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There are 150 community associations in Calgary with more than 20,000 volunteers involved, making it the largest collective volunteer movement in the city! Com-munity associations come in all shapes and sizes, are run by your neighbours, offer you endless opportunities, bring you together as a community, and are dedicated to addressing local issues and ensuring you love where you live. They can be the anchor for community life, but they need support to effectively operate in today’s com-petitive not-for-profit world. The Federation of Calgary Communities is that support organization.

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Some internet sources clearly recommend biking on non-designated trails on the slopes of Nose Hill up to the plateau. Many of the “Trail Fork’s” paths do match the designated paths but there are several other areas where they venture into protected areas, in order to make their route join up to official paths. The Trail and Pathway Plan and the Parks and Pathway bylaw both enforce staying on the official routes in order to protect wildlife and habitat. There are maps at the Nose Hill Park entrances to help guide park users.

The Shaganappi Trail is part of Calgary’s carpool lane (High Occupancy Vehicles) network in the City’s Trans-portation Plan. The plan calls for Shaganappi Trail to be widened sometime in the future, from 4 to 6 lanes. This is of importance to Friends of Nose Hill Society as it will affect wildlife. There is the tunnel under Shaga-nappi Trail in Edgemont and it is important that any road changes do not unduly disrupt their routes. Also increased traffic could have implications for wildlife too. Commentary provided by Friends of Nose Hill Society about the long-term plan might reference the approach the City is taking with biodiversity conservation, as in Our BiodiverCity, Calgary’s 10-year biodiversity strategic plan.

For more information regarding The University of Cal-gary Community Forum on Calgary: City of Animals, go to the website: arts.ucalgary.ca/cih. The plan is to con-tinue the dialogue. “We will be hosting community re-sponse, anything from a sentence to a few paragraphs.” The topics are below.

•Wildlife maintains biodiversity but some pose risks to humans and pets, so how can wildlife and human ani-mals co-flourish?•What is our relationship and how do we manage our-

selves (do we leave places just for wildlife)?•What policies are needed in the city; ethics to guide us;

and are there circumstances when we silence a song dog (coyote)?•Should residents be permitted to keep livestock in the

city (which, why or why not)?•Should animals be used for entertainment?

The annual progress report from the BiodiverCity Ad-visory Committee was approved by City Council after the Community and Protective Services Committee meeting. The group held 6 meetings, 10 subcommittee meetings, a workshop, and produced a work plan. Some city-wide projects are habit restoration in existing parks, biodiversity in planning, management, and other city initiatives; conservation priorities, and data sharing.

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Hamptons Real Estate UpdateLast 12 Months HamptonsMLS Real Estate Sale Price Stats

Last 12 Months HamptonsMLS Real Estate Number of Listings Stats

To view the specific SOLD Listings that comprise the above MLS averages please visit hamptons.great-news.ca

Average Asking Price Average Sold Price

May 2016 $809,900.00 $818,690.00

April 2016 $709,900.00 $707,700.00

March 2016 $1,172,500.00 $1,067,500.00

February 2016 $669,000.00 $640,000.00

January 2016 $940,900.00 $895,000.00

December 2015 $769,900.00 $750,000.00

November 2015 $799,900.00 $775,000.00

October 2015 $794,850.00 $764,900.00

September 2015 $640,000.00 $635,000.00

August 2015 $769,500.00 $749,000.00

July 2015 $798,800.00 $785,000.00

June 2015 $789,900.00 $775,000.00

No. New Properties No. Properties Sold

May 2016 10 12

April 2016 13 11

March 2016 9 2

February 2016 5 5

January 2016 5 2

December 2015 4 3

November 2015 7 7

October 2015 8 4

September 2015 12 3

August 2015 14 11

July 2015 12 13

June 2015 12 13

Total 124 85

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at a glanCE...•August 5 to 7 - Expo Latino: Each year, Expo La-

tino brings a variety of talented Latino perform-ers to Prince’s Island Park. This is a three-day cele-bration of Latino music, dance and culture. www.expolatino.com

•August 10 to 13 - Afrikadey! Festival: This year marks Afrikadey’s 25th anniversary. That’s 25 years sharing the art, music and dance from cultures across the African continent. www.afrikadey.com

