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AHS Wellness News: Dipping into Online Knowledge
Surfing online can help you navigate parenthood, changing relationships and your family’s health. Here are some of the benefits of connecting online: Find (reliable) knowledge From your child’s developing brain to his budding literacy skills, you can learn all about his development and health online. Tapping into such information—and 60 per cent of new…
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Foothills Lions Club Helps Calgary Nova Lions Club
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City Explores Allowing Secondary Suites in Four Inner-City Wards
City Council has requested administration to report back about possible changes to the Land Use Bylaw to allow secondary suites in R1 areas located in Wards 7, 8, 9 and 11. The changes would eliminate the need for single family home owners to apply for a Land Use Redesignation, which typically takes six months before…
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WYCP Partnership Grows with Support from GLC Moving and Storage and Long-Time Partners
Partnerships make the impossible happen. Just ask Lee Eskdale, Executive Director of the Wilderness Youth Challenge Program (WYCP), whose program for high risk teens would not be possible without help from GLC Moving and Storage and the long-time support of committed partners Supreme Steel LP and the Leder Charitable Foundation. WYCP challenges high risk…
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Turner Valley School – Library to Learning Commons: Changing Names Changing Attitudes
If you happen to drop into the Library/Learning Commons you will notice a number of recent changes that have taken place in our space. We are evolving our library space towards a Learning Commons model to create a physical and virtual space where inquiry, imagination creativity and collaboration thrive. Recent furniture purchases have been…
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Alberta Emerald Foundation: February Youth Environmental Engagement Grant Recipients
Through the generous support of our program sponsor, ConocoPhillips Canada, and other sponsors and individual donors, The Alberta Emerald Foundation is able to inspire Alberta’s next generation of eco-heroes by supporting projects that elevate environmental awareness in a meaningful way. The Alberta Emerald Foundation intends to allocate over 100 Youth Environmental Engagement Grants this year.…
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Jim Prentice Continues to Represent the PCs in Calgary-Foothills
PC Leader Jim Prentice was acclaimed as the PC Alberta candidate for Calgary-Foothills for the next election. Since becoming Leader of our party in September, he’s led his party to four by-election victories (including his own seat with a massive majority), 11 opposition members have joined the PC ranks and they ended 2014 with…
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RCMP completes investigation into Alberta Auditor General Report
Edmonton, AB – The RCMP announced today that they have concluded their investigation into the 2014 Alberta Auditor General’s Report and that there will be no charges laid in relation to that investigation. On August 7, 2014, the Government of Alberta asked the RCMP to review the report and conduct any investigations police deemed…
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FSD: Okotoks FCHS/AHSFA Eduation Plan
Principal Vince Hunter and Vice-Principal Jordan Rhodes presented an overview of the school’s Education Plan. The school is investing considerable work in ensuring that strategic planning is always connected to FSD’s Vision for Leading and Supporting Learning to ensure continuity for students coming into to the school from a variety of feeder schools. The school is proud of its results and…
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Alberta Health Services: Mobile Device Usage
Whether it is a paramedic using their wireless device to send patient information to a hospital, or a home care worker downloading a health chart before visiting a client, mobile devices are integral parts of modern health care. We equip our teams with the technology that will enable them to do their jobs effectively…
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Much Needed Lift for Boys & Girls Club of Diamond Valley & District
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Barnes Statement on RCMP Investigation into Former Premier
CALGARY, AB (February 20, 2015): Today, Wildrose MLA Drew Barnes released the following statement on the completed RCMP investigation into the Alberta Auditor General report: “I want to thank members of the RCMP for their thorough investigation regarding the partisan use of government aircraft by former Premier Alison Redford. It’s clear, without the work…
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Robots Comfort Patients at Alberta Children’s Hospital
CALGARY – Four childlike robots are being used to comfort young patients during stressful medical procedures at Alberta Children’s Hospital. The two-foot-tall robots, named MEDi (Medicine and Engineering Designing Intelligence), are programmed to mimic the actions of a child and to calm apprehensive patients with small talk and high-fives during procedures, such as vaccinations and…
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Now Easier for Transgender Albertans to Change Birth Records
Regulatory changes will help transgender Albertans, including those who have not undergone gender re-assignment surgery, to update their personal documents. Amendments to the Vital Statistics Information Regulation will ensure it is consistent with the new change of sex provisions in the recently updated Vital Statistics Act. Regulatory changes will also ensure that transgender individuals can…
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Bragg Creek Revitalization Planning
Sustainability Resources is partnering with McElhanney Engineering to develop a revitalization plan for the Hamlet of Bragg Creek, the gem of Rocky View County! They will be playing an advisory role with regard to stakeholder engagement to ensure the community’s vision for sustainability is effectively reflected in the plan. The Hamlet Community Revitalization Plan…
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