Tag: Southern Alberta

  • FSD Responds to Concerns Regarding “Guidelines for Best Practices” from Alberta Education

    FSD Responds to Concerns Regarding “Guidelines for Best Practices” from Alberta Education

    Re: Guidelines for Best Practices: Creating Learning Environments that Respect Diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Gender Expressions We have received numerous telephone calls and e-mails from parents whose children attend our schools. We are doing our best to acknowledge receipt in a timely manner, however, due to the high volume it may take some extra time. In…

  • Foothills SNAPS 1st R.E.D. Identity Card Program

    Foothills SNAPS 1st R.E.D. Identity Card Program

    Foothills Special Needs Association for Parents and Siblings (SNAPS) has undertaken the 1st R.E.D. initiative in High River, the M.D.’s of Foothills and Willow Creek to provide Identification Cards to persons with visible and hidden special needs including seniors, adults, youth and children and community as a whole. This project is being funded by the…

  • Mobile Tourism Training Program Lets Students Earn and Learn on the Go

    Mobile Tourism Training Program Lets Students Earn and Learn on the Go

    Collaboration between the Government of Alberta, Olds College and the Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), has led to the development of a new mobile tourism and hospitality training program that will be available this fall. Government and the AHLA each contributed $500,000 to develop the training videos, which will be easily accessible to students…

  • Alberta REALTORS® Welcome Stephanie McLean as New Minister of Service Alberta

    Alberta REALTORS® Welcome Stephanie McLean as New Minister of Service Alberta

    Calgary AB, February, 2016 – The Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA) and its 10,000 REALTOR® members across the province congratulate MLA Stephanie McLean on her appointment as Minister of Service Alberta and Status of Women. AREA is looking forward to working with Minister McLean in her Service Alberta role, which was announced along with other Cabinet moves by Premier…

  • With Shocking Job Loss Numbers, NDP Must Back Down from Risky Policies: Wildrose

    With Shocking Job Loss Numbers, NDP Must Back Down from Risky Policies: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB (February 5, 2016): With new job numbers showing Alberta lost 73,000 full-time jobs in 2015, and a further 26,000 private sector jobs in January, the NDP government must repeat the lesson from the royalty review and climb down from several of their damaging economic policies, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. Alberta’s unemployment…

  • RCMP Airdrie – Thefts

    RCMP Airdrie – Thefts

    Break and Enter at Crossfield ESSO Airdrie, Alberta – On January 30th, 2016, at 3:48 a.m., the Airdrie RCMP responded to a Break and Enter at the ESSO located in Crossfield, Alberta. It appears that several male suspects gained entry into the business by damaging an exterior door. Once inside, they attempted to gain access into an ATM, however they were…

  • RCMP High River – Armed Robbery – Pickup truck and trailer (boat)

    RCMP High River – Armed Robbery – Pickup truck and trailer (boat)

    High River, Alberta  –  On Friday February 5th, 2016 at approximately 10:40 a.m, the High River RCMP responded to a complaint of an armed robbery at the Summerset Carwash on the corner of 5th Street and 7th Ave, S.E. A 32 year old male had gone to the carwash to wash his boat.  While there he was approached by…

  • SAIT is Rebranding

    SAIT is Rebranding

    Calgary, AB — Work to redefine the SAIT brand is currently underway and a new brand will launch by fall 2016. SAIT’s impressive rate of growth and transformation over the last 15 years has made it a global leader in applied education — but the brand used to define the relationship SAIT has with students, employees,…

  • Wind Warning for: Okotoks – High River – Claresholm

    Wind Warning for: Okotoks – High River – Claresholm

    5:30 AM CST Friday 05 February 2016 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 Priddis and Brown-Lowery Prov. Park M.D. of Foothills near…

  • Gleichen RCMP investigate possible hit and run death – Update 1 

    Gleichen RCMP investigate possible hit and run death – Update 1 

      Siksika, Alta. – Gleichen RCMP are continuing the hit and run investigation in relation to the death on Highway 842, South of Highway 1. The incident is believed to have occurred in the early morning hours of Feb. 1, 2016. On Feb. 2, 2016 the Calgary Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy and confirmed…

  • CBSA 2015 Year in Review for Southern Alberta

    CBSA 2015 Year in Review for Southern Alberta

      In their continued commitment to keeping our borders safe and secure, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers in southern Alberta seized 51 undeclared firearms last year, representing the largest annual total since 2012. In one case at the Carway border crossing on May 3, officers seized three undeclared firearms – including two handguns –…

  • Olds RCMP Investigate Attempted Robbery of Our Flames Lounge

    Olds RCMP Investigate Attempted Robbery of Our Flames Lounge

      Olds, AB:  RCMP are investigating an attempted armed robbery that occurred on February 4, 2016 at about 9:45 PM at the “Our Flames Lounge” in Olds, Alberta.  The suspect was initially reported to have used a sawed off shot gun however witness accounts suggest the weapon used is an air gun. Members from Olds and Didsbury converged on…

  • Wildrose Sets Timelines for Calgary-Greenway Nomination

    Wildrose Sets Timelines for Calgary-Greenway Nomination

    CALGARY, AB (February 4, 2016): Wildrose has announced the timelines for its Calgary-Greenway nomination. Applicants have until Sunday, Feb. 7 to file applications and sell memberships. A nomination vote has been tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 5. Further details on the time and location of the vote will be released in the coming weeks. Only Wildrose members who live in…

  • John Ware: The Man and His Legend

    John Ware: The Man and His Legend

    Few personalities stand out in the ranching history of Canada like John Ware. John was an African-American born into slavery on a South Carolina plantation around 1845.  He rose to fame in the young Canadian prairies due to his exceptional horsemanship skills.  His amiable personality and sheer determination won the hearts of many.  A wealth of…

  • Bow Valley College Executive Receives Blackfoot Name

    Bow Valley College Executive Receives Blackfoot Name

      CALGARY – Val Hoey, Associate Vice-President of College Advancement, Bow Valley College received a Blackfoot name during a ceremony in the Iniikokaan Aboriginal Centre at Bow Valley College (BVC) on Friday January 29, 2016. The honorary title is in recognition of all that Hoey has done throughout her career to enhance Aboriginal student success. The…