Category: Lifestyle

By Jorj February 14th is around the corner. The holiday differs depending on where you are in life. If you’re raising kids, there are valentines to seal and deliver. If you’re in love, the day calls for flowers, chocolates – maybe dinner reservations if you’re okay with crowds. In other words, the kind of stuff that…

The City of Calgary congratulates 19 successful Calgary non-profits confirmed to receive $3 million in one-time funding as part of the $25 million community action strategy to tackle mental health and addiction. Registered non-profit organizations operating in Calgary were invited to apply for funding in October 2018. The City sought applications for programs aimed at…

Calgary, Alberta – In its first update to the 2019 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast, released today, the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) has revised the number of wells drilled (rig released) across Canada for 2019 to 5,600 wells. This represents a decrease of 1,000 wells, or 15 percent, from PSAC’s original 2019 drilling Forecast released…

This year marks AHS’ 10th anniversary and we want to celebrate by partnering with you on your health and wellness journey. You are invited to join our family of active and engaged Albertans, also known as the ‘AHS Fit Fam’. This doesn’t just mean physical activity — although that’s a part of it. It could also mean…

Alberta’s most energy-intensive industries are investing more than $276 million in clean technologies that will create jobs, reduce operating costs and cut emissions. Using low-carbon fuels to make cement and recovering heat from a refinery to generate electricity are just two new technologies receiving funding through the $70-million Industrial Efficiency Challenge. The challenge helps large…

City of Calgary – As economic challenges linger into 2019, housing markets remain on a sluggish pace. January sales totalled 804 units, 16 per cent below last year and 21 per cent below long-term averages for the month. “The slow start to the year does not come as a surprise, as concerns about job losses and the…

Drivers should be aware of a wide load travelling from Edmonton to the Fort Saskatchewan area this weekend. The 728-tonne, 48-metre-long piece of petrochemical equipment, called a polypropylene reactor, will be moved from Edmonton to the Industrial Heartland over four days, Feb. 10-13. At 12 metres tall and 10 metres wide, the reactor is roughly twice…

Airdrie, Alta – The results of the friendly competition between Team Blue (Municipal Enforcement and RCMP) and Team Red (Airdrie Fire Department and Alberta Health Services EMS) are finally in. And the winner of the Sirens Lip Sync Showdown is … Team Red. “We are very proud of our team and the win feels good,…

The largest international touring exhibition of Viking artifacts opens at the new Royal Alberta Museum this spring. Vikings: Beyond the Legend explores the cultural influence, achievements and inventions of the legendary Viking Age. More than 650 artifacts from the 9th to 10th centuries will be on display when the exhibition opens on April 18. “We…

Hidden homelessness is defined in the Canadian Definition of Homelessness within the category ‘provisionally accommodated’ as: People living temporarily with others, but without guarantee of continued residency or immediate prospects for accessing permanent housing It has been noted that women are at particular risk of experiencing hidden homelessness; at times leading to low estimates regarding the scale of women’s homelessness. Hidden homelessness…

There are literally dozens of apps on the market designed to find and pay for a local babysitter but What To Do With The Kids® has developed an app that helps that sitter keep the kids safe and occupied when the parents aren’t there.  The SitterAdvantage™ app offers emergency help including important information about the…