Author: Gateway Gazette

  • Town Hosts Annual Green Sweep and Recycling Round Up to Clean up Community

    Town Hosts Annual Green Sweep and Recycling Round Up to Clean up Community

    HIGH RIVER, AB: On Saturday, May 5 volunteers will be cleaning up green spaces around High River in the 14th annual Community Green Sweep and Recycling Round Up hosted by the Town of High River. Volunteers are needed to help with raking leaves, collecting branches, picking up garbage and more. “This year, we have also partnered…

  • It’s Daffodil Time at Black Diamond Pharmasave

    It’s Daffodil Time at Black Diamond Pharmasave

    The sale of each daffodil pin goes directly back to the province in which it was raised.  Please consider buying yours today at Black Diamond Pharmasave.

  • From My Bookshelf: Kim Fu

    From My Bookshelf: Kim Fu

    By Lynn Willoughby The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore ~ Kim Fu I heard this book discussed on CBC so thought it sounded worthwhile.  Camp Forevermore is a wilderness camp for girls somewhere on the coast of BC.  It has been operating for decades and sounds idyllic, especially to those girls from the inner city,…

  • Provincial First Aid Competition Winners Announced

    Provincial First Aid Competition Winners Announced

    Edmonton, The scene: Four teens are skateboarding along the riverbank trail when suddenly the ground gives way along a steep slope causing the first skater to wipe out and slide down the bank into an open excavation pit. Friends of the skater are a few minutes behind on the trail but see what’s happened ahead. They…

  • Sikh Heritage Month: Statement from Premier Notley

    Sikh Heritage Month: Statement from Premier Notley

    Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement recognizing Sikh Heritage Month in Alberta: “Of the many cultures, faiths and peoples who made Alberta home in the 20th century, Sikhs were among the first. “We recognize our Sikh neighbours and partners who came to Alberta with hope backed by faith, vision backed by hard work, strong family…

  • Millarville Horticultural Club: Looking Forward to Spring

    Millarville Horticultural Club: Looking Forward to Spring

    Every second Tuesday of the month (Sept to May) at 7:30pm a speaker is arranged to talk and share their knowledge with the club. We meet at the Millarville church house. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, May 8th and it is our spring potluck. Bring your favorite dish to share. Come at 6:30pm to enjoy supper.…

  • Humboldt Tragedy Touches Us All

    Humboldt Tragedy Touches Us All

    A local reader, Wayne Hill, contacted us to see if we might be able to organize a community photo to show the support displayed by so many in our own communities. Unfortunately, it was a very short notice idea, but one that we still felt was worthy.

  • 2018 Black Diamond & Turner Valley Volunteer Appreciation Event

    2018 Black Diamond & Turner Valley Volunteer Appreciation Event

    Volunteer Appreciation Celebration, April 19, 2018 National Volunteer Week celebrates the passion, action, and impact of volunteers. From April 15 to 21, the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley join other Canadian communities in celebrating Canada’s 12.7 million volunteers during National Volunteer Week (NVW). National Volunteer Week is a chance to thank volunteers for…

  • High River RCMP Investigate Suspicious Male Attempting to Take Dog From Yard

    High River RCMP Investigate Suspicious Male Attempting to Take Dog From Yard

    High River, AB – High River RCMP are investigating a suspicious occurrence that happened in the southwest corner of town on April 9, 2018.  Shortly before noon that day, a home owner noticed her three dogs barking aggressively in the backyard.  When the home owner attended her backyard, she observed an male in her backyard.  The male had…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Take Control of Your Cancer Risk

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Take Control of Your Cancer Risk

    Knowing which lifestyle factors have an impact on cancer risk worldwide is important, but how can you tell which factors actually affect your life? You can start by looking at the list of modifiable risk factors and asking yourself how you measure up. Remember, these are risk factors you can control. While you should feel good about the…

  • Albertans Recognized for Preventing Violence

    Albertans Recognized for Preventing Violence

    Leaders from Edmonton, central and northern Alberta are being honoured for their work in preventing family violence, sexual violence, child abuse and bullying.   A total of nine Inspiration Awards were presented to individuals and groups who demonstrated excellence in areas such as promoting public education about healthy relationships, working across sectors to address violence…

  • Culinary Team Wins Silver at International Competition

    Culinary Team Wins Silver at International Competition

    We all know how challenging it can be to put together a family meal in our own kitchens, stocked by our own hands. Imagine putting together a three-course meal in a limited time period based solely on the unknown contents of a basket handed to you in an unfamiliar kitchen. Corporal Melissa Miller, a chief…

  • Increasing Accountability in Public Agencies

    Increasing Accountability in Public Agencies

    New standards for Alberta’s agencies, boards and commissions will ensure that members are acting in the best interest of Albertans and will continue the work already done to clean up waste, increase diversity and deliver greater accountability. Top executives at 52 public agencies are being held to the same ethical standards as deputy ministers in…

  • Justin Trudeau is Failing Canada’s Energy Industry and Canadian Workers

    Justin Trudeau is Failing Canada’s Energy Industry and Canadian Workers

    TWO HILLS, ALBERTA – In response to Prime Minister Trudeau’s visit to Fort McMurray, Shannon Stubbs, Conservative Shadow Minister for Natural Resources, issued the following statement: “Canada’s Prime Minister needs to champion Canadian energy, which produces the most environmentally and socially responsible oil and gas in the world, and recognize that the livelihoods of hundreds…

  • Statement from CFIB on Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

    Statement from CFIB on Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

    Toronto – In response to (this weekend’s) statement by Kinder Morgan that its approved project is facing “unquantifiable risk” as a result of the uncertainty created by the B.C. government, CFIB is calling on the federal government to take immediate action to create the certainty that will allow the project to go forward.  “The provincial government…