Category: Lifestyle

  • Panel Releases Summary of Medical Assistance in Death Consultation

    Panel Releases Summary of Medical Assistance in Death Consultation

    The government is releasing What we heard: Medical Assistance in Dying, a summary of public consultation findings that includes more than 15,000 responses to an online survey. “Thousands of Albertans responded to this difficult topic with the compassion and the pragmatism this province is known for. I want to thank each person who took the…

  • Our High River Launches Vital Signs

    Our High River Launches Vital Signs

    High River AB –  Our High River is pleased to announce the launch of the Vital Signs survey along with the Town of High River and FCSS. Vital Signs is a community check-up conducted by community foundations across Canada that measures the vitality of our communities, identifies significant trends, and assigns grades across a range…

  • How Can we Help Chronically Homeless People Adjust to Long-Term Housing?

    How Can we Help Chronically Homeless People Adjust to Long-Term Housing?

    By Emma Woolley Canadian Observatory on Homelessness/Homeless Hub: York University Categories: Ask the Hub This question came from Jonathan S. via our latest website survey: “It’s been suggested that PTSD is common among people who have been homeless for a long time. What research has been conducted to show this and what avenues have been put…

  • Alberta to Consult on Minimum Wage

    Alberta to Consult on Minimum Wage

    As previously committed, the Government of Alberta will listen to employers and employees on how to move forward with changes to the minimum wage. Focused consultations will be held over the next month with key stakeholders, including employers, social service organizations and low-income earners. Discussion topics will include future increases, meal and lodging deductions and…

  • Fort McMurray Wildfires – Where to Donate

    Fort McMurray Wildfires – Where to Donate

    Donate to Fort McMurray’s Local Charities May 5, 2016 Updated May 11, 2016 The wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta is catastrophic, forcing the evacuation of 80,000 people. Thankfully there have been no lives lost at this stage. This will likely be Canada’s largest disaster, surpassing the 1998 Quebec Ice Storm. The 2011 Slave Lake wildfire…

  • Government of Canada Marks “Seal Day on the Hill 2016”

    Government of Canada Marks “Seal Day on the Hill 2016”

    OTTAWA, ONTARIO — On Tuesday, May 17th,  Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Hunter Tootoo, and Parliamentary Secretary and Member of Parliament for Labrador, Yvonne Jones, issued the following statement regarding Seal Day on the Hill 2016: “Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada is proud to…

  • Egale Canada Human Rights Trust Provided Expertise at UNESCO LGBTQ Education Summit

    Egale Canada Human Rights Trust Provided Expertise at UNESCO LGBTQ Education Summit

    PARIS — Egale was speaking Tuesday at the UNESCO’s International Ministerial Meeting: Education Sector Responses to Violence based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression in Paris, sharing internal research and practices with world-leaders from 60 countries in a high-level effort to make education systems around the world more LGBTQ-inclusive. The attending leaders will be discussing strategies of…

  • Why Canada Needs a National Housing Strategy Now

    Why Canada Needs a National Housing Strategy Now

    By providing secure, safe housing, we are also addressing persistent health problems By Danyaal Raza and Ritika Goel, EvidenceNetwork.ca TORONTO, Ont. / Troy Media/ – As family doctors, we see and know the powerful effect proper housing has on the health of our patients. When you feel unwell, whether from a minor cold or a devastating terminal…

  • What’s the Backlash Against Gender-Neutral Bathrooms All About?

    What’s the Backlash Against Gender-Neutral Bathrooms All About?

    Last week North Carolina became the first state to pass a law requiring transgender individuals (including students) to use only bathrooms that match their biological (rather than identified) gender. They did so in response to an ordinance passed in Charlotte that supported transgender bathroom choice. Transgender students’ access to bathrooms is an increasingly active front…

  • Strankman Statement on Bill 6 Consultation Panels

    Strankman Statement on Bill 6 Consultation Panels

    EDMONTON, AB (May 20, 2016): Wildrose Shadow Agriculture Minister Rick Strankman today released the following statement on the six working groups announced for Bill 6 consultation: “Wildrose will carefully review the panelists announced today to ensure that they properly represent the farmers and ranchers of our province. “The NDP government continues to be vague on details…

  • Working Groups Selected for Farm and Ranch Consultations

    Working Groups Selected for Farm and Ranch Consultations

    Agriculture and Forestry will begin the next phase of consultations with the farm and ranch sector on the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act. Members have been selected for the six working groups that will develop recommendations on how employment standards, occupational health and safety, and labour relations requirements should be applied –…

  • Fire Ban and OHV Restrictions Revised Ahead of Long Weekend

    Fire Ban and OHV Restrictions Revised Ahead of Long Weekend

    NOTE: The MD of Foothills and Longview still have a fire ban in place. Check the MD website for changes. Wet and cool weather across parts of Alberta has reduced the fire hazard to a point where the province is adjusting the boundaries of the fire ban and off-highway vehicle (OHV) restrictions. Effective at 4…

  • Alberta Parks Makes Booking Campsites Easier with Mobile Access

    Alberta Parks Makes Booking Campsites Easier with Mobile Access

    In response to user demand, many campsites in Alberta’s provincial park campgrounds can now be booked on personal devices through Reserve.AlbertaParks.ca (RAP). People can use RAP while on the go, making it easy to change a campsite booking, extend a stay or reserve their next camping trip. And there’s more. The RAP website has undergone…

  • Government moves to strengthen laws against discrimination based on gender identity and expression

    Government moves to strengthen laws against discrimination based on gender identity and expression

    Diversity and inclusion are among Canada’s greatest strengths; Canadians must feel safe in their identities, and free to be themselves. That is why the Government of Canada is updating the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code to include gender identity and gender expression. Today, on International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, the Minister…

  • Canadian Federal Government Tables Historic Gender Identity Protections Bill

    Egale Canada Human Rights Trust OTTAWA — On today’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia, the federal government has announced the tabling of Bill C-16  – A historic bill that would bring sweeping legal protection to Canadians by classifying discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender express as a hate crime. The passing…