Category: Voices

  • Lunch is Love Campaign Feeds Hungry Kids

    Lunch is Love Campaign Feeds Hungry Kids

    This holiday season, Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids (BB4CK) is pleased to kick off their Lunch is Love campaign in pursuit of their main goal: no hungry kids in Calgary. If you are having trouble finding that perfect gift for a loved one, consider gifting a donation to BB4CK on his or her behalf and…

  • Faith Forum ~ The Christmas Story

    Faith Forum ~ The Christmas Story

    By Gloria Wessner The real Christmas story is traditionally the story of Jesus Christ and his birth. Over time, Christmas has become so much about commercialism, gift giving, and pretty decorations and lights that while it lends a wonderful festive feel to the season, the origins of this holiday have become obscured. Even traditional Christmas…

  • Joel’s Eventful Night (Part 2)

    Joel’s Eventful Night (Part 2)

    By Gloria Wessner           What was this, this bright, dazzling, shining light all around them? Joel clung to the little orphan lamb he was clutching, and hid his face in its soft wool. He dared to take a peek and couldn’t believe what he thought he was seeing. He saw a form of a being…

  • Joel’s Eventful Night (Part 1)

    Joel’s Eventful Night (Part 1)

    By Gloria Wessner Joel shuffled his way down the dusty street towards the stable through the little town of Bethlehem. No one was stirring yet as predawn blackness prevailed before the coming of the sun. Ever since Joel’s father died last year, he helped bring in a few extra drachmas for his mother by working…

  • Rowan House: Knowing Abuse

    Rowan House: Knowing Abuse

    Domestic violence is the abuse of power within relationships of family, trust or dependency that endangers the survival, security or well-being of another person. It includes: Physical abuse: Slapping, choking, or punching. Using hands or objects as weapons. Threatening with a knife or gun. Committing murder. Sexual abuse: Using threats, intimidation, or physical force to…

  • Rowan House: Sharing Our Gratitude

    Rowan House: Sharing Our Gratitude

    Thank you to the Grade 7 Students at Westmount School in Okotoks! We are grateful that you have chosen to support our families through your “Socktober” Campaign. It is wonderful to see youth taking a leadership role in making a difference. Thank you to the Millarville Racing & Ag Society and the vendors of this…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Angel Wings

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Angel Wings

    By Reena Nerbas Chicken Wings Dear Reena, My children love to eat chicken wings. I make them by battering them with flour and spices but, when I deep fry the wings the coating falls off, making a big mess of skinless chicken wings. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Rorie Dear Rorie, Here is the…

  • TEDxNaperville: The Most Dangerous Weapon in Law Enforcement

    TEDxNaperville: The Most Dangerous Weapon in Law Enforcement

    There is a growing perception of distrust between law enforcement officers and the communities in which they work. ~ Brian Willis

  • Okotoks Legion Votes in Executive

    Okotoks Legion Votes in Executive

    At the December General Meeting of the Okotoks Branch #291 of the Royal Canadian Legion, the following members were elected as the Table Officers to lead the Branch in 2015: President: Robert (Bob) McLeod, CD 1st VP: Don Gallaher, CD (Veterans’ Services) 2nd VP: Maureen Haberstock, CD (Poppy Campaign) 3rd VP: Marcelle Tremblay, CD Secretary:…

  • From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Elizabeth Strout and Garth Stein

    From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Elizabeth Strout and Garth Stein

    By Lynn Willoughby The Burgess Boys ~ Elizabeth Strout Memory is a fickle thing, and childhood memories are often based on stories we are told. What is the thing you first remember – a birthday, a picnic, a broken arm? This novel is about three siblings – twins Bob and Susan, and their older brother…

  • Happy Holidays from the Millarville Mutts, Mustangs & Marksmen

    Happy Holidays from the Millarville Mutts, Mustangs & Marksmen

    By Veronica Moreau Club Reporter The Millarville Mutts, Mustangs and Marksmen 4-H Club is off to a wonderful start this year, with a total of thirty four members: twelve from the Mutts, twenty four from the Mustangs, and twelve from the Marksmen. Early in September, the club’s first fundraiser, a tack cleaning event for the…

  • The John Petropoulos Leadership Award is expanding!

    The John Petropoulos Leadership Award is expanding!

    The award – a collaboration between the JPMF and the Calgary Police Service (CPS) – is given on an annual basis to a member from District 6, where Const. John Petropoulos worked as a police officer. It recognizes a constable who displays those attributes that John himself demonstrated – integrity, dedication to police work, commitment…

  • KidSport Launches Give the Gift of Sport Campaign

    KidSport Launches Give the Gift of Sport Campaign

    No child should be left on the sidelines. This is the philosophy behind KidSport, a proud Promise Partner since 2004. KidSport provides support to all kids under 18 by removing financial barriers which prevent them from playing organized sports. This holiday season marks KidSport’s third annual Give the Gift of Sport Campaign, wherein funds raised…

  • Weekly Horoscope for December 19 – 26, 2014

    Weekly Horoscope for December 19 – 26, 2014

    By Eric Francis Aries (March 20-April 19) The holidays are rapidly approaching, and most people are thinking about what fun they are going to have. I suggest you keep your focus on what you’re going to accomplish. Aspects for the next few weeks strongly favor productivity, career and achievement. You might feel some tension between…

  • Death of Northern White Rhino Leaves only Five Individuals remaining

    Death of Northern White Rhino Leaves only Five Individuals remaining

    There has been a lot of coverage in the news in the last few days about the death of Angalifu, a male Northern white rhino in San Diego Safari Park. Angalifu was 44 years old, and a thorough post-mortem showed some expected age-related changes, but more analysis is needed before the cause of death can…