Tag: Southern Alberta

  • RCMP – Southern Alberta Weekend Update

    RCMP – Southern Alberta Weekend Update

    Crowsnest Pass RCMP Attend Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Lundbreck, Alberta – On April 3rd, 2016 at approximately 8:25 pm, Crowsnest Pass RCMP, along with Lundbreck and Pincher Creek Emergency Services, responded to a serious Motor Vehicle Collision on Highway 3A, approximately 3 kilometres east of Lundbreck, Alberta. The driver and 5 other occupants of the…

  • Gun in camera bag, drugs in cracker box among CBSA’s February Alberta highlights

    Gun in camera bag, drugs in cracker box among CBSA’s February Alberta highlights

    Calgary, Alberta – The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is pleased to share a sample of February highlights from its border crossings in southern Alberta: CBSA officers in southern Alberta seized three undeclared handguns last month, with the first seized on February 2 at Coutts. Officers met a Utah couple and arrested the man for…

  • School Authorities Submit Policies Supporting Safe and Caring Schools in Alberta

    School Authorities Submit Policies Supporting Safe and Caring Schools in Alberta

      Education Minister David Eggen has provided an update on policy submissions from school authorities to support safe and caring schools. As of the morning of March 31, Alberta Education has received policies from 55 school authorities. It is anticipated that all but two out of the 61 school authorities in Alberta will submit policies…

  • Alberta Small Business Confidence on Four Month Streak of Canadian Record Lows

    Alberta Small Business Confidence on Four Month Streak of Canadian Record Lows

    Calgary – Alberta small business confidence fell 0.2 points in March to 26.5 on the Business Barometer index published monthly by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). The index registered consecutive historic lows in Alberta for the entire first quarter of 2016. Confidence remains 10 points below 2008 recessionary lows, and about 40 points below…

  • Upcoming Work in Waterton Lakes National Park

    Upcoming Work in Waterton Lakes National Park

    Potential Impacts on Visitor Experience for Spring and Summer 2016 Waterton Lakes (Alberta) – Parks Canada wishes to inform visitors and residents of the Waterton Park community of the following infrastructure projects in Waterton Lakes National Park taking place this spring and summer. Projects resulting in a closure or having a major impact to visitors…

  • NDP Still Without a Credible Jobs Plan as Weekly Earnings Drop

    NDP Still Without a Credible Jobs Plan as Weekly Earnings Drop

    EDMONTON, AB (March 31, 2016): With average weekly earnings plummeting 4.3 per cent year-over-year, it’s time for the NDP government to put an end to their risky economic experiments and put forward a credible jobs plan, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. Over 80,000 jobs have been lost since last year, and the weekly earnings…

  • FSD: Appreciating our Guest Teachers

    FSD: Appreciating our Guest Teachers

    By Allen Davidson, Assistant Superintendent of Employee Services March 14 – 18 marked Substitute Teachers’ Appreciation Week in Alberta and across Foothills School Division. In FSD we are blessed to have a diverse cohort of teachers supporting students in their learning by the remarkable work of those staff on our Guest Teacher list.  Without question…

  • Leapin’ Leprechauns 

    Leapin’ Leprechauns 

      Turner Valley School students and their families had fun preparing for St. Patrick’s Day by building leprechaun traps. The challenge was to build the most tempting trap out of whatever they thought might catch the little green-clad fairies’ attention. All the submissions were on display in the Learning Commons. Thank you to facilitator Carol Webb for spearheading this…

  • RCMP Commissioner Presents Commendation Awards in Edmonton

    RCMP Commissioner Presents Commendation Awards in Edmonton

    Edmonton, Alta. – Today, at a private ceremony at “K” Division RCMP Headquarters in Edmonton, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson presented 12 commendation awards. Deputy Commissioner Marianne Ryan, Commanding Officer of the RCMP in Alberta, was also in attendance at the ceremony celebrating recipients. Commissioner Paulson will be awarding the Commissioner’s Commendation for Bravery and the…

  • Soup Sisters Millarville

    Soup Sisters Millarville

    On Sunday, January 31st the Racetrack hosted our 1st Soup Sisters event in the Hall. We had 13 participants from Foothills Masters Swim Club in Calgary. Chantal Teasdale of Rusty Spur Catering was our guest chef for the day. Chantal prepared a delicious soup for us all to enjoy, thank you Chantal. We also wish to thank: Anne Mackay…

  • Calgary Flames’ Brian Burke speaking at Oilfields School on community and support for all students

    Calgary Flames’ Brian Burke speaking at Oilfields School on community and support for all students

    Brian Burke, President of Hockey Operations for the Calgary Flames, will close a FREE series of parent nights at Oilfields School in Black Diamond that began back in February, covering topics ranging from social media safety, and personal excellence to gender discrimination and stereotypes. Burke, a vocal activist against homophobia in sports, strong supporter of first response personnel and…

  • Oilfields High and Turner Valley Students Show Their Archery Prowess

    Oilfields High and Turner Valley Students Show Their Archery Prowess

    Nineteen Turner Valley School (TVS) students and two Oilfields School students competed in the Canadian National Archery in Schools (NASP®) National Tournament March 12-15 in Edmonton. Of note: Grade 5 TVS student Cali Magee finished 7th in the country for her grade level. Grade 7 Oilfields student Jocelyn Holladay also finished 7th in the country…

  • Gardeners beware of Black Knot in trees

    Gardeners beware of Black Knot in trees

    Black knot is caused by the fungus Apiosporina Morbosa and is very common in various species of Prunus, which are ornamental and fruit bearing shrubs and trees such as Mayday, Amur Cherry, and Schubert Chokecherry. The Town of High River prunes trees in public areas for Black Knot twice a year. Residents are advised to…

  • New Research Shows Native Alberta Algae Can Help Detoxify Tailings Ponds

    New Research Shows Native Alberta Algae Can Help Detoxify Tailings Ponds

    Gordon Chua part of team testing ability of tiny organisms to clean oilsands wastewater By Erin Guiltenane A research project underway at the University of Calgary aims to clean up oilsands tailing ponds by using native algae already found in them to do the job. It’s well known that oilsands mining produces pools of wastewater that…

  • RCMP High River – Mischief

    RCMP High River – Mischief

    On April 1st, 2016 the High River RCMP responded to a complaint of a vandalism to a garage door.  Profanities were written on the garage door of a residence located on 6th St SE.  The RCMP is requesting the assistance of the public in locating the person responsible. If you have information about this, or any other…