Category: Lifestyle

Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation is pleased to share that Alberta Beef Producers has generously agreed to support our Discover and Explore Grasslands Programs for a second year in a row. Our Grasslands Programming offers in-school and field trip opportunities to teach children about grassland ecosystems and the role that cattle play in managing our landscape. Through…

As we make our way into the warmer months of spring and summer, there are new ways to minimize your energy consumption around the home. The following tips are our guidelines for reducing your energy use in the months ahead:   Clean your refrigerator condenser coils and ensure air can circulate freely; the motor works…

170,000 students expected to cast ballots in largest-ever Alberta Student Vote campaign  Even though they are under the voting age, more than 170,000 elementary and high school students from throughout Alberta will have an opportunity to consider the future direction of the province and vote for the official candidates running in the general election. Student…

Speakers’ unlikely friendship forged from tragedy An unlikely friendship that emerged from a violent tragedy symbolized a message of forgiveness and understanding delivered at Mount Royal University in March. On Aug. 5, 2012, white supremacist Wade Michael Page walked into a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc., and shot five men and one woman to…

Community spirit brought the 2019 Calgary Stampede Canvas Auction to an impressive finish, as 36 chuckwagon drivers and prospective bidders gathered for an action-packed evening in the Boyce Theatre at the 2019 Canvas Auction, presented by GMC. “It’s wonderful to see all of these companies and groups step forward to support the iconic sport of chuckwagon…

By Squadron Leader Harold G. Williamson  On October 21, 2010, the Minister of Canadian Heritage officially declared April 6 as Tartan Day. We celebrate on that date because it is the anniversary of the signing of Declaration of Arbroat, the Scottish declaration of independence, in 1320. In Canada, Tartan Day originated in the late 1980s…

by Eleanor Imster The disease, which eats away at the skin of amphibians, has completely wiped out 90 species and caused dramatic population declines in more than 500 more. An international study has determined that a fungal disease – called chytridiomycosis- has caused dramatic population declines in more than 500 amphibian species – mostly frogs, but…

(Banff, AB): On April 4th, Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) presented its annual Awards of Excellence during its 2019 Annual Conference at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta. These awards honour Alberta individuals for their contribution to the profession; as well as Alberta communities for excellence in: Business and Investment Attraction (BIA); Business Retention and Expansion…