Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

  • Premier Notley Responds to NEB Recommendations

    Premier Notley Responds to NEB Recommendations

    Premier Rachel Notley responds to recommendations from the National Energy Board for proceeding with the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Thank you. Today, we took an important step forward on the road to building the Trans-Mountain Pipeline. It has not been easy. That’s no secret. Many obstacles have been put in our way. But Albertans haven’t wavered in…

  • Macleod Trail Closed at Highway 22X Over Weekend

    Macleod Trail Closed at Highway 22X Over Weekend

    Between Friday, Feb. 22, at 9 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7 a.m., Macleod Trail will be closed to both directions of traffic at the intersection of Highway 22X. Detours will be in place for travellers in the area. Motorists should plan ahead and consider alternate routes, such as Deerfoot Trail or 37 Street…

  • New Judges Improve Timely Access to Justice

    New Judges Improve Timely Access to Justice

    Six new judges appointed to the Provincial Court of Alberta mean Albertans will continue to have timely access to justice. This week, the Alberta government appointed: Kristin Ailsby to Lethbridge Provincial Court Gregory Stirling, QC, to Calgary Criminal Division and Calgary Region Susan Pepper to Calgary Criminal Division and Calgary Region Rhonda Tibbitt to Edmonton…

  • Firebrand Glass Celebrates Commissions

    Firebrand Glass Celebrates Commissions

    We have a couple of fantastic projects this winter we wanted to share with you. We were commissioned by two organizations to make large scale public sculpture. The first is for the Tyrell Museum. Our sculpture is about movement and in particular the movement of animals from a marine to terrestrial environment – a key event that…

  • Premier’s Plan Unlocks $2-Billion Energy Investment

    Premier’s Plan Unlocks $2-Billion Energy Investment

    Premier Rachel Notley’s Made-in-Alberta energy strategy is unlocking a $2-billion private sector investment that creates jobs and adds value to Alberta’s energy resources. Nauticol Energy plans to develop a $2-billion methanol plant just south of Grande Prairie. The entire project is expected to create approximately 3,000 direct and indirect jobs, including 1,000 direct construction jobs…

  • NDP Crude-by-Rail Plan a Risky Venture

    NDP Crude-by-Rail Plan a Risky Venture

    EDMONTON, AB: United Conservative leader Jason Kenney has issued the following statement, following this week’s crude-by-rail announcement from the NDP government: “The NDP has created a fiscal train wreck, putting Albertans on track for $100 billion in debt, and now the NDP is adding $4 billion tax dollars to that debt for a risky venture in the…

  • $14,000 in Scholarships and Prizes Awarded as Canadian Angus Youth Gather in Moose Jaw

    $14,000 in Scholarships and Prizes Awarded as Canadian Angus Youth Gather in Moose Jaw

    Rocky View County, AB – More than 60 Canadian Angus youth and four American Angus youth gathered in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan over the weekend for the fourteenth annual Guiding Outstanding Angus Leaders (GOAL) Conference. $11,00 was awarded to the five finalists in the Canadian Angus Foundation Legacy Scholarship program and a $3,000 heifer voucher prize was…

  • A Health Care Guarantee for Albertans

    A Health Care Guarantee for Albertans

    Kenney commits to maintain or increase health spending, maintain universally accessible, publicly funded system EDMONTON, AB: This week, United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney signed the party’s Health-Care Guarantee, that a UCP Government will, if elected, maintain or increase health spending, and will maintain a universally accessible, publicly funded health-care system. “Supporting a universal, comprehensive health-care…

  • You May be Eligible for Help with your Basic Tax Return

    You May be Eligible for Help with your Basic Tax Return

    Community Volunteer Income Tax Program  The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) is a FREE service available from the beginning of March each year and serves residents of Okotoks, Turner Valley, Black Diamond and Foothills County. Volunteers don’t prepare complex returns. You will not qualify if you have self-employment income; business or rental income and…

  • Alberta Takes Decisive Action to Get More Oil to Market

    Alberta Takes Decisive Action to Get More Oil to Market

    A historic rail deal between Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railway and the Government of Alberta means all Albertans will get a better price for our energy resources. This strategic investment by the Alberta government will see an estimated 4,400 rail cars move up to 120,000 barrels per day by 2020. Albertans can look forward…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: The Skinny on Cholesterol

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: The Skinny on Cholesterol

    Cholesterol is a fat-based substance found in the bloodstream and the body’s cells. Cholesterol is essential for good health: it builds and repairs cells, protects nerve fibres, and is used to produce certain hormones and bile acids. We get it in two ways: the liver produces it, and it is contained in some of the foods…

  • United Conservatives Commit to Sweeping Democratic Reforms

    United Conservatives Commit to Sweeping Democratic Reforms

    UCP Plan for Stronger Democracy Includes Recall, Fixed Election Dates, Banning Big Money & Floor Crossings, Free Votes, Better Decorum, Senate Elections EDMONTON, AB: To strengthen democracy and accountability in Alberta, a United Conservative government would make sweeping democratic reforms – including the adoption of an MLA recall law, and a ban on big money in…

  • Alberta Welcomes Canada’s Young Athletes

    Alberta Welcomes Canada’s Young Athletes

    Albertans are able to see Canada’s top young athletes compete at home following the 2019 Canada Winter Games kick off in Red Deer on Feb. 15. About 340 athletes, coaches, managers and mission staff will represent the province at the Games. In total, about 3,600 athletes and support staff from across Canada will participate in…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Cookies in a Jar

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Cookies in a Jar

    By Reena Nerbas Under-cooked Cheesecake Dear Reena, I baked a cheesecake for friends last weekend; I thought the cake was thoroughly baked because the sides were solid, and the middle jiggled a little. I iced the cake and placed it in the fridge. Hours later, I sliced the cake and was mortified when I saw…

  • Alberta Band Enter CBC Competition and Need Your Votes

    Alberta Band Enter CBC Competition and Need Your Votes

    We are Taken By Sanity, a local band from Chestermere and we are reaching out to inquire about placing an advertisement in your upcoming paper. We entered a competition called the 2019 CBC Searchlight and have recently made it into the top 100 with our single ‘Sleepwalker’. This song is one of 11 in Alberta…