Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Physicians Embrace Role as ‘Immunization Champions’

    Physicians Embrace Role as ‘Immunization Champions’

    AHS aims to boost clinician influenza vaccination rates Story and photo by Colin Zak It’s a yearly tradition. Flu season is around the corner and, as physicians and other clinicians roll up their sleeve to get their flu shot, physicians across the province are becoming immunization champions. Last year, 54 per cent of AHS staff got their…

  • Winter Feeding: Failing to Prepare Can Have Disastrous Effects

    Winter Feeding: Failing to Prepare Can Have Disastrous Effects

    This article is courtesy of the Horse Industry Association of Alberta Our seasonal reality in Canada is that it will get cold and snow and our horses will need to be provided with a winter feed source. If we don’t prepare now, by November it could be too late. As horse owners, we have a…

  • Haunted High River

    Haunted High River

    Join the Museum of the Highwood on a two-hour spooky Halloween night tour. This Friday, October 31st at 7pm the tour bus will take you to some of High River’s spooky sites. This is a bus and walking tour so dress appropriately. Call the Museum at 403-652-7156 (or email: info@museumofthehighwood.com) to book your ticket. Tickets…

  • The City of Calgary Offers Healthy Alternative for Trick-Or-Treaters

    The City of Calgary Offers Healthy Alternative for Trick-Or-Treaters

    Don’t miss out on getting healthy Halloween treats for the ghouls and goblins in your neighbourhood. The City of Calgary Recreation is selling Halloween swim coupons to give the trick-or-treaters coming to your door a fun and healthy alternative. “This is one of our most popular promotions. We sell out of the coupon booklets each…

  • Alberta Dominates List of Top Entrepreneurial Cities

    More focus on small-business friendly policies would protect province’s leadership position CALGARY – According to the 2014 Entrepreneurial Communities report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), Alberta continues to dominate the annual rankings of Canada’s best places to start and grow a business, with eight of the top ten municipal areas in the…

  • FSD High Country Schools to Honour Veterans

    Our local schools will hold Assemblies of Remembrance on Friday, November 7th. Turner Valley School and Oilfields High School will gather at 10am; Millarville Community School will hold their assembly at 10:30am; Longview School will welcome Gordon Day as guest speaker and their assembly will begin at 1:30pm and C. Ian McLaren’s assembly will be…

  • Habitat for Humanity: Building Up High River

    Habitat for Humanity: Building Up High River

    Habitat for Humanity Foothills Chapter is looking for two families to partner with them on a journey to Homeownership. There are two information sessions for anyone interested: Tuesday, October 28th at 6:30pm *TONIGHT* Saturday, November 15th at 10am These sessions are being held at the High River Culture Centre (251 – 9th Ave SW) The…

  • Montrose Bridge set to reopen on Tuesday, Oct. 28

    Montrose Bridge set to reopen on Tuesday, Oct. 28

    HIGH RIVER, AB: Montrose Bridge is set to reopen in the early evening of October 28, restoring an important access point for the Montrose neighbourhood for the first time since the 2013 flood. The reconstruction of the bridge was a $2.4 million project funded by the Disaster Relief Program as result of the damage from…

  • Just the Facts: Prentice, Mandel, & Whoppers About Oilers Season Tickets

    Just the Facts: Prentice, Mandel, & Whoppers About Oilers Season Tickets

    EDMONTON, AB – While campaigning for PC leader, Jim Prentice told Albertans he would have zero tolerance for politicians who didn’t respect taxpayers saying, “they shouldn’t be taking free hockey tickets” and that he would have “zero tolerance for all that stuff.” However, when FOIP documents released yesterday showed that PC health minister and Edmonton-Whitemud candidate Stephen Mandel expensed $69,000 in…

  • Senator Doug Black discusses Alberta priorities with Premier Prentice

    Senator Doug Black discusses Alberta priorities with Premier Prentice

    CALGARY – Senator Doug Black and Premier Jim Prentice had a constructive dialogue in Calgary today on a number of issues important to Albertans. “I was happy to have the opportunity to discuss important matters of federal-provincial relations with Premier Prentice in Calgary today,” said Senator Black. “We had a constructive dialogue on a number…

  • In Memory of Rod Love

    In Memory of Rod Love

    October 27, 2014 – “Today, we have lost an icon in Alberta politics. Rod Love was a man known to most by his political insights and his usually prominent moustache. But to many of us from the 1980’s in Calgary, and the 1990’s and 2000’s in Alberta, he was the driver behind Ralph Klein, a…

  • Oilfields High School: Honouring Family at Remembrance Day Service

    In order to bring a more personal connection to this event, we would like to honour veterans from the families of our students and staff.  We did this last year, and would like to include more of our students and staff.  We are in the process of planning our ceremony, and we would like to…

  • Doing Good for Kids

    Doing Good for Kids

    IBM Celebrated 10 Year Commitment to Alberta with New Partnership Announcement On September 18, a very special community event took place in Lethbridge, Alberta (see the event video). Graciously hosted by the Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society, a leading organization delivering exceptional services to Aboriginal children from across Southern Alberta, the event recognized IBM’s contributions to…

  • Alberta By-Election Results

    Alberta By-Election Results

    It was a clean sweep for the PC Government in the 4 by-elections as the polls closed last night. Premier Jim Prentice won Calgary-Foothills by a large margin, with 6898 votes. Gordon Dirks took Calgary – Elbow with 4207, Mike Ellis won Calgary – West with 4843 and Stephen Mandel won his Edmonton – Whitemud…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Stay healthy during pregnancy with moderate activity

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Stay healthy during pregnancy with moderate activity

    Some say that pregnancy is like running a marathon: it takes a lot of stamina to make it to the finish line. Physical activity can help make the nine-month journey easier—and you don’t need to actually run a marathon to enjoy the benefits. Research shows moderate exercise during pregnancy can help to ease discomfort, reduce…