Tag: Southern Alberta

  • AHS Wellness News: RxEACH to Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

    AHS Wellness News: RxEACH to Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

      February is heart month. Did you know your local pharmacist can be a great source of health information and treatment when it comes to your cardiovascular (heart and blood vessels) health? The Alberta Vascular Risk Reduction Community Pharmacy Project (RxEACH) is a province-wide heart disease and stroke reduction program where pharmacists work with at…

  • RCMP – Strathmore B&E and Cochrane Fatality

    RCMP Strathmore – Two (2) adult males charged with multiple Break and Enter & Thefts On January 28, 2015, Strathmore RCMP arrested and charged two adult males, William Corey KELLY and Benjamin GROSS, who were involved in several Break and Enter and vehicle theft investigations the night prior in Strathmore and surrounding rural area. William…

  • Wildrose Announces June Date For Leadershp Race

    Wildrose Announces June Date For Leadershp Race

      CALGARY, AB – The Wildrose party announced the next leader of the Wildrose will be selected by party members from across Alberta on June 6 at the Coast Plaza Hotel in Calgary. “Our party is strong, united and ready to give Albertans a real, principled, grassroots and fiscally conservative option at the ballot box,” Wildrose…

  • First Demolitions to Begin in Wallaceville

    First Demolitions to Begin in Wallaceville

    At the request of the Town of High River, four of the most badly damaged structures in Wallaceville will be the first properties demolished starting Monday, February 2, 2015. Demolition of the remaining Government of Alberta owned properties is expected to begin in summer 2015. “The decision to return Wallaceville to an undeveloped state was…

  • MD of Foothills New Land Use Bylaw in Effect

    MD of Foothills New Land Use Bylaw in Effect

    LUB now in effect as of January 7, 2015. The Land Use Bylaw (LUB) is a regulatory document that governs what may occur on a piece of property depending on that property’s zoning. This is key for all residents living and/or developing in the MD. We have been working through a thorough review of the…

  • Prentice Talk on Eroding Alberta Advantage Will Hurt all Albertans: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB – Premier Jim Prentice’s musings about implementing a regressive sales tax and attacking Alberta’s single-rate tax as being an obstacle to poor and middle income families are inaccurate, will erode the Alberta advantage and hurt all Albertans, Wildrose Finance Critic Drew Barnes said. Alberta’s large Basic Personal Exemption on personal tax rates…

  • Decisive Farming Receives Technology Patent to Increase Crop Growing Efficiencies and Reduce Carbon Footprint on Farms

    Decisive Farming Receives Technology Patent to Increase Crop Growing Efficiencies and Reduce Carbon Footprint on Farms

    Calgary, AB / TheNewswire – Decisive Farming, provider of a data management platform with integrated services for crop farmers, today announced that on Dec 30th, 2014 the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) issued Canadian Patent No. 2,663,917 for its Variable Rate Technology process. Decisive Farming’s patented system provides variable, zone-based crop input prescriptions for optimized production…

  • Turner Valley School News ~ Brain Food: 10 Foods That Help in Brain Development of Your Child

    Turner Valley School News ~ Brain Food: 10 Foods That Help in Brain Development of Your Child

      During the developmental stages, children need an abundant amount of nutrients. While supplements are beneficial, the nutrients they receive from the foods they eat are the easiest for the body to break down and utilize. 1. Apples/plums – Known for the abundance of quercetin, apples and plums are ideal for a quick pick me…

  • Overdue: Time for Prentice to Deliver on Promise of Rural Health Care Report

    Overdue: Time for Prentice to Deliver on Promise of Rural Health Care Report

      CALGARY, AB – Premier Jim Prentice needs to release the overdue Rural Health Care report immediately, decentralize health care decision making to local boards, and get moving on the significant challenges facing our health care system in communities across Alberta, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. On Sept. 22 Prentice told Albertans that he had appointed a…

  • Millarville and District Recreation Board Funding for Non-Profits

    Millarville and District Recreation Board Funding for Non-Profits

    The Millarville and District Recreation Board is accepting applications for funding for non-profit organizations for the coming year. Each year the board receives a grant from the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 and disperses the funds to deserving groups. If you would like to apply for a grant, please send a letter stating your request along with a budget for…

  • PCs Continue to Fail on Red Tape Reduction

    PCs Continue to Fail on Red Tape Reduction

      EDMONTON, AB – The PC government must take immediate action to reduce red tape after an embarrassing new report suggests Alberta is one of the worst province’s in Canada to do business in when it comes to overregulation, Wildrose Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour, Critic Rick Strankman said. In its annual red tape report, the…

  • Canada Foundation for Innovation awards over $2.3 million for 10 projects

    Canada Foundation for Innovation awards over $2.3 million for 10 projects

    Awards bring highest tech tools to push the frontiers of University of Calgary research By Sean Myers Ten projects aimed at solving pressing global questions, from better health to new ways of looking at energy solutions, have received vital funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) that will push their work forward. “When the…

  • AB Small Business Confidence Takes Huge Tumble in January

    AB Small Business Confidence Takes Huge Tumble in January

      Barometer index drops another 11.4 points; down 18.8 points since November CALGARY, January 29, 2015 – According to the latest Business Barometer survey results released today by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), Alberta’s small business confidence index fell another 11.4 points in January to 54.8.  The significant drop means confidence levels are…

  • Community Renewal Poll Results Now Available

    Community Renewal Poll Results Now Available

      HIGH RIVER, AB: The Town of High River’s Community Renewal Poll was presented to Council at its regular meeting on Monday, Jan. 26 and is now available to be viewed at www.highriver.ca. The data gathered will be used to assist with planning for future initiatives in High River. “The valuable information collected in the…

  • PST Talk Hurts Business, Would Violate Provincial Law: Wildrose

    PST Talk Hurts Business, Would Violate Provincial Law: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB – Premier Jim Prentice openly musing about introducing a sales tax is shaking economic confidence as the province prepares to siphon off billions of dollars from Alberta businesses and consumers while violating provincial law, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. Recent  reports from the Retail Council of Canada have shown raising sales taxes will…