•August 14 - marda gras street Festival: The neighbourhood street festival includes numerous food vendors, artisan booths and buskers. Also part of the festival is the sixth annual Marda Gras pet pageant, so get your pooch ready to shine. www.mardagras.ca

•August 18 to 20 – reggaeFest: According to the organizers of the festival, ReggaeFest will trans-form you into a “Rastafarian.” There’s music and there’s food, and it’s a festival all Calgarians need to attend at least once. www.reggaefest.ca

•August 18 to 27 – globalFest: This annual fire-works and cultural festival includes five impressive shows. The first of the fireworks shows synched to music is from China, followed by the Philippines, Spain and the USA. The finale is by Canada. www.globalfest.ca

•August 20 to 21 - Antiquing at the Arc: Spend hours rummaging through everything from furniture to militaria to art deco to toys and more at this annual antique show. www.antiquesbydesignshows.com

•August 26 to september 5 - Calgary Pride Pa-rade and Festival: Celebrate Calgary’s LGBTQ community and attend events during the Calgary Pride Festival. www.calgarypride.ca

augustAugust 5 to 7Expo LAtinoEach year, Expo Latino brings a variety of talented Latino performers to Prince’s Island Park. This is a three-day celebration of Latino music, dance and culture. www.expolatino.com

August 13 CALgAry JApAnEsE FEstivAL omAtsuriThe one day festival has plenty of fun, cultural activities appropriate for the whole family, including galleries of Japanese arts and crafts and food kiosks selling Japanese food. www.calgaryjapanesefestival.com

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blue-winged teal a little dabblerBy J.G. Turner Photo credit: Alan & Elaine Wilson of Nature’s Pics Online

The Blue-winged Teal’s formal name (Anis discors) comes from the Latin words for “a duck” (Anis) and dis-cors or “disc about the mouth” which may refer to the face pattern of the male. The adult male has a rounded slate blue head with a crescent shaped band of feathers behind its black bill and in front of its black eyes. The male has a light brown body with a white patch near the rear and a black tail, and shows a blue patch with a white border on its fore wings, especially when in flight. The adult female is a mottled or scalloped grey-brown with a whitish patch at the base of the tail and bill, and a dark line through its black eye. The bill is quite large. Blue-winged and Cinnamon Teal females and imma-tures are very hard to distinguish from one another.

This is a small (especially compared to the large Mal-lards common to Alberta waterways) dabbling duck (meaning that it feeds on the surface on vegetation or water insects just ducking its head under water, or by tipping right up, pointing its tail end upwards while feeding on submerged vegetation). It is only about 16 inches (40 cm) long, with a wingspan of 23 inches (58 cm) and weighing in at only 13 ounces (370 g).

This is the most common teal in Alberta’s grassland and parkland areas. The best area for it to live in is likely to have grassy spaces mixed with wetlands. It is most

likely found in the calmer waters of marshes, sloughs, ponds and the weedy edges of small lakes. Nests are built in concealing grasses or vegetation on dry land, but near to water. You might see a Blue-winged Teal cruising near the shoreline (rather than out in open water) or resting on logs or rocks sticking above the water, on top of muskrat houses, on bare shoreline or mud flats. In the late summer they undergo a moult (during which they shed their old feathers and grow new ones), which prevents them from flying so they will spend this time in prairie sloughs or large marsh-es with good food supplies. Although it is found in the right habitat throughout the province, the Blue-winged Teal is most common in central and southern Alberta.

This little duck hangs out in pairs or small groups spending most of their time foraging in shallow wa-ters. They are described as being “abundant” in North America, with numbers varying in response to water conditions, with drought causing populations to fall. They are the first ducks to go south in the fall and the last ones to arrive north for the breeding season in the spring. It is likely that they leave early and arrive back late because they are long distance migrators, some going as far as South America (a Blue-winged Teal banded in Alberta was found in Venezuela a month later). The oldest recorded Blue-winged Teal was a 23-year-old male, banded in Alberta and found in Cuba. Overwintering in Alberta is not common, but has been recorded in Calgary and at Wabamun Lake.

