volunteering

Coast to coast, our countryfolk are taking inspiring steps to welcome their new neighbours.

How often do you help out in your community? Not enough? Never? Turns out that if you’re the volunteering type, you've got a healthy level of happiness. That’s one finding from Dr. Cahit Guven, an economics professor at Deakin University in Australia. His recent research found—surprisingly—that very happy people aren’t as helpful in their communities as you might think.

Fall has finally arrived which, for me, is synonymous with not only school, but my volunteering efforts. This week it was acting as a parental supervisor on our school’s cross country meet and handing out pizza slices for lunch.

A new study finds that the simple act of giving can chemically change the brain of someone who's depressed.

Our fitness expert James Fell shares his experience after helping his hometown of Calgary get back on its feet after the city's worst floods in history.