Category: Voices

  • Health care should be modernized, not privatized

    Health care should be modernized, not privatized

    Two-tier care and extra-billing being sold to the public as strategies for saving health care By Bryan Thomas Research Associate Centre for Health Law University of Ottawa and Colleen Flood Expert Advisor EvidenceNetwork.ca OTTAWA, Ont./ Troy Media/ – National Medicare Week has just passed, buoyed with optimism as a fresh-faced government takes the reins in…

  • Snowmobiles for Public Avalanche Safety

    Snowmobiles for Public Avalanche Safety

    Avalanche Canada thanks the four snowmobile manufacturers for lending new mountain sleds to our operations team.These sleds will be used by our field teams, forecasters and the coordinator of our snowmobile programs. It is important to note that the dealers listed provide Avalanche Canada with excellent service and they provide these loaner snowmobiles directly out…

  • Be a Safety Santa this Holiday Season

    Be a Safety Santa this Holiday Season

    It can be tough sledding for first responders during the festive season. Police officers, firefighters, EMS personnel and tow truck operators face inclement weather and long work hours, often while helping people who are suffering immeasurably. But you can do your part to keep emergency responders safe and ensure they get home to their loved ones this Christmas. And…

  • Planet Waves Weekly Horoscope, December 18 – 24

    Planet Waves Weekly Horoscope, December 18 – 24

    Posted by Len Wallick Aries (March 20-April 19) — If you keep two words in mind, you will be present with many of your most important issues. The first word is ‘means’. The second word is ‘ends’. Knowing what means you have available is very much like knowing how much money you have in your…

  • Supporting Alberta Food Banks This Holiday Season

    Supporting Alberta Food Banks This Holiday Season

    Alberta Motor Association Food banks struggle to keep up with the growing need for support every holiday season. This year, largely due to layoffs in the energy sector, the need for donations is even higher. A devastating 23% higher in Alberta alone, and our increase in food bank usage has actually raised the national average,…

  • 2015 John Petropoulos Leadership Award Winners Announced

    2015 John Petropoulos Leadership Award Winners Announced

    The 2015 John Petropoulos Leadership Award winners have been determined and the recipients have been honoured. 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, as well as an…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Dealing with Persistant Odours

      By Reena Nerbas Reviving Cutlery Dear Reena, Is it possible to renew the look of my cutlery? Either the dishwasher, or our water which has a high rust content, or both, have it looking pretty bad. Donna Dear Donna, In commercial settings; it is very common to toss cutlery into a sink of plain old white…

  • Global Warming: Time to Get Real

    Global Warming: Time to Get Real

    By Eric Francis Planet Waves – EDITORIAL By whatever clock you’re using — astrology, the civil calendar, the Mayan calendar or geological time — it’s getting late on the climate change issue. It’s getting so late that the excuse of “too late, we can’t do anything” might even sound convincing. For a moment. Until you…

  • Millarville Horticulture Club: Tree Diseases and Birdhouses

    Millarville Horticulture Club: Tree Diseases and Birdhouses

    Every second Tuesday of the month (Sept to May) at 7:30 pm a speaker is arranged to talk and share their knowledge with the club. We meet at the Millarville church house. January 12 we have Gordon White, a forester from Okotoks, speaking on black knot, fire blight and other tree diseases. February 20 (note…

  • Holiday Giving Expected to Hit $5 Billion

    Holiday Giving Expected to Hit $5 Billion

    Canadians planning to donate this holiday season are being urged to get “strategic” about their charitable giving. This holiday season about 60% of Canadian adults are expected to donate approximately $5 billion between now and the end of the year, according to Imagine Canada. This annual tide of generosity is essential to thousands of charities and…

  • Help Parks Canada name our new Percheron draft horses for a chance to win a Family Discovery Pass

    Help Parks Canada name our new Percheron draft horses for a chance to win a Family Discovery Pass

      Be Part of Canada’s Lasting Ranching Legacy at Bar U Ranch National Historic Site  Pekisko, Alberta – Parks Canada has acquired a brand new pair of Percheron draft horses at the Bar U Ranch National Historic Site. Before the horses begin to welcome visitors, we need to name them. Animals this magnificent deserve equally impressive names.…

  • Year End Message From Rowan House

    Year End Message From Rowan House

      As we move closer to the end of 2015 and reflect on the past year, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank our community supporters and government stakeholders for their generous support. Rowan House has operated at full capacity throughout the year, providing a safe refuge for the women and children whoflee domestic violence. We provide…

  • Planet Waves Weekly Horoscope: December 10 – 17, 2015

    By Len Wallick Aries (March 20-April 19) — Any restrictions on your physical movement in the weeks ahead are almost certain to be temporary. It’s nearly as likely that those same restraints will become the blessings you didn’t know you were waiting for. That’s the reason you should resolve to cultivate patience as your primary…

  • Drop-In Centre Clients Give to Calgary Kids

    Drop-In Centre Clients Give to Calgary Kids

      A group of kind hearted Calgary Drop-In Centre clients pooled their bottle money all year so they could donate Christmas gifts to sick children at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. The Drop-In Centre also visited the‎ Childrens Wish Foundation‬, today, where clients came together to donate $1,000 to sponsor a child’s wish. These guys saved all year to make…

  • Oilfields Food Bank Thanks Community for Generosity

    Oilfields Food Bank Thanks Community for Generosity

    A very successful community food drive by the local fire departments of Turner Valley, Black Diamond & Longview took place in early December. A HUGE THANK YOU to all the firemen/women, the food bank volunteers & the Scouts for their hard work unloading the food. Many hands sorted the donations & filled our storage rooms…