Tag: Northern Alberta

  • Don’t Risk Life and Limb Putting Up Lights, Researchers Warn

    Don’t Risk Life and Limb Putting Up Lights, Researchers Warn

    CALGARY — New research that looks at traumatic injury cases treated at Foothills Medical Centre underscores the need to exercise caution while installing Christmas lights. At least 40 people in Calgary have sustained life-threatening injuries over the last 10 years as a result of falling while installing Christmas lights, according to the study. Two people…

  • Alberta men stand together against violence toward Aboriginal women

    Alberta men stand together against violence toward Aboriginal women

    The Prentice Government and the Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association pledge to take a stand against violence towards Aboriginal women through the Moose Hide Campaign. The campaign asks men and boys to wear moose hide swatches to show their support for the elimination of violence against Aboriginal women and to honour the women and girls…

  • SUBWAY® Restaurants Raises Nearly $200,000 for Alberta School Programs

    SUBWAY® Restaurants Raises Nearly $200,000 for Alberta School Programs

    Typically, when schools want to raise funds for programs or initiatives, they need to turn to selling chocolate bars or holding bake sales. Now, thanks to SUBWAY® Restaurants, Alberta schools have been able to take advantage of a healthy and profitable program called Peel-a-Deal. How it works: 20,000 cards, that come with ten peel-off coupons…

  • Experience the Sights and Sounds of the Season at the Legislature Starting Dec. 4

    Experience the Sights and Sounds of the Season at the Legislature Starting Dec. 4

    The holiday season is upon us and with it the halls of the Legislature will abound with boughs of holly, the grounds will be festively lit and the sounds of the season will ring out from the rotunda. “An annual holiday tradition since 1985, Celebrate the Season attracts thousands of visitors to Alberta’s centre of…

  • AB Small Business Confidence Stays Strong in November

    Sixty one per cent of entrepreneurs identify rising wage costs as a major constraint CALGARY – After reaching its highest level in two and a half years in October, Alberta’s small business confidence dropped by one point in November to 73.6, according to the latest Business Barometer survey results released today by the Canadian Federation…

  • Alberta Accountants Find Strength in Numbers

    The proposed Chartered Professional Accountants Act seeks to merge Alberta’s three professional accounting bodies to improve labour mobility. Unification in the accounting profession is a growing national and international trend. Since June 2013, the Alberta government has been working with the three self-regulating accounting associations – the Certified General Accountants Association of Alberta, the Certified…

  • Alberta Focused on Fiscal Restraint

    Despite positive second quarter results, declining oil prices require government to be diligent in fiscal planning. Oil prices continued to slide this week, with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) closing at $74.09 US per barrel yesterday. With ongoing uncertainty with global prices, the Prentice Government continues to be focused on making decisions based on sound, conservative…

  • Weather Warnings for Parts of Alberta

    Weather Warnings for Parts of Alberta

    Winter storm warning for Banff, Hinton, Grande Cache, Jasper, Nordegg, Whitecourt, Crowsnest Pass, Waterton Lakes, Kananaskis, Canmore, and surrounding areas. 30 to 50 cm of snow expected. Note that some areas may see up to 75cm. Snowfall warning for City of Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Smoky Lake, Drayton Valley, Camrose, Rocky Mountain House, Spruce Grove, Grande…

  • Pumped About New NICU Equipment

    Pumped About New NICU Equipment

    Foundation helps moms provide their babies the nutrition they need Story by Kerri Robins; Photo courtesy of Alice French When Jan Plumb gave birth to triplets at just 27 weeks into her pregnancy, she feared for their health and well-being. “It was scary giving birth so early and I worried about everything from their health,…

  • Body Condition Scoring Your Horse

    Body Condition Scoring Your Horse

    Body condition scoring is a method of evaluating body fat in relationship to body musculature. The system developed by Dr. Don Henneke assigns a numerical value from 1 to 9 based on the deposition of fat on horses in the areas of the loin, ribs, tailhead, withers, neck and shoulders (see Figure 1 and Table…

  • Brain Scans used to Tailor Treatment for Problem Drinkers

    Brain Scans used to Tailor Treatment for Problem Drinkers

    EDMONTON — People living with alcoholism are benefiting from clinical research that uses brain imaging and drug therapy to better understand how microscopic changes in brain connectivity relate to alcohol dependence and recovery. The TRANSALC project uses a magnetic resonance imaging scanner to take ‘snapshots’ of the brains of newly abstinent patients, then compares them…

  • AHS: Better Choices Better Health Online

    AHS: Better Choices Better Health Online

    Do you have a chronic condition like diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, high blood pressure, obesity, chronic pain or others? Join this program to: Learn to manage your symptoms better Discover tips to manage your day-to-day activities Get support from others with long-term health problems Share you experiences and help others About the Better Choices, Better…

  • Premier Jim Prentice welcomes MLAs Kerry Towle and Ian Donovan to PC caucus

    Premier Jim Prentice welcomes MLAs Kerry Towle and Ian Donovan to PC caucus

    Edmonton – Premier Jim Prentice today welcomed Kerry Towle, MLA for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, and Ian Donovan, MLA for Little Bow, into the Progressive Conservative caucus. “Kerry Towle and Ian Donovan are both hard-working and dedicated conservative MLAs who entered politics for the right reasons – they are passionate about improving the lives of Albertans. Kerry…

  • Legislative Assembly to Commemorate Holodomor

    The Holodomor was a government-imposed famine in the Ukrainian SSR that took place in 1932 and 1933, when an estimated 10 million men, women and children died of starvation. The Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act, recognizes and commemorates the lives of those who perished as a result of this tragedy. “Every year…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Making a List and Checking it Twice

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Making a List and Checking it Twice

    As the holidays approach, Santa’s tally of who’s been naughty and nice, isn’t the only list you should be checking. Can you name all the medications you take? If you are like most people, it might be hard to name them all. This is why making a MedList is important. A MedList is an easy-to-use…