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Staples Canada Releases Top Trends, Must-Haves for 2016 Back-To-School Season
List includes expressive emojis, vibrant colours and personalization TORONTO, July 21, 2016 /CNW/ – Staples Canada is helping students, parents and teachers get ready to go back-to-school by releasing its annual short-list of the hottest trends. Consumers will find a fresh and wide assortment of items that feature vibrant colours, small and compact shapes and…
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Planet Waves Monthly Horoscope for August, 2016
By Eric Francis Aries (March 20-April 19) — Much of what’s been shocking the world for the past few months involves your birth sign or your primary planet, Mars. This may be resulting in change, clarity or some chaos. You may know that the great astrological event of our era — Uranus conjunct Eris —…
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Local Small Breweries Benefit from Alberta Jobs Plan
Small brewers in Alberta will be able to invest and grow their business, thanks to a new grant that will support local entrepreneurship and economic diversification. Beginning August 5, Alberta-based brewers who produce and sell no more than 300,000 hectolitres in Alberta annually will be eligible to participate in the Alberta Small Brewers Development Program.…
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AHS Weekly Wellness News: Work Week Activities to Improve Fitness
Finding time to exercise during the work week can be challenging. For many of us, most of the daylight hours are consumed preparing for work, commuting to and from work and…working. Experts recommend a minimum of 2 ½ hours of moderate activity a week. To qualify as “moderate”, an activity should increase your breathing rate…
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Planet Waves Weekly Horoscopes: August 1 – 8, 2016
By Eric Francis ARIES — Mars, the Aries planet, is finally set to move out of Scorpio, into Sagittarius. This is one of the closing chapters in a long story of self-discovery for you; you’re now moving on to new adventures. You may feel a sudden burst of liberation, or like you pulled in your landing…
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Wood Buffalo Gets Disaster Funding from Province
The Alberta government will provide an advance of $87.5 million to help the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo recover from devastating wildfires. This initial advance of Disaster Recovery Program funding is intended to help with uninsurable costs such as emergency response, evacuation, cleanup of damaged areas and public spaces and repairs to public infrastructure damaged…
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Boys and Girls Club and RBC Rock the After School Program with the Weber Brothers
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New Device Keeps Newborns Cool en Route to Intensive Care
CALGARY – Newborns in southern Alberta who have been deprived of oxygen at birth and born away from advanced care centres will soon have improved chances of surviving without sustaining brain injuries. Foothills Medical Centre (FMC) is one of the first care facilities in the country to purchase a portable transportation cooling device, which is…
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From My Bookshelf: Sarah Pelekanan
By Lynn Willoughby Things You Won’t Say ~ Sarah Pelekanan The perfect husband, the ideal family – Jamie thinks her life is wonderful. But her husband, Mike, is a cop and when his longtime partner is shot, Mike becomes an invisible casualty. Then things get worse. When we depend upon others for our security and…
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National Park Fiction Series Now Available in Black Diamond
George Mercer, a former Jasper National Park Warden has just released Wood Buffalo, his second novel in the Dyed In The Green series, the first fiction series about Canada’s national park wardens and their battles to protect our country’s special places. Mercer, who was born and raised in Newfoundland, worked in six national parks across…
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Bob Switzer to be Inducted into Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame
ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, AB – Canadian Angus Association Past President Bob Switzer will be inducted into the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame this fall. In 1966 Switzer purchased his first registered Angus from the Corydon dispersal at Elbow, Saskatchewan, eventually leading to the establishment of Sandy Bar Ranch at Aneroid. He served as CAA President…
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Viterra Renews Partnership with STARS Air Ambulance
Viterra Inc. (“Viterra”) is pleased to announce that it is continuing its partnership with STARS Air Ambulance (STARS) to sponsor its 2017 calendar. The calendars will be available for purchase at most Viterra facilities in Western Canada. This year’s campaign kicked off at Viterra’s Crossfield, AB grain facility at an event with officials from both…
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Upgrades to Ghost Provincial Recreation Areas to Enhance Recreation Opportunities
Five Provincial Recreation Area’s (PRAs) within the Ghost Public Land Use Zone in the Kananaskis region will receive $2.5 million for upgrades. Funding will be used to widen campground roads and campsites to accommodate large recreation vehicles and provide bear-proof garbage receptacles as seen in Kananaskis and new washroom facilities. There will also be improved…
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Heritage Day: Celebrate Culture and Explore Alberta
Culture and Tourism Minister Ricardo Miranda has issued the following statement about Alberta Heritage Day: “For over 40 years, our province has celebrated its ethnic diversity and vibrant culture on the first Monday of August during Alberta Heritage Day. “Alberta’s heritage begins with its Indigenous peoples and spans generations to the many immigrants who have…
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