Tag: Southern Alberta

  • CBC: Kaillie Humphries wins Lou Marsh Award

    CBC: Kaillie Humphries wins Lou Marsh Award

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  • Baskets of Hope for Rowan House

    Baskets of Hope for Rowan House

    Danielle Smith was joined by a giving group of ladies for the annual Baskets of Hope charity event. The finished gifts will be given to women in need at Rowan House in High River over the holidays season.

  • Millarville School News – Principal’s Message for December

    Millarville School News – Principal’s Message for December

    December is finally here and the Christmas season started off with a bang last week with our grade 6-8 students’ performance at Oilfields for our annual junior high band concert. I remember fondly my time in junior high when I first picked up the trombone, blew my first couple of notes and then was asked…

  • RCMP – Fentanyl Public Safety Notice

    RCMP – Fentanyl Public Safety Notice

    Grande Prairie, AB:  Following several recent Grande Prairie-area drug seizures, Grande Prairie RCMP and Alberta Health Services (AHS) are again reminding Albertans about the significant health risks associated with street drug use During the past month alone, the Grande Prairie RCMP has seized over 10,000 pills of fentanyl.  Typically sold under the street name ‘greenies’, the…

  • Housing Market Expected to be Stable in 2015

    Housing Market Expected to be Stable in 2015

    Calgary, Dec. 10, 2014 – While the recent drop in oil prices has caused speculation about implications for the housing sector, stable conditions are expected given current forecasts for employment and migration. “While employment and migration are expected to support housing demand, estimates could change depending on the extent and duration of oil price declines,”…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Battling Bone Loss

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Battling Bone Loss

    Osteoporosis isn’t called the silent thief for nothing. Unfortunately, unless you or your doctor have any reason to suspect that your bones may be thinning, there’s no way of telling that it’s happening until the damage has been done. People with osteoporosis are more likely to get fractures and these can cause pain, make moving…

  • Millarville Community School is proud to present It’s Christmas, Carol!

    Millarville Community School is proud to present It’s Christmas, Carol!

    Thursday, December 11, 2014 Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Show 7:00 p.m. Please join the students from Kindergarten to Grade 8 as we share a seasonal musical that sees a very Scrooge-like Elf named Carol change from bitter to better through the power of friendship and caring. As this musical takes place in Santa’s Workshop,…

  • Talisman gets on the Little Red Wagon

    Talisman gets on the Little Red Wagon

    Talisman Energy accepted their Little Red Wagon on October 29,  and is now a member of the Alberta’s Promise family. As a big supporter of the United Way of Calgary and Area, Talisman held its annual ‘A Day Makes a Difference’ campaign in late October. For five days, over 230 Talisman employees helped paint the main public areas…

  • Samantha Scott Proves $5 Can Make A Difference

    Samantha Scott Proves $5 Can Make A Difference

    In 2010, Samantha Scott, a current Grade 6 student at Millarville Community School, encouraged her peers to ask Santa or their parents, along with their regular Christmas list, for just $5 for one of her chosen Charities.

  • RCMP Calgary Serious and Organized Crime Team Makes Methamphetamine and Cash Seizure

    RCMP Calgary Serious and Organized Crime Team Makes Methamphetamine and Cash Seizure

    Members of the Calgary RCMP Serious and Organized Crime team seized Methamphetamine and a large quantity of Canadian currency on December 9th, 2014. The Calgary RCMP Serious and Organized Crime team concluded a short term drug trafficking investigation with arrests of three individual’s in northeast Calgary. Over one pound of Crystal Methamphetamine and approximately $120,000.00 in…

  • Inspiring Stories of Volunteerism Highlight Stars Awards Gala

    Inspiring Stories of Volunteerism Highlight Stars Awards Gala

    Inspiring stories of leadership and compassion were shared as six outstanding Albertans were honoured during the 2014 Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards. Akshay Verma, Jim Hole and Ingrid Pederson, all of Edmonton, Mitchell Mulhall of Fort McMurray, Donna Du Bois of Three Hills and Gail Wolfe of Cold Lake were honoured at the annual Stars…

  • RCMP urge Vehicle Owners to use “All Valuables Removed” Car Signs

    Red Deer – Red Deer RCMP have partnered with Alberta Motor Association (AMA) to create and distribute “All Valuables Removed” placards that the public can place in their vehicles to deter thefts. The push to distribute the placards is timely, as crimes of opportunity often spike during the holiday season when thieves see gifts and…

  • Turner Valley School News – Holiday News

    Best wishes for a Joyous Holiday From the Staff at Turner Valley School Christmas Vacation Dec.19-Jan. 4, 2015 Administrator’s Message: Greetings to all of our Turner Valley families! It’s hard to believe that we are already into the winter holiday season. Fall has been very busy for our staff, students, and volunteers. I would just like to say to…

  • Turner Valley School: Ask the Principal – Snow Hill

    Turner Valley School: Ask the Principal – Snow Hill

    Winter is here….and what about that snow hill? Snow is such a wonderful thing, so many of us have had great memories and experiences playing in the snow. And there is nothing more exciting for a child then an enormous mound of snow to play on. The concern I have had brought up is about behavior and location of the…

  • Global Privacy Guardians urge App Marketplaces to make Links to Privacy Policies Mandatory

    Global Privacy Guardians urge App Marketplaces to make Links to Privacy Policies Mandatory

    The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta in partnership with 23 privacy enforcement authorities from around the world are calling on app marketplaces to make it mandatory for mobile app developers to post links to privacy policies prior to download if they’re going to collect personal information. Privacy authorities have raised…