Tag: Southern Alberta

  • Out-of-Control Liberal borrowing won’t create jobs and means higher taxes for Foothills residents

    Out-of-Control Liberal borrowing won’t create jobs and means higher taxes for Foothills residents

    Ottawa, ON – Official Opposition Deputy Critic and Member of Parliament for Foothills John Barlow is disappointed the Liberals have once again not provided adequate support to workers in the energy sector hit hard by the downturn in oil prices, have completely ignored the agricultural sector and have increased taxes on job creating small businesses.…

  • Province Extends GreenTRIP Application Deadline

    Province Extends GreenTRIP Application Deadline

      The Government of Alberta has extended the application deadline for the third call for applications to the Green Transit Incentives Program. GreenTRIP applications will now be accepted until August 31, 2016 at the request of several municipalities interested in accessing the funds. “GreenTRIP has supported many capital transit projects across the province. When municipalities…

  • RCMP Cochrane – Grass Fire

    RCMP Cochrane – Grass Fire

    Cochrane, Alberta – On March 22nd 2016 at approximately 3:30 PM, Cochrane RCMP and other emergency services were called to a grass fire north west of the town of Cochrane, Alberta.  A rural property owner just west of Highway 22 had been burning items on their farm when the fire began to spread due to the dry…

  • New Horse Racing Agreement Supports Rural Alberta

    New Horse Racing Agreement Supports Rural Alberta

    A renewed 10-year funding agreement with Horse Racing Alberta will help ensure the viability of Alberta’s horse racing industry and reflects government’s focus on responsibly managing provincial finances during the economic downturn. The Government of Alberta and Horse Racing Alberta (HRA) have signed a new 10-year agreement, which will support rural communities and the agriculture…

  • Marsville and Bio Dome Projects Take Place in Foothills Schools

    Marsville and Bio Dome Projects Take Place in Foothills Schools

    Ecole Senator Riley Middle School On February 26, teacher Cliona Curran’s Grade 6 students hosted the first ever “Marsville” event at École Senator Riley Middle School. Students have been learning about objects in our universe, specifically looking at planets and moons in our solar system. A research project that had students examine the potential for…

  • Calgary Zoo Welcomes Baby Gorilla

    Calgary Zoo Welcomes Baby Gorilla

    Calgary, AB – The Calgary Zoo is delighted to announce the arrival of a western lowland baby gorilla. The newest member of the gorilla troop arrived Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at approximately 9:30 p.m. First time mom, 15-year-old Kioja and her baby have been seen bonding and nursing; demonstrating positive mothering behaviours. “With approximately 350…

  • Province Gears Up to Protect Alberta Waters from Invasive Species

    Province Gears Up to Protect Alberta Waters from Invasive Species

    Hilo, Diesel and Seuss are strapping on their booties and vests for another busy watercraft inspection season. Boating season is just around the corner and watercraft inspection stations are gearing up for the influx of snowbirds on their way home from the U.S. The Coutts inspection station opened for business on March 7 and is…

  • RCMP Canmore Investigates Death in the Spray Valley Provincial Park Area

    RCMP Canmore Investigates Death in the Spray Valley Provincial Park Area

    During the evening of Sunday March 20th, RCMP received a report of an overdue male who was reportedly snow shoeing in the Tent Ridge area of the Spray Valley Provincial Park. Members of the Kananaskis Public Safety Team along with Kananaskis Conservation Officers began an air search of the area at daylight on Monday March…

  • Statement from Premier Rachel Notley on Brussels attacks

    Statement from Premier Rachel Notley on Brussels attacks

    March 22, 2016 Premier Rachel Notley released the following statement on the tragic explosions in Brussels. “It is with great sadness that I learned of the devastating explosions in Brussels. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. “These unspeakable acts are fostering the opposite of their desired effect. As the world…

  • Millarville Junior Gardeners

    Millarville Junior Gardeners

    The Junior division of the Millarville Horticultural Club will have their first meeting in 2016 on Thursday, April 28th at 7 pm in the Library of the Millarville Community School. All junior gardeners and their families are invited to attend. We will do some planting of vegetables and flowers, discuss garden plans and products, and…

  • Foothills Students Discuss School Division Policy on Inclusiveness and Respect

    Foothills Students Discuss School Division Policy on Inclusiveness and Respect

    At the most recent Students’ Matters Committee meeting, Board and executive leadership team representatives were impressed by the thoughtful discussion among student committee representatives on the draft policy and administrative procedure that FSD has developed. Policy 18 – Welcoming, Safe, Caring, Inclusive and Respectful Learning Environments and Administrative Procedure 350 – Student Code of Conduct,…

  • Proposed Labour Law will Comply with Supreme Court Ruling

    Proposed Labour Law will Comply with Supreme Court Ruling

      The Government of Alberta is amending legislation to ensure it protects Albertans’ access to public services while respecting public sector workers’ bargaining rights. If passed, Bill 4, An Act to Implement a Supreme Court Ruling Governing Essential Services, will modernize two key Alberta labour laws to reflect rulings by the Supreme Court of Canada…

  • High River Council selects new Chief Administrative Officer

    High River Council selects new Chief Administrative Officer

    HIGH RIVER, AB: High River Council is pleased to announce that Tom Maier has been appointed as the new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for the Town. Maier has been High River’s acting CAO since January and has been the Town’s Chief Financial Officer since 2011. “Tom has passion, experience and a positive attitude, as well…

  • Broken Model Hurting Midwifery Services in Alberta: Wildrose

    Broken Model Hurting Midwifery Services in Alberta: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) broken model for midwives in Alberta does not meet current demands and will result in some of the midwife centres having their doors closed, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The current lapse in funding, as revealed by the AHS funding allocation for the 2016-17 fiscal year, will force…

  • Statement from the Alberta Association of Midwives – March 18 2016

    Statement from the Alberta Association of Midwives – March 18 2016

      Alberta Health Services has released the allocation of 2,774 funded courses of care for 2016/17 to Alberta’s midwifery practices. In 2015/16, the relaxation of a restriction on the opening of new practices resulted in a number of midwives moving between practices and some opened new practices in order to serve rural and underserved Albertans to meet…