Tag: Good News

  • Sewing Seeds Canada Sees ‘Hope’ on Four Continents

    Sewing Seeds Canada Sees ‘Hope’ on Four Continents

      Calgary, Alberta, Canada – Sewing Seeds has been transforming lives and communities on 4 continents for over 15 years. This year the Ebola crisis hit Sierra Leone hard and the women in the Sewing Seeds micro-credit program were deeply affected. Not only did they lose neighbors and loved ones, they also lost income as…

  • Alberta Forest Companies Plant 65 Million Trees in 2015

    Alberta Forest Companies Plant 65 Million Trees in 2015

    Tree planting is essential for Alberta’s environment and economy Edmonton – Members of the Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) planted 65 million tree seedlings in forests throughout the province in 2015. The industry also planted 65 million trees in 2014. This means that each year 16 trees were planted for every man, woman, and child…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Preparing Pumpkins for Halloween

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Preparing Pumpkins for Halloween

      By Reena Nerbas Stemming Strawberries Dear Reena, I pack strawberries in little plastic containers for school lunches. With strawberries being unbelievable expensive; it drives me crazy when kids eat a few bites around the stem and toss most of the berry into the trash. Other than wasting valuable time cutting stems off; how can…

  • True or False? Test your Smoke Alarm Knowledge

    True or False? Test your Smoke Alarm Knowledge

      Think you know all there is to know about smoke alarms? Challenge yourself by taking this quiz! True or False I should replace my smoke alarm every 10 years. A smoke alarm connected to household current is better than a battery-operated smoke alarm. Ionization smoke alarms are better than photo-electric smoke alarms. I will…

  • Fire Prevention Week Focuses on Strengthening Safety

    Fire Prevention Week Focuses on Strengthening Safety

      This year’s Fire Prevention Week (Oct.4-10) theme, “Hear the beep where you sleep” encourages all Albertans to install smoke alarms inside each bedroom of their home. While all homes in the province must have working smoke alarms, fire officials are now recommending Albertans increase safety by installing smoke alarms: inside every bedroom, outside each…

  • Rowan House: Sharing our Gratitude

    Rowan House: Sharing our Gratitude

    Rowan House would like to thank everyone who made a donation this month. We were really low on a number of needs for babies and incidentals for the women, but didn’t have to worry for long after a call for items was put on Facebook. Thank you to It Takes a Village Okotoks for putting together…

  • Is Your Child Safe and Sound in the Backseat?

    Is Your Child Safe and Sound in the Backseat?

    Child safety restraints are required by law for all children under the age of six who weigh less than 18 kilograms (40 pounds). Depending on their age, size and walking ability, children should be restrained in rear- or forward-facing child safety seats. Children under nine years of age who weigh between 18?36 kilograms (40 – 80 pounds)…

  • False alarm? Dealing with nuisance alarms safely

    False alarm? Dealing with nuisance alarms safely

      There’s nothing quite like the smell of burned toast. It lingers for hours and, even worse, it often causes the smoke alarm to sound. Unfortunately, our first reaction is often to remove or disconnect the batteries in alarms that frequently go off. But that is the worst possible action we could take. Nuisance alarms,…

  • CREB: Prices Ease as Expected

    CREB: Prices Ease as Expected

    Inventories rise as sales activity softens further Calgary – Following four months of relative stability, unadjusted benchmark prices eased as expected in September to $456,300, a 0.26 per cent decline compared with last year. Most of this aggregate moderation was due to price declines in the apartment sector brought on by higher-than-average inventory levels. “Overall…

  • ZINC and the Art Gallery of Alberta named top event venue by Consumer’s Choice Award voters

    ZINC and the Art Gallery of Alberta named top event venue by Consumer’s Choice Award voters

      Edmonton, AB – ZINC, a restaurant operated by Compass Group Canada and located at the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA), was presented with the 2015 Consumer’s Choice Event Venue award at last night’s Consumer’s Choice awards ceremony. Each year across Canada, Consumer Choice Award gathers the opinions, perceptions and expectations of consumers in order to determine award…

  • Fire Prevention Week – Hear the beep where you sleep

    Fire Prevention Week – Hear the beep where you sleep

    This year’s Fire Prevention Week will be held October 4-10, 2015, with the theme “Hear the Beep where you sleep.” Message from the Acting Fire Commissioner Whenever we hear that fire truck siren, we panic for a moment, hoping our fellow Albertans are safe. It’s a sound we’d rather not hear. The sound of a…

  • Rowan House Builds with Habitat for Humanity

    Rowan House Builds with Habitat for Humanity

    Staff don hard hats to give back to the community Rowan House Emergency Shelter is no stranger to the generosity of the Foothills. Through our capital campaign, flood rebuild and annual fundraising campaigns, the community has been there to support the work we do with families fleeing domestic violence. We are incredibly grateful for the support…

  • From My Bookshelf: Featuring E.C. Diskin and Julianna Baggott

    From My Bookshelf: Featuring E.C. Diskin and Julianna Baggott

      By Lynn Willoughby Broken Grace ~ E.C. Diskin There are a rash of books like this one – Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train, The Start of Everything, Still Alice, to name a few. All are psychological thrillers. Some are better than this one, some are worse. Grace is a survivor of a…

  • Walmart Canada supports families in need: launches annual Red Cross fundraising campaign

    Walmart Canada supports families in need: launches annual Red Cross fundraising campaign

      Sets $2.6 million goal for this year’s campaign (Calgary, Alta.) From October 1 to 23, 2015, Walmart stores in Alberta are taking part in the national fundraising campaign to support Canadian Red Cross disaster preparedness and response activities in the province and throughout the country. The goal for stores in Alberta is $400, 000. Beginning on…

  • The Importance of Retirement Income Planning

      By Kim Inglis A study by BMO Global Asset Management found that one quarter of already-retired Canadians are surprised to find their savings are not as sufficient as they thought. A key factor is that people are living longer. Statistics Canada says the average Canadian male will live 84 years and females 87 years,…