Author: Gateway Gazette

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Nutrition and Exercise to Control Diabetes

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Nutrition and Exercise to Control Diabetes

    Controlling diabetes is closely linked to diet and lifestyle. Healthy eating Smart food choices help keep blood sugar, weight, and cholesterol in better control. Focus on fewer calories, and eat less fat (especially saturated fat). Enjoy more fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats, fish, and legumes instead. The amounts of fat, carbohydrate (fruits, vegetables, breads and…

  • Child and Youth Advocate releases Summary Report: Five Years of Investigations

    Child and Youth Advocate releases Summary Report: Five Years of Investigations

    Del Graff, Provincial Child and Youth Advocate, released a summary report of investigation statistics and trends over a five-year period, coinciding with the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate’s (OCYA) independence from government. This Summary Report focused on 252 serious injuries or deaths of young people reported to the Advocate between April 1, 2012…

  • From the Avro Arrow to the Gimli Glider

    From the Avro Arrow to the Gimli Glider

    By Chief Warrant Officer Dan Campbell The Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE), welcomed two very special guests on November 15, 2017. John Burzynski, a co-founder of Osisko Mining, and Bob Pearson, a pilot of the famous Gimli Glider, travelled to 16 Wing Borden, Ontario, to share their experiences with staff and…

  • Is Your Smartphone Making You Unhappy?

    Is Your Smartphone Making You Unhappy?

    By David Trilling There’s abundant speculation that our smartphones make us less happy. Twitter: saps your attention. Facebook: fills you with FOMO. Email: your boss is barking directives again. A new paper in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology finds science behind the speculation. The researchers, from the University of British Columbia and the University of Virginia, conduct two experiments…

  • Leadership Race is on for the Alberta Party

    Leadership Race is on for the Alberta Party

    The Alberta Party is pleased to announce our final approved list of candidates for the Alberta Party Leadership race. Monday (January 15) at 5pm, the deadline for submission of candidate applications passed at which point we had received three packages, from Rick Fraser, Kara Levis, and Stephen Mandel. The Provincial Board of Directors met this…

  • Improving Alberta’s Water and Wastewater Services

    Improving Alberta’s Water and Wastewater Services

    The governments of Canada and Alberta are committed to investing in local infrastructure that ensures Canadians and their families have access to modern, reliable water and wastewater services that meet their needs. These investments safeguard the health and well-being of residents, protect waterways and preserve local ecosystems, while also laying the foundation for new economic…

  • Didsbury RCMP – Power Outage Caused by Aircraft Striking Power Line

    Didsbury RCMP – Power Outage Caused by Aircraft Striking Power Line

    Didsbury, Alberta – Didsbury RCMP and the Transportation Safety Board are investigating after an air plane struck a power line causing power to be lost in the town of Didsbury. At approximately 8:15 pm on January 16, a witness called Didsbury RCMP to report that she had seen a low flying aircraft come into contact with a…

  • Millarville Horticultural Club: Bring Your Garden Catalogues

    Millarville Horticultural Club: Bring Your Garden Catalogues

    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 is February 13th, 2018 at 7:30pm. Bring your favourite garden catalogue to inspire others. We get a good selection of bulbs, vegetable and flower seeds and potatoes…

  • Flight Delayed Due to Extraordinary Circumstances: What if Airline is Wrong?

    Flight Delayed Due to Extraordinary Circumstances: What if Airline is Wrong?

    Consumer watchdog Which? analysis reveals than in UK on average every fourth flight is late to reach its destination. Extraordinary circumstances have become favorite airlines’ excuse to avoid paying out flight compensations, yet Eurocontrol analysis reveals carriers’ operations to have been the real cause behind most of flight delays in 2017. And while airlines interpret…

  • The Sable Island Horse

    The Sable Island Horse

    The Sable Island horse, sometimes referred to as the Sable Island pony, is a type of small feral horse found on Sable Island, an island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a small type, often pony sized, but with a horse phenotype and horse ancestors, and usually dark in color. The first horses were released on the island in the late eighteenth century,…

  • Agri-food Supercluster Could Super-charge Canada’s Economy

    Agri-food Supercluster Could Super-charge Canada’s Economy

    Nine groups, including the Smart Agri-Food Supercluster, await word from Ottawa on which gets to tap the $950-million supercluster innovation fund By Bill Whitelaw President and CEO JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group The supercluster effect is one of the intriguing outcomes of dangling dollars in front of sectors hungry for innovation investment. Nine groups await word from…

  • Neonatal Intensive Care Coming to St. Albert

    Neonatal Intensive Care Coming to St. Albert

    With support from the Alberta government, a new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is opening in St. Albert so families can receive care closer to home. Opening in mid-2019, the six-unit NICU will meet growing demands on the Sturgeon Community Hospital, which is expected to surpass 3,000 deliveries this year for the first time. Babies…

  • NDP Must Provide Update on Highway Maintenance After Carillion Bankruptcy

    NDP Must Provide Update on Highway Maintenance After Carillion Bankruptcy

    EDMONTON, AB (January 16, 2018): The United Conservatives today are calling on Transportation Minister Brian Mason to provide Albertans with an update after Carillion PLC filed for bankruptcy yesterday. Carillion is currently responsible for the maintenance of approximately 50 per cent of Alberta’s highways, including snow plowing. The NDP has yet to clarify who will assume…

  • TransCanada Open House for Project in the Foothills; Turner Valley Compressor Station

    TransCanada Open House for Project in the Foothills; Turner Valley Compressor Station

    TransCanada will be hosting an open house on the proposed Western Alberta Main Loop route that will include a compressor station in Turner Valley. The Turner Valley compressor station will include: Expansion of existing compressor station located approximately 3 km (2 miles) northwest of Turner Valley Addition of a new unit building, new aerial coolers,…

  • The Salvation Army Grateful to Supporters for Helping Christmas Kettle Campaign Raise $23.1 Million

    The Salvation Army Grateful to Supporters for Helping Christmas Kettle Campaign Raise $23.1 Million

    TORONTO/CNW/ – The Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign raised $23.1 million nationally, which is the second-highest total ever raised by the organization during the holiday season. These funds will help The Salvation Army feed, clothe, shelter and empower vulnerable people in 400 communities across Canada. “We’re grateful to our generous donors, dedicated volunteers and supportive corporate partners for making…