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CAFF – A mother and daughter face reality of living with Type 1 Diabetes

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10 months ago

Lloyd Lewis

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Central Alberta Film Festival is coming up Feb. 23-25 and offers up some really interesting films, including SWEET YOYO.

One balmy afternoon in Toronto, single mom Hannah receives the news that no mother wants to hear: her perfect daughter Jozefin (Yoyo for short) has been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Faced with a new and shocking reality, Hannah and Yoyo must navigate the difficulties of growing up with a serious condition.

Yoyo quickly learns the difficulty of having a childhood illness, from her new strict diet to administering daily blood sugar tests at school. While Yoyo bravely comes to terms with her new reality, Hannah struggles with the financial and emotional burden of having a child with Type 1 Diabetes.

Directed and co-written by director Mark Cira, SWEET YOYO is a semi-autobiographical short film that details with a mother and daughter facing the new reality of living with Type 1 Diabetes.

You can catch SWEET YOYO as it makes its World Premiere at the Central Alberta Film Festival as part of the Drama series.

Saturday, February 24
5:20 PM
Carnival Cinemas

Mark will be in attendance at the premiere.

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Toys for Tickets wraps up more than 200 gifts for families in need

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3 days ago

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(Red Deer, Alberta) – Nearly 220 toys were collected through the annual Toys for Tickets program this year and delivered to the Red Deer Christmas Bureau.

The City cancelled 216 parking tickets that were issued between November 1 and 30 when the tickets were paid for with a toy. A range of toys were donated by citizens with a total value of $7,300 as part of the 12th year of the Toys for Tickets program.

More than 6,000 toys, games, gift cards and more have been collected since the program started in 2007.

For more information about the Toys for Tickets program, please contact Parking Administration at 403- 342-8185 or visit www.reddeer.ca/toysfortickets.

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Tickets just $35 in Alberta’s newest Dream Home Lottery!

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3 days ago

CentralAlbertaCAC

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Alberta’s newest home lottery features a 1.5 million dollar dream home in south east Red Deer. With 4,600 square feet of space, this dream home is verging on “mansion” status. We’ll show you a video and photos as well, but this luxurious home by Abbey Platinum Master Built is something you really should see for yourself. It’s at 57 Larratt Close in the south east community of Laredo. Here’s a sneak peak…

These lottery homes are always beautiful show homes, but this one just might be a step above… just check out these incredible features.

Gorgeous front entrance

Entrance under balcony and main floor office with barn door

Office

Main Floor living room

Dining and gourmet kitchen

HUGE island, granite and quartz countertops in gourmet kitchen

This… is the butler’s pantry… wow.

Screened Patio for outdoor living (there’s a huge deck as well!)

Spacious Master bedroom

Ensuite double sinks

Ensuite steam shower!

Ensuite standalone tub

About half of the master walk-in closet

2nd floor laundry

Bedroom 2 has a walk-in closet

Bedroom 3 also has a walk-in closet

Second floor family room

This is at the landing downstairs

Bar and entertainment table downstairs

That’s a full bar

Downstairs family area

Beautiful 4th bedroom downstairs as well!

There really are too many features to see in a few dozen photos if you can believe that. We haven’t even talked about the heated triple car garage, or the fully landscaped park-facing back yard! Someone is going to win all this in March. For all of us who don’t win, there are many other prizes to see on the lottery website.. cacaclottery.ca. These include 2 vehicles, a $20,000 play centre, a $15,000 diamond ring, groceries for a year, and fuel for a year! Cut off for the early bird cash prizes of $50,000, $25,000, and $10,000 is January 15th.

There’s also a Split 50 draw with a minimum prize of $200,000 and a maxium payout of a half million dollars! Cut off date for Split 50 and for the Dream Home Lottery is March 10, 2019. Prizes will be drawn on March 27! Who will win this incredible dream home?

Click to visit the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre Dream Home Lottery

Phone: 1-833-475-4402