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Celebrating Graduation and aising awareness of cystic fibrosis from coast to coast
By Richard Cairney (Edmonton) Some students dive straight into the workforce after graduation, some travel to exotic locales to decompress. But Stephane Magnan, who is graduating this spring with a degree in mechanical engineering (biomedical), is cycling across Canada to raise funds and awareness for cystic fibrosis. You wouldn’t know it by looking at him…
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From My Bookshelf: Featuring Kelli Estes
By Lynn Willoughby The Girl Who Wrote in Silk ~ Kelli Estes History is full of brutality, most of it unrecorded. We in Canada have just heard the results of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, but we cannot pat ourselves on the back over how we handled Chinese citizens after the railway was completed, nor…
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Faith Forum ~ I Don’t Want Religion!
By Gloria Wessner That might sound weird coming from someone who writes about God, but it’s true! I don’t want to be bound up in religion, which traditionally is understood as being boring, impersonal, duty-bound, can be full of rituals yet unfulfilling. What I want and need is a living, breathing and dynamic personal relationship…
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Foothills MP John Barlow Raising Funds for Easter Seals Camp Horizon by Hosting the Second Annual RIDE TO HORIZON July 29th and 30th, 2016
High River, AB – Cyclists will again be hitting the road for the second annual Ride to Horizon cycling event in the Foothills riding. Easter Seals Camp Horizon has undertaken a huge $10 million fundraising effort to renovate the dorms at Camp Horizon, and on July 29-30 MP Barlow and his team will once again be…
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Three Times the Excitement- A trio of Humboldt penguin chicks join the colony in Penguin Plunge
Calgary, AB – Wednesday, the Calgary Zoo marked World Ocean’s Day with the arrival of three Humboldt penguin chicks. These birds join the 17 other Humboldt penguins in the zoo’s colony: Chick #1 hatched on May 14, 2016 to parents, Estaban (male) and Karina (female) Chick #2 hatched on May 16, 2016 to parents, Horatio (male)…
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Vets Canada Coast to Coast 2016 Tour of Duty This Saturday
Hundreds of Volunteers Will Be Searching For Homeless Veterans Calgary Walk Location: Date: Saturday, June 11th, 2016 Time: 1 pm MDT Rallying Point: Celebration Square (C Square) – 502 7th Ave. SE, Calgary Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada (VETS Canada) is holding the first Coast to Coast Tour of Duty; a National walk in search of Veterans…
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Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Dealing with Sticky Messes
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Minister of Culture and Tourism to Host Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers in Alberta
Alberta’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Ricardo Miranda, will host Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for sport, physical activity and recreation in Lethbridge to talk about the next steps towards a more physically active country. Canada’s Minister for Sport and Persons with Disabilities, Carla Qualtrough, and the Parliamentary Secretary to Canada’s Minister of…
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NDP Vote Against Relief for Charities from Carbon Tax
EDMONTON, AB: Late last night, the NDP government voted unanimously against providing rebates or exemptions to charities from the dramatic cost increases associated with the Carbon Tax, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The amendment moved by Wildrose Shadow Human Services Minister Angela Pitt would have mandated a rebate for all registered charities across the…
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Planet Waves – Weekly Horoscopes: June 6 – 13, 2016
ARIES – Feed the weird part of yourself this week: the nonconformist, the artist, the original thinker. This takes slightly more courage than doing what you might usually do, or going along with what everyone else seems to be doing. You can feed that aspect of your psyche as well, taking as few risks as…
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From My Bookshelf: Featuring Stephan P. Kiernan
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Laura Jones: WorkSafeBC Rebate for Business Owners is Overdue
It’s time for WorkSafeBC to give employers some of their own money back. WorksafeBC provides a no-fault workers’ compensation insurance program that is fully paid for by employers. The premiums are used to pay workers who experience workplace injuries and help them return to work. For most employers in British Columbia, paying WorksafeBC premiums is…
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OF COURSE We Need a Separate Definition for Youth Homelessness!
By Stephen Gaetz, York University Recently there has been a growing focus on the problem of youth homelessness. More and more people are recognizing the scope of the problem, and are expressing a desire to do something about it. Today we’ve released the Canadian Definition of Youth Homelessness to support this work. You might be…
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Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Paper Plates
By Reena Nerbas Fuzzy Blankets Dear Reena, How do I take the fuzz off of a 100% polyester blanket? It’s on both sides of the blanket. Thank-you, Norma Dear Norma, The easiest solution is to purchase a sweater shaver designed specifically for removing pilling or thread balls from fabrics such as polyester. Another option is…
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Chris Koch Crossed the Finish Line in the Calgary Marathon Sunday
Nanton farmer and inspirational speaker Chris Koch posted this to Facebook yesterday: “Today I participated in the Calgary Marathon and crossed the finish line with a time of 4:23:12. It was an amazing day that was made even better by having my girlfriend Ally, my mom, and other family in Georgie and Todd participating in…
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