Category: Lifestyle

  • Foothills County: Food Truck Inspection Blitz

    Foothills County: Food Truck Inspection Blitz

    If you are an Owner/Operator of a food truck and want to operate in Foothills County, you NEED an annual inspection! Join us here at the High River Fire Hall May 15th and get all your Foothills inspections at once!! Foothills County, High River, Black Diamond, Turner Valley, and Okotoks Fire Inspectors will all be…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness: Together4Health

    AHS Weekly Wellness: Together4Health

    Share Your Upcoming Wellness and Community Events with Albertans on Together4Health This April, Alberta Health Services (AHS) marked a major milestone – 10 years as a single, provincewide healthcare organization – and we are celebrating as 10 Together. Healthcare is more than treating disease and illness, it is also about looking at a preventative approach…

  • Foothills Country Hospice: We Love Our Volunteers

    Foothills Country Hospice: We Love Our Volunteers

    WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS We really do! Did you know our VOLUNTEERS contribute more than 10,500 hours per year? They are a group of MULTI-TALENTED, COMPASSIONATE & CARING people – their dedication & commitment unwavering. Many have been with us since the Hospice first opened its doors in 2008. We are so incredibly lucky our 100+…

  • The Sweet Truth of Easter

    The Sweet Truth of Easter

  • The ‘A’ Words – Autism and Advocacy – Go Hand in Hand

    The ‘A’ Words – Autism and Advocacy – Go Hand in Hand

    With early intervention and the right supports, children with autism can learn and thrive. But too many doors are closed to these children By Sharon McCarryExecutive DirectorThe Little Red Playhouse “As soon as I mentioned the ‘A’ word, I knew she would not be calling me back.” This was what one of the parents I…

  • Astronomers Release 1st Real Black Hole Image

    Astronomers Release 1st Real Black Hole Image

    By Deborah Byrd  EarthSky On Wednesday, in coordinated press conferences across the globe, researchers unveiled a history-making image – the 1st ever – of the “shadow” of a supermassive black hole. On April 10, 2019, in coordinated press conferences around the world, researchers unveiled the first direct visual evidence – a photo, albeit in the…

  • Parkinson Canada Targets Gaps in Services and Treatments

    Parkinson Canada Targets Gaps in Services and Treatments

    TORONTO /CNW/ – Whether you are newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s or the care partner to someone in their third decade of living with this life-changing disease, timely information, care and treatments makes the difference between living well and experiencing hardship. This April, during Parkinson Awareness Month, Parkinson Canada wants Canadians to know that they can now…

  • Notre-Dame de Paris: From Searing Emotion to the Future Rebirth of a World Heritage Site

    Notre-Dame de Paris: From Searing Emotion to the Future Rebirth of a World Heritage Site

    On the night of April 15, 2019, in Paris, the emotions were raw. “Notre Dame is burning, the whole of France is crying, the whole world is crying,” said Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris. “It’s terrible, frightening, painful, a tragedy, a nightmare.” “This place leaves no one untouched. When you enter this cathedral, it inhabits you,”…

  • Canadian Students Talk Science with David Saint-Jacques

    Canadian Students Talk Science with David Saint-Jacques

    Alberta students share their Living Space project results with Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques  BEAUMONT, AB, April 17, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – Astronauts are modern-day explorers and are role models for young Canadians. They can inspire our youth to reach for greater heights – even space itself! Today, a few months after inviting young Canadians to participate in the Living Space project, Canadian Space Agency(CSA)…

  • Residential Street Sweeping to Start Next Week in High River

    Residential Street Sweeping to Start Next Week in High River

    HIGH RIVER, AB: On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, the Town’s road crew will begin their annual street sweeping program. Every Spring, street sweepers are used to clear major thoroughfares and residential streets of gravel and other debris that have accumulated over winter. “One of the main reasons we sweep the streets is to keep pedestrians,…

  • Millarville Horticultural Club: Wild Gardens

    Millarville Horticultural Club: Wild Gardens

    Every second Tuesday of the month (Sept to May) at 7:30pm a speaker is arranged to talk and share their knowledge with the club. We meet at the Millarville church house.  Tuesday May 14th is the next meeting.  It is our spring potluck. 6:30pm is the dinner, bring your favorite dish for 5-6 people, Julie Walker…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Reducing Cancer’s Death Toll Through Prevention

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Reducing Cancer’s Death Toll Through Prevention

    Ever heard the saying “prevention is the best medicine”? While there are a number of factors that contribute to the risk of developing cancer and affect its prognosis, a study published in the medical journal The Lancet found that 9 risk factors contributed to more than one-third of cancer deaths around the world annually. But unlike risk factors…

  • AHS Notifying Individuals of Potential Tuberculosis Exposure

    AHS Notifying Individuals of Potential Tuberculosis Exposure

    April 17, 2019 – CALGARY – Alberta Health Services (AHS) has today issued notification letters to 150 individuals indicating that they or their child may have been exposed to a confirmed case of tuberculosis (TB) at a daycare in the Calgary Zone. Notification letters include information on arrangements for standard TB assessment, screening and treatment,…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Getting the Wrinkles Out

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Getting the Wrinkles Out

    By Reena Nerbas Broth, Bouillon or Stock Dear Reena, I’ve been reading new recipes and have come across some words that I can’t wrap my brain around. What is the difference between broth, bouillon and stock? Submitted by: Harold Good question Harold! Broth and bouillon are words that can be used interchangeable. Traditional stock is…

  • Canada Revenue Agency: How to Get Your Benefit Payments While Staying in a Shelter

    Canada Revenue Agency: How to Get Your Benefit Payments While Staying in a Shelter

    The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is wholeheartedly committed to ensuring that vulnerable Canadians, among them women and children facing abusive situations get their benefits and credits. When you are going through a difficult time, it is all the more important to keep getting your benefit payments. Changes to your address, your marital status, the number…