Field Trips: Health and Safety is a Priority

    Superintendent John Bailey provided Trustees with information regarding upcoming field trips including international trips planned by École Secondaire Highwood High School and École Secondaire Foothills Composite High/Alberta High School of Fine Arts to France, and École Okotoks Junior High School to Ecuador. John explained that when planning field trips, the health and safety of students…

  • Team Alberta at the Canada Winter Games

    Team Alberta at the Canada Winter Games

    This talented team of Alberta’s best is comprised of 245 athletes competing in 19 sports. They are supported by 73 coaches and managers, along with 19 mission staff. Flag bearer for Team Alberta at the 2015 Canada Winter Games Opening Ceremony was Zak Madell from Okotoks, a member of the Wheelchair Basketball team. Local athletes…

  • ASBA President’s statement re: Possible 9 per cent cut to provincial budget

    ASBA President’s statement re: Possible 9 per cent cut to provincial budget

    ASBA President Helen Clease issued the following statement today: In the wake of Premier Jim Prentice’s recent reference to a possible 9 per cent reduction to Alberta’s provincial budget, the ASBA is concerned about the impact any cuts will have on classrooms in Alberta. School boards have been doing more with less for a number…