Category: Voices

  • From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Jhumpa Lahiri and Richard C. Morais

    By Lynn Willoughby The Lowland ~ Jhumpa Lahiri Growing up in Calcutta in the 1960s, Subhash and Udayan Mita are inseparable brothers . Udayan, as an adult, is drawn to the Naxalite movement, a rebellion waged to eradicate inequality and poverty. Mao Tse Tung, Castro and Che Guevara were their heroes. Udayan becomes more and…

  • Walmart Canada launches campaign to raise $3 million for the Canadian Red Cross

    $472,600 is the fundraising goal in Alberta Calgary, Alta – Walmart Canada is gearing up for a cross-country campaign to raise much-needed funds for Canadian Red Cross disaster preparedness and response activities. The campaign will run in Walmart stores until August 29, with an ambitious goal of $3 million, of which over $780,000 are matching…

  • Princess Patricia’s centennial memorial relay to visit 24 locations across five provinces – Canadian Army Soldiers running relay from Edmonton to Ottawa

    Ottawa, ON – On August 10, a Memorial Baton Relay (MBR) will kick-off in Edmonton, Alberta, as the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) mark 100 years of service. Approximately 50 soldiers from the regiment’s 2nd Battalion (2 PPCLI) will run through select cities and towns across five provinces, retracing the symbolic route taken by…

  • Planet Waves ~ Weekly Horoscope for August 9 – 16, 2014

    By Eric Francis Aries (March 20-April 19) You may be feeling a truly odd kind of insecure, as if within your greatest strength lies your worst weakness. You can turn that one around, however. All you need to do is remember that you can. If you think of your experience as being more like a…

  • Four-legged friends join in Alberta’s fight against invasive mussels

    Specialized detection dogs are following their noses and protecting Alberta from invasive zebra and quagga mussels. The Alberta – Montana Canine Mussel Detection Pilot is the first of its kind in Canada and uses highly trained specialized dogs on both sides of the border to sniff out zebra and quagga mussels attached to boats. “We…

  • Missing Children Society of Canada to benefit further from Calgary Police Rodeo Association

    The Calgary Police Service and the Calgary Police Rodeo Association continue to pledge support to the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) and their powerful rapid response network, the Search Program. Over the past ten years, the Rodeo has donated over $75,000 to the Missing Children Society of Canada who used part of the funds…

  • XperienceLife Charity Ride – August 16th

    XperienceLife Charity Ride – August 16th

    Love to Ride…. Then Ride to Love! Show your support for a family in need by participating in the XperienceLife charity motorcycle ride for the O’Brien/Liknes family & the Foothills Humane Society. The family is dealing with the loss of their 5yr old son Nathan and his grandparents in the tragic abduction recently in Calgary.…

  • Ric McIver comments on release of Auditor General’s report

    Ric McIver comments on release of Auditor General’s report

    “I want to thank the Auditor General for doing a great job with this report. I fully agree with his recommendations and believe the government needs to act on these with all possible speed. I’m pleased to hear that the government has committed to doing that. Back in January, I started cleaning out the rot…

  • Star Party at Cameron Lake: Get Out Of This World!

    Waterton Lakes National Park – Discover constellations, galaxies, nebulas and stars at Cameron Lake. Parks Canada and volunteer astronomers from Montana are pleased to present a star party on Friday, August 15 at 9:30 p.m.   Following our evening theatre programs at Crandell and Falls Theatres, drive up to Cameron Lake to enjoy the night sky.…

  • Okotoks Street Festivals – Only Two Saturdays Left this Summer

    Formerly First Saturdays, this monthly Street Festival of Arts & Culture now happens on select Saturdays throughout the summer months from 10 am to 4 pm. Come downtown to shop in our local art market and listen to the sounds of live local musicians on our outdoor stage. There will be free crafts for kids…

  • AMA: Slow Down for Emergency Personnel on the Road

    AMA: Slow Down for Emergency Personnel on the Road

    There was a close call for RCMP and a tow truck driver near Lake Louise this week that prompts the need to reiterate the law protecting those who work on our roadways. By Sonu Purha, AMA On a summer day in 2009, a tow truck pulled to the side of an Edmonton highway with its…

  • Blackfoot Arts & Heritage Festival Comes to Waterton Lakes

    Waterton Lakes National Park – Parks Canada is pleased to be working with the Blackfoot Canadian Cultural Society to present the Blackfoot Arts & Heritage Festival at the Waterton Community Centre. The festival runs from Monday August 18 to Wednesday August 20, between 10:00 am and 8:00 pm. Each day, you can participate in traditional and…

  • The 107th Annual Priddis & Millarville Fair – August 16, 2014 – “To Market We Go!!!”

    The 107th Annual Priddis & Millarville Fair, happening Saturday, August 16th and fully integrated with the famous Millarville Farmers’ Market, making it one of the great Agricultural Fairs in Canada. Our theme this year is “To Market We Go!!!” The day is a wonderful one for children in particular, with Kid’s World and it’s jumping…

  • Packed and Ready To Go, But . . .

    Packed and Ready To Go, But . . .

    76 year old needs help with this “fundraising” thing! His name is Hugh Ashwell and at 76 years of age, he’s philosophical about his decision to join Wild Pink Yonder, the 23-day, 500 km trail ride for breast cancer research. “I don’t know how many more years a guy might be able to do something…

  • Government of Canada Invests in a Canadian Remembrance Trail in Belgium

    Minister of Veterans Affairs visits grave of last Canadian soldier killed in action during First World War Zonnebeke, Belgium – The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today announced Government of Canada support for the creation of a Canadian Remembrance Trail in Belgium by the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917. The Remembrance Trail will focus…