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Bow Island pays respects to fallen and serving soldiers

Posted on November 17, 2015

[caption id="attachment_1992" align="aligncenter" width="226"] Cst. Andrew Crouse leads the Colour Guard at the Remebrance Day service at the Bow Island Royal Canadian Legion.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1984"… Read More »

Big numbers attend Redcliff Remembrance Day service

Posted on November 17, 2015

By Tim Kalinowski Remembrance Day services at Redcliff were very well attended this year with perhaps as many as five hundred people packing the gym… Read More »

Landsdowne asks Cypress County to absorb more costs at Irvine development

Posted on November 10, 2015

By Tim Kalinowski Cypress County councillors had a bitter pill to swallow when Irvine developer Lansdowne Equity Ventures petitioned council for more funding to offset… Read More »

Proud to guard tomb of Unknown Soldier

Posted on November 10, 2015

By Jamie Rieger It is an honour for any soldier to serve sentry duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa and one… Read More »

Career soldier speaks of his combat service in Afghan war

Posted on November 10, 2015

By Tim Kalinowski Lt. Col. Hackett served until this year as the base commander at CFB Suffield. Many got to know Lt. Col. Hackett and… Read More »

BluEarth proposes two solar projects for region

Posted on November 10, 2015

By Jamie Rieger A Calgary-based renewable energy company has chosen the County of Forty Mile for two solar energy projects which, if approved, could supply… Read More »

SEAR gives gift of mobility to one little girl

Posted on November 10, 2015

By Tim Kalinowski Last Friday night was very special for one local little girl in Redcliff. The South Eastern Alberta Riders (SEAR) donated a mobility… Read More »

Joe Baier: Story of a prairie sailor

Posted on November 10, 2015

By Tim Kalinowski Ninety year-old Joe Baier has spent most of us his life in and around Redcliff. In fact there has been only three… Read More »

Gala celebrates 40 years of local library

Posted on November 10, 2015

By Jamie Rieger Forty years ago, municipal leaders in Bow Island saw the need for a community library and plans were immediately put in place… Read More »

Redcliff greenhouses facing stiff headwinds with low dollar, high costs

Posted on November 3, 2015

By Tim Kalinowski Last week the government of Alberta released its annual greenhouse report. The report, which takes into account numbers from 2010-2014, laid out… Read More »

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