The “100-Mile Diet,” sourcing your food from within a 100-mile radius, has been a popular movement among the locally-minded for the past decade. Medea Curteanu and Natalie Moreno decided to take it one step further by creating 100 Mile Living,…
Stress is an ongoing trial that each person experiences regardless of their age, gender, or profession. For most, the effects of stress go unnoticed both inside of a person’s body and outside of it. This may be because they are…
Given Lowen’s founder Chad Zelensky’s pharmaceutical background, it’s not surprising that many of the company’s early retailers were pharmacists. Crowfoot Medicine Shoppe is one that remains today. Randy Howden, owner, connected with Zelensky through mutual friends in 2010. Zelensky had…
It’s taken Cody Rawlinson two years out of his nine-year career in the tattoo industry to open his dream tattoo shop -- The Old Crow Tattoo Parlour. “I wanted to open a tattoo shop that was different, more of a…
While many parents and caregivers are CPR-certified, infant CPR isn’t always covered. Bump and Baby Matters was born out of the desire to provide this life-saving education for free. “It started as a way to give back to the community…
Lowen’s Skincare has come a long way since the inception of Bum Balm back in 2010. We’re excited to share with you these four new products to the lineup: Bubble Paste - Simple Vegan Foaming Madness: This blood orange-scented concoction…
Greenwashing in Skincare - investigating transparency and Integrity Being labelled as an ethical brand is the latest trend in the marketplace and especially so in the skincare arena. However, a lack of legal definition and regulations on using words like…
Subscription boxes have inundated the market. Socks, shaving supplies, geeky knickknacks, you name it, it can be shipped to your door every month. One Calgary mother and daughter have made their own subscription box, Stresscase, with a focus on mental…
By Centaine Tyler I spend most of my day tethered to a screen. I jump at the sound of an email notification, and I often feel as though my brain, like my browser, just has too many tabs open. In…
This Christmas, consider spending your money locally as for every dollar spent in your own back yard, 30 more cents stay in the local economy. Lowen’s is proud to support the following businesses that are not only local, but are…
