Author: Gateway Gazette

  • ATB Starts Fiscal Year with Its Strongest Quarter Ever

    ATB Starts Fiscal Year with Its Strongest Quarter Ever

    EDMONTON, CALGARY and 240 other Alberta communities /CNW/ – ATB Financial has closed the books on the first quarter of its current financial year by posting a record net profit of $83.9 million —  and attracting thousands of new customers. “The combined work of the ATB team and the trust placed by ATB customers has…

  • RCMP Provost – Calgary-area Pilot dies in amateur built plane crash

    RCMP Provost – Calgary-area Pilot dies in amateur built plane crash

    Provost, Alberta – On August 25, 2014 at approximately 4:00 pm, Provost RCMP officers received a call regarding a possible plane that went down in a field approximately 2 km south of Provost off Highway 600. Provost RCMP officers attended and found the body of the pilot and sole occupant trapped upside down in the…

  • FootGolf: Two Sports into One

    FootGolf: Two Sports into One

    What is FootGolf? FootGolf is a combination of the popular sports of soccer and golf. The game is played with a regulation #5 soccer ball at a golf course facility on shortened holes with 21-inch diameter cups. You can play at 12 courses across Canada: Alberta: Bear Creek Golf Club in Grande Prairie Heatherglen Golf…

  • Meeting Tonight re: Wood King Property – Proposed Development

    Meeting Tonight re: Wood King Property – Proposed Development

    For the past few months a group of concerned citizens have been meeting at the Griffiths Centre to discuss options for the healthy development of our community and in particular the proposed development following the sale of the Wood King property at the eastern entrance to Black Diamond. Another meeting is scheduled for tonight starting…

  • RCMP Airdrie – Fatal Pedestrian Collision on Highway 2 near Balzac

    RCMP Airdrie – Fatal Pedestrian Collision on Highway 2 near Balzac

    Balzac, Alberta – Just after midnight, Tuesday August 26th, 2014, Airdrie Rural RCMP responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway #2 just north of Highway 566 near Balzac, involving a pickup truck and a pedestrian. Immediately after the collision, two employees from STARS Air Ambulance came across the scene and began emergency first…

  • Memorial Tree Ceremony held in George Lane Park

    Memorial Tree Ceremony held in George Lane Park

    The Town of High River hosted a Memorial Tree ceremony in George Lane Park last night to recognize donors that purchased trees over the last two years. Plaques commemorating loved ones and the locations of trees were highlighted at the ceremony. “We encourage anyone wishing to celebrate a milestone or special moment in their life…

  • RCMP Grande Prairie – Police Requesting Public’s Assistance

    RCMP Grande Prairie – Police Requesting Public’s Assistance

    RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown male who has committed frauds in both Grande Prairie and Hythe, AB. On June 25, 2014, an unknown male cashed a fraudulent Canada Revenue Agency cheque at a bank on the west side of Grande Prairie. The male produced false identification in the name…

  • Red Deer RCMP continue to look for 16 year old Sky Big Crow – Correction

    Red Deer RCMP continue to look for 16 year old Sky Big Crow – Correction

    An RCMP media release earlier today stated incorrectly that both 15 year old Diamond Saddleback and 16 year old Sky Big Crow had been located. The two girls were reported missing on July 9, and Diamond Saddleback was located safely over the weekend. However, Sky Big Crow has not yet been located, and may possibly…

  • RCMP High River Detachment c/o Injury Motor Vehicle Collision

    RCMP High River Detachment c/o Injury Motor Vehicle Collision

    On Monday August 25th, 2014 at approximately 8:04 am The High River RCMP were dispatched to an injury motor vehicle collision of Highway 552 and 192 nd Street East, involving a pickup truck and passenger car. The collision occurred at a controlled intersection, however at the time the intersection was foggy. Fire departments from the…

  • Limb regeneration: Do Salamanders Hold the Key?

    Limb regeneration: Do Salamanders Hold the Key?

    The secret of how salamanders successfully regrow body parts is being unravelled by UCL researchers in a bid to apply it to humans. For the first time, researchers have found that the ‘ERK pathway’ must be constantly active for salamander cells to be reprogrammed, and hence able to contribute to the regeneration of different body…

  • Trade with Europe easier than trade within Canada

    Premiers urged to strengthen inter-provincial trade, support TFWP, reject pension taxes at meeting this week Toronto/Calgary, August 25, 2014 – With Canada recently opening up international markets with historic trade agreements, it is time to drop trade barriers between our own provinces. As Canada’s premiers come together in Charlottetown this week, the Canadian Federation of…

  • Response to call for Michener investigation

    Response to call for Michener investigation

    Naresh Bhardwaj, Associate Minister for Persons with Disabilities, issued the following statement (August 21st) in response to calls for an investigation into the deaths of people who have transferred from the Michener Centre: “I want to express my deep condolences and extend my thoughts and prayers to the families who are grieving. “We have every…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Basil, Olive Oil, Pasta and Pizza

    By Reena Nerbas Removing Tape from Carpet Dear Reena, My, I am in a quandary! I have glued my area rug with double sided tape to my existing carpet, and now it seems an impossible task to remove the tape from the carpet (I live in a rental apartment). I need your solution to this…

  • RCMP Airdrie – Break and Enter to Dollar Store

    RCMP Airdrie – Break and Enter to Dollar Store

    Airdrie, Alberta – On 24 August, 2014 Airdrie RCMP responded to a Break and Enter at The Dollar Store on Yankee Valley Boulevard. Entrance to the store occurred sometime between 9:00 pm and 10:00 pm, when an unknown suspect pried open the front door. RCMP and a Dollar Store employee attended, and found that the…

  • Planet Waves Weekly Horoscope for August 22 to 30, 2014

    Editor’s Note: A duplicate post was run in error on Saturday. We apologize and now have the correct horoscopes today (better late than never). Thank you Eric! By Eric Francis Aries (March 20-April 19) Aries (March 20-April 19) — There’s no point holding on, or stuffing your feelings down, and there is no point pushing…