Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

  • Fat Biking in the Rockies: Your New Favourite Winter Sport

    Fat Biking in the Rockies: Your New Favourite Winter Sport

    By Craig Moy If you find yourself in the Rockies this winter, you’re likely to spot more than a few intrepid Albertans plowing through the snow on bicycles. That’s right: Fat biking, so called because of the bikes’ winter-busting extra-wide tires, continues to gain popularity as another pulse-pounding way to exercise during the snowy season…

  • Keeping Thousands of Calgarians Moving

    Keeping Thousands of Calgarians Moving

    A funding agreement has been signed that officially gives the green light to begin construction on the most extensive LRT project in Calgary’s history. The Green Line will keep more than 60,000 Calgarians moving, connecting communities from 16 Avenue North through the downtown core to Shepard in the southeast. The agreement between the Government of…

  • Nanton RCMP Arrest a Male Red-Handed Stealing Copper Wire

    Nanton RCMP Arrest a Male Red-Handed Stealing Copper Wire

    Nanton, Alta. – On Jan. 29, 2019, at approximately 4:00 a.m., Nanton RCMP responded to a call of a possible break and enter on Township Road 152 near Parkland, Alta. Police arrived on scene and observed a suspicious vehicle at an industrial site. Police entered the property and interrupted a male suspect who was in the middle of removing several hundred feet…

  • United Conservatives Express Concern About Increased Crime Around Calgary’s Supervised Injection Site

    United Conservatives Express Concern About Increased Crime Around Calgary’s Supervised Injection Site

    CALGARY, AB: Mike Ellis, United Conservative MLA for Calgary-West and Opposition Critic for the Solicitor General, has issued the following statement concerning the skyrocketing crime rates and community impacts of the drug injection site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre in Calgary: “The United Conservatives are deeply troubled by a recent report highlight a staggering increase…

  • Southern Alberta RCMP Crime Reduction Team and CPS join forces to solve ATM Thefts

    Southern Alberta RCMP Crime Reduction Team and CPS join forces to solve ATM Thefts

    Southern Alberta District, Alta. – The Crime Reduction Team with Calgary Police Service made an arrest yesterday following a lengthy investigation into several ATM thefts which have been occurring through December and January in the Calgary region. 48-year-old Guy Stewart of Calgary was arrested yesterday in Calgary by the Calgary Police Service. A search warrant…

  • Macleod Trail Closed at Highway 22X Over Weekend

    Macleod Trail Closed at Highway 22X Over Weekend

    Between Friday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. and Monday, Feb. 4 at 6 a.m., Macleod Trail will be closed for 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…

  • Boys and Girls Club of Foothills Received Inaugural Jumpstart Accessibility Grant

    Boys and Girls Club of Foothills Received Inaugural Jumpstart Accessibility Grant

    Jumpstart announced that the Boys and Girls Club of the Foothills in Black Diamond, AB received a $50,000 Jumpstart Accessibility Grant as part of the Charity’s Play Finds A Way movement. The funding will improve accessibility at the new Field of Dreams, including construction of accessible washrooms, installation of accessible spectator seating and pathways, and paving the parking lot.…

  • Economic Challenges to Affect Calgary’s Housing Market in 2019

    Economic Challenges to Affect Calgary’s Housing Market in 2019

    Calgary – The challenging economic climate in Calgary is expected to persist into 2019. Easing global oil prices, concerns regarding market access and easing investment activity are weighing on the energy sector and are expected to slow growth prospects in the province this year. “Slowing growth, weak job prospects and lack of confidence are all factors…

  • From My Bookshelf: Sandstorm

    From My Bookshelf: Sandstorm

    By Lynn Willoughby Sandstorm ~ Michael Asher It is 1946 when a plane crashed in Africa.  Fourteen year old Billy comes to and finds himself alone in the wreckage.  There is sand as far as he can see and no one comes to rescue him. The war, Nazi gold, MI-5, heroes, pilots, secret agents, spies,…

  • SAITSA Makes History with a Precedent-setting Gift to SAIT

    SAITSA Makes History with a Precedent-setting Gift to SAIT

    SAIT’s Students’ Association (SAITSA) has made a historic $10 million gift to SAIT, the largest gift in Western Canada from a students’ association to an institute of technology. The money was raised through student fees contributed by approximately 70,000 SAIT students over the past ten years. It will support plans to create a future, dedicated space…

  • Milk Products are a Key Part of a Healthy, Balanced Diet

    Milk Products are a Key Part of a Healthy, Balanced Diet

    Nutritious milk products continue to be part of the revised Canada Food Guide Dairy Farmers of Canada remains concerned that the updated Food Guide does not reflect the most recent and mounting scientific evidence available.  There is abundant research that demonstrates that milk products with various fat content can be a part of healthy diet.…

  • AMA: Why You Shouldn’t Leave Your Car Idling in Winter (or Ever)

    AMA: Why You Shouldn’t Leave Your Car Idling in Winter (or Ever)

    By Craig Moy We’ve all done it. We’ve run out to start the car in the driveway, giving it a few minutes to warm up while we put on our coat and hat, and grab the work file we left on the kitchen counter. We’ve left the truck running in front of the convenience store;…

  • WestJet Announces a Hot 2019 Summer Schedule

    WestJet Announces a Hot 2019 Summer Schedule

    Airline adds two new transborder destinations from Calgary and a new route between Edmonton and St. John’s CALGARY/CNW/ – Today, WestJet announced its 2019 summer schedule adding more than 40 flights to and from key business and tourism destinations from Toronto, Halifax, St. John’s, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. In addition, the airline added Portland, Ore., and Austin, Texas to WestJet’s network and announced a new route between Edmonton and St. John’s. “This summer, WestJet…

  • High River Town Council Approves 2019 Budget

    High River Town Council Approves 2019 Budget

    High River, AB – Monday, Council approved the 2019 operating and capital budget for the Town of High River. “It’s been a particularly challenging discussion this year,” says Craig Snodgrass, Mayor of High River. “We need to upgrade our aquatics facility and fire hall as well as build a new waste water treatment plant. And, to pay…

  • AFPA Launches #WomenInForestry Social Media Campaign

    AFPA Launches #WomenInForestry Social Media Campaign

    Edmonton – The Alberta Forest Products Association is proud to announce the launch of its #WomenInForestry social media campaign. The campaign will profile five dedicated women, who have chosen diverse careers in the forest industry. Join us as we meet a forestry student, a CEO, a mill manager, a power engineer, and a reliability engineer. “We…