Author: Gateway Gazette

  • RCMP Historical Homicide Unit Investigating Deaths of Three Women

    RCMP Historical Homicide Unit Investigating Deaths of Three Women

    Edmonton, AB – Investigators from the RCMP’s “K” Division Historical Homicide Unit (HHU) are continuing to push forward with three separate investigations, each involving a woman who initially had been reported missing in Alberta but believed by police to have been victims of homicide. The three cases, although not believed to be related, span a period…

  • Town of High River Encourages Community Participation in Kraft Hockeyville Competition

    Town of High River Encourages Community Participation in Kraft Hockeyville Competition

    HIGH RIVER, AB: The Town’s Parks and Recreation Division has partnered with a committee of local residents to nominate High River for the 2018 Kraft Hockeyville community building contest. “The goal is for the community of High River to come together and share stories about hockey in our town and our local arenas with the…

  • How Minimum-wage Increases Squeeze the Poorest

    How Minimum-wage Increases Squeeze the Poorest

    By David Trilling When policy wonks call for the minimum wage to rise, they often discuss helping workers at the bottom of the income ladder, or address rising living costs and income inequality. But a new working paper from the University of Zurich finds that the poorest workers, those earning minimum wage, pay the most for the increase. The researchers look at supermarkets…

  • Ottawa Blocking Canadians’ Access to Innovative Drugs

    Ottawa Blocking Canadians’ Access to Innovative Drugs

    Health Canada’s revisions to the drug-pricing review board will delay or prevent access to new drugs By Nigel Rawson Senior Fellow The Fraser Institute Everyone wants affordable medicines, but are Canadians prepared to accept the trade-off of even longer delays before we can access innovative drugs? Last May, then-federal health minister Jane Philpott announced proposed…

  • Millarville Horticultural Club Offers Landscape Grant

    Millarville Horticultural Club Offers Landscape Grant

    Millarville Horticultural Club has a landscaping grant available to non-profit organizations in the MD of Foothills, west of the 5 meridian and north of highway 540. The maximum grant available is $750. This could be used for hard landscaping, permanent plant materials and/or installation costs. If you are interested in applying for this program please…

  • No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour

    No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour

    Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent. In a series of experiments, with more than 3,000 participants, the team demonstrated that video game concepts do not ‘prime’ players to behave in certain ways and that increasing the realism of violent video…

  • Heavy Snowfall Warning for Northern Alberta

    Heavy Snowfall Warning for Northern Alberta

    Albertans are advised to use extra caution on Alberta highways. Areas of central and northern Alberta are under a heavy snowfall warning. Accumulations between 10 and 15 centimetres are expected in the Edmonton region and as much as 20 centimetres north and west of Edmonton by Friday afternoon. Snow is also forecast from Slave Lake…

  • RCMP – Cochrane, Okotoks and Claresholm: Missing Person, Mailbox Damage, Home Invasion

    RCMP – Cochrane, Okotoks and Claresholm: Missing Person, Mailbox Damage, Home Invasion

    Claresholm RCMP investigate home invasion Claresholm, Alberta – Following an investigation into a home invasion which occurred on January 20, the RCMP are releasing a composite sketch of the suspect male. Just after 9:00 p.m., an unknown male knocked at the front door of a residence on 51 Avenue East in Claresholm.  The homeowner opened the door…

  • 4-H Alberta Volunteers Receive Highest Recognition

    4-H Alberta Volunteers Receive Highest Recognition

    Two outstanding Albertans have been recognized for their long-standing contributions to 4-H and their communities. Linda Gooch, of Arrowwood and Sylvia Mathon, of Innisfail join an elite group of Albertans inducted into the Alberta 4-H Hall of Fame since 1971. Mathon was honoured posthumously. “4-H Alberta celebrated its centennial year in 2017, and it is…

  • Electric Vehicles Pose a Dilemma of Conscience

    Electric Vehicles Pose a Dilemma of Conscience

    When we consider the source of electricity, the invasive nature of copper mining for batteries and components, and other factors, the jury is out By Joseph Quesnel Research Associate Frontier Centre for Public Policy In the push to normalize electric vehicles, many forget it’s not the end of the road as far as environmental impact…

  • Federal Government Investing in Arts Training Projects in Alberta

    Federal Government Investing in Arts Training Projects in Alberta

    CALGARY – On behalf of the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, today announced $65,000 in funding for the School of Alberta Ballet’s 2018–19 Training in Arts project. The funding will be used to support the existing Professional Division of the School of Alberta…

  • Okotoks RCMP – Seeking Witnesses for Indecent Acts – UPDATE

    Okotoks RCMP – Seeking Witnesses for Indecent Acts – UPDATE

    Okotoks RCMP – Arrest in Indecent Acts Okotoks, Alberta:  On January 24th, 2018, at approximately 11:00 pm, Okotoks RCMP general duty & general investigative section effect an arrest. A 20-year-old male was arrested without incident. The male remains in custody of the Okotoks RCMP pending charges, and a bail hearing for the following Criminal Code offences: Three counts of Indecent…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Monitoring Blood Glucose Levels

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Monitoring Blood Glucose Levels

    The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) recommends that people with diabetes who are using insulin more than once a day should self-monitor their blood glucose levels at least 3 times a day. The CDA also recommends that people with type 2 diabetes who use insulin once a day should test their blood glucose levels once a…

  • Former First Lady Michelle Obama to Participate in a Conversation in Calgary on Friday March 23rd 2018

    Former First Lady Michelle Obama to Participate in a Conversation in Calgary on Friday March 23rd 2018

    CALGARY/CNW/ – Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be in Calgary on Friday March 23, 2018 for an event at 7pm at the Calgary Stampede Corral. Michelle Robinson Obama served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, transforming the position and becoming a role model, champion and inspiration for women, families, and young people across America and around the world. As a…

  • High River RCMP Investigate Suspicious Occurrence Involving 9-year-old Boy

    High River RCMP Investigate Suspicious Occurrence Involving 9-year-old Boy

    A nine-year-old boy was approached by two men in a white minivan, the male passenger got out of the minivan and gestured to the boy, who thought the male was indicating for him to get into the van.