Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 1 – 8, 2019

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 1 – 8, 2019

    By Amy Elliott Aries It’s time to bring the full truth of who you are out into the light, for everyone to see. This revelation, dramatic as it sounds, might not require any sort of fanfare. In fact, it may well represent the culmination of a gradual process of evolution, in which you’ve come to…

  • A $50/tonne Carbon Tax is no April Fool’s Day Joke

    A $50/tonne Carbon Tax is no April Fool’s Day Joke

    UCP to save taxpayers hundreds of dollars a year at the pump by scrapping Notley/Trudeau carbon tax EDMONTON, AB (April 1, 2019): A United Conservative Government would save Albertans from the Notley/Trudeau Alliance’s planned 11.2c/L carbon tax on gas. Yesterday, the Premier unveiled her party’s platform but conveniently left out the fact that under her deal…

  • Soybeans, Pork, Lobsters and Beef Could be Next on China’s Hit List

    Soybeans, Pork, Lobsters and Beef Could be Next on China’s Hit List

    Canada’s diplomatic juveniles have jeopardized the Canadian target of $75 billion in agriculture and food exports by 2025 By Sylvain Charlebois Senior Fellow Atlantic Institute for Market Studies Two recent cases make Canada’s political elite look like diplomatic juveniles. The SNC-Lavalin debacle refuses to go away, garnering global media attention for weeks. The Meng Wanzhou…

  • High River RCMP Execute Search Warrant

    High River RCMP Execute Search Warrant

    High River, Alberta –  High River RCMP execute Search Warrant leading to arrest and drug trafficking charges On Wednesday March 27th, High River RCMP received multiple calls of a dangerous driver travelling westbound on Secondary Highway 543 from High River. Turner Valley RCMP were able to intercept the vehicle and the driver was subsequently arrested roadside. A search incidental to…

  • Fair Vote Canada Applauds Alberta Liberal Platform for Proportional Representation

    Fair Vote Canada Applauds Alberta Liberal Platform for Proportional Representation

    Fair Vote Canada congratulates David Khan and the Alberta Liberal Party for its strong platform on proportional representation. Today’s platform announced that, “The Alberta Liberals are 100% committed to implementing a Proportional Representation (“PR”) voting system. An Alberta Liberal Government would implement a Mixed Member Proportional form of proportional representation.” The Liberals have also promised a referendum…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness: Oral Health

    AHS Weekly Wellness: Oral Health

    Keep Your Mouth Healthy As You Age As you get older changes that affect your mouth health can be related to aging, disease or medication. Prevention is always the best way to keep your mouth healthy at any age. This includes daily brushing and flossing and regular dental visits. A healthy mouth is important for…

  • Kenney Stands up for Alberta Oil & Gas Workers

    Kenney Stands up for Alberta Oil & Gas Workers

    EDMONTON, AB (March 26, 2019) –  In response to a motion before Toronto City Council to potentially sue oil & gas companies, United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney today sent the attached letter to Toronto Mayor John Tory. This is in line with Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party’s commitment to take a much more proactive strategy…

  • Modest Grant for Tiny House has Big Payoff

    Modest Grant for Tiny House has Big Payoff

    When a shipping container was trucked onto the parking lot beside SAIT’s Green Building Technologies (GBT) house, it seemed a big delivery had just arrived. But a closer look revealed the container was a compact house built by Modern Huts. Appearing at GBT during Calgary’s serious winter cold snap was right on cue. The house…

  • Future Distillery-bistro Will be Built on Downtown Okotoks Site

    Future Distillery-bistro Will be Built on Downtown Okotoks Site

    Business owners John Hromyk and Brett Schonekess, of Banded Peak Ventures Inc., have signed an agreement with the Town to purchase the Landmark Site in downtown Okotoks for a craft distillery restaurant and lounge. “Okotoks is a vibrant community that has great potential for this type of business,” said Hromyk. “Brett and I really respect…

  • Conservatives Call for Emergency Agriculture Committee Meeting

    Conservatives Call for Emergency Agriculture Committee Meeting

    Ottawa, ON – Conservative members of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food have called for an emergency meeting to discuss the recent retaliatory move by China halting all new purchases of Canadian canola, wheat and peas. MPs Luc Berthold, Earl Dreeshen, and Bev Shipley sent a letter to the Clerk of the Agriculture and Agri-Food…

  • AB Small Business Confidence Rises in March

    AB Small Business Confidence Rises in March

    Despite small increase of 1.8 points, Alberta business owners remain least confident in the country CALGARY, March 28, 2019 – The monthly Business Barometer® index for Alberta rose in March, showing slight recovery from the significant drop seen earlier this year, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Small business confidence gained 1.8 points…

  • Alberta Party Makes Life Easier for Albertans with Digital Identification

    Alberta Party Makes Life Easier for Albertans with Digital Identification

    Edmonton, AB – No more fumbling in your wallet to find your ID. An Alberta Party-led government will move to the 21st Century by introducing one provincial picture Identification Card for government services. This would replace the current jumble of plastic and paper identification for health care, drivers’ licenses, provincial ID and the Alberta WIN Card. The plan is to…

  • Rethinking Retirement for Freelancers

    Rethinking Retirement for Freelancers

    Trying to plan ahead and staying on top of financial obligations may be hard. It can be even harder when you’re one of a growing number of Canadians who have joined the “flexforce,” a group that includes gig workers, job jumpers and postponed professionals whose untraditional and sometimes unpredictable employment status make it difficult to…

  • Paleontologists Identify Biggest Tyrannosaurus Rex Ever Discovered

    Paleontologists Identify Biggest Tyrannosaurus Rex Ever Discovered

    Nicknamed Scotty, the record-breaking rex is also the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada. By ANDREW LYLE The world’s biggest known Tyrannosaurus rex lived in prehistoric Saskatchewan 66 million years ago and measured 13 metres, according to University of Alberta paleontologists. “This is the rex of rexes,” said Scott Persons, a U of A paleontologist who led…

  • From My Bookshelf: Me Before You

    From My Bookshelf: Me Before You

    By Lynn Willoughby Me Before You ~ Jojo Moyes This is an easy read that manages to deal with a man’s disability and having you laughing and crying.  I enjoyed it much more than I expected I would. Lou Clark ha a small life, in a small town in England.  She works at “The Buttered…