Category: Lifestyle

  • Family Fishing Weekends – Catch a Memory

    Family Fishing Weekends – Catch a Memory

    No Licence Required Fishing is an easy and enjoyable way for family and friends to connect with some of Alberta’s greatest natural resources – our lakes, rivers, streams and the fish that live in them. Family Fishing Weekends, no licence required, occurs twice a year. Albertans and visitors are invited to give fishing a try…

  • Canadian Farmers Burnt Out by Government Red Tape

    Canadian Farmers Burnt Out by Government Red Tape

      86% feel added stress – highest among business owners nation-wide Toronto – Farmers are burnt out by excessive government regulations, confusing forms and bad customer service.  These and other findings were released today by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), which also found that one-third of agri-business owners would not advise their children…

  • Reserve Your Site Online and Be a Happy Camper

      Gathering with family and friends, relaxing by an evening fire pit and sleeping under the stars at a provincial campground are not too far away. To help visitors connect with the summer camping season sooner, the Reserve.AlbertaParks.ca online campsite reservation system will soon launch to accommodate pre-booking of campsites. The system will open for…

  • Calgary’s Round Tables on Sustainability – Future Cities and Inner-city Re-development

    Calgary’s Round Tables on Sustainability – Future Cities and Inner-city Re-development

      Pathways 2 Sustainability Calgary is a citizen led initiative focused on defining practical solutions to achieve Calgary’s sustainability goals as outlined by the imagineCALGARY Sustainability Plan. On January 29th, Sustainability Resources and Host Partner Brookfield Residential will host Calgary’s Round Table on Sustainability with guest speakers that include: Druh Farrell, City of Calgary Ward 7…

  • It’s Bell Let’s Talk Day tomorrow: Join the national conversation about mental health!

    It’s Bell Let’s Talk Day tomorrow: Join the national conversation about mental health!

      Clara Hughes, Bell Let’s Talk national spokesperson, invites everyone to the 5th annual Bell Let’s Talk Day on January 28 Michael Landsberg, Howie Mandel and Mary Walsh join Clara, Michel Mpambara and Stefie Shock on the Bell Let’s Talk team Tomorrow, talk, text, tweet and share to help drive Bell’s donations to Canadian mental…

  • Minister of Veterans Affairs affirms Government’s commitment to Canada’s Veterans and their families

    Minister of Veterans Affairs affirms Government’s commitment to Canada’s Veterans and their families

    The Honourable Erin O’Toole addresses the Rotary Club of Toronto TORONTO/CNW/ – The Honourable Erin O’Toole, Minister of Veterans Affairs, delivered the keynote address (on Friday) at a Rotary Club of Toronto meeting focussed on care, compassion and respect for Canada’s Veterans. The Minister thanked the Rotary Club of Toronto for its outstanding contributions to…

  • Honouring Volunteers Who Help Seniors Never Gets Old

    Honouring Volunteers Who Help Seniors Never Gets Old

    Many Albertans volunteer their time, skills and energy to improve the lives of seniors across our province. Now it’s time for Albertans to nominate volunteers in our communities for a 2015 Minister’s Seniors Service Award and recognize those who make a difference. “These dedicated volunteers enhance the quality of life for our province’s seniors by…

  • Health Benefits of the ‘Mediterranean Diet’ more Fad than Fact

    There is little difference between eating Mediterranean and eating McDonald’s By Dr. John Sloan, Family physician VANCOUVER, BC/ Troy Media/ – It’s hard to find anyone these days who doesn’t hate junk food. And an awful lot of people also swear by something called the Mediterranean Diet, often considered junk food’s opposite. Everyone is convinced:…

  • This Sunday is Robbie Burns Day

    This Sunday is Robbie Burns Day

    A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scots poems. The suppers are held on or near January 25, 2015, sometimes also known as Robert Burns Day, Robbie Burns Day or Burns Night. Burns suppers are most common in Scotland and Northern Ireland but…

  • Alberta Flood Permit Grant Program Extended Through 2015

    Alberta Flood Permit Grant Program Extended Through 2015

    It’s a Christmas present Janet Boyd has been waiting for. The Calgary senior’s home, is finally rebuilt 18 months after the Alberta floods destroyed it. A permit grant program jointly funded by the Canadian Red Cross and The City of Calgary helped Boyd complete her Mission-area home’s rebuild. Boyd, 81, left her home with only…

  • Health Canada Issues Warning for Alzheimer’s Drug Aricept (donepezil)

    New warnings on the serious risks of muscle breakdown and of a neurological disorder OTTAWA – New warnings have been added to the prescribing information for the Alzheimer’s drug Aricept (donepezil) advising of the risk of two rare but potentially serious conditions: muscle breakdown (rhabdomyolysis) and a neurological disorder called neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). Donepezil…

  • Alzheimer Awareness Month

    Alzheimer Awareness Month

      As Minister of Health, I would like to draw attention to Alzheimer Awareness Month, which takes place each year in January. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in Canada. It is a progressive and irreversible disease. Sadly, there is no cure – and just as troubling, the number of Canadians who…

  • Let Canada’s Food Guide help with your resolutions about healthy eating

    Let Canada’s Food Guide help with your resolutions about healthy eating

      It’s that time of year when many Canadians are struggling to keep their resolutions about healthy eating. But eating better isn’t hard. Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide provides simple recommendations on the type and amount of food you should eat every day from the four food groups: vegetables and fruit, grains, milk and…

  • CREB® Forecasts Price Stability amid Easing Demand

    CREB® Forecasts Price Stability amid Easing Demand

    Calgary – Housing sales are forecasted to ease by four per cent this year, due to market uncertainty and changes in economic climate, while prices are expected to remain relatively stable with a modest increase of 1.58 per cent on an annual basis, CREB® said today in its annual forecast. Although sales levels are expected to…

  • Blue Monday Takes Toll, Says Poll 🙁

    Blue Monday Takes Toll, Says Poll :(

    Edmonton, January 19, 2015 – A new poll from ATB Financial reveals that nearly half (46 per cent) of Albertans are feeling above-average to high levels of stress in January. Considering today is thought by many to be the most depressing day of the year (Blue Monday, as it is commonly known), the poll’s results make sense.…