Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Bill 10 Provides a Safer Learning Environment for Students

    Bill 10, the Act to Amend the Alberta Bill of Rights to Protect our Children will provide students with a safer learning environment while respecting parental rights and the autonomy of school boards. This legislation supports a zero-tolerance attitude towards bullying and discrimination based on sexual orientation or any other grounds. It also enshrines the…

  • Castle Mountain Resort Open for a Sneak Peek Weekend December 6-7th

    Castle Mountain Resort Open for a Sneak Peek Weekend December 6-7th

    Discounted Lift Tickets for Sneak Peek Weekend Pincher Creek, AB – Castle Mountain Resort will be opening for a sneak peek weekend on 6th & 7th December 2014 with Huckleberry and Green chair lift operating. Skiers and boarders will be excited as Castle Mountain Resort received powder this past weekend bringing our total snowfall accumulation…

  • Millarville Horticulture Club – Community Gardening

    Millarville Horticulture Club – Community Gardening

    Every second Tuesday of the month (Sept to May) at 7:30 pm a speaker is arranged to talk and share their knowledge with the club. We meet at the Millarville church house. For our January 13th meeting Jackie Blight will be speaking on the Black Diamond Community Garden and answering any questions about community gardens.…

  • Public Asked to Make Safer Roads their Issue

    Public Asked to Make Safer Roads their Issue

    Should Albertans allow for the creation of high occupancy vehicle lanes? Should right hand drive vehicles be restricted? Have your say on potential changes to Alberta’s Traffic Safety Act. Albertans are encouraged to share their thoughts on these and other potential changes to provincial Traffic Safety Act Regulations. The Prentice government is committed to keeping…

  • Cheap Gas? That’s APP-solutely Fantastic!

    Cheap Gas? That’s APP-solutely Fantastic!

    Isn’t it the worst when you fill up your vehicle only to see cheaper gas just a few blocks away? Find gas prices near you with the new AMA mobile app feature, Gas Price Monitor. Click here to download the App Find out what the rest of the Province are paying for gas by clicking…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Osteoporosis, the silent thief

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Osteoporosis, the silent thief

    Osteoporosis is a loss of bone mass, which makes the bones become porous and fragile. It occurs most often in weight-bearing bones such as the hips or spine but can affect any bone in the body. The humped back – or dowager’s hump – is its most well-known sign. Among Canadians over the age of…

  • RCMP Okotoks – Missing Man located in Medical Distress

    On December 3, 2014 at approximately 7:00 pm a male was reported missing from his residence in the Ranch Road area of Okotoks. The 57 year old male was last seen around 10:15 am.  Family members were worried as the male had left the residence with a mountain bike.  Temperatures dropped to -8 degrees Celsius…

  • RCMP Okotoks – School Bus Accident

    On the 3rd of December shortly after 8:00 a.m. a School Bus carrying 25 students was rear-ended by a car at the intersection of Woodburn Cres. and Woodburn Drive. The Bus Driver had braked to allow a vehicle in front of her to make a left hand turn. The male driver, in a Pontiac G6,…

  • A Day in the Life of Alberta Shelters

    A Day in the Life of Alberta Shelters

    According to the 2013 Alberta Data Count, conducted by the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters: On just one day, shelters across the province helped 926 women and 1,102 children. During that same day 99 women and 87 children could not be accommodated. Of the women helped this day, 37 were known to be pregnant. 43…

  • Fourth Avenue S.W. Reopening with Streetscape Improvements

    Fourth Avenue S.W. Reopening with Streetscape Improvements

    HIGH RIVER, AB: Marking another step forward in High River’s reconstruction, work on 4 Avenue S.W. is substantially complete and the road will be reopened to vehicle traffic on Friday, Dec. 5. Along with upgrades to underground utilities, improvements include moving to two-way traffic flow and parallel parking. “The improvements being made to the downtown…

  • Tom Barthel: Mixing morality with parenting can be a dangerous combination!

    Tom Barthel: Mixing morality with parenting can be a dangerous combination!

    This is going to be tricky because I do not want to raise the “emotional fire” that comes up when people talk about morality and their opinions. Morality is very much situated in the part of the human brain that also operates opinions. The human brain values opinions in a certain way that can cause…

  • New Okotoks Legion Welcomes Members

    New Okotoks Legion Welcomes Members

    You don’t have to be a Veteran to join the Legion. Legion members care deeply about supporting the men and women who serve this country and want to make a difference in the lives of Veterans and their families, contribute to our communities, and Remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our Country.

  • High River RCMP – Armed Robbery

    An ongoing investigation by the High River RCMP Detachment into a series of armed robberies has resulted in the arrest of a male youth from High River. The male, who cannot be named under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, stands charged with 3 counts of robbery with a weapon and 2 counts…

  • Millarville Saddle Sores Kicks Off a New Exciting Year

    Millarville Saddle Sores Kicks Off a New Exciting Year

    The Millarville Saddle Sores 4-H light horse club kicked off a new 4-H season. So far we have had 4 rides and 2 spectacular meetings. The club had our kick off BBQ at Kylie Mansers house to get everyone acquainted and go over some expectations. The kids started with some games while the parents went…

  • RCMP Chestermere – Chestermere Lake – Plane Incident

    On December 3, 2014 at around 2:20 p.m. the Chestermere Emergency Services responded to a plane reported to have tipped over partially on Chestermere Lake near John Peake Park. Chestermere RCMP contacted the Transport Canada Civil Aviation and are assisting the Transportaion Safety Board (TSB) with this investigation. It was confirmed the pilot at the…