Category: Voices

  • From My Bookshelf: David Adams Richards

    From My Bookshelf: David Adams Richards

    By Lynn Willoughby Principles to Live By ~ David Adams Richards I have read several other works of fiction by this Canadian author. I find them intellectually stimulating, beautifully written, with parts that make me laugh out loud and parts that send me running to Google. They often make me ashamed of Canada’s past. This…

  • Homeless Hub: Upstream Prevention

    Homeless Hub: Upstream Prevention

    By Melanie Redman A Way Home I recently heard a young person with lived experience of homelessness offering recommendations to A Way Home Americaand senior policy makers. He said that funding more services and supports for youth experiencing homelessness is great, but it’s not good enough. He talked about the damage to his life caused by…

  • A Moose on the Loose!

    A Moose on the Loose!

    Who would have thought you could get a chance to glimpse moose out here at Glenbow?! Moose, Alces alces, are the largest memebrs of the deer family and are well known for their huge antlers which are found on the male members of the species.  Moose may typically be thought of as gentle giants, but they…

  • Contract Awarded for New Waterton Lakes National Park Visitor Centre

    Contract Awarded for New Waterton Lakes National Park Visitor Centre

    Parks Canada is announcing that, following a competitive process, a contract has been awarded to FWBA Architects for the design of the new Waterton Lakes National Park Visitor Centre located at Block 39 within the townsite. FWBA Architects, a Lethbridge architecture firm, will be the primary consultant for the architectural design of this project. The…

  • Calgary Police Rodeo: Fantastic Family Fun for a Worthwhile Cause

    Calgary Police Rodeo: Fantastic Family Fun for a Worthwhile Cause

    This year the rodeo will be held at the Cochrane Rodeo Grounds on Saturday, August 13th with the rodeo starting at 1pm. Kids carnival activities will start at 8am. Check out the CPS band Frontline performing at the grounds on Friday night starting at 8pm. By Matt Beauchamp, Content Contributor The rodeo season, and the…

  • Canada’s Army Reserve to Conduct Summer Training Exercises Across the Country

    Canada’s Army Reserve to Conduct Summer Training Exercises Across the Country

    Ottawa – Throughout the month of August, approximately 4,600 reservists from the Canadian Army’s four divisions will be training in several areas throughout Canada. The training, often located in challenging locations, is to be focused on enhancing military skills such as reacting to direct and indirect fire, operating command posts, tactical movement, and warfighting in day…

  • Longview Library News: The Power of the Library Card

    Longview Library News: The Power of the Library Card

    By Sylvia Binkley The power of your library card is most impressive. We encourage you to explore all aspects of it. When you become a library member, you will come under the umbrella of the Marigold Library System. It consists of individual libraries organized in a network  which collectively serves the needs of residents in…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Battling Mosquitoes

    By Reena Nerbas Stains on Fans’ Football Jersey Dear Reena, I would be forever indebted to you if you could advise on getting stains out of a green Roughrider jersey! I always wash jerseys in cold water and hang to dry. The stains are worse on the first one I bought (it has made the…

  • The Role of Sharing Data in Ending Homelessness

    The Role of Sharing Data in Ending Homelessness

    By Nick Falvo On May 4, 2016, approximately 40 people attended the First Annual Canadian Homelessness Data Sharing Initiative, sponsored in Calgary by the Calgary Homeless Foundation and the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy. Those attending included government officials, researchers and students. Here are 10 things to know about the event. The Data Sharing…

  • Planet Waves Weekly Horoscope: August 8 – 15, 2016

    Planet Waves Weekly Horoscope: August 8 – 15, 2016

    ARIES — Focus on the quality of the work you do, and devote yourself to the service you offer, and you cannot go wrong. You might think that this is the approach you take when you’ve figured out what you want to do with the rest of your life. Yet it’s the devotion to whatever…

  • Second Annual Ride to Horizon Raises $10,500

    Second Annual Ride to Horizon Raises $10,500

    High River, AB- On July 29-30 MP John Barlow and his team rode 200km from Crowsnest Pass to the Bar U Ranch and finally to Camp Horizon raising $10,500 for Camp Horizon’s $10 million rejuvenation initiative to replace aging infrastructure and dormitories at the camp. Started in 1965 by the Kinsmen Club of Calgary, Easter…

  • From My Bookshelf: Michael Crummey

    From My Bookshelf: Michael Crummey

    By Lynn Willoughby The Wreckage ~ Michael Crummey In 1929 a tsunami struck Newfoundland and instantly wiped out several outport communities. Aloysius Fuery’s parents are gone and his life is forever changed. However, the novel actually opens during WWII in the South Pacific, seen through the eyes of Nishino, a Japanese soldier. So we have…

  • Faith Forum ~ The Incredible God Journey

    Faith Forum ~ The Incredible God Journey

    By Gloria Wessner You may know what it feels like to look at the wonderful sights, sounds and shops in Italy. You may know what it feels like to dig your toes into the wonderful white sand of a beach in the Caribbean or experience the richness of wildlife in the Arctic. It takes good…

  • Rowan House Says Thank You

    Rowan House Says Thank You

    Sharing Our Gratitude Rowan House Society is blessed to have such amazing community support. We cannot thank you enough for standing behind the work that we do. The need for domestic violence services remains high and we’ve been fortunate the last few years to be able to grow and expand our services to meet those…

  • Canadian Angus Foundation Announces Junior Stockman Award Winner

    Canadian Angus Foundation Announces Junior Stockman Award Winner

    Rocky View County, AB – From the time Maguire Blair could walk he has been involved in the feeding, preparation and marketing of his family’s Angus and Simmental cattle. That involvement has earned him the 2016 Junior Angus Stockman Award. In addition to involvement with Blair’s West Land & Cattle, his family’s operation near Drake,…