If you find an injured or orphaned wild bird or animal in distress, please contact the Calgary Wildlife Reha-bilitation Society hotline at 403-239-2488, for tips, in-structions and advice, or look at the website at www.calgarywildlife.org for more information.

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Heat exhaustion•Heat exhaustion can occur due to excessive fluid loss

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nausea/vomiting, thirst, chills, and profuse sweating.•The patient is usually cold and damp to the touch and

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the patient may appear flushed, and skin may be hot and dry to the touch.

First aid•First aid for all heat related illness begins with remov-

ing or sheltering the patient from the hot environment.•Remove excess or tight fitting clothing, and allow

them to rest in a cool environment.•If the patient is conscious and alert, provide suitable

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in & aroundcalgaryGreen Cart set to roll out next springAfter a successful pilot that saw a 40 per cent drop in garbage and 89 per cent satisfaction amongst residents, the Green Cart Program will roll out to all single family homes beginning next spring. All communities should have the service by fall 2017. Here are the highlights:

All food, yard and pet waste is accepted in the program.

Unlimited quantity. Use paper yard waste bags for extra yard waste that doesn’t fit in the cart.

green and blue carts will be collected on the same day every week.

Black carts will be picked up once every two weeks on a separate day since most household waste can be recycled or composted.

Residents will receive everything they need to get started including the green cart, a kitchen pail for col-lecting food scraps inside the home; a sample of com-postable bags for the kitchen pail and yard waste bags. Once service begins, households will pay $6.50 per month. This charge reflects the savings achieved by changing black cart garbage collection from weekly to once every two weeks.

green carts go beyond backyard compostingIf you’re already backyard composting, keep it up. Use your green cart for all the other materials that cannot be composted at home like meat, bones, shellfish, dairy, weeds and pet waste.

Why we need to keep food and yard waste out of landfillsIt may be hard to believe, but more than half of residen-tial garbage is food and yard waste. Composting this material is the right thing to do. When food and yard waste is buried in the landfill it releases methane, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide. By using the green carts we reduce depen-dence on our landfills, reduce greenhouse gas and turn food and yard waste into nutrient-rich compost. To learn more about the Green Cart Program, visit calgary.ca/greencart.

Submitted by The City of Calgary Waste & Recycling Services.

Do you know what causes more cases of cancer than to-bacco? Ultraviolet (UV) rays emitted by the sun, which cause skin cancer.

Despite being largely preventable, skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Canada. Most skin cancers are easy to treat, but they do put you at a higher risk of developing cancer later in life and treatment can include disfiguring surgery.

And rates of melanoma – the most dangerous type of skin cancer – continue to rise in Canada.

As summer is now upon us, we want to remind you that being safe in the sun is the best way to reduce your risk of developing skin cancer.

Sun safety isn’t about avoiding the sun. It’s about pro-tecting your skin and eyes while you’re enjoying the out-doors.

And sun safety includes more than just applying sun-screen. In fact, sunscreen should not be your only de-fence against the sun. Use sunscreen along with shade, clothing, and hats – not instead of them.

Follow these Canadian Cancer Society prevention tips to safely enjoy the sun this summer:

•Check the UV index daily. Use extra precautions to protect your skin if the UV index reaches 3 (moderate) or more.•Cover up when the sun is at its strongest. You need

to be extra careful to protect your skin between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. when the sun is at its strongest (UV index of 3 or more).•Cover up. Wear a wide-brimmed hat and cover up as

much of your skin as possible. Clothes generally pro-vide better protection than sunscreen. •Use sunscreen properly. Use a broad-spectrum and

water-resistant sunscreen with a minimum SPF of 30. Apply generously – most adults need about two to three tablespoons of sunscreen to cover their body and a teaspoon to cover their face and neck.•seek shade. Sit under a tree at the park or an awning

on a restaurant patio. Bring an umbrella so you can have shade whenever you need it.•Wear sunglasses. Sunglasses (labeled UV 400 or 100%

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in & aroundcalgarywhere there’s water, there is a riskCalgary’s rivers, lakes and waterways can be a fun and re-freshing way to spend a hot summer day. Your Calgary Fire department wants to remind you about Water Safety.

