Category: Lifestyle

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: New Use for Old Newspaper

    By Reena Nerbas General Purpose DeGreaser Hi Reena, Can you recommend a non-rinse, general purpose kitchen degreasing spray for the bathroom and kitchen counter tops, stove and cupboards? Thanks so much, Cindy Dear Cindy, Here is a wild homemade cleaning spray, great for counters, stoves and bathrooms. Into a 4-cup spray bottle combine: One tsp.…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness Tip: Get walking. Stay safe.

    AHS Weekly Wellness Tip: Get walking. Stay safe.

    A new school year brings opportunity for families to give up driving and begin walking to school. Walking has so many benefits—it promotes physical activity, prepares brains for learning and increases children’s familiarity with their community and neighbours. Walking with your child and negotiating neighbourhood streets with them provides an opportunity to develop traffic safety…

  • Proposed Changes will Improve Secondary Suites

    Proposed Changes will Improve Secondary Suites

    High River, AB: The Town of High River is considering a new, more streamlined approach to secondary suite applications in the R-1 Districts of High River in response to an increased interest in developing rental accommodations. These are neighbourhoods characterized by single detached homes. “Developing a secondary suite, or rental unit, has grown in popularity…

  • Lansdell Threshing Bee: Sharing a Family Tradition

    Lansdell Threshing Bee: Sharing a Family Tradition

    On Sunday, September 21st Doug and Phyllis Lansdell will welcome everyone to their farm SW of Turner Valley to watch a traditional threshing bee. The equipment will be fired up around 1pm. All the equipment is antique and in working order; much of it from local homesteaders in the area. You may recognise Doug’s truck…

  • Be Chic and Crafty with Thanksgiving Dessert in a Jar

    Be Chic and Crafty with Thanksgiving Dessert in a Jar

    Add just the right amount of country charm to your Thanksgiving with these decadent dark chocolate cakes served in Mason jars. They taste just as good as they look, and can also be offered as festive gifts for your family and friends. Dark Chocolate Mint Mason Jar Cakes Servings: 12 Ingredients: 12 half pint, wide…

  • Vigils Honour Murdered and Missing Aboriginal Women

    Vigils Honour Murdered and Missing Aboriginal Women

    Sixteen-year-old Felicia Solomon, originally from Norway House Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, went missing in Winnipeg in March 2003. Her body was found three months later. To date, no one has been charged with her murder. Solomon was not the first young woman stolen from this family. Her cousin, Helen Betty Osborne, was abducted, raped…

  • Ask Questions About the Sustainability of Seafood

    Ask Questions About the Sustainability of Seafood

    Our oceans are facing an unprecedented crisis. In 2013, The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization reported that more than one third of the world’s fish stocks are overfished. This has caused some Canadian grocers to think differently about the sources of the seafood they sell, prompting the development of sustainable seafood policies to help…

  • The Museum Of The Highwood Announces Home Again: The High River Historic Homes Tour 2014

    The Museum Of The Highwood Announces Home Again: The High River Historic Homes Tour 2014

    Saturday, September 20, 2014 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. See what eight High River historic homes (and a church) look like from the inside out! The Museum of the Highwood is delighted to present its eighth Historic Homes Tour. This year is more significant than ever. Several of the featured structures sustained extensive damage in…

  • Okotoks Economic Development: Roger Brooks Presentation Follow Up

    Okotoks Economic Development: Roger Brooks Presentation Follow Up

    The Town of Okotoks, Okotoks Network, Okotoks & District Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures Highwood, Olde Towne Okotoks and Okotoks Economic Development in particular, wish to extend warm thanks and appreciation to all residents, business and land owners of our community for attending the Roger Brooks Community Assessment of Okotoks presentations last week. We hope…

  • The Heart and Stroke Foundation urges Canadians to cut back on added Sugar

    The Heart and Stroke Foundation urges Canadians to cut back on added Sugar

    New position statement provides guidance on sugar consumption Ottawa — The Heart and Stroke Foundation today released a position statement proposing a maximum daily limit of added sugar to help Canadians improve their diets and their overall health. It is the first organization in the country to provide this concrete guidance. Currently Canadians are eating…

  • CFIB commends government on 15 per cent cut in employment insurance rates for small business

    TORONTO, Sept. 11, 2014 /CNW/ – Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) president Dan Kelly joined Finance Minister Joe Oliver today as he announced a major reduction in Employment Insurance (EI) premiums for small business owners. The announcement was made at Value Wood Floors – a Toronto-area small business and member of CFIB. “This is…

  • Ben Gadd, the Rockies Expert, Comes to the Library

    Ben Gadd, the Rockies Expert, Comes to the Library

    Ben Gadd knows the Canadian Rocky Mountains well. He is the author of ten books on the area. His best-selling Handbook of the Canadian Rockies is an award-winning guide to everything from geology, botany and bears to human history and backpacking trips. With a degree in earth science and over 35 years of teaching and…

  • Canada and France Encourage Global Action on Dementia

    Canada and France Encourage Global Action on Dementia

    Leading researchers and industry experts discuss how to accelerate the development of new treatments and technologies to improve the lives of people with dementia and their families and caregivers Ottawa, Ontario – The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Canada’s Minister of Health, and Mr. Philippe Zeller, Ambassador of France to Canada,today welcomed leading dementia researchers and industry…

  • Youth ‘TIFFed’ About Smoking in Movies

    Youth ‘TIFFed’ About Smoking in Movies

    Canadian Cancer Society youth advocates want all future youth-rated movies to be smoke-free TORONTO /CNW/ – In 2013, 86% of top-grossing movies with tobacco were youth-rated (G, PG, 14A) in Ontario. This is a serious issue as research shows that the more youth see smoking in movies the more likely they are to try smoking.…

  • Well-Balanced Health Care Delivery

    Well-Balanced Health Care Delivery

    AHS clinic offers one-stop care for dizziness Story and Photo by Greg Harris Nova Lee Turner knows all too well what can happen when the delicate system in the inner ear malfunctions. December (2012), after suffering a bout of the flu that affected her inner ear, the Calgary IT professional became so ill that she…