Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

  • Turner Valley 2019 By-election Information

    Turner Valley 2019 By-election Information

    The Town of Turner Valley will be holding a by-election to elect a Chief Executive Officer (Mayor) and a Councillor. For more information, please see the 2019 Turner Valley Municipal Election Candidate Information Package . Printed copies available at the municipal office. 2019 Municipal By-election Worker Application If you would like to submit an application, please fill…

  • Group Exploring Measures to Ban Conversion Therapy

    Group Exploring Measures to Ban Conversion Therapy

    A Conversion Therapy Working Group will make recommendations to the Minister of Health on how to most effectively ban this dangerous and hurtful practice in Alberta. The working group will be co-chaired by MLA Nicole Goehring and advocate Glynnis Lieb. It will include academics, representatives from health and legal professions, community advocates, faith leaders, members…

  • From My Bookshelf: One Good Thing

    From My Bookshelf: One Good Thing

    By Lynn Willoughby One Good Thing ~ Rebecca Hendry If you have spent any time in Yellowknife, you will love this book.  It is told through the eyes of twelve year old Delilah, whose father has been living in the north for some time.  Annie, Delilah’s troubled, flighty, arty, hippy mother, decides they will join…

  • Fishing for Better Recreation on the Bow River

    Fishing for Better Recreation on the Bow River

    A new plan will support Calgary’s angling community by boosting river access while ensuring the future health and sustainability of the Bow River fishery. The province is investing $2 million in the recently released Bow River Access Plan to make it easier for people to enjoy the river downstream of Calgary. The plan creates a…

  • Supporting Fort Saskatchewan Affordable Housing

    Supporting Fort Saskatchewan Affordable Housing

    Fort Saskatchewan residents with low income will soon have a new option for safe, modern and affordable housing, thanks to support from the Alberta government. The province is investing $6 million toward an affordable housing project in Fort Saskatchewan. The new development is expected to provide around 83 one- and two-bedroom units for families and…

  • Soup Sisters: Celebrating 10 Years of Ladling Up the Love

    Soup Sisters: Celebrating 10 Years of Ladling Up the Love

    This year we celebrate 10 years of soup-making and delivering ‘hugs in a bowl’ to families in crisis nationwide. Soup Sisters began on March 3, 2009 in Calgary with 30 girlfriends and a soup-making birthday party. Since that time, with the support of thousands of volunteer soup-makers we have poured $12 million of fresh soup into the…

  • New Centre to Support Children’s Mental Health

    New Centre to Support Children’s Mental Health

    The province is investing in a new mental health centre for youth so more children and teens from Edmonton and northern Alberta can get timely mental health and substance-use treatment. The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, to be built on AHS-owned land immediately east of the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, will include: child and adolescent…

  • Town of Okotoks: Conceptual Design Approved for Homestead Project Including an Ecovillage

    Town of Okotoks: Conceptual Design Approved for Homestead Project Including an Ecovillage

    At the February 11 meeting, Council approved the conceptual design for a project on the 10-acre Town-owned lands in the D’Arcy neighbourhood that will initially be referred to as the “Homestead” project. The project concept includes 7.2 acres for a variety of community amenities that would be phased in over time. These amenities include several…

  • Open Farm Days Grows Ag-tourism

    Open Farm Days Grows Ag-tourism

    Farmers are encouraged to participate in this year’s ag-tourism showcase to help increase their sales. Applications are open for farms and ranches to host visitors during this year’s Open Farm Days, Aug. 17-18, 2019. Last year, a record number of participating farms, ranches and visitors set a new high for on-farm sales. “We hope even more…

  • 1 Year of Fighting Against Bill C-69, the No More Pipelines Law

    1 Year of Fighting Against Bill C-69, the No More Pipelines Law

    Unlike the NDP government, Alberta’s United Conservative caucus has consistently stood against the Trudeau Liberal government’s Bill C-69 CALGARY, AB – Prasad Panda, United Conservative Energy Critic and MLA for Calgary-Foothills, has issued the following statement: “Today marks one year since the Trudeau Liberal government unveiled their ‘No More Pipelines Law,’ Bill C-69. According to the Canadian Energy Pipeline…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: The Benefits of Quitting Smoking

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: The Benefits of Quitting Smoking

    Smoking takes the lives of more than 37,000 Canadians each year. To put that in perspective, that’s more deaths than suicide, murder, HIV, and motor vehicle accidents combined. So the simple answer to “Why is it beneficial to quit smoking?” is it can save, or at least prolong, your life. In addition, smoking contributes to a…

  • Message from the Minister of Health – Heart Month

    Message from the Minister of Health – Heart Month

    Approximately 2.4 million Canadian adults aged 20 and older live with diagnosed heart disease, which is the second leading cause of death in Canada. While rates of heart disease in Canada are declining, largely due to advances in research, drug therapies and prevention efforts, risk factors such as excess weight and unhealthy eating, coupled with…

  • Hometown Hockey – You don’t want to miss this!

    Hometown Hockey – You don’t want to miss this!

    On Saturday February 23 and Sunday, February 24, Hometown Hockey will be coming to Okotoks. To help celebrate the event I’ll be hosting an outdoor charity hockey game in support of children’s organizations. The game will feature local celebrities, dignitaries and Calgary Flames alumni. Other participants include Members of Parliament Len Webber for Calgary Confederation; Blake Richards for Banff-Airdrie…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Spilled Red Wine

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Spilled Red Wine

    By Reena Nerbas Pure Vanilla Dear Reena, A friend has given me a bottle of vanilla which she bought in Mexico; it’s much stronger than the product we normally buy in our grocery store. Is there a secret to diluting or toning down the essence beyond merely using less of it? Thanks, Noreen Hi Noreen,…

  • Memorial Marches: Statement from Premier Notley

    Memorial Marches: Statement from Premier Notley

    Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement to recognize missing and murdered Indigenous women: “Today, we join survivors and families in remembering Indigenous women and girls who have lost their lives to gender-based violence. “We recognize the women and girls who have gone missing – their individual absences felt daily in homes and communities. “These…