Life jacket safetyAlways wear a properly fitting life jacket or personal flo-tation device (PFD) when boating or rafting anywhere.•Check the PDF or jackets size and weight restrictions.•Start with the buckles and straps loose, do them up

from the bottom of the jacket to the top. Make sure the jacket or PFD fits snugly.

•Test the life jacket or PFD once you have done it up; hold your arms over your head and ask a friend to grab the tops of the arm openings and gently pull. Make sure there is no extra room above the arm openings and that the jacket does not ride up over your face or chin.

swimming is a lifesaving skillWater skills give you the confidence to safely take part in water sports throughout your life. The City offers swim lessons for all ages, throughout the year. We also offer First Aid and National Lifeguard certification classes.

remember, always keep toddlers or young children within arm’s reach while in or around all bodies of water.

Before you raft or boatAlways sCoUT, AssEss and dECidE from shore before going on rivers, lakes and waterways.scout the river for potential hazards and check the weather and water conditions.Assess the level of danger. Check for river advisories and assess the swimming and paddling skills of your crew.decide if it is safe to raft or boat.Ensure you have emergency supplies on board with you.

For further information visit calgary.ca/CSPS/Fire/Pag-es/Safety-tips/Safety-tips-for-water/River-Safety.aspx

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As you may know, before I was elected as your MLA, I worked for 28 years in the petrochemical industry. For the last 12 years of my career I was employed by Suncor Energy on major oil sands projects. The devastating fire in Fort McMurray really hit home as I have many friends who still live and work there. I know how important the activities in that part of our province impact the stan-dard of living of all Albertans.

I was proud to help raise $15000 for the Fort Mac evacu-ees at a Calgary event organized by Derek Fildebrandt and some of my other Calgary area MLA colleagues. This outpouring of support has been seen across Alberta and Canada, and for that I am genuinely grateful. Although the spring session has ended, I will be spending some of my summer working in Fort McMurray as I have been tasked by Brian Jean to help organize the Wildrose Of-ficial Opposition’s contribution to the rebuilding effort.

I also plan to spend plenty of time in Calgary and in the riding. There is still work to be done to help people here at home that have been affected by the economic downturn. You can call my office at any time if you have any questions or concerns in this regard.

Of course, I am very thrilled to attend as many Stampede events as possible. This will be my first every Stampede as a sitting MLA and I will be honoured to show our many guests from outside Calgary what a great tradition we have here. I hope you and your family will also enjoy Stampede and the rest of the summer to its fullest.

mla CalGary-foothills Prasad Pandasuite 104, 3604 – 52 ave NWCalgary, aB t2l [email protected]

CouNCillor, ward 2 Joe magliocca403-268-2430 [email protected]/ward2Facebook: Joe Magliocca • Twitter: @Joe_Magliocca

Happy Canada Day! Throughout the summer months, The City of Calgary will be making numerous com-munity improvements throughout Ward 2. Some of these projects include new enhanced crosswalks, road repairs and parks projects. As always, please feel free to contact our office via www.joemagliocca.com and send us a webmail on your priorities, opinions and any other suggestions you have to improve our community. One issue that I have been receiving a lot of feedback on has been the fees for the new Green Cart Program. The Green Cart Program fees were approved at council on May 30th, 2016. I voted against the fees for this program as I believe that there could be greater efficiencies found within the program and that there are other options avail-able to finance this program. I do support the concept of the Green Cart Program and increased waste diversion. Our current waste facilities are reaching their capacity and the cost to taxpayers to acquire new waste manage-ment facilities or export waste to other municipalities would be significant. It is estimated that the cost of a new waste management facility would be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. That is why waste diversion is crucial to reduce this type of cost on the taxpayer. However, I be-lieve that the Green Cart Program could have been more flexible, more affordable and designed to be tailored to the specific needs of Calgarians. For more information on this program see: www.calgary.ca/greencart.

Joes Tips:Please join me at our Ward 2 Community Stampede Bar-beque on Sunday, July 10th at the Symons Valley Ranch between 11am – 2pm. There will be free burgers, beans and great stampede style entertainment.

