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2021

March 22, 2021, Global News, Front-line worker in Calgary aims to relieve ‘toxic stress’ amid COVID-19 pandemic
February 16, 2021, Calgary Guardian, Charitable Choices: A chat with Joy Bowen-Eyre, CEO of The Alex

2020

December 8, 2020, CTV News, The Alex’s Holiday Hope Totes Program aims to support community members in need

December 7, 2020, 660 News, Local charity launches program to help communities during COVID-19

December 2, 2020, CTV News, $30M cost to reintroduce fluoride to Calgary’s drinking water: City report

December 1, 2020, Avenue Magazine, How Calgary Charities and Non-Profits are Adapting to Survive the Pandemic

November 17, 2020, Calgary Herald, As holiday season looms, COVID-19 pandemic throws survival of Calgary charities in jeopardy

November 10, 2020, Calgary Journal, Winter is coming — leaving many Calgary non-profits out in the cold

October 22, 2020, Calgary Herald, Calgary’s homeless shelters prepare for drop in temperatures and surge of COVID-19 infections

October 21, 2020, Global Calgary, Learn more about The Big Social

October 20, 2020, Global Calgary, Calgary restaurants team up to support The Alex with Pasta La Feasta

October 16, 2020, Avenue Magazine, 5 Good Things That Happened in Calgary

October 16, 2020, CBC Calgary, Calgary food centre shifts to indoors as winter-like weather hits

October 14, 2020, CTV Calgary, Pasta La Feasta supporting The Alex

October 10. 2020, Narcity, Calgary’s Having A Massive Pasta Party This Month & 11 Restaurants Have New Dishes For You

September 11, 2020, Globe and Mail, Calgary doctor sees COVID-19 threat in lack of cold-weather shelter space for homeless

September 3, 2020, CTV News, 5 clients test positive: COVID-19 outbreak at Calgary homeless shelter

July 13, 2020, Global News, #ChipinforKids: Amid pandemic, Shaw Charity Classic asks for donations to Alberta charities via text

June 9 2020, U of C Faculty of Nursing, During the age of social distancing and COVID-19, how do you stay at home if you are homeless?

May 20, Livewire, Cideries, brewer pitch in for courageous new mix to help Alex Community Health

May 8, 2020, Calgary Herald, Staff at Calgary’s only assisted self-isolation site dedicated to making a hotel feel like home

May 5, 2020, City of Calgary, The Alex – responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

April 29, 2020, City of Calgary, Calgary’s Assisted Self-Isolation Site – Calgary Homeless Foundation

April 23, 2020, TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart, Episode 11: Caring for our most vulnerable, with Joy Bowen-Eyre

April 15, 2020, The National Post, COVID-19 isolation hotel for Calgary homeless has first guests, no known cases

April 6, 2020, The Globe and Mail, Calgary establishes isolation spaces for homeless affected by COVID-19 at hotel and Telus Convention Centre

April 6, 2020, LiveWire, Isolation rooms set up for Calgary homeless clients with coronavirus 

February 15, 2020, Livewire, Two Wheel View: Bikes the vehicle for social impact in Calgary

January 21, 2020, CBC News, Alex Community Health Centre debuts its new mobile medical clinic

January 21, 2020, CTV News, The Alex and TELUS team up for new community health bus

January 21, 2020, Calgary Herald, New medical clinic on wheels improves healthcare access at high schools

2019

October 30, 2019, CBC News, ‘Children are suffering’ as Calgary’s 60+ year fluoride debate drags on, bioethicist says

October 24, 2019, Macleans Magazine, Canada’s best charities 2020

October 15, 2019, CTV Calgary, Pasta La Feasta – Chef Matt Batey speaks about The Alex Community Food Centre

October 15, 2019, Global Calgary, Pasta La Feasta – featuring Geoff Webber of The Alex

October 9, 2019, Western Living Magazine, Why You Should Eat Pasta Nine Times in the Next Two Weeks

October 9, 2019, The YYScene, Pasta La Feasta festival has Calgary chefs noodling around for the Alex Community Food Centre

September 27, 2019, CBC GEM, Absolutely Canadian Season 19, Episode 39: Breaking Loneliness (documentary feat. Alex Youth Health Centre)

