Nestled along Calgary's Crowchild Trail, the established communities of Brentwood and Dalhousie offer quiet family living a stones throw from the downtown core.

"It's a quieter community, the location's nice, it's not too far out of downtown and its not tucked away in the suburbs," said Adrian Murphy who called Brentwood home for four years. "There's good transit routes, good restaurants, you've got the McMahon stadium there which is nice ... there's lots of recreational things to do down there."

CREB® and its REALTOR® members have joined the Canadian Blood Services Partners For Life program committing to pledge blood, plasma and platelet donations to the Calgary community.

On Dec. 3 CREB® participated in CREB® Now: A Day of Giving kicking off the partnership and helping the downtown Calgary blood donor clinic reach 80 per cent of its daily goal.

Alberta is blessed with some obvious geographical advantages. To the west, the foothills and Rocky Mountains provide ample opportunity for recreation, and the prairies to the east offer plenty of lakes and rivers to enjoy. But when it comes to Calgary, suitable locations for aquatic activities can be tough to come by.

With Cranston bordering Fish Creek Park and the scenic Bow River; and Auburn Bay, it's neighbor to the east, containing its own 17-hectare freshwater lake, the two communities on Calgary's south side have essentially brought the best of Alberta into the backyards of area residents.

Alberta's seniors and persons with disabilities can expect 920 Affordable Supportive Living Initiative spaces in the form of $68.3 million grants from the provincial government.

The money will help support spaces being built in Calgary, Red Deer, Rocky Mountain House, Valleyview and Slave Lake, communities identified as having some of the highest needs in the province for supportive living spaces and services. The funds will contribute up to 50 per cent of the capital costs, with any remaining amount coming from the organizations.

In order to address changing needs and a growing amount of visitors to Stanley Park, City of Calgary Parks is encourage the public to review design concepts and proposed management strategies with an open house June 15.

"We hope to enhance visitors' experience and boost the park's environmental health through redevelopment," said Keith Parker, parks manager in charge of planning and development. "We are working with a number of stakeholders to identify refurbishment needs as well as management practices that best balance the needs of all park users."

The open house will be held at the Parks Administration Building at the park. Park representatives will be on hand as well as representatives from Stantec consulting team. There will be displays and an opportunity to comment on the draft vision, goals and guiding principles for the management strategies as well as a review of two design concepts for the park.

With lush ravines, lengthy pathways and spectacular mountain views, the community of Tuscany in northwest Calgary has grown to become one of the city's most sought after neighbourhoods.

With access to Nose Hill Drive, Stoney Trail, 12 Mile Coulee and Crowchild Trail, Tuscany has plenty of access, access that's about to become that much easier with the completion of both a new CTrain station and Nose Hill Drive/Stoney Trail overpass.

One component of the $31.5 million-redevelopment plan along Memorial Drive known as The Landscape of Memory, is the opening of Poppy Plaza scheduled for June 8.

Located at 1111 Memorial Drive NW, Poppy Plaza aligns with the vision of Memorial Drive focusing on themes of remembrance, legacy and history.

"The real spirit of the suffrage movement is sympathy and interest in the other woman, and the desire to make the world a more homelike place to live in."

Inspiring words from the inspiring Nellie McClung whose Calgary home is being replicated at Heritage Park as the future home of the Famous Five Interpretive Centre.

For the last seven years, Respect For The Earth And All People (REAP) and its members have been providing sustainable products for Calgarians while helping foster an understanding of the impact of shopping locally.

Feeling she wasn't using her skills for anything as meaningful as she would like, REAP President and CEO Stephanie Jackman left her job in 2004 in pursuit of using her skills for something more.