Category: Voices

  • Beast and Oscar’s Roadhouse Host Thanksgiving Dinner

    Beast and Oscar’s Roadhouse Host Thanksgiving Dinner

    The Brampton Beast and Oscar’s Roadhouse will be hosting an event for the re-launch of Tyler Donati’s ‘Points for Cancer’ foundation. Oscar’s Roadhouse has generously offered to provide Thanksgiving dinner that the Beast players will serve to fans for $10 on Monday, October 6th. A $2 donation from every ticket will go to the Points…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Smart Autumn Decor Ideas

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Smart Autumn Decor Ideas

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Smart Autumn Décor Ideas That You Will Fall For! Here’s a theme that couldn’t be simpler. You can decorate just by taking a walk in your own backyard. Create a colorful design using sunflowers, cattails, and wheat shafts. Arrange them in a big vase in the center of the dining room table. Place autumn…

  • Planet Waves Monthly Horoscopes for October 2014 By Eric Francis

    Aries (March 20-April 19) Events this month will be surprising and most of all you will surprise yourself with what you are capable of. You are likely to accomplish things you never imagined possible, which relates to emerging as someone you never quite thought you were. This will require more than ‘being real’, though in…

  • Solutions & Substitutions Column – by Reena

    Solutions & Substitutions Column – by Reena

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Dear Reena, I often see no-boil lasagna noodles on the shelf of my grocery store. What makes these noodles different than regular lasagna noodles? Which is better? Glenn Dear Glenn, No-boil lasagna noodles are precooked noodles that don’t require pre-boiling. However, instead of purchasing precooked pasta, I purchase regular lasagna noodles that are high…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Cleaning an Older Oven Without Harsh Chemicals

    By Reena Nerbas Felt Pads on Chair Feet Dear Reena, I use felt pads that stick on the bottom of wooden dining room and kitchen chairs. I have spent time cleaning the grit and glue off and using Goo Gone and sandpaper before I put a fresh felt pad on. Again they came off. I…

  • From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Rachel Simon and Victoria Sweet

    From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Rachel Simon and Victoria Sweet

    By Lynn Willoughby The Story of Beautiful Girl ~ Rachel Simon In Pennsylvania in 1968 Lynnie is locked away in an institution – the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded. She was born with a developmental disability and lived at home until she was six. When she was taken to the School, the stench, the…

  • Planet Waves ~ Weekly Horoscope for September 19th to 25th, 2014

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] by Eric Francis   Aries (March 20-April 19) What do you create in your relationships? That is, what exactly do you make with your partner? Do you make food? Do you make great sex? Do you make art or music? Do you make a work product of some kind? Do you make babies? Or…

  • From the Teacher’s Desk – Living Life on Purpose

    From the Teacher’s Desk – Living Life on Purpose

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] By Leonard Quilty Know that the Creator lives and moves and breathes within you. So those dreams? Risk them. Those words? Write them.  Those hopes? Believe them.   Elora Nicole Ramirez Lately, I’ve been reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Apple Computers co-founder, Steve Jobs. It’s a very interesting tale of a visionary leader building…

  • Trial Program Going Ahead this Fall to Help Curb the Wild Horse Herd in Alberta

    Trial Program Going Ahead this Fall to Help Curb the Wild Horse Herd in Alberta

    WHOAS (Wild Horse Of Alberta Society) has been selected by the AESRD (Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development) to conduct a trial period of contraception using the PZP vaccine, on a small number of mares from the wild horse herds along the Eastern Slopes, beginning this Fall. Read more about this program on WHOAS website:…

  • Remind me again: Who wants GMO labeling?

    Remind me again: Who wants GMO labeling?

    Science surrendering to superstition, pro-GMO activist argues By Mischa Popoff Organic activists claim 92% of consumers want genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) labeled. It turns out the overwhelming majority of consumers support the status quo when you don’t ask a misleading question like, “Do want toxic pesticides genetically spliced into your food?” But still, activists insist that…

  • Millarville Horticulture Club News

    Millarville Horticulture Club News

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Every second Tuesday of the month(Sept to May) a speaker is arranged to talk and share their knowledge with the club. Our first speaker of the year is Pam Vipond and she will be speaking on edible flowers. This is on October 14 at 7:30. November 11 has Suzanne Maidment speaking on blue birds Also please remember…

  • After a Tremendous Loss, Calgary Family Raises $25,000 for Calgary Humane Society

    After a Tremendous Loss, Calgary Family Raises $25,000 for Calgary Humane Society

    Calgary, AB — On August 1st 2014, a group of dedicated animal lovers set out on their motorbikes for a three day adventure to raise money for Calgary Humane Society and remember a friend and father. “All my dad would have wanted was for us to finish what he started and raise money for a…

  • Longview Library News: Author Talk by Sandra Joyce This October

    Longview Library News: Author Talk by Sandra Joyce This October

    Our library’s mandate is to provide a life long learning experience for the community of Longview. To ensure this, we encourage our patrons to use the inter-library loan system. This inter-library loan system is provided by the Marigold Library System, situated in Strathmore, Alberta. Under it’s umbrella, individual libraries in the surrounding areas are organized…

  • 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.…

  • AUMA/SLGM announce winners of joint 2014 Municipal Awards

    AUMA/SLGM announce winners of joint 2014 Municipal Awards

    Edmonton – September 8, 2014 The Board of Directors of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) is pleased to announce the 2014 recipients of the AUMA/SLGM Dedicated Team and Dedicated Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) awards. The two awards are jointly administered by the AUMA and the Society of Local Government Managers (SLGM). This year’s recipients…