Tag: Health

  • 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…

  • Hear the Beep Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm

    Hear the Beep Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm

    Fire Prevention Week 2015: October 4 – 10 The sound of a smoke alarm can mean the difference between life and death in a fire. Unfortunately, many Alberta homes are missing this lifesaving tool. “We know from the research that working smoke alarms cut the chances of dying in a fire nearly in half,” says,…

  • October is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

    Learn the Signs and Make the Call National Child Abuse Prevention Month offers a reminder to all Albertans to recognize the signs of child abuse and neglect, and to report any incident in which they believe a child or youth may need help. “All Albertans have a responsibility to protect our children. Make the call…

  • 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)…

  • Fire Prevention Week: Your Home Fire Escape Plan

    Fire Prevention Week: Your Home Fire Escape Plan

  • 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,…

  • AHS Wellness News – Get Your Influenza Immunization: why chance it?

    AHS Wellness News – Get Your Influenza Immunization: why chance it?

      With autumn comes a few certainties: first frost, Thanksgiving, changing leaves… and influenza. Influenza – often called the “flu” – is unfortunately also often confused with stomach illnesses and common colds. The reality is that influenza is of far greater risk to our communities than the common cold and stomach flu.  As a severe…

  • STARS celebrates 30 years of Care in the Air

    STARS celebrates 30 years of Care in the Air

      Calgary, AB – Over 1,200 Calgarians, including government officials and first responders, flooded the Calgary base for an open house on Saturday to celebrate STARS’ 30th anniversary. Children posed for photos with STARBEAR and a STARS helicopter. STARS Pilots and Air Medical Crew members answered questions about our helicopters and mission stories. Guests toured…

  • Government Introduces New Eye Care Program, Saving Millions for Patients and Taxpayers

    Government Introduces New Eye Care Program, Saving Millions for Patients and Taxpayers

    Minister of Health Sarah Hoffman has announced a new pilot project that will provide more treatment options for Albertans suffering from vision loss, and will save patients approximately $300 every year. The program will also save taxpayers between $23 –$46 million over the next three years, as patients are able to choose a less expensive…

  • Albertans Recognized for Work to Transform Lives and Reduce Stigma

    Albertans Recognized for Work to Transform Lives and Reduce Stigma

    Inspiring stories of hope, recovery and service were celebrated today at the fourth annual True Awards ceremony, hosted by the Lieutenant Governor’s Circle on Mental Health and Addiction. Lieutenant Governor Lois Mitchell presented the awards which recognize compassionate and forward-thinking efforts to help Albertans find the services and supports they need, foster recovery for those…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Managing Chronic Health Conditions

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Managing Chronic Health Conditions

      Live well and feel better Do you live with a health conditions that requires ongoing management? These are called chronic health conditions and include things like diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and even some cancers. Approximately 30 per cent of Albertans report having at least one chronic health condition and for those over 65…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Taking Cancer in Stride

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Taking Cancer in Stride

    Hearing a doctor say “You have cancer” is devastating news. After the initial shock, this abrupt change in your life affects you in many ways. Most obvious is the physical fact of having an illness, which compromises your health. The other consequence is its emotional impact. Whether due to treatment such as chemotherapy, poor appetite,…

  • STARS Celebrates 30 Years of Care in the Air

    STARS Celebrates 30 Years of Care in the Air

      Alberta – Have you ever watched a STARS helicopter fly overhead and wondered what goes on inside? Or wanted to ask a STARS crew member a question? Here’s your chance to do all this and more at one of STARS’ upcoming open houses. To mark our 30th anniversary, STARS is opening the doors of…

  • Millarville Programs

    Millarville Programs

      YOGA Kids Yoga Ages 7-11 Mondays from 3:00 to 4:00 at Ranchers Hall September 14 to October 25 No class Thanksgiving Monday $75 for 6 week session Please bring a water bottle and a yoga mat! Teens Yoga Ages 12-18 Mondays from 6:00 to 7:00 at Ranchers Hall September 14 to October 25 No…

  • Consumer Product Alert – Health Canada orders company to recall and stop the sale of “Orange TKO Super Concentrated All Purpose Cleaner”

    Consumer Product Alert – Health Canada orders company to recall and stop the sale of “Orange TKO Super Concentrated All Purpose Cleaner”

      Health Canada has ordered Orange TKO Industries (International) Inc. to recall and stop the sale in Canada of “Orange TKO Super Concentrated All Purpose Cleaner”. This product does not meet the labelling and child-resistant packaging requirements for consumer chemical products that are established in regulations under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA). Issue…