JuJust thought I would take a minute to remind everyone that A Child’s Hope needs Foster and Adoptive Parents. This is old Footage. Please pass it along to anyone that you think can make a difference in a childs life.st thought I would take a minute to remind everyone that A Child’s Hope needs Foster and Adoptive Parents. This is old Footage. Please pass it along to anyone that you think can make a difference in a childs life.

CHack out these links

http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/10/20/11459131-sun.html#/news/edmonton/2009/10/19/pf-11455121.html

http://achildshope.alberta.ca/home/

Kelowna, BC (April 14, 2010) – RE/MAX of Western Canada is proud to support National Organ Donor Awareness Week, April 18-25, 2010, designated by the Canadian Society of Transplantation. RE/MAX has partnered with Aquarius Marketing to power www.LiveOn.ca, a newly developed website that has been designed as a touch point to facilitate easy access to the applicable registration information for each provincial transplant agency.  With the continued support of RE/MAX of Western Canada and other organizations helping spread the word on the need for organ donors, the BC Transplant Organization performed an amazing 211 organ transplants in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/10/20/11459131-sun.html

A Child’s Hope connects ordinary people with an extraordinary opportunity

    Transform a child’s life.

    In your neighbourhood, there are children who need your help. We believe that healthy, safe children, make healthy, safe
    communities and we all have a role to play in ensuring the future vitality of our communities. When we come together to
    support our children, we give hope to the next generation of doctors, mechanics, lawyers, hairdressers and parents.
 
    Become a part of A Child’s Hope:

    Share your home by providing temporary or permanent care for a child or youth in need. Hundreds of children in Alberta
    need foster, kinship and adoptive families.

    Give your time and volunteer with an organization that serves children in need.

    Spread the news and ambassador for Alberta’s children in need. Help us rally support by talking to your family and
    friends or by inviting us to make a presentation to your church or community group.

For more information go to http://achildshope.alberta.ca/home/1.cfm

Rio Terrace Community Preschool Annual Silent Auction

When: Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Rio Terrace Community League: 15500-76 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta

All proceeds benefit the children of Rio Terrace Community Preschool. As a non-profit organization, the money raised from this event helps maintain a quality preschool in areas of field trips, classroom visitors, educational toys, and preschool maintenance!

AUCTION ITEMS INCLUDE:
-Gold seat Oilers Tickets ,centre ice (valued at $500.00)
-Signed Oilers Jersey
-LARGE Spa basket with high end beauty products
-Kelty Carrier (valued at $320.00)
-Remote control airplane
-craft container filled with supplies
-Sports for Kids gift certificates; basketball, soccer and tennis! (8 certificates with a total value of
$1200.00+)
-Free children’s birthday party gift certificate, to be held at Rio Terrace Community Preschool by Teacher
-2 spa baskets, including certificates for a free massage
-Local abstract artist piece (valued at $1000.00+)
And SO many more!

Enjoy a fun social night out and do your Christmas shopping at the same time!

In support of the Breast Cancer Foundation and 91.7 The Bounce, Sharon Gregresh and her team at PropertyFusion.ca would like to extend their support to the Bras Across the Bridge campaign. Please drop off any new / old bras to our location at 60B 161 Liberton Drive, St. Albert. We’ll make sure they get to THE BOUNCE.

For every bra donated, 91.7 THE BOUNCE will donate $1 to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.*up to $5,000. The goal – collect enough bras to make it from one end of the High Level Bridge to the other! On Friday, October 30th, the Pepper & Dylan morning show will gather at the High Level Bridge to see if our goal has been reached. If you would like to volunteer and help The Bounce on Friday, October 30th please contact Sarah Gardener in the Bounce promotions department.

I have some pretty terrific clients that sent me an email today letting me know about thier commitment to the CF Walk. If you would like to Help the Romanko family in thier Journey to Help Carter Fight Cystic Fibrosis please let us know. Or I am sure that all are welcome to join the walk.

Thank you for taking time to look at this.

Sharon Gregresh

City expands opportunities for Secondary Suites

The City of Edmonton has taken another big step towards making more affordable housing available by allowing more secondary suites in mature neighbourhoods.

“The City is taking action on this issue, giving more homeowners the option of building a suite in their basement or elsewhere on their property,” says
Peter Ohm, Manager, Land Use Policy Planning Branch. “We are also protecting renters by ensuring secondary suites are up to proper building and fire codes.” Read the rest of this entry »

The Bank of Canada cut rates by 75 bps today to leave the overnight rate at 1.50%. This was a larger than expected cut by forecasters.

The Bank cited further deterioration in the economic outlook and weakened outlook for inflation as driving the rate cut.

They also noted that the Canadian is entering a recession, but the forward looking verbiage was toned down a bit.

The Bank of Canada surprised markets today by delivering a bigger than expected 75bps rate cut, leaving the overnight rate at 1.50%. This is lower than the previous cyclical low earlier in the decade and matches a low last seen in the post-war era. The decision to lop off more from the overnight rate was largely driven by the deteriorating outlook for the global economy.

Previously, the Bank had cited three key concerns, all of which have deteriorated. In today’s communiqué, the Bank cited that “the global recession will be broader and deeper than previously anticipated.” Moreover, they characterized financial markets as being “severely strained”. Finally, they also painted the inflation outlook as weaker. However, there is a bit of a silver lining in that they mention that the depreciating Canadian dollar “will continue to provide an important offset to the effects of weaker global demand and lower commodity prices.”

The statement regarding future rate cuts seems pared back. They say that they “will continue to monitor carefully economic and financial developments in judging to what extent further monetary stimulus will be required to achieve the 2 per cent inflation target over the medium term.” But given the admission that the global recession is worse than expected, we think that the Bank will be willing to cut further in early 2009.

Source: TD Securites Dataflash
Information provided by;
Tara Borle
Mortgage Specialist TD Canada Trust
tara.borle@td.com