Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Grants Available Through Bow Valley College, High River Campus and Calgary Foundation

    Grants Available Through Bow Valley College, High River Campus and Calgary Foundation

    Bow Valley College, High River campus is offering a fantastic program to help Foothills residents pursue post-secondary education in partnership with the Calgary Foundation. There are twenty-five scholarships available in the amount of $4,500 each plus additional funds for supplemental expenses. As explained by Randea Prince, the Administrative Assistant for Bow Valley, this initiative takes…

  • Turner Valley School: Hot Lunch Program Can Use Help

    Turner Valley School: Hot Lunch Program Can Use Help

    The Turner Valley PTA would welcome some volunteer support to help implement this year’s hot lunch program. Even if you can help out 1 day a month your contribution is greatly appreciated. The time commitment varies from 1 hr to 2.5 hrs per hot lunch day. Please contact Karen Lyons at klyons1@live.ca or 403-831-7314 for further information and…

  • Music, Story, Connection

    Music, Story, Connection

    CKUA celebrates its annual Fall Fundraiser Thursday Oct 23rd to Sunday Nov 2nd The community radio environment is thriving in Alberta. CKUA leads the way with music, story and connection. CKUA listeners and volunteers come from all over the province and some have amazing stories. Volunteer Brian talks about his encounter with Sam Baker &…

  • A Chippy off the Old Block?

    A Chippy off the Old Block?

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Three generations have gone into the making of one of the owners of Okotoks’ newest restaurant, The British Chippy. Gary Hodgkinson’s great-grandfather, grandfather and father all owned chippies in Wiggin, England. Gary and his wife, Simone, moved from England to Canada in 2001 and like the rest of us really missed true English Fish…

  • Kittens are for Keeps

    Kittens are for Keeps

    “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi Submitted by Susan Deike Southern Alberta, the foothills region in particular, has often been described as a land of plenty, a place where people are generous and caring…where folks have big ranches, big…

  • Alberta Council of Technologies Society: Small Business Week

    Alberta Council of Technologies Society: Small Business Week

    Small businesses are essential for job creation and innovation. Their survival and growth are essential for: diversifying Alberta’s economy, global trade and applied research. The Alberta Council of Technologies Society released its Report today addressing why most of Alberta’s small technology businesses fail, and why survivors fail to grow. The Report cites the consolidated results…

  • University and Kerui Group create energy research, training site in China

    University and Kerui Group create energy research, training site in China

    Collaborative Beijing Site to focus on unconventional oil and gas An official agreement between the University of Calgary and Chinese partner Kerui Group will be signed Thursday, Oct. 23 at a ceremony in Beijing which includes senior representatives of the Chinese government, Chinese universities and national energy companies. University of Calgary President Elizabeth Cannon is…

  • Rick Smith honoured with Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award

    Rick Smith honoured with Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award

    Longview resident Rick Smith was awarded with a Mount Royal Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award on October 2, 2014. Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award Richard R. Smith Business Administration (transfer program), 1969 Rick Smith’s tribute video received a standing ovation from a crowd charmed by his memories of attending Mount Royal Junior College (MRJC) in the ’60s.…

  • Oilfields High School News: Volleyball Bales

    Oilfields High School News: Volleyball Bales

    The senior girls’ volleyball team at Oilfields High School are asking for donations of round bales as a fundraiser for entry fees and travel costs this year. Annually, the team go to the Best of the West tournament in Kelowna, BC to compete against some of the best teams in Western Canada. Since we have…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: When you Should Contact your Doctor

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: When you Should Contact your Doctor

    The main complications of the flu and the common cold are bacterial infections of the sinuses (sinusitis) or lungs (pneumonia). Symptoms of these complications include fever, chills, and yellow, green, or brown sputum or nasal discharge. Children may also develop ear infections (acute otitis media). You should consult your doctor or health care professional if…

  • Alberta applauds WTO ruling and calls for end to COOL

    The Alberta government is calling on the United States to put an end to its discriminatory Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) requirements on beef and pork imports, following a decision by the World Trade Organization (WTO). “Time and time again the WTO has clearly supported Alberta and Canada’s position that the U.S. government is failing…

  • A Gift of Play ~ From Western Financial Group

    A Gift of Play ~ From Western Financial Group

    By Pam Jones, Editor. In a way that we perhaps had not thought about, the children of High River were still suffering from the effects of the 2013 flood. Normalcy had been removed from their lives in one fast sweep. Over a year later they were still feeling the effects of that disruption to their…

  • New Strategy Supports Alberta Small Business

    The Prentice Government is giving small businesses a stronger voice in government, easier access to information, regulatory guidance, and entrepreneurship support. “Alberta is a great place to do business but we need to do better if we want to have the best climate for small business in North America. Our new Small Business Strategy will…

  • Wind Warning

    Wind Warning

    Alerts for: Okotoks – High River – Claresholm Warnings 12:23 PM MDT Thursday 23 October 2014 Wind warning in effect for: M.D. of Foothills near Cayley M.D. of Foothills near High River and Aldersyde M.D. of Foothills near Longview and Eden Valley Res. M.D. of Foothills near Okotoks and De Winton M.D. of Foothills near…

  • ENMAX Unearths Historical Find

    ENMAX Unearths Historical Find

    Calgary – During construction at a downtown ENMAX substation, an interesting find was unearthed (this summer) by workers who halted activities and alerted archeologists of the discovery. Located close to the Canadian Pacific rail line, artifacts relating to the building and maintenance of those lines were found buried under dirt and gravel. The artifacts may…