Bow Island student wins Vimy Foundation Scholarship
Maddy Burgess, a Grade 11 student at Senator Gershaw, presented to the PRSD board about her trip to France and her Vimy Foundation Scholarship. She will take an all expenses paid two week tour of Vimy Ridge and Canadian WWI sites in August, one of 14 Canadian recipients. Burgess aims to be a community ambassador and will research and visit a WWI soldier grave, her great great uncle Farley, as part of the Beaverbrook Foundation program Bringing the Boys Home.
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Maddy Burgess
Prsd Board of Trustees
France
Burgess
Vimy Ridge
Europe
Canada
Foundation
Beaverbrook Foundation
Margaret Wooding wins Healthy School Cup for PRSD
Margaret Wooding School in Redcliff has won the Healthy School Cup for the Medicine Hat region for a second year running. Alberta Health Services sponsors the award recognizing wellness in public divisions as students showcased yoga based calm and mindfulness at a public meeting with PRSD trustees.
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Margaret Wooding
PRSD
Dunmore
Medicine Hat
Margaret Wooding School
Redcliff
Jenner Colony School
Alberta Health Services
Wind farm a winner for PRSD boosts revenue
PRSD secretary treasurer Ryan Boser reported a 2015 purchase of power from BluEarth Renewables Bull Creek Wind Farm has earned the district 35,000 in revenue from first year carbon credit sales. He noted the project remains a long term investment with expected higher carbon credit income as taxes rise to 30 per tonne. Any savings reduce direct power costs.
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PRSD
Ryan Boser
Boser
BluEarth Renewables
Bull Creek
RCMP Take Stand In Saretzky Triple Murder Trial
RCMP officers testified in Lethbridge court about Derek Saretzky and his father Larry after two Blairmore and Blairmore area scenes. Forensics described blood patterns, tire impressions, and seized items linking the suspect to the 2015 murders of Terry Blanchette, Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, and Hanne Meketech.
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Saretzky
Crowsnest Pass
Lethbridge
Larry Saretzky
Derek
Stephen Browne
Brown
Derek Saretzky
Blairmore
Terry Blanchette
Hailey Dunbar
Blanchette
Coleman
Hanne
Browne
Court
Dunbar-Blanchette
Larry
Hailey
Terry
Jennifer Barnes
Barnes
Roland Babinec
Babinec
Prestige Cleaners
Cpl
Jacques Neri
Neri
Dundar-Blanchette
Saskatchewan names its new health superboard
The Saskatchewan government appointed ten people to lead the Saskatchewan Health Authority with Dick Carter as chairman. The board includes members from Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Weyburn, Yorkton, Pinehouse Lake and North Battleford. A chief executive is to be named by the end of August.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Regina-Qu’Appelle
Dick Carter
KPMG
Crown Investments Corp
Saskatchewan Party
12 Health
Carter
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Weyburn
Yorkton
Pinehouse Lake
North Battleford
TransCanada plans $2 billion for Nova gas pipeline expansion
TransCanada Corp. outlines a $2 billion plan to expand the Nova natural gas system to move more fuel from Western Canadian fields. The project targets producers in Montney, Duvernay and Deep Basin near the B C Alberta border aiming for Pacific Northwest, California and Nevada markets. Landowner, community and Indigenous consultations will occur, with NEB filings in late 2017 and construction possibly starting 2019, finishing by 2021.
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Duvernay
Deep Basin
B.c.-Alberta
Pacific Northwest
California
Nevada
Canada
TransCanada
National Energy Board
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