Author: Gateway Gazette

  • Cara Operations to Merge with Keg Restaurants Ltd.

    Cara Operations to Merge with Keg Restaurants Ltd.

    VAUGHAN, ON/CNW/ – Cara Operations Limited (TSX: CARA) (“Cara”), Keg Restaurants Ltd. (“KRL”) and The Keg Royalties Income Fund (the “Fund”) are pleased to announce that Cara and KRL have agreed to merge pursuant to the terms of a binding letter of intent. Vancouver-based KRL is the owner/operator and franchisor of casual dining steakhouse restaurants…

  • Confirmed Case of Measles Prompts Public Alert to Potential Exposures

    Confirmed Case of Measles Prompts Public Alert to Potential Exposures

    CALGARY – Alberta Health Services (AHS) has confirmed that an individual with lab-confirmed measles has been in a public setting in Calgary, while infectious. Individuals who were in the below noted location on the date and in the time-period specified, may have been exposed to measles: January 19, 2018: Exposure Location: Real Canadian Superstore (Southport Location) 10505…

  • Super Blue Moon Eclipse on January 31

    Super Blue Moon Eclipse on January 31

    By Bruce McClure The Blue Moon – second of two full moons in one calendar month – will pass through the Earth’s shadow on January 31, 2018, to give us a total lunar eclipse. Totality, when the moon will be entirely inside the Earth’s dark umbral shadow, will last a bit more than one-and-a-quarter hours. The January 31 full moon is…

  • The Call of the Wild

    The Call of the Wild

    Southern Alberta’s Biggest Boat and Outdoor Show returns to the BMO Centre, Stampede Park February 8th-12th, 2018. Calgary, AB – “The Calgary Boat and Sportsmen’s show is a mecca for all things related to the outdoor lifestyle,” says Marla Kimball, Show Manager – Alberta, “it is the perfect time of year to check out all…

  • Canadian Paralympic Committee Statement Regarding Suspension of Russia at 2018 Winter Paralympic Games

    Canadian Paralympic Committee Statement Regarding Suspension of Russia at 2018 Winter Paralympic Games

    Para athletes and officials implicated by anti-doping investigations and reports prohibited from taking part in the Games Monday, January 29, 2018 – Today, the International Paralympic Committee announced during a press conference that “although it is maintaining the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee, it will allow eligible neutral athletes who meet strict criteria to compete…

  • Red Tape Report Card: BC, Quebec, and Manitoba head of the class; Alberta lags behind

    Red Tape Report Card: BC, Quebec, and Manitoba head of the class; Alberta lags behind

    As the centrepiece of Red Tape Awareness WeekTM (Jan. 22-26), the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) today released the 2018 Red Tape Report Card, its annual rating of the federal, provincial and territorial governments on leadership and accountability in cutting red tape for small business. This year’s report card reveals solid progress by several governments in the fight…

  • Community Futures Program of Canada Petitions Federal Government to Reinstate Funding

    Community Futures Program of Canada Petitions Federal Government to Reinstate Funding

    Town of Black Diamond Community Futures Highwood wants to see funding increase for the Community Futures Program so they can continue to support small businesses. Funding for the program, which helps to give loans to small businesses, was frozen about 12 years ago when the federal government was looking to reduce costs. Community Futures Highwood is…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: January 28 – February 5, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: January 28 – February 5, 2018

    By Eric Francis Coppolino ARIES — There’s a psychological aspect to everything; and if you’re paying attention, you won’t miss it. Better still, you’ll benefit from the insight into what others around you are thinking and feeling; this will relate to what you are thinking and feeling. You need a concept of motivation that does…

  • Cochrane RCMP Continue to Investigate Armed Robbery in Bragg Creek

    Cochrane RCMP Continue to Investigate Armed Robbery in Bragg Creek

    UPDATE  Bragg Creek, AB – The RCMP continue to investigate this Armed Robbery and urge the public to please come forward if they were in Bragg Creek on December 1, 2017 around 3:20 p.m. and recall seeing the red Pontiac Grand Am or anything suspicious. The suspect is described as: Male 5’8″-5’10” 140-190lbs Grey/white wavy hair…

  • Whooping Crane Program at the Calgary Zoo – Another Successful Year

    Whooping Crane Program at the Calgary Zoo – Another Successful Year

    2017 was one of the best years in the 28-year history of the zoo’s whooping crane program, generously sponsored by ConocoPhillips Canada. There are seven pairs located at the Devonian Wildlife Conservation Centre (DWCC), which is Canada’s only facility dedicated to breeding this endangered bird for release into the wild. Curator Mike Teller comments, “We…

  • International Holocaust Remembrance Day: January 27

    International Holocaust Remembrance Day: January 27

    International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Premier Notley Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day:  “Seventy-three years ago, as the Nazi regime crumbled, its horrific crimes were exposed. Six million Jews and millions of other innocent people had been systematically slaughtered because of their ethnicity, faith, disability or sexuality. “However, the Nazis’…

  • Tim Hortons: the Killing of Another Canadian Icon

    Tim Hortons: the Killing of Another Canadian Icon

    Parent company RBI’s international expansion plans may well be behind the heartless Tim Hortons policies in Canada By Sylvain Charlebois Senior Fellow Atlantic Institute for Market Studies Destroying Canadian business icons seems to be a trend. In 2017, it was Sears. While employees were losing their pensions because of poor management, lawyers and consultants were…

  • Central Alberta District ICRU make Canada Wide Warrant arrest

    Central Alberta District ICRU make Canada Wide Warrant arrest

    Central Alberta – The Central Alberta District Integrated Crime Reduction Unit effected two more arrests yesterday; one suspect who was wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant for being unlawfully at large. Shortly after 1:00 p.m., ICRU members conducting pro-active patrols in crime hot spots detained two subjects involved in suspicious activity.  Investigation revealed that both subjects were…

  • Aldersyde Bulk Fill Station: Shutdown Planned for January 30 – 31, 2018

    Aldersyde Bulk Fill Station: Shutdown Planned for January 30 – 31, 2018

    HIGH RIVER, AB:  Public Works for the MD of Foothills has announced the Aldersyde Bulk Fill Station will be closed for two days: Tuesday, January 30 and Wednesday January 31, 2018. This closure allows for a planned system upgrade to the Aldersyde Bulk Fill Station.  Alternate bulk water fill locations available during this shutdown include:…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness: A Flu Free New Year

    AHS Weekly Wellness: A Flu Free New Year

    It’s not too late for your influenza immunization  You resolve to start the year healthy.  To eat well, be active… but what about your influenza immunization? Influenza has arrived in Alberta.  As of December 18, more than 1,470 cases of influenza have been confirmed in Alberta.  Of these cases, 260 have been hospitalized.  Tragically, 10…