27 Mar
Featured

Remembering Burma Shave

Barbara EllisMarch 27, 2024

During the 70s, my husband and I would drive to Pennsylvania for our summer vacation and visit my parents. They lived in Beaver Falls and while the trip was long and tiring, it was always worth the energy it took to spend time with the people we loved.

The drive would usually happen in July or August, two of the hottest months to be stuck in a car with no air-conditioning. Our drive began in Lethbridge and from there we drove south to Montana and then east through that state and North Dakota into Minnesota.

Once we arrived in Minnesota, the trip...

20 Mar
Current Events | Featured

Why you need to be at our Seniors’ Expo

Andrew McCutcheonMarch 20, 2024

At Unison, we’re constantly hearing questions from our senior population: Where can I find affordable senior housing in Calgary? What senior’s benefits am I entitled to? How can seniors keep active? What are the best services and organizations to help seniors out?

And those are just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many questions out there, and while we’re great at pointing people in the right direction, wouldn’t it be ideal if we had all the answers, all the people to talk to, all the organizations to assist — all in one place?

Well of course we do! We’re Unison!...

26 Aug
Featured

Bonnie the Cat

Jaroslav MariaAugust 26, 2022

She had been an abandoned cat living in a shelter. Being an orphan with an uncertain future must be very stressful even for an animal! Then she was picked up by our daughter who lives in a two bedroom condo,...

25 Aug
Current Events

Preparing for the Kerby Expo

Larry MathiesonAugust 25, 2022

By the time this article goes to print our team should have finished working on the Kerby Centre Charity Classic — and we should be well on our way to planning our next event: the Seniors Expo.The Expo is a...

25 Aug
Featured

I am not an athlete

Andrew Glen McCutcheonAugust 25, 2022

I am not an athlete.I’m what you might call an indoor kid. The most exercise I get is from throwing dice during a particularly raucous board game.And yet I found myself at the Kerby Centre Charity Classic, rental clubs in...

25 Aug
Money

Police warn of new mass-marketing extortion scam

Andrew McCutcheonAugust 25, 2022

Extortion scams have become more popular in the advent of the digital age, but Calgary Police are warning of a particularly new and frightening scam that’s targeted local citizens. In a social media post in August, the Calgary Police describe a...

25 Aug
Featured

Living well and eating better

Andrew McCutcheonAugust 25, 2022

On July 5, the menu is a tangy citrus chicken, with herbed potatoes, buttermilk pasta salad and a summer slaw. The folks in the kitchen need to work hard: there are 100 meals of these to make and eventually deliver. Over...

27 Jul
Featured

Family: our first and most important connection

Barbara EllisJuly 27, 2022

I have been watching the news showing Ukrainian families fleeing their homeland. Fear and uncertainty are written on their faces. Where will they go? How will they live? Which country will take them in? Most importantly, will they ever be able to...

27 Jul
Money

Investing during uncertain times

James MacTavish July 27, 2022

For the past few decades, the Canadian economy has experienced exceptionally low inflation rates ranging from one to three per cent. Unfortunately, Canadians today are challenged with a 30-year high inflation rate of 6.8 per cent, with expectations that it...