Category: Lifestyle

  • A&W Restaurants and Guests across Canada raise $1.5 million to End MS

    A&W Restaurants and Guests across Canada raise $1.5 million to End MS

      A&W Canada and the MS Society of Canada thank restaurants and guests from coast to coast for their support VANCOUVER/CNW/ – A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. is proud to announce that its 7th annual Cruisin’ to End MS campaign raised an astounding $1.5 million – the most ever collected through this campaign – to…

  • Homeless Hub: How Should I Handle being asked for Spare Change?

    Homeless Hub: How Should I Handle being asked for Spare Change?

      By Emma Woolley, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness/Homeless Hub: York University This question came from Barbara V. via our latest website survey: “What is the best and most respectful way to handle someone who is asking for spare change? I am often approached by someone asking for spare change while I sit at a red light and…

  • Jump on Social Media for Calgary Friendship Day

    Jump on Social Media for Calgary Friendship Day

      Each year in September, Between Friends has dedicated a day to Friendship. This day has been proclaimed by the Mayor of Calgary, Naheed Nenshi, “Calgary Friendship Day”. We want to share with fellow Calgarians, who we are and what we do for children, youth, and adults with disabilities. In the past, we have filled…

  • Castle Area Decision Will Hurt Local Economy: Stier

      EDMONTON, AB (September 8, 2015): The NDP government continue to ignore the impact their ideological policies are having on jobs and the economy after unilaterally cancelling projects in the Castle area, Wildrose Livingstone-Macleod MLA Pat Stier said today. The announcement made last week involved zero consultation with municipal officials or industry, and will directly…

  • Okotoks Tourism Survey Results Summer 2015

    Okotoks Tourism Survey Results Summer 2015

      By Alexandra Ross, Economic Development Specialist for the Town of Okotoks Okotoks Economic Development conducted a Tourism survey with the help of their summer student and volunteers. During three major events, BuskersFest, Taste of Okotoks and Okotoks Show and Shine, a total of 165 visitors were surveyed. We would like to thank everyone who…

  • Recognize Albertans Working to Prevent Violence

    Albertans are encouraged to nominate community leaders for recognition in the fourth annual Inspiration Awards. The awards honour extraordinary work in Alberta communities to prevent and address family violence. This year’s awards are being expanded beyond family violence to also recognize work in the areas of sexual violence, child sexual abuse, and bullying. “We all…

  • Give a Backpack for Calgary Homeless

    Give a Backpack for Calgary Homeless

    CALGARY — When he walked the streets here, one bag held all of Jonathon Paterson’s possessions. “I was homeless for about two-and-a-half years. Without my backpack I would have nothing because my things would get stolen or lost,” says Paterson, a former homeless client. “It gave me a great sense a security to know that…

  • Saving for your Child’s Education

      By Kim Inglis Every year many Canadian families are faced with paying for a large portion of their child’s post-graduate education.  A study conducted by BMO Global Asset Management found that 70% of parents are worried their children will not be able to afford university or college.  As a result, they are expecting to…

  • September is Addiction Recovery Awareness Month

    September is Addiction Recovery Awareness Month

      Throughout the month of September, Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR) Canada will join with partners across the country and around the world to celebrate the power and proof of recovery from addiction and its value to individuals, families, workplaces, and communities. In 2012 the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) found that 4.4% of…

  • The New Rowan House Turns Three!

    The New Rowan House Turns Three!

      Community & stakeholder celebration planned for September Rowan House staff and volunteers celebrated three years in High River July 30th, and what a wild three years it has been! We opened our new facility supporting women and children leaving abusive situations on July 30th, 2012. 11 months later we were impacted, along with many…

  • Help Alberta’s Chiropractors Give Toasty Toes to Vulnerable Albertans

    Help Alberta’s Chiropractors Give Toasty Toes to Vulnerable Albertans

    Inaugural #ToastyToes Sock Drive aims to collect 100,000 pairs of socks for shelters in partnership with United Way “Sometimes socks can be more important than bringing people food because food is not hard to get, but it seems to be harder and harder to get socks all the time. Without socks you get sores…between your toes…

  • History of Labour Day

    History of Labour Day

      Labour Day (French: Fête du Travail) has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in Canada since the 1880s. The origins of Labour Day in Canada can be traced back to December 1872 when a parade was staged in support of the Toronto Typographical Union’s strike for a 58-hour work-week.[5] The Toronto Trades…

  • Calgary Real Estate Board: Inventory Levels Rise

    Calgary Real Estate Board: Inventory Levels Rise

    August sales activity falls below long-term averages Calgary – Calgary’s residential resale housing market recorded further easing in absorption rates in August due to weaker sales activity. Sales in the city declined by 27 per cent to 1,643 units last month relative to the same time last year, and 12 per cent below 10-year averages.…

  • Town of Okotoks Launches Click ‘n Fix

    Town of Okotoks Launches Click ‘n Fix

    The Town of Okotoks has officially launched a web and mobile citizen reporting platform to keep our beautiful Town spruced up. Click ‘n Fix is a useful communication tool to offer residents a way to notify Town staff of issues in the community through an online and mobile interface. The place-based reporting platform allows residents…

  • Youngster Turns to Crowdfunding to Raise Money for Spinal Cord Research

    Youngster Turns to Crowdfunding to Raise Money for Spinal Cord Research

    Eight-year-old Cadence Kube spreads awareness about spinal cord injuries after learning about experiences of a close family friend. By Caleng Chang Eight-year-old Cadence Kube and her mom Sarah Clements (left) watch as a study participant with a spinal cord injury walks through the corridors of Corbett Hall using a ReWalk robotic exoskeleton. (Edmonton) What do…