Community Services

Palliser region communities have many services available for residents to keep them safe and secure.  A diverse range of recreational facilities and places of worship provide families the opportunity to stay active and maintain spiritual well-being.  All Palliser communities have a library or are part of a library system. 

Emergency Services and Fire Protection:

Policing – Hanna & Brooks RCMP Detachments

Ambulance, Fire, Rescue – Volunteer Fire Departments in Hanna, Jenner, Cessford, Bindloss, Buffalo and Homestead Coulee.  Ambulance Service out of Hanna and Brooks.  911 Services.

Justice Infrastructure– Provincial Court in Hanna

Recreation Facilities:

There are recreation facilities throughout Special Areas No. 2.

• Jenner
• Buffalo
• Bindloss
• Partnership Rest Area at Cactus Corner

Community Halls:

• Jenner
• Buffalo
• Bindloss
• Empress
• Meadowlands
• Spondin
• Garden Plains
• Homestead Coulee
• Hand Hills
• Iddesleigh
• Pollockville
• Cessford
• Hanna
• Dorothy
• Red Rose
• Scapa
• Social Plains
• Richdale

Ball Diamonds:

• Big Country
• Bindloss
• Buffalo
• Empress
• Garden Plain
• Hand Hills
• Homestead
• Jenner
• Meadowlands
• Cessford
• Red Rose
• Scapa
• Social Plains
• Spondin
• Table Rock

Tennis Courts:

• Empress
• Hanna

Swimming Pool:

• Hanna

Soccer:

• Hanna

Rifle Range:

• Hanna

Motocross:

• Hanna

Golfing:

• Hanna
• Sunnynook

Curling Rinks:

• Jenner
• Pollockville
• Hanna
• Empress

Rodeo Grounds:

• Buffalo
• Jenner
• Big Country
• Table Rock
• Hand Hills

Outdoor Skating:

• Hanna
• Homestead Coulee
• Cessford

Indoor Skating:

• Jenner
• Diamond Jubilee
• Hanna

Playgrounds throughout.

Religious Services:

Empress:

• The Empress McNeill Memorial United Church
• Family Worship Center  (Pentecostal Assembly Of Canada Church)
• Tel: 403-565-3877

Hanna:

• All Saints Anglican Church – 107-6th Avenue West; Tel: 403-854-4369; 403-854-2580
• Alliance Church – 514-2nd Avenue West ; Tel: 403-854-4122
• Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church – Center Street and 6th Avenue; Tel: 403-854-4245
• Church of Christ – 601 Centre Street; Tel: 780-406-1045
• First United Church – 808 Centre Street; Tel: 403-854-3772
• Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall – 506-1st Avenue West; Tel: 403-854-5910
• New Life Community Fellowship Church – Centre Street & 5th Avenue East; Tel: 403-854-3152
• Redeemer Lutheran Church – 3rd Street West and Fox Lake Trail ; Tel: 403-854-4605
• Seventh-day Adventist – 801 Center Street; Tel: 403-854-2050
• St. George’s Roman Catholic Church – 606-1st Street West; Tel: 403-854-3281

Buffalo:

• United Church

Library: 

Hanna Public Library, Empress Municipal Library, Homestead Coulee Library and Cessford Library.

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