Author: Gateway Gazette

  • An Alberta-made High-seas Pollution Solution

    An Alberta-made High-seas Pollution Solution

    Taking the dirty out of dirty oil and cleaning up the world’s oceans at the same time By Cheryl Croucher Contributor Troy Media What do beer, bitumen and greenhouse gas emissions have in common? That would be Neil Camarta, founder of Field Upgrading. Camarta spent most of his engineering career building conventional upgraders, which emit…

  • Open Farm Days 2017 Celebrates Biggest Year Yet

    Open Farm Days 2017 Celebrates Biggest Year Yet

    The fifth-annual edition of Open Farm Days broke records as visitors made their way to farms, ranches and culinary events across the province to experience the best rural Alberta has to offer. According to newly released data, 101 host farms and ranches had more than 20,000 visits during Open Farm Days, Aug. 19-20. The weekend’s…

  • Open House: Black Diamond Gravel Pit

    Open House: Black Diamond Gravel Pit

    BURNCO Rock Products Ltd would like to notify you that we are beginning preliminary planning for a proposed sand and gravel development near the town of Black Diamond. BURNCO is an Alberta owned family business. We strive to deliver developments of the highest caliber and to operate in a manner that is responsible to the surrounding communities. As…

  • Parks Reservation System Passes One Million Mark

    Parks Reservation System Passes One Million Mark

    Thanks to another record-setting year, the Alberta Parks reservation system recorded its one millionth booking.   Reserve.AlbertaParks.ca (RAP) online reservation system processed almost 164,000 bookings for regular, group and comfort camping this year, pushing the system’s nine-year total to more than one million reservations. “Albertans love their provincial parks and the opportunity to connect with nature.…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: All About Diabetes

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: All About Diabetes

    Diabetes is a condition where people don’t produce enough insulin, and/or their cells don’t respond properly to insulin. Insulin is an important hormone produced by the pancreas that moves glucose, a type of sugar, into the body’s cells from the blood. Once inside the body’s cells, glucose is used as a source of energy. If…

  • Governments Renew Oil Sands Monitoring Agreement

    Governments Renew Oil Sands Monitoring Agreement

    The governments of Canada and Alberta today renewed their commitment to continue providing clear and scientifically rigorous information on the environmental impacts of oil sands development in northeastern Alberta. Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and Alberta’s Minister of Environment and Parks, Shannon Phillips, today signed a memorandum of understanding formalizing their…

  • Royal Canadian Navy on Track to Acquire Unmanned Aircraft Systems

    Royal Canadian Navy on Track to Acquire Unmanned Aircraft Systems

    By Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Darryl DeJong The Director of Naval Requirements (DNR) is leading the first phase of the Unmanned System programme with the acquisition of a family of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) that can be operated from all Canadian Warships in order to provide near real-time intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance…

  • Strengthening Seniors Care in Hinton

    Strengthening Seniors Care in Hinton

    The Mountain View Centre in Hinton will soon deliver public care and services for seniors after being purchased by Alberta Health Services (AHS). The Mountain View Centre has 37 supportive living suites and a 15-space dementia care cottage, designed to create a home-like setting for residents with dementia. The facility was previously run by the…

  • “Don’t Name Them” – Criminologist Asks Journalists to Help Stop Mass Shootings

    “Don’t Name Them” – Criminologist Asks Journalists to Help Stop Mass Shootings

    By David Trilling, Journalist’s Resource It’s too familiar in America: Breaking news, another mass shooting, old pictures of the suspects, their names splashed across cable news. Instant celebrities. In an article this year for the journal American Behavioral Scientist, Adam Lankford, a criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama, and a colleague argue that journalists should not…

  • Programs Help Producers Rebuild After Wildfire

    Programs Help Producers Rebuild After Wildfire

    The Government of Alberta is helping farmers and ranchers recover from the Hilda wildfire by supporting assistance programs. An assistance program is being set up through the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) where eligible farmers and ranchers can apply for an interest free loan to: fund working capital pay expenses help replace assets  “Albertans come…

  • High River RCMP Investigate Fatal Collision

    High River RCMP Investigate Fatal Collision

    High River, Alberta – RCMP are investigating after a 19 year old male was killed in a motor vehicle collision this morning. On January 2, 2018 at approximately 10:45 a.m., High River RCMP responded to Highway 2 and 594 Avenue East after a report of a two vehicle collision. Preliminary investigation revealed a north bound sedan…

  • Cochrane RCMP – Missing Youth

    Cochrane RCMP seek public assistance in locating missing youth Cochrane, Alberta – Cochrane RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 15 year old Khalisha Kootenay of Morley, AB.  Khalisha was last seen in Morley and may be in the company of her boyfriend Chris STEVENS, also of Morley, AB. Khalisha is described as a…

  • Thinking About Future Tech Forecasts, Trends and Predictions

    Thinking About Future Tech Forecasts, Trends and Predictions

    January is a great time to look back on the past 12 months; and an even better time to look ahead and think about and envision what the coming year(s) have in store.

  • Search Committee Recommends Doug Wylie as Alberta’s 11th Auditor General

    Search Committee Recommends Doug Wylie as Alberta’s 11th Auditor General

    The all-party Select Special Auditor General Search Committee has recommended Doug Wylie as Alberta’s new Auditor General. “Mr. Wylie has a deep understanding of the processes of the Office of the Auditor General and has demonstrated effective leadership in the oversight of complex public organizations,” said David Shepherd, MLA for Edmonton-Centre and search committee chair.…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: January 2 – 8, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: January 2 – 8, 2018

    BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO ARIES — Over the past month, a series of planets moving into your career and success angle describes you waking up to your ambitions. Tomorrow’s Full Moon in the domestic angle of your chart is reminding you to pace yourself, and not push yourself so hard. Rather, slow, steady progress is…