Many of the products for sale in the ice cream aisle at your grocery store are ‘frozen desserts’ that are often made with edible oil products and don’t contain the nutrients naturally found in milk. #icecream #dairymonth #dairy #DYK

Never a wiser word Michael Pollan

Did you know? Everything we make at Purdys is crafted from 100% sustainable cocoa 💚. The premium we pay for sustainable cocoa directly supports our farmer partners through various on-the-ground programs. Learn more about Sustainable Cocoa: bit.ly/2J70TD7

Refusing small sample packages of consumer goods helps the environment and holds companies accountable for plastic waste! #plasticpollution #refuse #refusewaste #samples #singleuseplastics #ditchdisposables

If you set out to cheat and deceive others you’ll be tense and anxious in case you’re found out. But if you live your life and conduct your business on the basis of truth and honesty, it gives you a sense of satisfaction and self-confidence that is also a source of inner strength

"The bottom line is, when you let go of a balloon, you're littering." cbc.ca/1.5187268

Say goodbye to those mini-toiletry bottles. READ MORE: globalnews.ca/news/5701686/h…

Jocelyn Crocker, YEGBees Urban Farmer & Chair of the NAIT Physics Program, makes a strong case on why people should be growing food instead of lawns. #ChangeforClimate

"Now I can prove that an elder like me could graduate. If anybody like me can do it, they can do it." Glenn Courchene hopes to inspire others to believe in their education goals. | CBC Indigenous cbc.ca/1.5814885

Do not, I repeat do not save your best dishes, best clothes and best jewellery for some future “special” occasion. Today IS the special occasion and it’s the only reason you need. Use them and wear them while doing housework or on a zoom call or while just reading a book. Live!!

Looking for a way to help others this Christmas? The Stocking Stuffers for Seniors program makes it easy - just grab a tagged Christmas list and fill your cart. Just one way to #makeyegkind. See more: cbc.ca/bekindyeg #yeg

Nova Scotia couples now have the right to be placed in long-term care together, even if they don’t have the same care needs. | Reporting by Kayla Hounsell

Some of our crops get seeded directly into the field. Some of our crops get painstakingly seeded into trays by hand because the seeds are so tiny. But some of our crops get seeded into trays with a vacuum seeder. It is one amazing little machine that saves us so much time!

This is Doris and her kid! Turning 99 this month, Doris continues to live independently thanks to your support of EMOW's services! Our Spring fundraising campaign is on now & EPCOR will match all donations up to $25,000! #YEGcares #Charity mealsonwheelsedmonton.org/pages/dm-sprin…

Veteran honours family with extraordinary gift to hospital ift.tt/3euPQVK

When planting a garden is so much more than just making the plants grow. nytimes.com/2018/04/04/nyr…

Grocery rescue program: A community food chain that gives strength to its weakest links cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

COMMENTARY: The Humboldt tragedy made me realize there is a hunger in the country for more unity and less conflict, more community and less solitude, writes Charles Adler. trib.al/nR3Pnpx #PrayersForHumboldt #Humboldtstrong #HumboldtBroncos

Never forget this golden rule: “Do to others what you would have them do to you” (Mt 7,12)

I’m Tibetan, I’m Buddhist and I’m the Dalai Lama, but if I emphasize these differences it sets me apart and raises barriers with other people. What we need to do is to pay more attention to the ways in which we are the same as other people.