Author: Gateway Gazette

  • Unplugged from the Reality of our Energy Needs

    Unplugged from the Reality of our Energy Needs

    The green movement’s fossil-fuel divestment crusade hurts the poor and middle class By Mark Milke Contributor Canadians for Affordable Energy If you ever wonder how academics and activists combine to end up utopian, anti-poor and anti-middle class all at once, look no further than calls for savings and pension divestment from Canadian oil and gas…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: January 22 – 29, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: January 22 – 29, 2018

    BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO ARIES — If you find yourself making a mistake you’ve already made, particularly at work, pause and reconsider your actions. You may not know until you start to see some negative effect, though the sooner you draw back, the better. The most important thing to remember this week is that your…

  • French Winter Carnival is Coming to Turner Valley School!

    French Winter Carnival is Coming to Turner Valley School!

    Turner Valley School’s 4th Annual French Winter Carnival is taking place February 2nd from 10:30-2:30 pm. Mrs. Baxter is looking for a few parent volunteers who would be willing to help out with this Carnival for Grades 3 to 6. Most of the Carnival activities will be outside, although some volunteers will be needed indoors. Got Hay? We are looking for…

  • Alberta RCMP Remind Drivers to be Cautious at Intersections

    Alberta RCMP Remind Drivers to be Cautious at Intersections

    Edmonton, Alta. – The Alberta RCMP reminds motorist that January is Intersection Safety month. Intersections are designed to keep people safe, but in 2016, at least 21 people died in fatal motor vehicle collisions that occurred at an intersection. “Drivers should use extra caution at intersections, avoiding behaviours that lead to collisions,” says Superintendent Gary Graham,…

  • New Security Licensing Process Eliminates Delays

    New Security Licensing Process Eliminates Delays

    The Government of Alberta is speeding up the licensing process for about 25,000 Albertans working as security guards, private investigators, locksmiths and more. Applicants in these fields who do not have a criminal record and are not in Canada on a work or study permit can visit a participating registry agent and receive a temporary…

  • Airdrie RCMP Catch Armed Truck Thieves After Pursuit

    Airdrie RCMP Catch Armed Truck Thieves After Pursuit

    Airdrie, Alberta– Airdrie RCMP have arrested 3 individuals after a lengthy pursuit involving a truck and trailer that took place in both Airdrie and Calgary. The 3 individuals are now facing possession of stolen property charges in addition to possessing a sawed-off shotgun. On January 21, 2018, shortly after 1:00 am, patrolling Airdrie RCMP members…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness: Quitting Tobacco

    AHS Weekly Wellness: Quitting Tobacco

    For many people, giving up tobacco is easier said than done.  Giving it up may be one the toughest challenges you face in life, but it will also be one of your most rewarding. Everyone who uses tobacco can benefit from quitting and gain the health rewards that come with it. When you quit cigarettes…

  • Turner Valley School: Ask the Principal – What is Reconciliation?

    Turner Valley School: Ask the Principal – What is Reconciliation?

    Reconciliation is recognizing what the impact of residential schools has had on our Indigenous peoples and communities. The impact is a legacy of unresolved trauma passed from generation to generation and has had a profound effect on the relationship between indigenous peoples and other Canadians. When we have a better understanding of what inter-generational trauma is and how it has affected our youth and…

  • Detailed Route Hearings begin in B.C. Lower Mainland for Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

    Detailed Route Hearings begin in B.C. Lower Mainland for Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

    CALGARY – The National Energy Board (NEB) is set to begin Detailed Route Hearings to hear from landowners in the B.C. Lower Mainland area who have raised concerns with the detailed route of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project. The NEB has scheduled hearings in Burnaby. B.C., starting at 1:30 pm. on January 22 and running until…

  • Resilient Residents – Mammals That Stay

    Resilient Residents – Mammals That Stay

    Winter has arrived! Over the past two years, we have looked at animals who leave the province or the ones who take long winter naps until spring. This year, our focus is on those animals that brave the challenges of our cold and snowy climate. This is the first of a four part series on…

  • Park Transfer Boosts Town of Sylvan Lake

    Park Transfer Boosts Town of Sylvan Lake

    The Government of Alberta has approved the transfer of Sylvan Lake Provincial Park to the Town of Sylvan Lake. Transfer of the park’s ownership from the province allows the town to fully implement its Sustainable Waterfront Area Redevelopment Plan, which will bolster tourism and economic opportunities in the community. The transferred land will no longer…

  • Year in Review on Protecting Canada’s Land and Freshwater Shows Slow Progress

    Year in Review on Protecting Canada’s Land and Freshwater Shows Slow Progress

    YEAR IN REVIEW ON PROTECTING CANADA’S LAND AND FRESHWATER SHOWS CONTINUED SLOW PROGRESS “ON-THE GROUND” IN 2017, GOVERNMENT ACTION NEEDED Ottawa – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is calling on governments to speed up progress towards protecting at least 17% of Canada’s land and freshwater by 2020. In a report released at the…

  • Alberta Society of Artists Travelling Art Exhibit in the Turner Valley School Learning Commons

    Alberta Society of Artists Travelling Art Exhibit in the Turner Valley School Learning Commons

    “Wind has many definitions. In the most literal sense it is the movement of air, which we experience as gentle breezes, warm chinooks, powerful gales, or destructive tornados. But wind is also breath; idle talk or gossip; meaningless rhetoric. One can catch wind of some news, or whisper words into someone’s ear, or use their breath to create music through a wind…

  • Canadian Auto Industry to Gear Down in 2018

    Canadian Auto Industry to Gear Down in 2018

    OTTAWA /CNW/ – Canada’s motor vehicle manufacturing industry is facing declining demand from U.S. consumers and uncertainty surrounding trade relations is raising questions about the industry’s future prospects. Following a 3.8 per cent drop in 2017, industry production will rise by just 0.8 per cent this year, according to the latest Conference Board of Canada’s Canadian Industrial Outlook: Canada’s Motor Vehicle Manufacturing…

  • Food Truck Bureaucracy and Notices About Notices: CFIB Shines Light on Over-the-top Regulations for 2018

    Food Truck Bureaucracy and Notices About Notices: CFIB Shines Light on Over-the-top Regulations for 2018

    Business owners invited to vote on silly red tape stories in Canada Toronto/Calgary – Ahead of Red Tape Awareness Week™ 2018 (January 22-26) the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is presenting its annual Paperweight Awards —bestowing recognition on the government departments and agencies responsible for egregious examples of excessive regulation hurting small businesses. “Red tape ranges from garden-variety…