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Small Business Saturday: Merchant of Tennis in Toronto

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Small Business Week: Small but Mighty

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Small Business Saturday: Zucchini Blossom Market and Café in Medicine Hat

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A Renewed Relationship and the UN Declaration Discussed with Treaty 8 First Nation Chiefs
Premier Rachel Notley, Grand Chief Steve Courtoreille and several Chiefs from Treaty 8 First Nations met to establish an improved relationship going forward. The Premier and the Chiefs of Treaty 8 reaffirmed their commitment to an enhanced relationship built on trust and respect. “I appreciated the opportunity to clarify our government’s priority and willingness to…
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How Cities may Benefit from Dog Parks

Cities nationwide are opening dog parks as demand increases, especially in urban communities, for designated areas where canines can play without leashes. The number of off-leash dog parks has increased 20% over the past five years and they are now one of the fastest-growing segments of municipal parks, according to an April 2015 report…
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Small Business Saturday: Chocolatier Constance Popp in Winnipeg

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Turner Valley Supports Home-Based Small Business

Minor Home Occupation Permit Fee Dropped Turner Valley Town Council has dropped the Minor Home Occupation application fee of $175 as part of its strategy to encourage local small business development. Many entrepreneurs start their business with a desk, phone and computer located in a spare room or at the kitchen table of their homes.…
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Small Business Saturday: Island Hill Farm in PEI

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MRAS: Thank You for a Successful Season

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Jaundice Screening Program Cuts Re-admissions, Heel Pokes

CALGARY – Fewer newborns in Calgary are being readmitted to hospital for concerns over jaundice, thanks to a unique community screening program. Since the program was introduced in 2007, the readmission rate for suspected pediatric jaundice has gone down 30 per cent, and the number of unnecessary heel pokes, or blood draws, has fallen by…
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Planet Waves Monthly for November 2015

By Eric Francis Aries (March 20-April 19) — There are two main aspects to this thing we call spiritual. One is the visible part, which involves bodies of ideas, teaching and learning those ideas in the world, the organizations people take part in to facilitate that, and more formal institutions and their various rules and…
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Motorrad Zombie Survivors Minirun to Benefit Turner Valley School Playground

Everyone is invited to participate in the fun of a mini Zombie Survivors Run. Participants will go through an obstacle course while eluding zombies for the opportunity to win prizes. The fun takes place October 23rd to 31st every evening from 6 to 8pm at the Motorrad Performance Motorcycle Shop in Turner Valley (across from the…
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Small Business is Big in Canada

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Child and Youth Advocate Appears Before the Alberta Mental Health Review Committee

Del Graff, Provincial Child and Youth Advocate, appeared before the Alberta Mental Health Review Committee in Calgary (Tuesday) morning and spoke about how the current mental health system is working for vulnerable children and youth. Graff also proposed ideas on how to improve the system. “I spoke with the Committee about what we have heard from…
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At the speed of sound: RBC conversational voice biometrics a Canadian first

Enhanced convenience for clients, with one less password/PIN to remember and real time voice authentication in seconds TORONTO – A Canadian first for fast, secure client identity verification has been launched by RBC, the first organization in the country to provide Canadians with voice verification through natural conversation. RBC Secure Voice verifies a client’s identity…

