Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Taking the Eye Exam

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Taking the Eye Exam

    Did you know that it’s important to have regular eye exams, even when your vision seems to be fine? Regular check-ups can detect “silent” conditions that could lead to blindness (such as glaucoma) so that they can be treated early. Children who are having trouble learning or reading at school may have a vision problem…

  • Poll Confirms Canadians Want Leaders to Think Big About Conservation

    Poll Confirms Canadians Want Leaders to Think Big About Conservation

    By Cathy Wilkinson International Boreal Conservation Campaign This week, Canada is hosting an international Nature Champions Summit in Montreal. Environment ministers from around the world, Indigenous leaders and others will gather to share solutions for how to protect nature on a grand scale. Here in Canada, people want leaders to think big when it comes…

  • Eau Claire Distillery Launches Hawthorne Gin in Partnership with Hawthorne Dining Room and Bar

    Eau Claire Distillery Launches Hawthorne Gin in Partnership with Hawthorne Dining Room and Bar

    Hawthorn Dining Room & Bar in partnership with Eau Claire Distillery, Alberta’s first craft distillery, launches Hawthorn Gin An exclusive collaboration brings together Eau Claire Distillery and Hawthorn Dining Room & Bar for a one-of-a-kind hawthorn berry infused gin! Calgary, Alta. –  Hawthorn Dining Room & Bar, located inside the iconic Fairmont Palliser, has released its…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Homemade Jams and Jellies

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Homemade Jams and Jellies

    By Reena Nerbas Bleach Stain on Carpet Dear Reena, Any “camouflage” ways or means to lessen an obvious bleach stain on a beige carpet? Shelley Dear Shelley, Since the color is gone from the area, you can dye the area. All carpet is dyed in the first place therefore it is definitely a technique that…

  • Global T20 Cricket League Starts July 25th

    Global T20 Cricket League Starts July 25th

    Global T20 Canada returns for second season and promises an enhanced experience for fans and stakeholders  Season two of the GT20 to be played between July 25 to August 11, 2019.   Toronto, Canada: The Global T20 Cricket League, Canada, in association with Cricket Canada announced the tournament dates of this year’s GT20 Canada Championship on Tuesday.…

  • RCMP Livestock Sections Charge Male with Fraud and Theft

    RCMP Livestock Sections Charge Male with Fraud and Theft

    Cochrane, Alta. – RCMP Livestock Sections in Southern Alberta and British Columbia, have charged an adult male for fraud and theft in the Cochrane area. The male was acting as a broker for the victim and was to arrange the sale of a horse on the victim’s behalf for an agreed price. He allegedly claimed…

  • Canada Captures IBNS 2018 Bank Note of Year Award

    Canada Captures IBNS 2018 Bank Note of Year Award

    The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) announces that its voting membership has selected the Bank of Canada to receive its prestigious “Bank Note of the Year Award” for 2018. With over 150 new banknotes released worldwide during 2018, only 10% were of sufficiently new design to be nominated. Almost from the start, Canada’s new vertically…

  • Alberta RCMP Reminds Albertans to Secure Their Yards

    Alberta RCMP Reminds Albertans to Secure Their Yards

    Edmonton – Cropping season is about to begin in Alberta which means farmers will be spending long hours out in their fields.  For many, this may mean filling up their slip tanks, dusting off equipment and unlocking sheds or storage facilities. Unsecured yards, combined with increased mobility due to the warm weather means additional opportunities for…

  • The Little Boy She’ll Never Forget

    The Little Boy She’ll Never Forget

    Canadian Armed Forces The Canadian Armed Forces provided humanitarian aid in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake that crumbled parts of the island nation. Warrant Officer Christa Ethier was deployed and will never forget one of the little boys she met who was going to be adopted by a family in Montreal. I wish, to this…

  • Government of Canada Supports Ongoing Public Engagement on Protecting At-Risk Caribou in Northeastern British Columbia

    Government of Canada Supports Ongoing Public Engagement on Protecting At-Risk Caribou in Northeastern British Columbia

     Environment and Climate Change Canada Statement April 26, 2019 – Prince George, British Columbia Parliamentary Secretary Sean Fraser issued the following statement today on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna:  “We are working with the Province of British Columbia, Indigenous leaders, communities and industry in the Peace River region to…

  • Yom HaShoah: Statement from Premier Kenney

    Yom HaShoah: Statement from Premier Kenney

    Premier Jason Kenney issued the following statement on Yom HaShoah: “Tonight, at sundown, begins Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this solemn day, we reflect on the unique horror of the Holocaust, remember the six million innocent men, women and children who were brutally murdered by the Nazis during the Second World War, pay tribute…

  • The System Needs to be Fixed: Why are Children on Canada’s “No Fly” List?

    The System Needs to be Fixed: Why are Children on Canada’s “No Fly” List?

    We need your help. This ONE minute video encapsulates media coverage on #NoFlyListKids. We are a grassroots movement of Canadian families whose children are for no reason on the Canadian No Fly List. Please view this video and “Comment” “Like” “Share” and/or “Tweet” to your own networks. We, as Canadians, need to help #FixThis for…

  • Volunteers Needed for the 15th Annual Green Sweep & Electronic Recycling Round-up

    Volunteers Needed for the 15th Annual Green Sweep & Electronic Recycling Round-up

    HIGH RIVER, AB – The Town is looking for volunteers to join us this Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex to help out with the 15th Annual Green Sweep and Electronic Recycling Round-up.  All volunteers are asked to bring a pair of gloves and dress for light outdoor work, with…

  • Bill C-48: Statement from Premier Jason Kenney

    Bill C-48: Statement from Premier Jason Kenney

    Premier Jason Kenney issued the following statement about his speech on Bill C-48 to the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications: “Today, one of my first acts as Alberta’s new Premier was to appear before the Senate committee reviewing Bill C-48 — which would ban Canadian oil tankers off much of Canada’s west coast —…

  • Cochrane RCMP – Requesting Public Assistance in History Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision

    Cochrane RCMP – Requesting Public Assistance in History Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision

    Investigation Continues for 2006 Fatal Hit and Run on Transcanada Highway which involved a 16-year-old female from the Morley First Nation Reserve Cochrane, AB – The Cochrane RCMP General Investigation Section are seeking information in relation to a Fatal Hit and Run that occurred in the West bound lane of the TransCanada Highway near exit…