September 22, 2019, CBC Calgary, Alberta youth hospitalized for substance-related concerns at higher rate than average, report finds

August 6, 2019, Avenue Magazine, The Two-Tier Food System

July 3, 2019, CBC Homestretch, ‘I didn’t have to do it alone’: Short films document personal stories of addiction, mental health

June 21, 2019, CTV Calgary, Modern and traditional mix to celebrate Indigenous people

May 24, 2019, CBC Eyeopener, Take a walk down Calgary’s International Avenue

May 17, 2019, CBC Calgary, Why a financially strapped Calgary mother turned down food banks (Audio interview)

February 25, 2019, Star Metro, Calgary city council votes to examine research on water fluoridation

February 25, 2019, CBC Calgary, Calgary to study science of fluoride 8 years after removing it from drinking water

February 21, 2019, University of Calgary Faculty of Law, Accurate ID key for personal dignity

January 27, 2019, LiveWire Calgary, Bowen Eyre takes reins of Calgary’s Alex Community Health Centre

January 23, 2019, BT Calgary, A taste of the Robbie Burns Bash

January 21, 2019, Eat North,  Calgary’s 3rd annual Robbie Burns Bash to raise funds for The Alex Community Health Centre

January 21, 2019, CTV Morning News, Spotlight on Robbie Burns Bash

January 14, 2019, Star Metro, Windsor, Ont. flips back to fluoride — why that’s unlikely to change minds in Calgary

January 11, 2019, Star Metro, As meth use spikes in Calgary, police and addiction experts call for a co-ordinated response

January 10, 2019, Calgary Herald, Former CBE chair takes over leadership of The Alex Community Health Centre

2018

December 20, 2018, The Star, Mobile dental care brought to Calgary Drop-In Centre’s clients for first time

December 20, 2018, CTV Calgary, Dental Help before the holidays

December 14, 2018, CTV Calgary, Dental Health Bus back on the road

December 7, 2018, Calgary Journal, Alberta’s updated dental fee guide helps no one, says Calgary Urban Project Society director

December 6, 2018, CTV News Alberta Primetime, Dental Health Bus brings the dentist to your door

November 21, 2018, CTV News, On Board the Youth Health Bus

November 15, 2018, CBC News, Needle Debris and the Opioid Crisis

October 27, 2018, Global TV, Fluoride for Health (begins at 9:30)

October 18, 2018, CTV News, Calgary company wants to help collect your empties

October 10, 2018, The Star Metro, United Way Poverty and Hunger Insert

October 10, 2018, Global News Learn more about 2018 Restaurants for Change

September 26, 2018, Eat North, Dine out and do good with Restaurants for Change

September 24, 2018, Global TV Calgary-based bottle collection app promises users will save time and money

September 23, 2018, CBC Calgary, They all speak carrot: Immigrants learn about Canada and meet friends in Calgary garden

August 17, 2018, The Star Metro Calgary, Calgary Fire Department logged a record number of opioid overdose calls in July, shocking everyone but frontline workers (cover story)

July 31, 2018, The Star Metro Calgary, Calgary to implement citywide mental health and addictions strategy

June 18, 2018, The Star Metro Calgary, Local community food centre hopes to change minds about Forest Lawn

June 16, 2018, The Star Metro Calgary, YYC Burger Battle begins

June 15, 2018, The Star Metro Calgary, Pathways to Housing helping at-risk Calgarians for a decade

June 8, 2018, CBC Calgary, Sikh group uses power of food and hundreds of years of tradition to build bridges in Calgary

June 8, 2018, The Star Metro Calgary, Immigrants and young single moms among those who struggle most with poverty

May 1, 2018, The Star Metro Calgary, Why Alberta plans to offer prescription opioid injections

April 10, 2018, Metro Calgary, Calgary’s low-income transit pass is breaking barriers

January 25, 2018, CTV News, Robbie Burns Day Observed in Calgary

January 18, 2018 Eat North Robbie Burns Bash at Calgary’s St. Louis Hotel raises funds for The Alex

January 13, 2018, Global Morning News Robbie Burns Bash to support The Alex 

January 9, 2018 CTV Morning News, Health Care Hits the Road (Alex Youth Health Bus)

2017

December 22, 2017, CBC Calgary, Calgary Salvation Army only half way to $1.25M fundraising goal as Christmas approaches

