By Rob Vogt School’s out for – who knows how long.On Monday, Oct. 6, the Alberta Teachers’ Association announced for the first time in history, every teacher in Alberta’s public education system is staying home rather than reporting to their classroom.In their announcement, the association said that’s more than 51,000 teachers, adding over the years, teachers have shown up time … Read more…
By Rob Vogt The Town of Claresholm is about to embark on a program to replace all the water meters in town.Jace McLean, the town’s director of infrastructure, explained the current water meters and encoder receiver transmitters are 18 years old and reaching the end of their lives.The encoder receiver transmitters, that transmit water meter information to the town’s reading … Read more…
By Rob Vogt Ratepayers in the Town of Claresholm will see an increase of $5.64 for the year on their natural gas bills after town council approved an increase to the franchise fee collected on its behalf by the gas company.At its Sept. 22 meeting, council heard a report from Chief Administrative Officer Abe Tinney explaining ATCO franchise fees are … Read more…
By Rob Vogt Ratepayers in the Town of Claresholm will see an increase of $13.68, or $1.14 per month, on their electricity bills after town council approved an increase to the franchise fee collected on its behalf by the power company.At its Sept. 22 meeting, council heard a report from Chief Administrative Officer Abe Tinney explaining Fortis franchise fees are … Read more…
By Tim Bryson Co-coach, WCCHS Cobras football team The Willow Creek Composite High School Cobras football team ran into a buzzsaw last Friday, Sept. 19, in Cardston, as a fast and motivated bunch of Cougars used an offensive explosion in the second and third quarter to beat the Cobras 42-12. This was clearly a game that Cardston had circled on … Read more…
By Rob Vogt It is time to finish it – to put an end to cancer.Forty-five years ago Terry Fox dipped the foot of his prosthetic right leg into the Atlantic Ocean.His goal was to run across Canada.Calling it the “Marathon of Hope”, Fox aimed to raise money – $1 for each Canadian – and awareness of cancer and cancer … Read more…
By Rob Vogt People had the chance last week to sign a petition seeking a referendum on the question: “Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?”Jackie Chalmers was downtown seeking signatures on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.The group she is with needs to gather at least 300,000 signatures, representing 10 per cent of the electorate who voted in the … Read more…