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Maximizing the Benefits of TFSAs
By Kim Inglis For many Canadians, tax-free savings accounts (TFSAs) may be the most advantageous change made to the tax code since RRSPs were launched in 1957. Many professionals even contend that the popularity of TFSAs will ultimately surpass that of RRSPs. However, despite countless clarifications by Revenue Canada and others, TFSAs continue to…
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Alberta Boosts Support for High-Tech Innovation and Research
The Government of Alberta is providing additional funding for Alberta’s high-tech businesses to create a more diversified and resilient economy. The Enhanced Innovation Voucher and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Support program will receive $5 million in additional funding to help small innovative and technology-based businesses gain access to services and expertise they need to…
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Alberta Remains Focused on Economic Diversification and Supporting Families
A report from DBRS reaffirms the significant impact the drop in global commodity prices has had on Albertans and this province. “All across Canada – and especially right here in Alberta – communities are feeling the impact of the global oil price collapse.” Joe Ceci, Minister of Finance The DBRS report maintains Alberta’s AAA…
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Penguin Cam!
Check out the penguins at the Vancouver Aquarium on their webcam as they splash, waddle and eat: http://www.vanaqua.org/learn/see-and-learn/live-cams/penguin The penguins at the Aquarium are African Penguins, sometimes called “black-footed” penguins. The live on the southern coast of Africa. Not all penguins live on the ice of Antarctica; of the 18 species of penguin only 4 live…
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AHS 2015 Multi-Year Facility Infrastructure Capital Submission
The Royal Alexandra Hospital and the Misericordia Community Hospital are important and integral parts of the health system in Edmonton and Northern Alberta, providing care and treatment to hundreds of Albertans every day. As we work hard to ensure we have the health system needed to meet the needs of patients and families well…
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Flower Blooms in Space
Here it is! A flower grown on the International Space station blooms. On Saturday (January 16, 2016), International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted out an image of what he described as the first flower grown in space. The orange zinnia – a plant related to the sunflower – is from a small garden…
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Mitigating the Effects of Mining: Land reclamation benefits Alberta’s grizzly bear population
By Jennifer Pascoe In the face of ongoing demand for resource extraction, scientists are challenged to minimize disruption to sensitive wilderness species. A team from the University of Alberta has studied the effects of human disturbance—specifically mining and reclaimed mines—on grizzly bear movements. “We were concerned that mining and reclamation might be very disruptive to…
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Government of Canada Partners with Provinces and Territories to Lower Cost of Pharmaceuticals
Joins pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance to help make drugs more affordable for Canadians Ottawa, ON – The Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, today announced that the Government of Canada’s federal drug plans will join the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA). The Alliance negotiates on behalf of provinces and territories to lower prices for Canadians on brand name drugs…
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Quebec Ministers Win National Golden Scissors Award for Cutting Red Tape on Small Businesses
Toronto, January, 2016 – To close out Red Tape Awareness Week™, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) announced this morning that Quebec ministers Sam Hamad, and Jean-Denis Girard, are joint winners of the Golden Scissors award for leading and implementing measures to reduce red tape on small businesses. Hamad, currently the province’s Minister…
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Curling Canada: Team North America Prevails at 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup
LAS VEGAS — It was a nailbiter of historic proportions to the very end. So, it was only fitting that in the four-day roller-coaster that was the 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup, presented by Boyd Gaming, it took three attempts to finally win it for Team North America in the final round of…
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Planet Waves Monthly Horoscope for February, 2016
Your Monthly Horoscopes — and our Publishing Schedule Notes Your extended monthly horoscopes by Eric are published below in this issue. We published your extended monthly horoscopes for January on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Please note that instead of a Full Moon Moonshine horoscope this month, we will be publishing a New Moon Moonshine horoscope by Len…
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Alberta Campus Newspapers The Gauntlet and The Gateway Win “Johnnie” Awards by the Canadian University Press
Winners were announced for the John H. McDonald (the “Johnnies) awards celebrating excellence in student journalism at campus newspapers across Canada in Toronto on January 9, 2016. The annual awards, administered by the Canadian University Press, are open to any students whose work has been published in a CUP student publication at post-secondary institutions in Canada. The University…
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Reel Reflections: Brooklyn
Directed by – John Crowley Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan), and Best Screenplay based on Previously Published Material (Nick Hornby) By E. P. Whinters On the outside, Brooklyn seems like a simple love story – a young Irish girl immigrates to America in the 1950s, falls in love and needs to…
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Turner Valley Kindergarten Open House!
We welcome parents of next year’s kindergarten students to come out on Thursday, January 28, from 5-7pm. The evening will begin with a short presentation in the Learning Commons, followed by a visit to the kindergarten classroom. Children are welcome to attend. Babysitting will be provided during the presentation. Children may start kindergarten in September 2016 if they are 5 years of…
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FSD Employee Prepares for Calgary Firefighter Stairclimb Challenge
Facility Services Grounds Keeper Ryan Kaiser, who is also a Squad Leader with the Okotoks fire department (see photo top right), is once again participating in this event to raise funds for Wellspring Calgary to support firefighters and other citizens living with cancer. On May 1st, Ryan, a 15-year community firefighter, will don full firefighting…
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