November 22, 2017, CTV Calgary, Alberta Introduces new Dental Fee Guide

October 13, 2017, Community Food Centres Canada, Hungry for change at The Alex: Youth bring Calgary politicians and community together for dinner and dialogue on food security

October 7, CBC Calgary, Restaurants for Change addresses food insecurity at the dinner table

October, 2017, Spur Magazine Profile of The Alex and CLERC (pg 18)

September, 2017, Calgary Foundation Vital Signs Report, The People’s Gathering (pg. 8)

August 30, 2017, CTV News, On-site interview and footage from Open Mic Night (begins at 14:28)

August 30, 2017, City TV Breakfast Television, Open Mic Night Channels Youth’s Creativity

August 24, 2017, Swerve Magazine, The Alex gives its creative clients a platform to perform

June 22, 2017, Metro Calgary, Calgary brothers go to extreme lengths to raise awareness about fentanyl addiction

June 17, 2017, Global TV, Calgary community food centre opens with vine-cutting celebration

April 11, 2017, CTV Calgary, Veteran dentist providing underprivileged kids with dental care

April 8, 2017, Calgary Herald, Calgary youths create mural for 150+ Reasons We Love Canada

March 30, 2017, Metro, Calgary clothing swap hopes to help LGBTQ2S+ people to dress for success

March 24, 2017, University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing Blog, Grad student uses technology to open doors for learning and health care innovation

March 17, 2017, Canadian Running Calgary man gets lost for 10 hours while training for ultramarathon

March 16, 2017, Calgary Herald, Calgary man training for marathon lost for over ten hours in Kananaskis

February 27, 2017, Metro Calgary, Funding announcement falls short: Nurse Practitioner Association of Alberta

February 24, 2017, Global News, Alberta grant allows for expanded hours, more nurse practitioners at health centres

February 24, 2017, CBC Calgary, Nurse practitioners hired in Calgary, Edmonton under pilot project

February 24, 2017, Calgary Herald, Health-care centres get $10 million to hire more nurse practitioners

February 1, 2017, CTV Calgary, The Alex secures a new home (video)

January 31, 2017, Calgary Herald, The Alex preparing for a major move

January 15, 2017, Calgary Herald, Alex Dental Health Bus sees growing demand for dental care in Calgary, hosting clinic for disadvantaged families

January 15, 2017, Metro Calgary, Donation keeps The Alex Dental Health Bus rolling

2016

October 27, 2016, Calgary Now (Shaw TV), Alberta’s Fentanyl Crisis Part 1

October 27, 2016, Calgary Now (Shaw TV), Alberta’s Fentanyl Crisis Part 2

October 20, 2016, Global TV, Shaw Charity Classic eclipses $5 million in charity donations

September 22, 2016, Global News, At-risk, homeless Calgary teens reconnect with school through unique program

September 20, 2016, Avenue Magazine, The Alex Community Food Centre Celebrates Its Soft Launch on September 20

September 14, 2016, The Current – CBC, Tooth decay up in Calgary kids after fluoride removed from drinking water: study

September 12, 2016, National Post, Calgary’s poor suffered when city councillors bought into conspiracy theories about fluoride

September 7, 2016, Global TV, Calgary fluoride debate: councillors push for ‘objective assessment’ from health institute

August 19, 2016, Calgary Herald, More parents unable to afford children’s dental care in poor economy

July 18, 2016, Global TV, Providing information about prenatal care to new mothers (CenteringPregnancy)

June 27, 2016, GrainsWest Magazine, The Table is Set (Alex Community Food Centre)

June 21, 2016, CBC, Long waitlists for low-income dental care called unacceptable

June 18, 2016, Global TV, Western Canada’s first community food centre to open in Calgary

June 18, 2016, CTV, A Sneak Peek at The Alex Community Food Centre

June 17, 2016, Calgary Herald, Q+A: Alberta’s first community food centre to open in Calgary later this year

April 29, 2016, UToday, Alberta’s deputy minister of health calls on public health researchers for expertise

April 14, 2016, Calgary Sun, CUPS cuts dental program

March 4, 2016, CBC News, The Alex to open community food centre in Calgary

March 3, 2016, BT Calgary, On Location – The Alex Community Food Centre

February 22, 2016, CBC News, New youth detox beds in Alberta cheered, but some want more action

