Category: Lifestyle

  • Simplifying New Single & Semi-Detached Home Inspections

    Simplifying New Single & Semi-Detached Home Inspections

    Calgary – Industry customers building a new single or semi-detached home in Calgary will now enjoy improved inspection and approval services, thanks to process and software enhancements at The City of Calgary. The City’s software system now coordinates and schedules appointments and inspectors behind the scenes for our customers, for both the Development Permit and…

  • Parenting Tip: I Can’t Be the Problem

    Parenting Tip: I Can’t Be the Problem

    By Tom Barthel I hear this all the time “my other kids turned out fine and don’t have problems, just this kid does, so it can’t be me……” My answer is “If you had a car that started every morning, required no repairs, and never overheated, you would have an effortless experience owning that vehicle.…

  • ‘Voices of Arthritis’ Launches Awareness Month

    ‘Voices of Arthritis’ Launches Awareness Month

    New survey results underscore prevalence of pain in people living with arthritis TORONTO – September 2, 2014 Welcome to Arthritis Awareness Month. In support of the over 4.6 million Canadians living with the disease, The Arthritis Society is kicking off September with a “Voices of Arthritis” video series featuring well-known Canadians from different walks of…

  • Products You Can Not Bring Back into Canada

    Products You Can Not Bring Back into Canada

    Planning a trip outside of Canada? Will you be bringing back souvenirs and other consumer products? Some products may be prohibited in Canada and subject to being detained at the border. Prepare yourself before you go. Be aware of consumer products that have safety requirements. Many of these Canadian safety requirements are stricter than other…

  • Harper Government Announces Investments in Kootenay National Park in Support of Canada’s National Conservation Plan

    Harper Government Announces Investments in Kootenay National Park in Support of Canada’s National Conservation Plan

    Kootenay National Park, B.C. – On behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Dr. Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment and Member of Parliament for Oshawa, accompanied by David Wilks, Member of Parliament for Kootenay–Columbia, today announced investments in Kootenay National Park…

  • Birthplace of Confederation: The 1864 Charlottetown Conference

    Birthplace of Confederation: The 1864 Charlottetown Conference

    On September 1, 1864, the meeting that led to Canadian Confederation convened in Prince Edward Island. PEI, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick had originally set the date to discuss the possibility of Maritime Union. When the Province of Canada (what is present-day Ontario and Quebec) asked to attend the meeting, the topic of Maritime Union…

  • Beyond the Pail

    Beyond the Pail

    It may be water torture for some, but the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is everywhere these days. For the uninitiated, the charitable campaign is promoting awareness about ALS – or Lou Gehrig’s disease – by encouraging people to film themselves pouring a bucket of ice water over their heads and then challenging others to do…

  • Family Dinner is on the Decline: M&M Meat Shops Encourages Canadians to Bring Back the Lost Art of Dinner

    Family Dinner is on the Decline: M&M Meat Shops Encourages Canadians to Bring Back the Lost Art of Dinner

    Join the 10thAnnual National Family Dinner Night Festivities on Thursday, September 18 It’s no secret that our lives are busy. Many commitments compete for our time on a daily basis, making it increasingly difficult to carve out time for family and friends in a world filled with meetings, practices and classes, games and recitals. On…

  • Beloved nun wraps pastoral career with Blackfoot honour

    Beloved nun wraps pastoral career with Blackfoot honour

    Sister Ivy given the name Holy Star Woman by Martin Eagle Child Story and Photo by Sherri Gallant Sister Ivy McCann has spent the past 14 years praying for the sick and dying in Lethbridge. After retiring in July from her pastoral work at Chinook Regional Hospital and St. Michael’s Health Centre, the diminutive nun…

  • Trail Connection Between Calgary and Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park In The Works

    Trail Connection Between Calgary and Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park In The Works

    Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation (GRPF) is leading the initiative to raise funds to connect the Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park trail system to the City of Calgary. “With the exciting news that the City of Calgary is building their trail system to the provincial park boundary, we’re fundraising to complete the eastern trail that will link…

  • New development permits reflect strong future for High River

    New development permits reflect strong future for High River

    High River, AB: The approval of two significant developments and the increase in development applications demonstrates how High River is already resuming the trend for strong growth in both commercial and residential areas. Conditional approval has been granted for a new shopping centre along 12 Ave. Called “The Shops at Medicine Tree” it will initially…

  • Canadians donate over $ 10 million to ALS Canada and ALS Provincial Societies through the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS

    Canadians donate over $ 10 million to ALS Canada and ALS Provincial Societies through the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS

    TORONTO /CNW/ – The outpouring of support Canadians have shown for the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS, has now surpassed $10 million in donations for ALS Canada and ALS Provincial Societies across the country. The dollars given through this viral phenomenon will help families living with ALS and fund ALS Research to find a treatment.…

  • Metis Nation: Canada’s Premiers and National Aboriginal Leaders Met in Charlottetown

    Metis Nation: Canada’s Premiers and National Aboriginal Leaders Met in Charlottetown

    *This meeting took place August 27th during the Premier’s Conference in PEI* “I am pleased that the Premiers and Aboriginal leaders are on the same page on this tragic situation, “ said President Chartier. “It is time for the Prime Minister to act. We can start with a national roundtable of key federal ministers and…

  • Self-serve engagement opportunity at Currie Barracks showcases area development plans

    Self-serve engagement opportunity at Currie Barracks showcases area development plans

    The City of Calgary is reviewing a proposal from Canada Lands Company to change the type of development on the east side of Currie Barracks, allowing for a medium-density mix of retail space, office space and residential space. The proposal includes a network of open spaces and pathways while preserving key aspects of the area’s…

  • Premiers commit to improving outcomes for Aboriginal children in care

    Premiers commit to improving outcomes for Aboriginal children in care

    CHARLOTTETOWN /CNW/ – Canada’s Premiers discussed the disproportionate and large number of Aboriginal children in care across the country and the many complex social and economic factors that underlie this situation. They reiterated their individual commitments to work with local Aboriginal communities toward local solutions, and also recognized the need for governments and Aboriginal communities…