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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Dress for Success Regina, a local non-profit organization that provides professional attire for women, has a new home.…
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Every year, the team at Global Edmonton takes a look back at the year that was. Sometimes, that includes a recap on crime in the city, political highlights or speaking with our community leaders — but other times, it’s simply to…
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It’s hard to miss. Well-known Cold Lake, Alta., resident Marty Belilse has been going all out to light up his home for more than three decades. But after getting older and battling Mother Nature to put it all up every year, he’s…
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Affordable child care is essential for working families like Scott Quans’. “That’s the main reason we picked the programs that we did, because they have the $10/day daycare. If not we wouldn’t be able to work because we’d be…
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A Christmas card exchange that started out as a joke back in the early 1960s has become a Christmas tradition for two best friends from New Brunswick. When Gary Gallant, of Saint John, first shipped a simple Moncton High School…
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Ali Midoriya beamed with joy as he arranged string lights on a Christmas tree. The 22-year-old was part of a team from the non-profit organization Rest Centres setting up a festive dinner and gift program at Kennedy Road Tabernacle…
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It may be a slapshot in the face to some, but to others — particularly those concerned about budgets — it’s time to let the world’s largest hockey stick retire. The current record-holder, a Douglas fir stick and puck more than 62…
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Nothing can evoke a sense of appreciation for health more than hearing about a sick child in need. QR Calgary’s annual Pledge day radiothon raises funds for the Calgary Children’s Foundation and this year the live 12-hour radio…
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Some seniors in the Calgary area are inviting people to join them in helping families going through a tough time this holiday season. The seniors make up a talented team bringing some much-needed Christmas comfort.They’re quilters…
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As the weather gets colder in North Vancouver, a volunteer-run warming kit program has returned to the city to support people experiencing homelessness. RCMP Cpl. Randall Wong and his wife Sahar launched warmingthehomeless in 2014…
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