Tag: Health

New Air Quality Results Concerning, Action Required: Minister

Results of the Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards report released today indicate the Red Deer region has exceeded national standards and four other regions are approaching limits. Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAAQS) are national standards for particulate matter and ozone exposure. This is the first year of annual reporting by all provinces and territories.…

September 9, 2015
A&W Restaurants and Guests across Canada raise $1.5 million to End MS

A&W Canada and the MS Society of Canada thank restaurants and guests from coast to coast for their support VANCOUVER/CNW/ – A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. is proud to announce that its 7th annual Cruisin’ to End MS campaign raised an astounding $1.5 million – the most ever collected through this campaign – to…

September 9, 2015
Give a Backpack for Calgary Homeless

CALGARY — When he walked the streets here, one bag held all of Jonathon Paterson’s possessions. “I was homeless for about two-and-a-half years. Without my backpack I would have nothing because my things would get stolen or lost,” says Paterson, a former homeless client. “It gave me a great sense a security to know that…

September 7, 2015
Walk This Way Program Champions Pedestrian Safety

Be A.W.A.R.E as children head back-to-school TORONTO – With children getting ready to head back to school this September, Parachute and FedEx Express Canada are launching the Walk This Way program to keep our children safe. For over 15 years, Parachute and FedEx Express Canada have been delivering Walk This Way, a national awareness campaign…

September 7, 2015
AHS Weekly Wellness News: World Suicide Day

Reach out and save lives: understand the signs September 10 marks World Suicide Prevention Day, an internationally recognized event designed to raise awareness and dispel some of the myths related to suicide. Suicide affects people of all ages and genders. Each year more Albertans die by suicide than motor vehicle collisions. As a result, many…

September 7, 2015
STARS is Hosting an Open House to Celebrate 30 Years in the Air

30 years ago, two physicians, Dr. Rob Abernethy and Dr. Greg Powell, shared the belief that they and others working in emergency medicine could save more lives if only they saw patients sooner. Out of that vision and with the pioneering support of the Lions of Alberta Foundation, STARS was born on December 1, 1985.…

September 5, 2015
September is Addiction Recovery Awareness Month

Throughout the month of September, Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR) Canada will join with partners across the country and around the world to celebrate the power and proof of recovery from addiction and its value to individuals, families, workplaces, and communities. In 2012 the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) found that 4.4% of…

September 5, 2015
The New Rowan House Turns Three!

Community & stakeholder celebration planned for September Rowan House staff and volunteers celebrated three years in High River July 30th, and what a wild three years it has been! We opened our new facility supporting women and children leaving abusive situations on July 30th, 2012. 11 months later we were impacted, along with many…

September 4, 2015
Help Alberta’s Chiropractors Give Toasty Toes to Vulnerable Albertans

Inaugural #ToastyToes Sock Drive aims to collect 100,000 pairs of socks for shelters in partnership with United Way “Sometimes socks can be more important than bringing people food because food is not hard to get, but it seems to be harder and harder to get socks all the time. Without socks you get sores…between your toes…

September 4, 2015
Albertans can now Provide Ideas to Strengthen Addiction and Mental Health Services

The Mental Health Review’s online questionnaire is now available to collect input from Albertans on how to improve the lives of those living with addiction and mental health challenges. The Mental Health Review is being co-chaired by Dr. David Swann, Liberal leader and MLA for Calgary-Mountain View, and Danielle Larivee, MLA for Lesser Slave Lake.…

September 4, 2015
Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Cancer in the Family

Families are deeply affected by a member’s diagnosis of cancer. Feelings can range from anger to despair to fear. Spouses fear losing their partners, parents fear losing their children, and children fear losing their parents. Children can have an especially hard time when a parent or sibling is ill. Frequently, they aren’t included in discussions,…

September 3, 2015
NDP Health Minister Chooses Risky Ideology Over Patient Care

Recently, NDP Health Minister Sarah Hoffman ripped up a $3 billion contract for lab services impacting health care for Edmonton and northern Alberta. Sadly, her reason had nothing to do with whether or not this was the best path to provide quality care for patients, but rather, on ideology. The government spent significant time…

September 3, 2015
Pain-Free Brain Surgery Without a Scalpel

University Hospital Foundation funds $17.5M Gamma Knife and Clinical 3T MRI Centre EDMONTON — Alberta’s first Gamma Knife and Clinical 3T MRI Centre — with the capability to pinpoint hard-to-reach brain tumours and perform life-saving surgery without a scalpel — is coming here thanks to the University Hospital Foundation’s next major investment in the advancement…

September 2, 2015
On the Road, Distractions can be Deadly

Alberta’s Office of Traffic Safety urges young drivers to focus on the road, and only the road, when driving. Between 2009 and 2013, 206 drivers aged 14 to 24 were killed and 12,421 were injured in collisions. Although young drivers represent 14 per cent of the province’s licensed drivers, they account for more than 20 per…

September 1, 2015
AHS Weekly Wellness News: Back to School Health Checklist

Getting your child ready for school means more than snagging that shiny new school backpack and fresh set of pencils. In fact, the most important equipment for your child’s return to school is his or her own good health. Start your child’s year on the healthy track with this handy back-to-school health checklist. Immunization:…

August 31, 2015