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Routes Salutes! High River Hospital Auxiliary
The High River Hospital Auxiliary – Celebrating 40 years of phenomenal fundraising! They are the unsung heroes – volunteers no less – raising funds for new surgical equipment, critical care items, furniture, beds, and even programs offered at the High River Hospital! This year the High River Hospital Auxiliary is celebrating its 40 Year Anniversary, [...]
November-December 2011
“With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.” -Thomas Foxwell Buxton I feel very honoured to have Calum Graham on the cover of this issue. What an inspiration for all of us. Regardless of how great or small we feel our talents are, in the end, I believe it’s the passion, dedication and [...]
Support your High Rive Fire Department
Support your local fire department by buying a 2012 calendar featuring High River’s own brave, hard working men and women. Your $20 goes towards the building a new training facility for the department. Great Christmas gift idea or stocking stuffer. Photographed by local photographers.
Look what I found: Boom Boom Cards!
“Be the change you want to see in the world”, Ghandi might have coined the phrase but you can actually do something today! I found this little treasure at Sundara in Okotoks, possibly the only store for hundreds of miles selling decks of good deeds. As soon as you register your deck, Boom Boom! gives [...]
From The Editor Fall, 2011
This fall issue is a marker for three years of bringing Routes magazine to the foothills! I am proud of the product and all the staff who work so hard to make it happen. Putting together this issue for you started a bit earlier than normal. Writer, Mary Savage began in January, to arrange a [...]
Running – (on purpose) for a cause.
by Bert Coates The minute I finished running my first and last marathon race (the Labatt’s Ottawa event some years back) — I made myself a promise –“never again”. So why at age 63 why am I striding in a crowd of 600+ runners wearing underwear and grinning like Cheshire cats. Crazy IDEA and it [...]
Survey Says…..
In a recent Routes online survey your responses were: What’s your favourite part of the magazine? 80% feature stories 39% A&E listings 34% pictures How many other people read your copy of Routes? 41.3 % – one other 37% – up to 5 others What would you like to see more of? 63% [...]
We have 3 winners for the Routes Birthday Giveaway
Our WINNERS ARE: Kindle 3G WIFI – Alison Laycraft Diamond Willow Artisan Retreat in Turner Valley (2 nights B&B for 2) – Rosemary Broklebank Kayben Farms, Okotoks‘ Jojo’s Cafe Woodburning oven Pizza part for 16 – Nora MacNamara
Northern Lights, Festivals and More
Heading North? Here’s a travel destination that’s more than oil sand tours! SPOTLIGHT ON THE TRUE NORTH: CULTURE AND COMMUNITY Fort McMurray’s Big Spirit Attracts Big Stars, Big Events And Big Audience Appeal (Fort McMurray, AB – July 22nd, 2011) – Fort McMurray may be recognized for its employment possibilities, but residents here know there [...]
Museum of the Highwood turns 50
Fifty years ago on October 19, 1961 the museum opened its doors to the public in the former Eamor’s building on 3 ave. SE in High River. The Museum of the Highwood has been preserving and sharing history of the Highwood region ever since. Read more about the celebration of this milestone anniversary: PDF – [...]
