Author: Gateway Gazette

  • Black Diamond Selected to Join “Becoming a Community Leader”

    Black Diamond Selected to Join “Becoming a Community Leader”

    An exciting announcement will be made this morning at 10:00 am at the Sheep River Library by Black Diamond’s Mayor, Sharlene Brown. If you would like to see an increase in volunteerism, greater community ownership and pride, increased business profitability, improved performance for yourself and those around you and the strengthening of your community’s resiliency,…

  • Alberta Forest Products Association Forest Regeneration Statistics

    Alberta Forest Products Association Forest Regeneration Statistics

    Alberta Forest Companies Plant 65 Million Trees in 2014…Industry Plants 16 Trees for Every Albertan Edmonton, September 10, 2014 – Members of the Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) planted 65 million trees in forests throughout Alberta during the summer of 2014. This works out to 16 trees for every person in Alberta and an average…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Arthritis – a term for many disorders

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Arthritis – a term for many disorders

    Arthritis is a general term for several chronic and painful joint disorders. It affects people in different ways, depending on the type. The two most common forms are rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects about 1% of the population. People of any age can get it, but the condition most often strikes around the age of 30…

  • Royal Tour – The Princess Royal

    Royal Tour – The Princess Royal

    Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to Undertake a Royal Tour of Canada in November 2014 Ottawa – His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, is pleased to announce that a Royal Tour of Canada will take place in the upcoming months. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has accepted the…

  • It’s Dragon Time at the Calgary Zoo

    It’s Dragon Time at the Calgary Zoo

    Calgary, AB – The Calgary Zoo was delighted to debut four new and very active Komodo dragons in August, two females and two males. The dragons reside in the enclosure next to Loka our older female who has been a “star” over the course of the summer months. The four juveniles are from the Colchester…

  • Cooking up a Creative Storm with Arts, Science and Engineering at This Year’s Beakerhead

    Cooking up a Creative Storm with Arts, Science and Engineering at This Year’s Beakerhead

    Member of Parliament Joan Crockett announces support for the Beakerhead Creative Society September 11, 2014 – Calgary – The Beakerhead Creative Society will receive $86,000 through the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage program to present the 2nd edition of the Beakerhead Festival. Activities on offer will include temporary installations, exhibits of large-scale interactive art…

  • FSD News: High School HUB Helps Student Exceed

    FSD News: High School HUB Helps Student Exceed

    Todd Schmekel, Assistant Superintendent of Learning Services, shared the recent success story of a student in highlighting the benefits of flexible programming in FSD to meet the varying learning needs of all students. In this case, a student who scored a phenomenal 95% on the written portion of her Social Studies diploma exam credits FSD’s high…

  • Minister of National Defence marked 13th anniversary of September 11, 2001 attacks – Reaffirms the importance of NORAD in a post 9/11 era

    Minister of National Defence marked 13th anniversary of September 11, 2001 attacks – Reaffirms the importance of NORAD in a post 9/11 era

    September 11, 2014 – Colorado Springs, Colorado Department of National Defence The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of National Defence today marked the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States by attending a commemoration at NORAD headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO. Addressing the approximately 700 attendees and U.S.…

  • CFIB commends government on 15 per cent cut in employment insurance rates for small business

    TORONTO, Sept. 11, 2014 /CNW/ – Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) president Dan Kelly joined Finance Minister Joe Oliver today as he announced a major reduction in Employment Insurance (EI) premiums for small business owners. The announcement was made at Value Wood Floors – a Toronto-area small business and member of CFIB. “This is…

  • Geiger Well Positioned For CFR

    Geiger Well Positioned For CFR

    It took a record haul from Rexall Place last November for Rylan Geiger to win his first Canadian saddle bronc championship. When the Saskatchewan cowboy comes back to Edmonton this fall, he won’t likely be needing the same kind of payday in his quest for a second title. “It will be comforting to come in…

  • Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the anniversary of 9/11 and to mark Canada’s National Day of Service

    Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the anniversary of 9/11 and to mark Canada’s National Day of Service

    Ottawa, Ontario 11 September 2014 Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement on the anniversary of 9/11 and to mark Canada’s National Day of Service: “On September 11th, 2001, a group of terrorists targeting New York and the heart of the U.S. Government silenced the futures of nearly 3,000 innocent citizens from the…

  • Ben Gadd, the Rockies Expert, Comes to the Library

    Ben Gadd, the Rockies Expert, Comes to the Library

    Ben Gadd knows the Canadian Rocky Mountains well. He is the author of ten books on the area. His best-selling Handbook of the Canadian Rockies is an award-winning guide to everything from geology, botany and bears to human history and backpacking trips. With a degree in earth science and over 35 years of teaching and…

  • Canada and France Encourage Global Action on Dementia

    Canada and France Encourage Global Action on Dementia

    Leading researchers and industry experts discuss how to accelerate the development of new treatments and technologies to improve the lives of people with dementia and their families and caregivers Ottawa, Ontario – The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Canada’s Minister of Health, and Mr. Philippe Zeller, Ambassador of France to Canada,today welcomed leading dementia researchers and industry…

  • Hayley Todesco, CWSF ’14 wins the Stockholm Junior Water Prize

    Hayley Todesco, CWSF ’14 wins the Stockholm Junior Water Prize

    By Brad McCabe Hayley Todesco from Calgary, Alberta received the 2014 Stockholm Junior Water Prize on September 3rd for inventing a method that uses sand filters to treat oil contaminated water and recover water for reuse. H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the prize at an award ceremony during the World Water Week in Stockholm. The…

  • RCMP Okotoks – Econo Liquor Store – Armed Robbery

    On 2014/09/10 at 21:46 hrs, the Okotoks RCMP were dispatched to a robbery complaint at the Econo Liquor located at 71 Riverside Drive. A male wearing a balaclava entered the store and pointed a black handgun at the clerk, demanding money. The male received an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on foot. A search…