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  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Healthy After School Snacking

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Healthy After School Snacking

      Whether your kids spend their after school time at home or on the way to an extra-curricular activity, they may be hungry for a snack. Planned healthy snacks will help children get the extra energy they need to grow and be active. Try to offer snacks at least 2 hours before a meal to…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Homemade Stain Removers

      By Reena Nerbas Homemade Stain Removers Dear Reena, My new life goal is to purchase less store bought products and make my own stain removers. Can you tell me the different kinds of stain classifications? Mel Dear Mel, Stain classifications include; protein, tannin, dye, oil or a combination of the two. Different stains require…

  • Millarville Community School: School Yard Food Forest Update

    Millarville Community School: School Yard Food Forest Update

    Thank you to all the volunteers who offered to water the plants over the summer, including Mrs. Smallwood, Olivia, Oren, Freddie, Gabe, Anders, Matthew, Clark, Reese, Brayden, Moms and Dads, and everyone else who stopped by to help. The White Dutch Clover cover crop has grown quite nicely along the wall of the school and…

  • Millarville Horticultural Society: Banding Bluebirds

    Millarville Horticultural Society: Banding Bluebirds

      Every second Tuesday of the month (Sept to May) at 7:30pm a speaker is arranged to talk and share their knowledge with the club. We meet at the Millarville church house. Tuesday, October 13 Suzanne Maidment will be speaking on banding bluebirds. Please remember to like us on Facebook! Whether you are a novice…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: More Uses for Coffee Filters

      By Reena Nerbas Storing Onions Dear Reena, I would like to know the best way to store onions so that they will keep for a fairly long time. Thank you, Ruth Dear Ruth, My favorite onion storage solution includes a pair of clean pantyhose. Place an onion in the toe and tie a knot…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Careless Painters and Laundry Challenges

      By Reena Nerbas Paint on Carpet Dear Reena, I hired professional painters for a not too large room in my home.  They arrived with a stack of drop cloths but I think they were not careful in actually using them. As a result I have paint splatters in five different spots and one stain that…

  • Foothills Regional Landfill – Temporary Extended Hours

    Foothills Regional Landfill – Temporary Extended Hours

      Tired of waiting in line at the Landfill?  Extended Hours! Sept. 8 – Oct. 15, 2015 only Monday – Thursday, 8:30 am – 6:30 pm *Extended hours are for smaller residential loads, leaf and yard waste and recycling. NOTICE:  In order to maximize the life of the Foothills Regional Landfill, encourage recycling and reduce…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Honey

      By Reena Nerbas Dog Odour in Leather Dear Reena, Our dog’s favorite place to sit was on our leather sofa, and now that she is gone we cannot seem to get the odor off of the leather! We have tried leather cleaners but to no avail. I had a professional here yesterday to clean…

  • Sabal Homes Has Become Hopewell Residential

    Sabal Homes Has Become Hopewell Residential

      Under A Unified Banner, One of Alberta’s Most Popular New Home Builders and Community Developers is Creating the Spaces and Places Where People Love to Live CALGARY /CNW/ –  Award-winning home builder Sabal Homes has retired its name, and has officially become Hopewell Residential. The name change for the Hopewell Group of Companies’ multi-…

  • Delicious Berries Up For Grabs!

    Delicious Berries Up For Grabs!

    Annual Huckleberry Festival August 29, 2015 Castle Mountain Resort, AB – If it’s fun you are after then the Annual Huckleberry Festival is the place to be on 29th August, 2015. The recent warm sunny weather has produced the sweetest berries so grab your berry bucket and visit Castle Mountain Resort for a fantastic family…

  • Millarville Horticultural Club: First Meeting of Season

    Millarville Horticultural Club: First Meeting of Season

      Every second Tuesday of the month (Sept to May) at 7:30pm a speaker is arranged to talk and share their knowledge with the club. We meet at the Millarville church house. September 8th is our first meeting of the fall. It is a potluck so it starts at 6:30pm. This meeting is so we…

  • How Can We Incentivize Building Low-end Rental Housing?

    How Can We Incentivize Building Low-end Rental Housing?

    Emma Woolley, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness/Homeless Hub: York University In our latest website survey, Lara .C. asked: How can we change Canada’s institutions (e.g. tax code, zoning laws) to incentivize building low-end rental market housing? This is a great question Lara, and certainly one many researchers, activists and advocates have been asking for decades. I…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Doors and Tea Bags

      By Reena Nerbas Paint for Front Door Dear Reena, I am in need of repainting my exterior front door. Before painting, I must choose paint but I don’t know if the paint currently on the door is latex or oil. Do you know how I can figure that out? Aron Dear Aron, Using a…

  • Canada Public Health Notice – Outbreak of Cyclospora Under Investigation

    Canada Public Health Notice – Outbreak of Cyclospora Under Investigation

    Why you should take note The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and Health Canada to investigate 83 Canadian cases of Cyclospora infections in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec. The source of this outbreak is not yet known, and the Agency and its partners…

  • Managing Calgary’s Water Supply – a fine balancing act!

    Managing Calgary’s Water Supply – a fine balancing act!

      This summer, Calgarians have had their share of fluctuating weather conditions. From hot sunny days, to thunderstorms, hail and even tornado watches, Mother Nature has been keeping Calgarians on their toes, eyes to the sky. Around us, it is hard to ignore the effects the weather has had – agricultural devastation declared in some…