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  • Extinguishing home fires: When to leave it to the professionals

    Extinguishing home fires: When to leave it to the professionals

      It’s tempting to stay and fight a fire in your home. It’s a small fire, you think. And you can probably put it out yourself with that fire extinguisher in your closet before the fire department arrives. Acting Fire Commissioner Spence Sample respects and understands the temptation. “A portable fire extinguisher can save lives…

  • Sleeping Like a Baby: Nighttime fire drills critical for heavy sleepers and children

    Sleeping Like a Baby: Nighttime fire drills critical for heavy sleepers and children

      Is someone in your family a heavy sleeper? Whether it’s a child or an adult, people who are heavy sleepers need extra measures if there is a fire in your home. Heavy sleepers may not wake up when a smoke alarm sounds or their judgment may be impaired when they do wake up. Current…

  • Fire Safety Week: Infographic

    Fire Safety Week: Infographic

  • Fire Prevention: Smoke alarms for people who are deaf or hard of hearing

    Fire Prevention: Smoke alarms for people who are deaf or hard of hearing

      Smoke alarms save lives. However, people who are deaf or hard of hearing may not be able to depend on the traditional smoke alarm to alert them to a fire. Smoke alarms and alert devices, called accessories, are available for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. There are a few types of…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Fall Lawn Prep

      By Reena Nerbas Removing Wood Stain Dear Reena, My husband was staining something on our deck and managed to splatter stain on the vinyl siding, cement walkway and the composite deck. I really need your help to get rid of these stains. Karen Dear Karen, One option is to purchase the organic compound Oxalic…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena ~ Pesky Fruit Flies

      Cleaning Fireplace Chrome Dear Reena, My wife and I completed some home reno’s that overall went well, but we do have a minor problem. We had a new fireplace installed but did not remove the protective film that covers the chrome finish. We did have to test the fireplace before all the reno’s were…