Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Kananaskis area weekend campground vacancy info online

    A Kananaskis Area – Weekend Campground Vacancy report is now available online. The report is a pdf which shows campsite availability for weekends at all campgrounds in Kananaskis. This report is intended to help you know where your best chance for a campsite is this weekend. Note that the information is not a live feed…

  • Gravel Surface Remediation Starting Week of July 14, 2014

    HIGH RIVER, AB: The Town of High River’s gravel surfacing remediation program work is scheduled to begin the week of July 14, 2014. The program, which is funded by the Disaster Relief Program, includes removing and replacing gravel in the north parking lot of the Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex and in back lanes in all…

  • Alberta Wildfire Update

    As of Sunday, July 13, 2014 @ 05:13pm The Spreading Creek Wildfire is a managed wildfire which will continue to grow and is classified as being held. Currently this wildfire is 6816 hectares. Environment and Sustainable Resource Development is continuing to manage this naturally occurring wildfire with 108 firefighters, seven helicopters and various heavy equipment.…

  • RCMP & Sheriffs – Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit – Man Hospitalized After Motorcycle Collision on Highway 2

    RCMP & Sheriffs – Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit – Man Hospitalized After Motorcycle Collision on Highway 2

    On Friday, July 11 at 9:30 PM, members of the Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit (ITU) were dispatched to a serious motorcycle collision in the southbound lanes of Highway 2, about 5 km north of the Highway 72 overpass (Crossfield area). The collision involved a single vehicle – a 2000 Honda CBR sport motorcycle. The driver,…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News ~ Water Safety: Keeping Your Kids Afloat

    It all begins with water safety Now is the time to wade into the topic of water safety with your kids. The first step is teaching your kids how to swim. Canadian Red Cross water safety program representative Marta Gorski says “as soon as infants can hold their heads up, parents can begin taking swimming lessons…

  • Wild Rose Country Should Stay

    Submitted by MLA Pat Stier Wild Rose Country. As Albertans, we’ve proudly worn this slogan on our licence plates for decades. We identify with it. And when we travel across this country and continent, we’re proud to be identified with our famous symbol. Recently, Albertans were shocked to learn the government would be redesigning our licence plates, and…

  • Roger Brooks – Community Assessment of Okotoks

    Roger Brooks, an expert in the fields of tourism, community branding, downtown development, and destination marketing, will speak about developing Okotoks’ downtown. Get a look at Okotoks through the eyes of our visitors… Okotoks landlords, businesses and property owners in the downtown core are invited to hear Roger Brooks, an expert in the fields of…

  • Flower Festival, Christ Church Millarville

    For the 52nd year, the women of Christ Church Millarville are planning a Flower Festival at their historic log church. The tradition was inspired by a similar event in England attended by Mrs. Flo King who was a member of the Christ Church Ladies Guild. This year the Festival is on Saturday, July 19th and…

  • Alberta’s First Craft Distillery Launches Three Point Vodka and Invites Consumers to Taste the Difference

    Eau Claire Distillery Releases First-Batch to Select Stores Turner Valley, Alberta – July 2, 2014 – On the eve of launching its first offering, ‘Taste the difference’ is the message from Alberta’s first craft distillery. Three Point Vodka, the debut offering by Eau Claire Distillery, is the first product to be released from the pioneering…

  • RCMP Cochrane – Motor Vehicle Collision With Injuries

    RCMP Cochrane – Motor Vehicle Collision With Injuries

    Cochrane, Alberta – On July 12, 2014 at approximately 3:20 p.m., Cochrane RCMP officers were dispatched to a collision on Highway 22 just south of Highway 1. Information received from witnesses indicate that a motorcycle was merging onto the south bound lane of Highway 22 from Highway 1. The motorcycle came into contact with a…

  • Irrigation grants improve efficiency ensuring greater productivity

    Improvements and maintenance on irrigation infrastructure in southern Alberta saves water and improves farm productivity. “Irrigation is an integral component of the economic, environmental and social fabric of southern Alberta. That’s why we need to build and maintain a stronger irrigation system to increase water efficiency and ensure our producers can continue to diversify their…

  • Pilots and Parachutes Picnic in George Lane Memorial Park

    High River, AB: High River residents have the opportunity to meet the stars of the High River Regional Air Show including the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, CF18 Hornet Pilots and the SkyHawks parachute demonstration team at a “Pilots and Parachutes Picnic in the Park” event. The picnic will take place on Tuesday, July 22 from 5:30…

  • Cultural Events Receive Boost from Province

    Albertans will have 92 official celebration sites to choose among during Alberta Culture Days, September 26 to 28. Culture Days is an annual event celebrating the arts, heritage, diversity and community spirit. Events range from traditional dance shows, concerts, historical exhibits and art walks to backstage tours, school activities and culinary samplings. Events receiving provincial…

  • Entry Deadline for the 107th Annual Priddis & Millarville

    Deadline for entering the 107th Annual Priddis & Millarville Fair is August 10, less than a month away. Half the fun of going to the Fair is seeing how many of those all-important Fair ribbons you’ve might have won from entering a wide diversity of bench classes, including baking, field grasses, photography, sheep, painting, dressed-up…

  • Kick off – Alberta and Calgary Stampede

    Check out this video from Musical Ride members and Brothers Cst. Derek Quilley with his horse Cybil and Cst. Matthew Quilley with his horse Bentley, at the Musical Ride Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, before leaving for the Stampede. The Quilley brothers are from Red Deer.               The Musical Ride…