NDP and Liberal Parties respond
The Alberta NDP and Liberal Parties have provided a response to the ESC questions about sport in Alberta. Click here to read their responses.

Summer Sport and Activity Camps
The 2008 Guide to Summer Camps at the University of Alberta is now available.

Public Speaking Workshop in Edmonton- April 19
This workshop is primarily designed for National team athletes. For more information, click here.

Tax Time - remember to claim sport expenses for children!
Line 365 - Children's fitness amount: You can claim, up to $500 per child, the fees paid in 2007 that relate to the cost of registering your child, or your spouse or common-law partner's child, in a prescribed program of physical activity. The child must have been under 16 years of age at the beginning of the year. For more information, click here.

Line 214 Child Care Expenses: You or your spouse or common-law partner may have paid for someone to look after your child so one of you could earn income, go to school, or conduct research in 2007. The expenses are deductible only if, at some time in 2007, the child was under 16 or had a mental or physical impairment. For more information, click here.

Note: You may have paid an amount that would qualify to be claimed as child care expenses (line 214) and the children's fitness amount. If this is the case, you must first claim this amount as child care expenses. Any unused part can be claimed for the children's fitness amount as long as the requirements are met.

Sports Travel Grant
Sport travel grants assist Edmonton residents with the cost of travel to western Canadian, national or international sports championships in which they compete. For more information, click here.

City of Edmonton Hosting Grants
The 2007 application and guide for the Hosting Grant program is available on the City's website.

The Members version of this e-news also provided information on:

• gaming workshops
• fund raising workshops
• nonprofit governance seminar
• leadership training
• Board leadership workshop
• sponsorship workshop
• facility funding program

Sport Leaders Sought
The ESC is seeking expressions of interest from individuals willing to allow their name to stand as a candidate for election to the Board of Directors. For more information, click here.

Daily Sport News
The ESC News Releases page links to current reports and articles of interest to the Edmonton sport community. For more information, click here.

New Issue of the CAC Newsletter: Inside Coaching
The Coaching Association of Canada is pleased to present a new look for Inside Coaching.

Workshop - Aboriginal Coaching Manual
The Aboriginal Sport Circle will deliver an educational workshop to increase awareness of the Manual and its relevance in the Canadian Sport System. The session is scheduled for March 7 at the Ramada Inn, 11834 Kingsway, Edmonton. Contact Ted Hodgson at (780) 585-3343 for more information.

Little League Baseball Registration
Little League will be holding registration in February and March. Click here to see the various dates and locations.

Subway Coronation Triathlon - May 25
Participate in or volunteer at this community event. Registration started February 1. For more information, click here.

Canadian Athletic Hockey School - August 11-29
An information brochure is now available for the 2008 summer hockey school.

Volunteer - Canadian Francophone Games Edmonton 2008
The volunteer division has set a goal to recruit 500 volunteers and draw English clients to volunteer at this event. For more information, click here.

Call for Volunteers - 2010 Vancouver/Whistler Olympics
With less than two years to go, members of the public can now apply, online, to volunteer for the Games. For more information, click here.