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  • Agreement Secures Slave Lake Forestry Jobs

    Agreement Secures Slave Lake Forestry Jobs

    A new agreement will safeguard sustainable forestry in the Slave Lake region for the next two decades. Alberta has renewed its Marten Hills Forest Management Agreement with Tolko Industries Ltd., Vanderwell Contractors Ltd. and West Fraser Mills Ltd. Companies will have long-term security to grow and harvest timber over the next 20 years. The agreement…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Stay Stress-free this Holiday Season

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Stay Stress-free this Holiday Season

    Stress piles up around the holidays. What should be a time of peace, joy, and giving can become a time of hurrying, rushing, and worrying. It’s important to find a way to balance holiday stress so you can enjoy the true pleasures of the season. Know your “enemy.” Identify what causes you stress and find ways…

  • Making Condos a Better Place to Live

    Making Condos a Better Place to Live

    New rules will increase transparency and improve condominium governance in Alberta. The new regulations cover day-to-day condo living and follow extensive consultations with thousands of Albertans in 2017 and 2018, including industry groups and condo owners. “About one out of every five Albertans lives in a condo and our government has their back. Last year,…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Fabulous Winter Tips

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Fabulous Winter Tips

    By Reena Nerbas Keep Furniture from Sliding Dear Reena, I have laminate flooring in my living room and leather furniture. Every time we sit down they slide a bit. How can I keep them from sliding? Regards, Randy Dear Randy, Purchase rubber gripper pads, they stop furniture from sliding. They are easy to use, just peel…

  • Students to Benefit from New K-4 Curriculum

    Students to Benefit from New K-4 Curriculum

    Alberta Education and the Alberta Teachers’ Association have approved the kindergarten to Grade 4 curriculum for field-testing within classrooms. In June 2016, Alberta Education and the Alberta Teachers’ Association began the development of future kindergarten to Grade 4 curriculum, simultaneously in English and French, in language arts (English, French, Français), mathematics, social studies, sciences, arts…

  • Okotoks RCMP Investigate a Complaint of Harassment

    Okotoks RCMP Investigate a Complaint of Harassment

    Okotoks, Alta.  – Okotoks RCMP are seeking public assistance in identifying two males as they investigate a complaint of harassment. On two separate occasions a male suspect showed up at a residence, and made threats to the homeowner. The men have not been identified and police are looking for any information regarding their identity. First male…

  • Turner Valley Public Works Staff had Plenty of Help Finding Some Lost Elves

    Turner Valley Public Works Staff had Plenty of Help Finding Some Lost Elves

    The Turner Valley Public Works staff had a Christmas mission for the families of Turner Valley. They needed to help Elf Peppermint Waffles find his buddies and get them back to the North Pole before Christmas! You see,18 of Santa’s elves extended their weekend stay in Turner Valley and didn’t seem to be in a…

  • Compassionate Community Living for Calgary Seniors

    Compassionate Community Living for Calgary Seniors

    Seniors and their families in the Calgary area have more choices as 80 new long-term care beds opened with the Wing Kei Greenview expansion. The Wing Kei Greenview now has 175 spaces, which include 95 designated supportive living and dementia spaces, as well as an indoor garden, chapel and areas for leisure activities. Cultural- specific…

  • New Homes, Expanded Care for Boyle Seniors

    New Homes, Expanded Care for Boyle Seniors

    The governments of Alberta and Canada are making lives better for seniors in Boyle with the official opening of the new Wild Rose Assisted Living and Wild Rose Villa designated supportive living facility. Thirty-six new lodge units and 22 designated supportive living units provide different levels of care and flexible options to help more seniors…

  • Stand up of the Canadian Armed Forces Transition Group: a commitment to look after members, veterans, and their families

    Stand up of the Canadian Armed Forces Transition Group: a commitment to look after members, veterans, and their families

    The Government of Canada is improving the transition of Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans, and their families from military to civilian life by ensuring there is a full range of support and services available to them. The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and…

  • New Social Media Campaign Gets Men With Cancer Moving and Improving

    New Social Media Campaign Gets Men With Cancer Moving and Improving

    Practicum student says support people are key to success of #MoveThatMan By Stacy McGuire, Faculty of Kinesiology When Sydney Riglin’s boyfriend was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2016, she searched for ways to help him stay active. “He couldn’t go to a regular gym setting, because he needed a sanitary environment, and I knew he…

  • Scheer Statement on Trudeau’s Energy Sector Bailout

    Scheer Statement on Trudeau’s Energy Sector Bailout

    Ottawa, ON – The Honourable Andrew Scheer, Leader of Canada’s Conservatives and the Official Opposition, issued a statement on the Liberal government’s $1.6-billion bailout package for Canada’s energy sector: “Justin Trudeau has wanted to phase out Canada’s energy industry since day one. “In his Canada, there is no oil and gas sector. He is ashamed of…

  • SAIT has a New Board Chair

    SAIT has a New Board Chair

    Melinda Park, respected community leader and lawyer, is the new chair of the Board of Governors at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Following an open recruitment competition, Park was selected as the successful candidate for board chair. She is currently a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) and has more than 20 years…

  • High River Holiday Changes to Garbage Pick up and Facility Hours

    High River Holiday Changes to Garbage Pick up and Facility Hours

    HIGH RIVER, AB: There will be no waste collection services on Tuesday, Dec. 25; Wednesday, Dec. 26; or Tuesday, Jan. 1 due to the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day holidays. Residents who receive regular waste collection services on Tuesdays are asked to place their collection bins for pick up on Thursday, Dec. 27.…

  • Government of Canada Announces Support for Workers in Canada’s Oil and Gas Sector

    Government of Canada Announces Support for Workers in Canada’s Oil and Gas Sector

    December 18, 2018 – Edmonton, Alberta – Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, together with Canada’s Minister of International Trade Diversification, the Honourable Jim Carr, today announced more than $1.6 billion to support jobs and workers in Canada’s oil and gas sector as Canada seeks to diversify export markets for its resources…