Tag: Southern Alberta

  • FortisAlberta Underground Cable Improvements Scheduled Throughout the Summer

    FortisAlberta Underground Cable Improvements Scheduled Throughout the Summer

    HIGH RIVER, AB: Starting this summer until October 2016, FortisAlberta will be improving their underground cable networks in S.W. High River in order to improve electricity service to customers. More than 16,600 metres of underground power line will be rejuvenated by injecting it with silicone in order to extend its life by another 40 years.…

  • Creative Placemaking: Understanding the True Value of our Community Public Spaces

    Creative Placemaking: Understanding the True Value of our Community Public Spaces

    By Chad Hason, Content Contributor, Calgary Regional Partnership It’s been said that a city displays its true character  through the use of its public space. Healthy, attractive, active public spaces are the springboard for revitalizing communities. With 50% of the international population now living in cities, the need for well-managed public space has never been…

  • Education Minister Dismisses Parent Concerns as Curriculum Review Launched: Wildrose

    Education Minister Dismisses Parent Concerns as Curriculum Review Launched: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: Education Minister David Eggen must explain why he’s dismissing the concerns of parents and education advocates at a time when he’s planning yet another comprehensive review of Alberta’s education curriculum, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. One day before he promised a curriculum overhaul “unlike any seen in Alberta,” Eggen wrote education advocate Dr.…

  • High River: It’s Time for a new F word!

    High River: It’s Time for a new F word!

    We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming with a message from the Town of High River…. It’s time for a new F word There is so much more to High River than being the ‘flood town’ – it’s time to stop using that old ‘F word’! We’ve come a long, long way in three short years and…

  • New Leaked Docs Highlight the Damaging Costs of the NDP Carbon Tax Plan: Wildrose

    New Leaked Docs Highlight the Damaging Costs of the NDP Carbon Tax Plan: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: With leaked government documents from last November showing the NDP carbon tax and climate plan could cost Albertans 15,000 jobs and a $4 billion drop in household income, it’s time for Premier Rachel Notley to come clean with Albertans and release the full costs of the carbon tax, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today.…

  • Town of High River Water Valve Exercising Program to Begin this Month

    Town of High River Water Valve Exercising Program to Begin this Month

    HIGH RIVER, AB: The Town will begin its water valve exercising program from mid-June through to August 30, 2016. This process is an important maintenance activity in order to ensure reliability of the water distribution system. This program will be limited to the northwest areas of High River and residents may notice Water Works crews…

  • Investigation Leads to Arrest in Identity Theft Case

    Investigation Leads to Arrest in Identity Theft Case

    Airdrie, Alberta – On December 8th, 2015, Airdrie RCMP was contacted by a local Airdrie bank and advised of suspicious bank transactions. An Airdrie City RCMP Investigator was dispatched and collected information relating to numerous loans taken through the branch. Irregularities involving Social Insurance Numbers and photo ID’s were identified. After a lengthy investigation involving…

  • Turner Valley School News: Wrapping Up Another Year

    Turner Valley School News: Wrapping Up Another Year

    Believe it or not, the end of another school year is clearly on the horizon. A glance at the school calendar will confirm, June is easily among the busiest months of any school’s year. In the space of the next 4 weeks courses wrap up, year-end exams are completed and marked, awards celebrated, field trips enjoyed/survived…

  • John Barlow: Liberal Delays Causing Investor Uncertainty and Impacting Job Growth

    John Barlow: Liberal Delays Causing Investor Uncertainty and Impacting Job Growth

    Ottawa, ON – (June 16th), Official Opposition Deputy Critic for Workforce, Employment and Labour and Member of Parliament for Foothills, John Barlow, and Lakeland MP and Deputy Critic for Natural Resources, Shannon Stubbs, expressed their disappointment with the Liberal government’s delays on critical decisions, while they continue to push a job killing carbon tax. Alberta lost another 24,000…

  • Stolen Truck and Trailer Update: More Information

    Stolen Truck and Trailer Update: More Information

    A truck and horse trailer were stolen from a property off Plummer’s Road near Priddis. See the original story here. Update from John Robin Allen, High Country Rural Crime Watch Association: The truck licence plate is GNE 221. The truck is a Chevrolet Silverado 3500 with four-wheel dually drive (i.e., instead of having one tire…

  • ATB Gran Fondo Highwood Pass and Branch Out Neurological Foundation announce lead start line VIPs

    ATB Gran Fondo Highwood Pass and Branch Out Neurological Foundation announce lead start line VIPs

    Calgary, Alberta – The lead VIPs for the ATB Gran Fondo Highwood Pass have been named! Olympian Shannon Rempel and Allie Jenkins Bennet will kick off the Fondo on July 9, leading the start line of athletes and riders. The highly acclaimed ATB Gran Fondo Highwood Pass (by “TransRockies” Race Series) and Calgary-based “Branch Out”…

  • Nightlife Industry Shines Bright at Best Bar None Awards

    Nightlife Industry Shines Bright at Best Bar None Awards

    The fifth anniversary of the Best Bar None program in Calgary highlights ongoing efforts of local hospitality establishments to demonstrate responsible liquor service, patron safety and respect for liquor laws. Sixty-two venues that follow top service standards were accredited with Best Bar None in 2016. From this group, nine venues also won awards for continuing…

  • Charges Laid Following Police Dog Bite Incident

    Charges Laid Following Police Dog Bite Incident

    The City of Calgary worked closely with the Calgary Police Service to investigate an aggressive dog incident that took place on March 30, 2016 at approximately 5:50 p.m.. This incident took place in the community of Aspen Woods, where a Canine Unit dog escaped from his handler’s yard and chased and bit a young boy.…

  • Fifth Annual Building the Legacy Sale Sets a Record, Raising $172,075

    Fifth Annual Building the Legacy Sale Sets a Record, Raising $172,075

    ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, AB – Generous donors bid heartily to raise $172,075 during the fifth annual Canadian Angus Foundation (CAF) Building the Legacy fundraiser auction during the Canadian Angus National Convention in Quebec City, Quebec. It is a record-setting amount. The sale was initiated in 2012 to support the CAF in preserving and expanding the…

  • Longview Library News: Story Time for Summer

    Longview Library News: Story Time for Summer

    The library will be having a Story Time for ages 2-5 over the summer months, Children must be accompanied by an adult, or   an older, responsible sibling. Times for these will be posted at a later date. Looking forward to September, Joan is hoping to get an adult colouring group together to visit, colour…