Category: Lifestyle

  • Alberta Francophonie Month: Premier Notley

    Alberta Francophonie Month: Premier Notley

    Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement to celebrate the start of Alberta Francophonie Month: “Today, Albertans across the province are raising the Franco-Albertan flag to mark Alberta Francophonie Month. “For more than 200 years, French speakers have made significant cultural, social and economic contributions to our province. They continue to this day, with Alberta…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: DASH Diet

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: DASH Diet

    Experts say the DASH diet can help lower your blood pressure. Do you know what the DASH diet is? DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. Simply stated, hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. This diet differs from most other traditional diets as it does not restrict the quantity of food…

  • Alberta Bans Seclusion Rooms

    Alberta Bans Seclusion Rooms

    Education Minister David Eggen has issued a Ministerial Order to ban seclusion rooms in schools. The order will come into effect for the upcoming 2019-20 school year. The ban will take effect on Sept. 1. “As a parent and a former teacher, I’ve been disturbed by some of the incidents I’ve heard about involving seclusion…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Storing Potatoes

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Storing Potatoes

    By Reena Nerbas Musty Plastic Containers Dear Reena, I have several, old plastic containers that smell musty. Should I throw them out, or is there a way to remove the smell? Caris Dear Caris, Use a pastry brush and smear the plastic interior with either mustard or toothpaste. Make sure that you cover every corner.…

  • Alberta Accelerates High-tech Support

    Alberta Accelerates High-tech Support

    Alberta Innovates will launch a tech accelerator program to help high-tech entrepreneurs turn ideas into market-ready products and applications. The program will provide the infrastructure and mentorship to connect startups with the tools, resources, seed funding and skilled talent pool they need to grow their business and create new jobs, while opening connections to potential…

  • Check Out the Top 10 Finalists of Searchlight 2019: Local Band Makes the Cut!

    Check Out the Top 10 Finalists of Searchlight 2019: Local Band Makes the Cut!

    Congratulations to Taken by Sanity for making the top 10 and thank you to all of you who voted for them! By Grant Lawrence, CBC Searchlight 2019 began back in January with thousands of Canadian musicians from every province and territory uploading their best original Canadian songs to YouTube. Thousands of votes were cast and…

  • Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or Drones in Canada’s National Parks

    Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or Drones in Canada’s National Parks

    Recreational use of drones at all Parks Canada places is prohibited. Drone flying is a popular hobby for many people and may also be used for commercial purposes. However, Drones can pose risks to visitors, disturb wildlife and lead to negative experiences for other visitors to Banff National Park. For these reasons, Parks Canada strictly…

  • Foothills School Division: Superintendent of Schools Announcement

    Foothills School Division: Superintendent of Schools Announcement

    The Board of Trustees is delighted to announce that Mr. Chris Fuzessy has been appointed Superintendent of Schools for Foothills School Division #38 effective June 10, 2019. Mr. Fuzessy has an exceptional record of school and division leadership throughout his 26 years as an educator, during which he has worked as an educational assistant, teacher, principal,…

  • Preliminary Review of Pension For Life for Injured Veterans is Alarming

    Preliminary Review of Pension For Life for Injured Veterans is Alarming

    Royal Canadian Legion The findings in the recent Parliamentary Budget Officer Report, The cost differential between three regimes of Veterans Benefits, causes The Royal Canadian Legion great concern.  The report indicates Veterans, specifically those most seriously ill and injured, will receive less financial compensation than is provided under the current Veterans Well-being Act. The Legion has long said…

  • Airdrie RCMP’s First “Mochas with Mounties” a Success

    Airdrie RCMP’s First “Mochas with Mounties” a Success

    Airdrie, Alta – Airdrie RCMP hosted their first “Mochas with Mounties” at Sorso Lounge last week and it was a huge success. RCMP developed this program as they wanted a way to engage the community and to connect with the people of Airdrie. What better way to do this than have coffee in an open forum.…

  • Intermittent Closures Required on Macleod Trail between 7 and 8 Street S.W. on March 7

    Intermittent Closures Required on Macleod Trail between 7 and 8 Street S.W. on March 7

    HIGH RIVER, AB: K-Line is working on behalf of Fortis this week to relocate overhead powerlines on Macleod Trail between 7 and 8 Street S.W. The work will require intermittent road closures in both directions of Macleod Trail between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 7. Flaggers will be temporarily stopping traffic in…

  • The Road to Mons with Susan Raby-Dunne – a Presentation in Turner Valley March 7th

    The Road to Mons with Susan Raby-Dunne – a Presentation in Turner Valley March 7th

    Susan will be at the Sheep River Library tomorrow night with copies of her books and some artifacts from WWI as she talks about her trip to France and Belgium, complete with plenty of photos. Susan is a local author who has written three books on war and the role Canadians played: The Brooding Soldier…

  • Government, Pharmacists Extend Funding Agreement

    Government, Pharmacists Extend Funding Agreement

    A first-of-its-kind pharmacy funding framework that has successfully reduced government’s health-care costs will be extended for another two years. The framework, announced last year between the Alberta government and the Alberta Pharmacists’ Association, was set to expire March 31, 2020, but will now be extended to March 31, 2022. Measures previously introduced under the framework…

  • Don’t Gamble with your RRSPs

    Don’t Gamble with your RRSPs

    By BBB Serving Southern Alberta and East Kootenay With the RRSP deadline approaching on February 29, it can be tempting to seek out lucrative RRSP investments.BBB is urging people to pay heed to suspicious investment offers to avoid being scammed out of their Registered Retirement Savings Plan funds. “Depending on your financial circumstances, it can be…

  • Alberta Increases Oil Production Limit for April

    Alberta Increases Oil Production Limit for April

    Alberta’s policy of matching oil production to export capacity will see a slight increase for April as government works to slowly ease the limits. In response to data available, Alberta is increasing production in April by 25,000 barrels to a total of about 3.66 million barrels a day, an overall increase of 100,000 barrel per…