Province Commits $18 Million to Turner Lodge Replacement Last week was a very busy and exciting one for The Fort Saskatchewan Foundation. Last Wednesday, concepts for the new seniors lodge were revealed at a community engagement session that saw more than 150 residents in attendance. And on Friday, the Foundation received a commitment from...
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Palliative care, the way I understand it, is a type of medical care that is geared towards treating the symptoms of pain that is often associated with those who have cancer or the frail elderly, but palliative care can and also include children who suffer with severe physical or emotional pain. Hospice Care as...
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The Fort Saskatchewan Boys & Girls Club, in partnership with Sobeys and the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP Detachment, staged yet another successful Pink Shirt Day event this past Leap Day. Children from the Boys & Girls Club, chanting “bullying stops here” were joined at the event in front of the Fort Saskatchewan Sobeys by kids...
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Premier Alison Redford last week indicated that her government intended to call an independent public inquiry into queue jumping within the Alberta health system. The inquiry is a result of allegations last year that some politically-connected individuals were able to inappropriately obtain quicker access to health services prior to the enactment of the Alberta...
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A local four-ye ar-old has decided that rather than receive birthday gifts for her upcoming 5th birthday, she would rather help animals at the Edmonton Humane Society. Kadia, who has become a bit of a local internet sensation with the help of video blogger and model Medina Avdic, decided on her own accord that...
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Beaumont came out on top again this year in the second annual Family Day Unplugged Challenge by logging more than 50,000 hours. Family Day Unplugged is a regional initiative to encourage people to disconnect from technology and connect with family and friends. For the record, here is a list of the top five ‘Unplugged’...
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Oil sands firms have formed a new alliance, called the Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), focused on accelerating the pace of improving environmental performance in Canada’s oil sands. Twelve companies have committed to COSIA’s vision to “enable responsible and sustainable growth of Canada’s oil sands while delivering accelerated improvement in environmental performance through...
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Alberta seniors would be able to stay in their homes longer, under proposed new legislation introduced by the Alberta government allowing them to take advantage of homeownership. Bill 5, the Seniors’ Property Tax Deferral Act, would help seniors who own their homes pay their property tax through a home equity loan. The program would...
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Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. “The problem is few adults can maintain ideal cardiovascular health factors as they age,” said Kiang Liu, first author of the study. “Many middle-aged adults develop...
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By Bill Olsen, Pastor, Fort Sask. Life Church Have you ever been so far down a road that you think you can’t turn back, or into certain predicaments so intense that there’s no way out? I think we all can to relate to those types of moments. Some, more than others. I hired a...
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