Category: Lifestyle

  • Decluttering? 5 Tips to Remember

    Decluttering? 5 Tips to Remember

    Many of us are swept up by the current phenomenon of organizing and shedding any belongings that don’t spark joy. But beyond updating your home, your decluttering binge can also help you get organized in other areas of your life. For example, if you’re in the market for tenant or home insurance, it’s important to…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Take Control of Your Cancer Risk

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Take Control of Your Cancer Risk

    Knowing which lifestyle factors have an impact on cancer risk worldwide is important, but how can you tell which factors actually affect your life? You can start by looking at the list of modifiable risk factors and asking yourself how you measure up. Remember, these are risk factors you can control. While you should feel good about the…

  • SAIT Climbs 10 Spots on List of Best Hospitality Schools in the World

    SAIT Climbs 10 Spots on List of Best Hospitality Schools in the World

    SAIT has earned a new high rank on a list recognizing the top hospitality and hotel management schools around the world — the only Canadian institution to make the cut. This is the fifth year the School of Hospitality and Tourism has earned a coveted spot on CEOWORLD magazine’s list of the best schools offering…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Lasagna

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Lasagna

    By Reena Nerbas Grey Spots on White Towels Hi Reena, Last year I purchased new white towels for my remodeled bathroom. They are lovely, but a few washes in they started sprouting grey blob shaped spots, especially on the hand towels. At first, I thought it was my daughter’s toothpaste staining the towels when she…

  • Alberta RCMP Launches House Hunters RCMP Edition

    Alberta RCMP Launches House Hunters RCMP Edition

    Edmonton – Spring is the time of year for house hunting and Alberta RCMP wants citizens to remember Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles while shopping or planning renovation projects. CPTED is based on the principle that certain design choices or alterations to existing structures can deter or prevent criminal activity. Consider your budget…

  • The Junior Canadian Rangers

    The Junior Canadian Rangers

    Friends, opportunities and experiences for life! Junior Canadian Rangers are proud and skilled youth who are involved in their communities. They are girls and boys 12 to 18, who live in remote and isolated areas of Canada that have Canadian Rangers. There are currently about 3,400 youth participating in over 125 patrols. The Junior Canadian…

  • Rowan House: Children’s Programs

    Rowan House: Children’s Programs

    Rowan House’s Children’s Program has been keeping busy the past few months, with 26 children served since January 1st. The team was also excited to take part in the Foothills Children’s Wellness Network’s 3rd Annual Early Learning and Care Conference held March 2nd. It’s always great to spend time with our partners and learn what other…

  • Pharmasave is a Proud National Parter of the Canadian Cancer Society

    Pharmasave is a Proud National Parter of the Canadian Cancer Society

    LANGLEY, BC, April 1, 2019 In 2017, it was estimated that more than 206,000 Canadians were diagnosed with cancer. To show support for those living with the disease, Pharmasave will once again partner with the Canadian Cancer Society for the Daffodil Campaign. Held each spring, the Daffodil Campaign is the Canadian Cancer Society’s national fundraising…

  • Keeping Your Horse in Good Health for Life

    Keeping Your Horse in Good Health for Life

    Horses were an important part of human history, having served as transportation, in war, for sport, and in many other roles. Modern horses in Canada are generally sport or pleasure horses and are treasured for their role as companions.  Regardless of their function, horses need appropriate and humane husbandry and training to allow safe handling,…

  • Storm Water and Sewer Smoke Tests to Take Place Again Near Emerson Lake, High River

    Storm Water and Sewer Smoke Tests to Take Place Again Near Emerson Lake, High River

    Storm water and sewer smoke tests to take place again near Emerson Lake April 4-5 HIGH RIVER, AB: Calgary Sewer Scope will once again be performing non-toxic smoke testing in the storm water and sanitary sewers near Emerson Lake starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 4. The first set of tests performed in February were…

  • What’s the Difference Between Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fats?

    What’s the Difference Between Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fats?

    You’ve probably heard a lot about omega-3 fats.  But what about omega-6 fats?  What’s the difference? What are omega-3 fats? Omega-3 fats are healthy unsaturated fats.  It is important that we get them from the foods we eat. There are three types of omega-3 fats: ALA (alpha linoleic acid) DHA (Docosahexanoic acid) EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid) Omega-3…

  • AACCO: Clarity Needed on NDP’s $25-a-day Daycare Proposal

    AACCO: Clarity Needed on NDP’s $25-a-day Daycare Proposal

    EDMONTON, AB (March 25, 2019): The Alberta Association of Child Care Operators (AACCO) is asking for clarity on the NDP’s affordable child care plan, which was announced today in Calgary. The NDP’s proposal would expand the $25-a-day daycare program to create 75,000 affordable child care spaces – of which 13,000 would be new spaces – over five years at a cost…

  • Every Resident Matters: 2019 High River Census begins April 1

    Every Resident Matters: 2019 High River Census begins April 1

    HIGH RIVER, AB– For the first time in over eight years, The Town of High River is getting ready to conduct a municipal census. The 2019 census will begin on April 1 and runs until May 17. “We have been growing steadily since the flood and would like to get accurate and up-to-date information on…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 1 – 8, 2019

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 1 – 8, 2019

    By Amy Elliott Aries It’s time to bring the full truth of who you are out into the light, for everyone to see. This revelation, dramatic as it sounds, might not require any sort of fanfare. In fact, it may well represent the culmination of a gradual process of evolution, in which you’ve come to…

  • Soybeans, Pork, Lobsters and Beef Could be Next on China’s Hit List

    Soybeans, Pork, Lobsters and Beef Could be Next on China’s Hit List

    Canada’s diplomatic juveniles have jeopardized the Canadian target of $75 billion in agriculture and food exports by 2025 By Sylvain Charlebois Senior Fellow Atlantic Institute for Market Studies Two recent cases make Canada’s political elite look like diplomatic juveniles. The SNC-Lavalin debacle refuses to go away, garnering global media attention for weeks. The Meng Wanzhou…