Publisher's Note

Publisher’s Note
It was 22 years ago when I arrived in Canada and chose Calgary, Alberta to be my home. Leaving my family and friends behind, it was a new adventure for me to be in a new country without knowing anyone. That was the time I looked for a Filipino community paper and never found any, [...]
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NEWS FROM July 2012

Outstanding Pinoy 2012

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HEAR SO YOU WON’T FALL !

Folks, do you know that when someone has an imbalanced hearing (either on the left or right ear) or total hearing loss, according to John Hopkins medical research, that person is most likely to have a history of fall. This is so because our hearing is connected to our footing. In the same manner, when [...]

TEENS AND WEIGHTLIFTING?

People often stop to ask me questions about health and fitness – I also get lots of emails and Facebook messages from people all over the world as well. I thought I’d share one of the recent questions I got from someone in Winnipeg. With the mixed messages that we are getting from the [...]

FOOD FACTS “DID YOU KNOW..”

Sugar

12 oz (355 mL can) of soda pop has 9.5 teaspoons of sugar
Candy (6 starburst, 20 jellybeans, 32 gumdrops, 24 junior mints, hard candy), 2 oz has 12.5 teaspoons of sugar.
Each teaspoon of sugar provides ~17 empty calories. (Thus 1 can of pop provides ~150 empty kcal).

Fat

A McDonald’s Big Mac has 574 kcal, 32 [...]

Bhullar to bring ideas about innovations on open data back to Alberta

Edmonton… Service Alberta Minister Manmeet S. Bhullar travels to Washington, D.C., to attend the 2012 International Open Government Data Conference and meet with open data experts, July 10 to 13.
“Alberta is embarking on an aggressive plan to become a leader in openness and transparency, and we are looking at the best practices from around the [...]

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