Category: Lifestyle

  • Partners for Safety wants Everyone to have a Safe and Happy Halloween

    Partners for Safety wants Everyone to have a Safe and Happy Halloween

    The Calgary Partners for Safety are sharing Halloween safety tips and will be out patrolling neighbourhoods on Oct. 31 to provide safe and trusted contacts for trick-or-treaters in need. The Partners, coordinated by Calgary’s Child Magazine, include The City of Calgary, Alberta Health Services and Shaw Communications. “Every year we are happy to come together…

  • CMHC Expects Housing Markets to Moderate in 2016 and 2017

    CMHC Expects Housing Markets to Moderate in 2016 and 2017

    OTTAWA — CMHC’s fourth quarter 2015 Housing Market Outlook, Canada Edition, expects housing markets to moderate in 2015, 2016 and 2017. “In 2015, increased housing market activity in provinces like Ontario and British Columbia – provinces that have benefitted from declining energy prices, a lower Canadian dollar and continued low mortgage rates – offset slowdowns…

  • Alberta REALTORS® Pleased to See Budget Maintains Housing Affordability

    Alberta REALTORS® Pleased to See Budget Maintains Housing Affordability

      Edmonton AB, October 27, 2015 – The Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA) and its 10,000 REALTOR® members across the province are pleased to see housing affordability maintained in the provincial budget announced today. AREA applauds the fact that today’s budget presentation by Treasury Board President and Finance Minister Joe Ceci will keep home ownership…

  • A New National Coalition to End Youth Homelessness

    A New National Coalition to End Youth Homelessness

    By Sheldon Pollett, Choices for Youth The launch of A Way Home: A National Coalition to End Youth Homelessness is a critical step in mobilizing the capacity of community based service providers, government, and national agencies to end youth homelessness in our country. As a founding member and Co-chair of the National Learning Community on Youth…

  • The United Churches Open Jacket Racket Again in Foothills

    The United Churches Open Jacket Racket Again in Foothills

    This program provides FREE winter clothing (jackets as well as snow pants, boots, hats and mittens) to those in need. Turner Valley’s United Church in the Valley (125 Royal Ave): Winter clothing will be available Tuesdays from October 13 to December 16, 2015 between 1:00pm and 3:00pm. Drop off gently used jackets to the church on Tuesday or Thursday.…

  • PTSD Road to Recovery

    PTSD Road to Recovery

    The Latest Edition* of Bob Bray’s PTSD Road To Recovery – One Soldiers Story This is the latest edition of his book on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Using his own experiences with PTSD, serving both in the Army and as a Police Officer for many years. Regina, Saskatchewan – This book is a lifelong culmination of…

  • Alberta Moves to Protect Calgary, Neighbouring Communities from Severe Flooding

    Alberta Moves to Protect Calgary, Neighbouring Communities from Severe Flooding

      New flood protection along the Bow and Elbow Rivers will protect Calgary and upstream communities from the type of severe flooding that occurred in June 2013, the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history. “Building Alberta’s flood defenses will help protect families and businesses from a repeat of the devastation experienced in 2013, when more…

  • Black Diamond Conducting Citizen Satisfaction Survey

    Black Diamond Conducting Citizen Satisfaction Survey

    The 2015 Citizen Satisfaction Survey should have been in residents’ mailboxes last week.  Each household will receive 1 copy with 1 “pin” number.  The person completing the survey on behalf of the household will have the option of completing a hard copy survey and mailing it back to Banister Research for tabulation, or by using the enclosed…

  • Sheep River Flood Hazard Study Underway by Province

    Sheep River Flood Hazard Study Underway by Province

    The intent of the Sheep River Hazard Study, and the Flood Hazard Identification Program (FHIP), is to help enhance public safety, reduce potential future flood damages, and mitigate negative individual and community flooding impacts for all Albertans. The Sheep River Hazard Study will help build safer communities though a better understanding of flood hazards and risks. The work being…

  • How Cities may Benefit from Dog Parks

    How Cities may Benefit from Dog Parks

      Cities nationwide are opening dog parks as demand increases, especially in urban communities, for designated areas where canines can play without leashes. The number of off-leash dog parks has increased 20% over the past five years and they are now one of the fastest-growing segments of municipal parks, according to an April 2015 report…

  • Pharmacare is for Kids too

    Most of the discussion has been centred on seniors’ access to prescription drug By Avram Denburg, Paediatric oncologist and Steve Morgan, Expert Advisor EvidenceNetwork.ca TORONTO, ON and VANCOUVER, BC/ Troy Media/ – You are the parent of a sick child. You have a limited budget and you must decide to buy the medicine the doctor prescribed for…

  • Child and Youth Advocate Appears Before the Alberta Mental Health Review Committee

    Child and Youth Advocate Appears Before the Alberta Mental Health Review Committee

    Del Graff, Provincial Child and Youth Advocate, appeared before the Alberta Mental Health Review Committee in Calgary (Tuesday) morning and spoke about how the current mental health system is working for vulnerable children and youth. Graff also proposed ideas on how to improve the system. “I spoke with the Committee about what we have heard from…

  • Shop (small) Until you Drop this Saturday!

    Shop (small) Until you Drop this Saturday!

      Canadians who shop small will make a big difference on October 24 Toronto, October 22, 2015 – This weekend presents the perfect opportunity for consumers who want to make a big difference in their local community by shopping small. October 24 marks the fourth annual Small Business Saturday, when Canadians turn out to support…

  • Thank You, Foster and Kinship Caregivers

    Thank You, Foster and Kinship Caregivers

    Caregivers are recognized for opening their homes to children in need during National Foster Family Week – October 18 to 24. Foster parents and kinship caregivers support some of Alberta’s most vulnerable children. They offer hope, support and compassion—sometimes in emergency situations, sometimes for years. “Foster parents and kinship caregivers help connect children with family…

  • Facts on Young Farmers

    Facts on Young Farmers