February 21, 2016, Metro Calgary, Fluoride debate: The Alex sees growing demand for dental services

February 19,  2016, Calgary Herald, Editorial: Nothing to smile about

February 18, 2016, National Post, Calgary’s health officer urges council to rethink fluoride removal after study showing alarming spike in cavities for kids

February 18, 2016, Calgary Herald, Fortney: Fluoride fight is back with a vengeance

February 18, 2016, Calgary Herald, Calgary city councillors defend fluoride decision

February 17, 2016, CBC News, Lack of fluoride in Calgary drinking water leads to rise in kids’ tooth decay, study indicates

February 17, 2016, Calgary Herald, Fluoride study triggers calls for council rethink

February 13, 2016, CBC Calgary, Calgary Syrian refugees get bus-based dental care

February 13, 2016, CTV Calgary, Dental bus helps Syrian refugees

February 12, 2016, Metro Calgary Calgary Syrian Refugees to get free dental check-ups from Alex Dental Health Bus

2015

November 20, 2015, CBC Radio – The Homestretch, Alex Youth Health Bus

October 29, 2015, Alberta Views, The Gap: Why doesn’t health care include teeth?

October 27, 2015, CBC National “Keeping Canada Alive Season One”   Improving Access to Dental Care in Canada

October 26, 2015, Avenue Magazine, The Alex Community Food Centre is Set to Open in 2016

October 15, 2015, Calgary Herald, Dine out Oct. 21 to help all Canadians access healthy food through fundraiser

September 21, 2015, Calgary Herald, Mock election used to encourage homeless Calgarians to vote

September 19, 2015, Metro Calgary, Calgary’s homeless prepare for mock vote

September 19, 2015, Global Calgary, ‘Harvest Moon’ raises money for Calgary’s first community food centre

August 9, 2015, Calgary Herald, New urban fruit orchard to benefit Calgary Homeless Foundation tenants

August 9, 2015, Global News, New orchard helps Calgary’s most vulnerable

May 12, 2015, Toronto Star, Graffiti-tagged RV becomes Ontario’s first mobile mental health clinic

April 21, 2015, Metro Calgary, New little free library expected to alleviate stress and reconnect Calgary youth

April 19, 2015, Global Calgary, Alberta children suffering because dental care is out of reach

April 19, 2015, Calgary SUN, Big smiles for underprivileged Calgary kids at free SAIT dental clinic

April 19, 2015, Calgary Metro, Calgary youth in need see day of free dental care

Spring 2015, Apple Magazine, Delivering a vision for oral health

March 18, 2015, Calgary Metro, Alberta health minister seeks to expand school-based mental health services

March 16, 2015, Calgary Metro, Calgary’s most vulnerable benefiting from ancient Chinese medicine

February 9 2015, CTV Alberta: Alberta Primetime, The Alex Mobile Dental Health Centre (video)

January 25, 2015, Calgary Herald, Province creates working group to tackle LGBTQ youth homelessness

January 25. 2015, Calgary Herald, Alleviating dental discomfort in Alberta likely to cause more financial pain than elsewhere in Canada

January 8, 2015, Metro News, Jump in heroin charges contributes to increase in Calgary drug offences

2014

December 31, 2014, Calgary Herald, Five things to know about the Alex Dental Health Bus

December, 2014, CBC News, Dental decay rampant in Calgary children, pediatric dentist says

December 4 , 2014, Calgary Herald, The Alex Dental Health Bus: a real, live tooth fairy

December 4, 2014, Metro News, End Calgary homelessness by addressing housing, mental health, and aboriginal issues: Panel

November 29, 2014, Global News, Calgary’s Child (video)

November 7, 2014, Breakfast Television, CenteringPregnancy Program (video)

September 18, 2014, CTV News, Holistic based pilot project to provide support at select southeast schools

September 14, 2014, Spruce Meadows, Horses Jump and Take Flight to New Homes

September 9, 2014, CBC News, Early Snowfall has Homeless Groups Scrambling for Clothing

July 10, 2014, Global News, Recovery and Healing Addiction – An Alternative to the “War on Drugs”

