Peace River training prepares firefighters for worst
Firefighters train on techniques to extinguish vehicle fires. This prop uses liquid propane to...
Several topics at MD of Taber AGM
Regional Community Standards Program Bryce Surina, the Director of IT for the M.D. of Taber, shared information about the Regional Community Standards Program with those in attendance. Surina said he has had the unique...
Hat Collegiate offers ‘Chrome Academy’ to high-school eligible students
Tim Bloomfield, principal of Coulee Collegiate, is enthusiastic about the new Chrome Academy being...
Hwy 3 expansion stalls permitting Crowsnest Pass RV park
A company that owns a Crowsnest Pass RV park is asking municipal council to reconsider its decision not to sell off public land that was inadvertently built on when the park expanded its operations a little over 10 years ago....
Director takes reins of Lethbridge therapeutic riding association
In mythology, horses symbolize varying meanings. One of those meanings to the early Celts was energy, power, and healing. But are these really legends and myths, or were there some truths behind these stories? As the...
Big Lakes County taking steps to control feral cat population
Growing concerns of the number of stray cats in Kinuso and other hamlets in Big Lakes County has led council to beef up controls of the felines. At its regular meeting May 10, council gave first reading to amend its...
Jasper climate change exhibit hopes to inspire climate action
Fireweed is at the heart of this Dee McLean image, now on display as part of Water, Wilderness and...
Lethbridge ‘Target Hunger’ needs volunteers for food drive
With inflation getting worse and food prices increasing the hard reality for some families having to face on a daily basis is turning to the food bank for assistance. The Lethbridge food banks are experiencing a shortage of...
Prairie Rose SD shrinks expected budget shortfall
At the regularly scheduled board meeting of Prairie Rose Public Schools, the budget for 2023-24 was presented by Ryan Boser, chief financial officer. The budget comes in with a deficit of $167,381, a significant decrease from...
Carseland, Gleichen facilities get $204,000 from Wheatland County grants
Wheatland County council approved a total of $204,000 to be allocated to community facilities in the hamlets of Carseland and Gleichen during the regular Tuesday, April 18 council meeting. The Carseland and Gleichen...
Kneehill County cuts tax rate to balance assessment values
Kneehill County council will mitigate increases to ratepayer tax bills after passing a Property Tax bylaw with a reduced mill rate during the regular Tuesday, May 9 council meeting. Property assessment values were up some...
CANADA WIDE COMMUNITY NEWS - HAPPENING NOW
Tiny council recently approved a housekeeping bylaw to improve lot grading and drainage in the municipality, with several changes proposed. The most noticeable change was in regards to the lot grading deposit, formerly set to $1,000 but increased to $5,000 with the approval. Public works director Tim Leitch explained the staff recommendation at the recent […] ...More
Silver Heights families are the latest to request the community’s public school allow their children to participate in Christian lessons during the day — a longstanding, but little-known possibility under provincial legislation. The St. James-Assiniboia School Board is expected to approve the use of Strathmillan School for elementary-aged theology programming at its next meeting. Trustees […] ...More
For Andrew Brant, gardening takes him back to his childhood, to precious time he spent with his late grandfather, bonding, learning, even making more work for a man he holds in the highest regard. Brant chuckled while standing roadside at his garden along York Road in Tydendinaga Mohawk Territory as he recounted how he used […] ...More
A neighbourhood group that raised concern over the establishment of a safe inhalation site in downtown Nelson is not opposed to the site, but rather is seeking proper process to discuss it, a recently-released organizational brochure claimed. Called the Neighbourhood Network, the grassroots organization — made up of “affected” residents, families, business owners, community recreation […] ...More
More than 30 months after Quebec revoked its permit to operate, G&R Recycling is again in the headlines for its yet unresolved environmental damage, forcing politicians to answer why more has not been done on a file that has plagued Kanesatake for years. The reignited mainstream interest in the site was kicked off early this […] ...More
Like Walking Buffalo, who travelled the world to share Indigenous culture and ways of knowing, Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda elders still carry that tradition today with the animal for whom the former Bearspaw chief was named. Last week, Grade 5 classes from Bow Valley schools gathered at Star 6 Ranch near Exshaw, where they listened to […] ...More
Saskatchewan Polytechnic has received $400,000 in funding from PrairiesCan’s – Community Economic Development and Diversification (CEDD) program for innovation and development in Saskatchewan’s wild rice industry. The funding will help bring together Sask Polytech’s engineering, design and fabrication capacity along with the training expertise required to create and maintain a sustainable fleet of harvester […] ...More
Bonnechere Excavating Inc., a Renfrew-based construction firm, has been awarded a $9,900,476 contract for the rehabilitation of eight streets in the town. At the May 9 council meeting, Councillor Kyle Cybulski, Chair of the Infrastructure, Public Works and Asset Management Committee, said in addition to the $9.9million contract, there is an overage of almost $2.6 […] ...More
The Town of The Blue Mountains is looking to expand its waste collection services in an effort to increase its overall diversion rate. At its committee of the whole meeting on May 16, council approved a report from Manager of Sustainability and Solid Waste Jeffery Fletcher that outlined waste collection service enhancements the town would like to […] ...More
This will be a slightly different format of an article than you would normally see in the newspaper, it will likely read more along the lines of an opinion piece rather than a generic news article. For the last four years I have been contracted to four municipalities in the Smoky River Region as their […] ...More
The Village of Magentawan has launched the third phase of its beautification project. The latest call has gone out to artists who are interested in painting a long mural on the outside wall of the Ahmic Harbour Community Centre. Laura Brandt, the municipality’s Deputy Clerk, says full details about the project are available online and prospective artists […] ...More
It was a red object spotted in the distance and a hunch that it might be something important that led Jamie Kablutsiak to his father. The helicopter that brought Thomas Hiatalaaq Alikaswa back to Arviat is parked at the airport May 12. (Photo by Eric Anoee, special to Nunatsiaq News) It was May 12, and […] ...More