31 Jan
Current Events | Featured

Little libraries, big hearts

Brad and Wilma Watson returned to their hometown of Innisfail when they retired a few years ago, and they quickly came to enjoy the extra time they suddenly had to pursue their individual interests after both working long careers in...

5 Jan
Current Events

A perfect resolution for 2024

The New Year is here! And with it, so many traditions that come with everyone that passes. There are the more common traditions: the big party on New Year’s Eve of course. But I prefer the more low-key traditions. I have a...

27 Dec
Current Events

Unison’s look back for 2023

It seems like January is a great month to look back at all that was accomplished last year- and to envision what you want to accomplish in the upcoming year.In my article last month, I wrote about how Unison was...

6 Dec
Current Events | Uncategorized

Making a difference

Unison continues to provide many of the same programs and services in Calgary and Medicine Hat that we always have.More and more over the past few years, we have seen a greater need to provide more basic needs support in...

25 Oct
Current Events

Rising costs and rents

Last week CBC Radio called me and asked if I would interview how the housing crisis was affecting seniors.Sadly, the short answer is it is affecting seniors in a significant way. The city of Calgary tells us over 81,000 Calgary...

27 Sep
Current Events

The next 50 years

I was asked the other day, what is Kerby Centre going to do differently in our next 50 years of operation? To answer that I would have to look far down the road, but I can assure you that in...

1 Aug
Current Events

Halfway through our 50th

As you are reading this, we are closer to the end of our 50th anniversary year than we are to the start of it. As with most of our previous 49 years, the 50th has been a particularly good year,...

27 Jul
Current Events

Embracing the snag

You may have noticed as you drive around the city that there are some sad-looking, seemingly barely alive, trees left standing along the boulevards. If you are like me, you may have wondered why limbs are being pruned off, but...

31 Jan
Current Events | Money

Love in a dangerous (online) time

Love may be in the air in February but so too is, unfortunately, potential danger. In 2021, Better Business Bureaus (BBBs) across North America received 276 reports of romance scams. One romance scam in the Calgary area (not a senior) resulted...