Canada will host this year’s Invictus Games, which means that 550 wounded warriors will compete against each other in 12 adaptive sports. The games will take place in Toronto from Sept. 23 to 30. Competitors will go for gold in archery, cycling, golf, indoor rowing, power-lifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair basketball, rugby and tennis, athletics…
DetailsMany of you may know Brandi Sidoryk as a member of HMCS Tecumseh. What you may not know is that she is the bassist of a popular Alberta country music group called Nice Horse. And, this group is about to release their debut album, “There Goes the Neighbourhood.” The band’s first year out of the…
DetailsPlease join us in welcoming two new members of our MFRC family. We have hired Family Outreach Workers in Red Deer and Lethbridge to help support our growing military communities in those areas. Chrissy Mein will be the new Family Outreach Worker for the MFRC office in Lethbridge. Shannon Humphrey will be the new Family…
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We have had such an amazing summer full of support from our military community, donors and sponsors. MillionHours Of Giving To commemorate Canada’s 150, the TELUS team has made a commitment to contribute one million hours of giving in communities across the country. For Breakfast on the Bridge this year, every tweet, like or share using…
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Composting Programs Composting is another great way to help the environment and reduce household waste. Composting is a natural process of recycling organic material such as leaves and vegetable scraps into a rich soil amendment that gardeners fondly nickname Black Gold. This process helps find a new purpose for food and yard waste, and keeps…
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Recycling means that new products are being used from the old products which are of no use to us. Recycling involves turning used materials over to a local recycling facility to be taken and reused as material for a new purpose. All of the recyclable products are then turned back into a raw material that…
DetailsWays to reduce your energy use and make your home greener. To kick things off, let’s start by looking at some ways that you can start making your home more eco-friendly. Being green doesn’t mean that you have to spend lots of money on fancy gadgets or new technologies. Here are a few small changes…
DetailsWelcome to the fall! I hope that all of the parents, students and teachers in our military family are happily settled back into the new school year. This time of year has given me a chance to look back over the summer months. This was my first summer with the Calgary MFRC, and I have…
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Ninety members of the 41 Canadian Brigade Group were deployed in late August to assist the British Columbia government in fighting the ongoing and devastating forest fire situation as part of Operation LENTUS. Operation LENTUS is the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) response to natural disasters in Canada. Provincial and territorial authorities are the first to…
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