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The 1st session of the 42nd Parliament has been busy and filled with topics that are contentious to say the least. The vital issues of electoral reform and assisted suicide should be of concern to all Canadians and the resolution of these issues will affect the very nature of our country.

In May I held a Town Hall Meeting and was able to hear from many of you on these subjects as well as many others. The participants are to be commended on their forthright hon-esty and I very much appreciate their feedback. I would like to express my thanks to the Harvest Hills Alliance Church for their excellent service and hospitality.

In April I was proud to host a well-attended Career Services event which featured governmental, educational and com-munity based resources available to Albertans who are looking for work or to upgrade their employment skills. I am acutely aware of the precarious nature of the economy in this province and will persist in advancing the interest of Albertans at the federal level. Thank you to the Foothills Alliance Church for their help and support.

I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible this summer, on Canada Day, at Stampede and other commu-nity events. I would like to extend a big thank you to the hardworking volunteers who make these events possible and are tireless in their efforts to improve the quality of life in their communities, and ensure a bright future for Calgary and all of Alberta. I will continue to engage with local com-munity groups and associations, constituents and many stakeholder groups in the riding with visits, meetings and roundtables and I am always delighted to hear about the issues that are important to you. Your comments are always of great help to me. I will also be out out door knocking in the riding again this summer and I am always apprecia-tive for the feedback I receive from you and I will thank you advance for taking the time out of your busy days to talk with me.

I will continue to be a strong voice for you in Ottawa and pledge to work hard to make your voices heard in the halls of government. As always, if you wish to comment on these or any other issues that are important to you and your fam-ily, please feel free to contact my office with your concerns or you can send in your suggestions and comments directly to me through my website www.michellerempel.ca.

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A message from the Federation of Calgary CommunitiesBuilding safe Communities ProgramSummer is a great time to enjoy a vacation! But before you do, make sure your home is as safe and secure as possible. The keys to protecting your home when you are on vacation are not just the ones you use in your deadbolt lock.

Below are a few tips to help reduce your risk:

•Double-check your insurance policy to find out if and when you require someone to check in on your home. •Give a trusted neighbour or friend a key and trip de-

tails and ask them to check in on your home. •Don’t advertise that you are going away.•Create a lived-in appearance. Be sure the lawn is cared

for while you are away, and stop any newspapers or have flyers collected from your door or yard. Set lights and a TV’s on timers so your home is not dark during evening hours.•Encourage a trusted neighbour to park their car in your

driveway while you are gone.•Ensure that your door and window locking devices are

working and are locked when you leave.•Disable your garage door while you are gone. Most

have a switch that can be turned off. You can also put a padlock or similar device through the door tracks to ensure it cannot be opened.•Put away, or secure all lawn furniture or tools (i.e. lad-

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HAMPTONS 2016 STATS # OF SALES AVERAGE PRICE

Bi-Level 1 $595,000

Bungalow 5 $828,000

Two Storey 24 $777,816

Two Storey Split 1 $866,000

Townhouse 1 $364,000

Villa 1 $770,000

TOTAL 33

Average days on Market 37 days

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10437 Hamptons Blvd NW • former Westglen showhome, 5 bedrooms • hardwood & granite, finished walkout • on golf course, gourmet kitchen, views!

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78 Hamptons Link NW • LaVita 2 bedroom townhome w/walkout • white kitchen, fully finished, fireplace • backs on park, single garage, views!

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127 Hamptons Square NW • CalBridge 3 bedroom+den bungalow • gourmet kitchen, built-ins, 2 fireplaces • fully finished, A/C, upgrades, on greenbelt

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208 Hamptons Square NW • Lupi 5 bedroom+den two storey walkout • granite, built-ins, gourmet kitchen, A/C • fully finished, estate area, close to school

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4622 Hamptons Way NW • custom 5 bedroom+loft two storey, A/C • granite & tile, extensive upgrades/extras • fully finished, golf course views, 2 fireplaces

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176 Hampstead Way NW • Janssen 5 bedroom+den two storey • maple kitchen, hardwood/granite/tile • built-ins, fully finished, walk to school/bus

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91 Hampstead Green NW • bright 3 bedroom LaVita Pointe condo • end unit, 2 car garage, backs on park • 9ft ceilings, fireplace, close to shopping

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