Category: Lifestyle

Although cannabis is now legal for those 18+, there are health risks. It’s important that Albertans consider these risks and how use of cannabis can impact their day-to-day life, well-being and long-term health. With so much confusing information out there, AHS wants to clear the air and talk about what cannabis legalization means for you,…

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds – and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there, I’ve chased the shouting…

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In…

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. We will remember them. An excerpt from For the Fallen – Laurence Binyon

Airdrie, Alberta: The City of Airdrie has just announced that their local First Responders will be participating in a three-month challenge which greatly benefits the city. There are two powerhouses involved in this challenge – RCMP have partnered up with Airdrie’s ME’s and the Fire Department have joined forces with local EMS. This challenge will occur…

The Alberta government is working to get big money out of local elections while increasing transparency and accountability, so that Albertans get a fairer vote. An Act to Renew Local Democracy in Alberta would make several much-needed updates to the existing act that governs elections for municipalities, school boards, Métis Settlements and irrigation districts. After hearing…

The Government of Alberta has signed a historic agreement with the Piikani Nation to ensure that treaty rights, traditional practices and Indigenous knowledge are better protected and fostered in the Castle region. To support Indigenous knowledge and culture in the Castle provincial parks, Alberta Parks and the Piikani Nation have signed Cooperative Management Terms of…

  For years now, a small group of dedicated Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation volunteers have met nearly every Thursday, rain or shine, to work on a citizen science herbarium project. Throughout these years, they have created a bond of friendship through long walks, hours spent preserving their specimens, sharing their work with botanists, and many…

  Camrose, AB — The Big Valley Jamboree is thrilled to announce some of the biggest names in country music as part of this year’s lineup, making Camrose, Alberta the premier destination for country music fans at BVJ on the 2019 August Long Weekend (August 1-4). The fun gets underway on Thursday night, at the…

It was the encouragement of his honours English teacher that helped put poet Rollie Pemberton on the path to “The Garden.” The poem is scrawled like graffiti (in Pemberton’s own hand) all over a massive steel and bronze sculpture dedicated to Alberta’s teachers that was unveiled Oct. 5 at the Alberta Legislature. Formerly Edmonton’s poet…

Proposed legislation would formalize government’s long-standing relationship with the Alberta Medical Association (AMA). An Act to Recognize AMA Representation Rights would amend current legislation to make the AMA the exclusive representative when government consults physicians on compensation and benefits. The AMA would also be the non-exclusive representative regarding other health matters that concern physicians, such as…