The Not-so-mini Print Exhibition and Exchange will be running at the Alberta Printmakers Society’s Artist Proof Gallery until December 22. This is a non-juried show and sale and all artworks will be $30 for one or $50 for two. The gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 am-4 pm and admission is free.

Volunteer Calgary has been providing services to the city of Calgary for 50 years. The organization matches people with volunteer opportunities. Their mission is “leading, promoting, connecting and strengthening volunteerism.” They currently help find volunteers for 450 organizations.

88 year-old Cecilia Glenn and 83 year-old Howard Christensen were recently married at the MCF Housing for Seniors Lodge in Calgary; the bride wore a purple wedding dress. The couple have said that it was love at first sight when they saw each other across the dining room at the lodge. It is the second marriage for both; Ms. Glenn is a former beauty queen and Mr. Christensen is a former Pentacostal minister. For now, the couple still live in separate rooms and are on a waiting list to get a room together.

The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women will be observed on December 6 in Canada. The day was started in 1991 by Status of Women Canada in recognition of 14 women who were murdered on that day in Montreal in 1989. A poster has been created for the event which features one red rose. If you wish to remember the day you can print the poster; printing it out directly from your printer and posting it where others can see it will remind them of the cause.

The Pure North S’Energy Foundation is presenting Feeling Better and Living Longer: A Symposium on November 18 and 19. The two-day conference will take place in the Glen Room at the Calgary Telus Convention Centre. Tickets are $199.

The province of Alberta is known for its breath-taking natural beauty, from the Rocky Mountains to the Prairies. A new campaign from Travel Alberta which wants to draw attention to this natural beauty is called Remember to Breathe. It draws attention to all the natural beauty that the province has to offer. Alberta gets approximately 22 million visitors every year who bring in over $5 billion to the province. With problems in other parts of the world and now an entry fee to get into the US, the campaign is as much interested in drawing Canadians as other tourists.

According to the Colliers International 2011 Fall Retail Forecast, Alberta is well set up for the coming holiday retail season. Since the province is doing well economically, Colliers believes that this will cause holiday shoppers to spend more than they did last year.

Currently, those over 50 make up one third of the population of Canada; and that number will be increasing during this decade. Members of the baby boom generation are also considered among the “wealthiest consumers on the planet today.” Those businesses that have products and services they think will be of interest to the over 50 group can display their wares at trade shows such as the 50 Plus Living Show. This show is held at several locations during the year and the next one will be held at Stampede Park in Calgary on November 5-6.