June 5, 2014, Calgary Sun, Spruce Meadows Offers Flood Victims a Leg Up

June 5, 2014, Calgary Herald, The Alex Dental Health Bus, Calgary

March 13, 2014, CBC News, Calgary man finds a home after a year tenting in parkades, garbage rooms

March 9, 2014, U Magazine, University of Calgary, The Wheels on the Bus Go…

March 9, 2014, Metro News, Crystal meth addiction on the rise in Alberta: Data

February 3, 2014, CBC News, The Homestretch, Youth homelessness in Calgary

January 21, 2014, CTV News, Mental health puts people on the path to recovery

2013

November 13, 2013, Global News, The Alex clients document struggles, resiliency

October 2013, Canadian Homelessness Research Network Press, Housing First in Canada: Supporting Communities to End Homelessness

October 2013, Avenue Magazine, The Alex Mobile Health Fleet

October 29, 2013, Metro News, New Alberta Health Services CEO eyes better mental health strategies for children

October 7, 2013, SHAW Go TV – Former Homeless Man Spreads Hope

September 19, 2013, Alberta Government, The Lieutenant Governor’s Circle on Mental Health and Addiction, True Leadership Award – Pathways to Housing

September 19, 2013, CTV News Calgary, A new re-SORCe for Calgary’s most vulnerable

June 12, 2013, Global Calgary, Plan to End Homelessness Targets Most Vulnerable

May, 2013, Vital Signs Magazine, The Alex – Forty Years of Caring for Calgarians

May 31, 2013, Swerve, There’s No Place Like HomeBase

May 8, 2013, Swerve, The Alex Dental Health Bus

May 2013, Vital Signs, The Alex — Forty years caring for Calgarians

April 18, 2013, FFWD, Rethinking Foster Care

April 9, 2013, Global News, Woman of Vision: Sue Fortune

April 6, 2013, Calgary Herald, Pathways to contentment

March 20, 2013, City TV: Breakfast Television, Scotiabank Marathon (The Alex is featured at 9:29 – 12:24)

March 15, 2013, CBC News, Schools, agencies struggle to keep up with youth mental health services

February 21, 2013, Calgary ShawTV, Alex Youth Health Bus

February 21, 2013, CBC News, At-risk renters shut out in tight market

January 24, 2013, Avenue Magazine, Big Idea: Mobile Health Bus to Treat Calgary’s Youth

January 2, 2013, Global Calgary Morning News, The Alex Dental Health Bus

January 3, 2013, Metro News, Calgary police stats show 80-per-cent jump in crystal meth

2012

December 14, 2012, CBC News, Calgary’s homeless feel effect of low vacancy

December 14, 2012, Calgary Sun, Calgary agencies receive provincial cash, pushing ahead 10-year plan to end homelessness

December 14, 2012, Calgary Herald, Province to spend $27 million on housing, support for homeless in Calgary

December 13, 2012, CBC News, Funding injection to provide homes, support for hundreds

December 6, 2012, Metro News, Calgary eyes low-income transit pass for kids and teens

November 8, 2012, Calgary Journal, Gearing up for winter: Calgary comes together to help homeless youth

August 29, 2012, Airdrie City View, Fundraiser helps students kick off school year in new shoes

August 21, 2012, Metro News, Crystal meth resurgence reported, task force co-chair not surprised

August 4, 2012, Calgary Herald, Authors fear teens trade sex for drugs

July 30, 2012, CBC News, Calgary marks $750K in fluoride savings for dental care

July 5, 2012, Metro News, Fluoride-free Calgary savings go to children’s dental health

July 5, 2012, Cosmetic Dentistry Guide, Mobile Dental Unit Set for Calgary

July 4, 2012, Airdrie City View, Local tattoo shop donates funds on Friday the 13th

July 4, 2012, Calgary Herald, ‘Dental office on wheels’ pulling into town soon

July 4, 2012, Canadians Opposed To Fluoridation, Alex launching mobile dental health bus next week

July 4 , 2012, Canadians Opposed To Fluoridation, Calgary earmarks $750,000 from fluoridation savings for kids’ dental care programs

June 1, 2012, Global News, Calgary students get lesson in homelessness

February 24, 2012, Metro News, Riding the Alex Youth Health Bus

February 24, 2012,  Metro News, Pregnant teen swears by Calgary’s youth bus

January 26, 2012 , Metro News, Bus brings health care to students