Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

The province is proposing a new professional regulatory college and licensing requirements to protect Albertans receiving mental health services or attending residential substance-use treatment facilities. If passed, the Mental Health Services Protection Act would create a new College of Counselling Therapy to regulate counselling professionals and protect the titles of counselling therapist, addiction counsellor, drug and alcohol…

Rocky View County, AB — The Canadian Angus Association is pleased to honour Direct Livestock Marketing Systems (DLMS), based in St. Albert, Alberta with the 2018 Western Partner of the Year Award. Direct Livestock Marketing Services is an internet based, online cattle auction that works closely with markets and representatives from across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.…

More than 60 projects are supporting women and girls across the province by ending gender-based violence, training women in leadership and providing new business opportunities for women entrepreneurs. These projects are made possible through the Status of Women Community Grant Program. Given the overwhelming response to this initiative, the province is allocating $1 million in…

The government is launching a trade challenge against Ontario over unfair liquor policies that prevent Alberta manufacturers from accessing the Ontario market. Alberta lists 3,700 products from other parts of Canada, including 745 from Ontario. By contrast, Ontario imports only about 20 Alberta products despite their market being three times as large. Meanwhile, Alberta products…

Minister of Status of Women Danielle Larivee issued the following statement to mark 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence:   “Every day, women and girls in our province face harassment, sexual assault and domestic violence. For those who’ve shared their experiences, I commend you for your courage and your strength. Supporting greater awareness and…

Leaders from across Alberta have been honoured with Inspiration Awards to recognize their work to prevent family violence, sexual violence, child abuse and bullying. A total of 25 awards were presented by Community and Social Services Minister Irfan Sabir to individuals and organizations that have gone above and beyond to prevent violence in their communities.…

By Melanie Redman and David French We are so pleased to co-release The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness (The Roadmap) with the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. This monumental piece of work is the result of years of active collaboration with people with lived experience of youth homelessness, service providers, policy makers, funders and academics across Canada…