Col Angus Brown Reflects On Three Years At CFB Suffield
Col Angus Brown, 45, reflects on his tenure at Canadian Forces Base Suffield noting more good than bad amid peace rallies training injuries and a major fire. He handed over command to Col Howard Marsh at a ceremony Friday afternoon.
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Peter Hays
Col
Angus Brown
Canadian Forces Base
Suffield
Weather centre seeks recruits for watcher network
The Alberta Weather Centre seeks volunteers to join a 1,200 strong severe weather watch network across the province. Volunteers report storms and wind or hail events for downstream warnings, with emphasis on large scale blizzards and rural outreach to agriculture.
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Dean Pelkey
The
Alberta Weather Centre
Weather Centre
Edmonton
Paruk
RCMP
Marsh assumes base command at Suffield in ceremony
Col. Howard Marsh takes command of Canadian Forces Base Suffield in a Friday parade, succeeding Col. Angus Brown who led since 1986. Marsh, 48, arrives after briefings in Alberta and plans to relocate his family from Carlisle Pennsylvania. Brown reflects on growth, environmental work, and international training shifts amid ongoing base changes.
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Peter Hays
Howard Marsh
Canadian Force Base
Suffield
Marsh
Angus Brown
Prairie
Medicine Hat
Jim Horsman
D.M. Dean
Alberta
Brown
Calgary diabetic fundraiser rider completes 1500 km journey
Kevin Morgan, 27, Alberta native and insulin dependent diabetic, ends his 1500 kilometre Ride for Research in Calgary with a police escort. The fundraiser, backed by the Alberta Foundation for Diabetes Research, supports insulin producing islet cell transplant research and is matched by the provincial government. Morgan endured wet cold, wore plastic bags on limbs, and survived a collision during training, aiming to show Albertans the funding pays off.
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Kevin Morgan
13Th Avenue S.E
Southview Mall
Diabetes Association
Morgan
Alberta
Cam McCulloch
Calgary
University Hospitals
Edmonton
Alberta Foundation For Diabetes Research
Peace River
Workplace safety week highlights youth injury risk in Alberta
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety chair says youths ages 15 to 24 have disproportionately high workplace injuries and deaths. At a Medicine Hat luncheon during Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Week, Maureen Shaw urged early education and community involvement to foster safe habits, noting Alberta's leadership in awareness programs and presenting several safety awards.
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Bob Brown
Maureen Shaw
Canadian Centre For Occupational Health and Safety
Joe Schmidt
IXL Industries
Medicine Hat Golf Club
Petra Kossman
The
Shaw
Alberta
West
Medicine Hat
Bruce Logan
British engineer awarded Order of the British Empire
Ronald Hardon, 54, a British Army civil engineer based at Canadian Forces Base Suffield, is named a Member of the Order. He led a 28 million dollar regrowth program and oversaw New Works construction in Canada and parts of the United States for the British Army. Hardon plans retirement to Britain with wife Lily.
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Defence Research Establishment
Marsh
Suffield
Kells
Diane
Carlisle
United States Army War College
Brown
Carslisle
Canadian Forces Base
Ronald Hardon
Medicine Hat
Hardon
Canada
United States
North America
Wainwright
Alta
Goose Bay
Nild
Britain
Lily
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