On September 7, FRTA members and guests gathered at Highwood Golf and Country Club for our annual NO BELLS Brunch. In spite of the pandemic, we had about 60 people…

This is the presentation of $500 to the High River Community Cancer Centre by the Foothills Retired Teachers’ Association (FRTA). Pictured left to right: Wendy Kennelly, Executive Director of the…

Jim Brandon has recently earned the title of Professor at the University of Calgary. There is an enormous amount of work required to achieve this status. Another Foothills person has…

The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) pulled out of negotiations with the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund (ATRF) in the weeks before the finance minister signed a ministerial order giving AIMCo…

Teachers and pensioners received a late, unwelcome Christmas gift from Finance Minister Travis Toews in the form of an imposed agreement on pension investment management. On December 23, 2020, Toews…

Merry Christmas friends and colleagues. FRTA executive met on Friday and developed a contest for our members.  There are prizes and we will be supporting small businesses in Okotoks, High…

Friends and Colleagues First, a big thank you to FRTA members for paying your 2020-2021 fees.  We have over ninety members. We have two membership draw winners.  Congratulations! Kathy W…

Photo taken by Carol Henderson

FRTA is pleased and proud to present Garry with an ARTA volunteer award this year. If you have been at any ARTA meetings during the last ten years, you will…

  I very much appreciate the opportunity to speak to you about the Canadian Association of Retired Teachers. It may come as a surprise to some of you, but you…