Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

  • AFPA Launches #ForestryFamilies Social Media Campaign

    AFPA Launches #ForestryFamilies Social Media Campaign

    Jasper, Alberta, September 27, 2018 – At its 76th Annual General Meeting and Conference, the Alberta Forest Products Association launched the #ForestryFamilies social media campaign. “As we celebrate National Forest Week, we are also celebrating the tremendous families who work in our forests and mills,” said AFPA President and CEO Paul Whittaker. “They have an incredible passion for…

  • Provincial Support Eliminates CUPS Wait List

    Provincial Support Eliminates CUPS Wait List

    Low-income and homeless Calgarians will have faster access to mental health services at CUPS as the Government of Alberta increases support to eliminate the wait list. A $1.4-million, three-year funding grant to CUPS will remove the current wait list and increase the number of mental health and addiction patients that can be served from 546…

  • Kananaskis: Celebrating 40 Years

    Kananaskis: Celebrating 40 Years

    While Kananaskis is celebrating 40 years of conservation and management, the conversation about how we best manage this unique area is ongoing.  There have been a lot of changes in Southern Alberta over the past 40 years, which means we need to adapt our approaches as well. The Calgary’s population has grown by over a…

  • Calgary Field Hockey Gets an Assist from Province

    Calgary Field Hockey Gets an Assist from Province

    Field hockey players and fans in Calgary are the winners as their pitch to improve Hawkings Field scored an assist from the province. The Alberta Field Hockey Association (AFHA) received a grant of $300,000 from the government to help upgrade the playing field on the University of Calgary campus. “Our investment in improvements to Hawkings…

  • Public Feedback Speaks Loud and Clear on Cannabis in High River

    Public Feedback Speaks Loud and Clear on Cannabis in High River

    “If the Town of High River does not bring a Bylaw into force prior to cannabis legalization, cannabis consumption in public spaces would be permitted because there would not be a local Bylaw prohibiting public consumption of cannabis,” says Genereux manager of emergency management and protective services with the Town.

  • New RCMP Commanding Officer Announced

    New RCMP Commanding Officer Announced

    Kathleen Ganley, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, issued the following statement to recognize Alberta’s new RCMP Commanding Officer: “I am pleased to welcome Assistant Commissioner Curtis Zablocki as the new Commanding Officer for the RCMP in Alberta.

  • Harvest High River Initiative Will Utilize the Town’s Edible Trees and Shrubs

    Harvest High River Initiative Will Utilize the Town’s Edible Trees and Shrubs

    Harvest High River is a new partnership between the Town and High River Food Connections that provides community members with access to fresh produce from the Town’s edible trees and shrubs.

  • Supporting Communities to Help Seniors Age Well

    Supporting Communities to Help Seniors Age Well

    Community groups, municipalities and organizations can apply for new program funding to help seniors live healthy, engaged lives. The Government of Alberta’s new Aging Well in Community grant program will help local organizations improve the lives of seniors by funding community-based initiatives that remove barriers and help seniors stay in their homes and engaged in…

  • From My Bookshelf: Jessica Shattuck

    From My Bookshelf: Jessica Shattuck

    By Lynn Willoughby The Women in the Castle ~ Jessica Shattuck I have read a lot of books about World War ll from the perspectives of soldiers, prisoners, widows, nurses, Generals, horses, the Japanese invasion of Alaska, internment camps, spies, Nazis and Jews.  But this book is different.  It is about a group of German…

  • Investing in the Future of Kananaskis Country

    Investing in the Future of Kananaskis Country

    Redevelopment within Kananaskis Country’s Bow Valley Provincial Park will be a major benefit to river users, supporting world-class water-based recreation. As Alberta celebrates the 40th anniversary of the creation of Kananaskis Country, the Government of Alberta is making a $5.2-million investment in the Lower Kananaskis River-Barrier Lake area to enhance recreation, conservation and tourism while supporting…

  • Birdies for Kids Reaches New Heights

    Birdies for Kids Reaches New Heights

    Rowan House’s Preventative Education Program is getting a big hand up thanks to you and Shaw Birdies for Kids, presented by AltaLink!

  • Scheer Lays Out Plan to Fix Trudeau’s Pipeline Failures

    Scheer Lays Out Plan to Fix Trudeau’s Pipeline Failures

    Ottawa, ON (September 24, 2018): Today, the Leader of Canada’s Conservatives and the Leader of the Official Opposition, the Hon. Andrew Scheer, laid out a two-step plan to get the Trans Mountain Expansion built and the steps a Conservative government will take in 2019 to undo the damage Justin Trudeau’s failures have caused. “After years…

  • Major Gift Establishes W.A. Ranches at University of Calgary

    Major Gift Establishes W.A. Ranches at University of Calgary

    $44-million gift from Anderson-Chisholm family will transform veterinary education and research By University Relations Staff With the gift of their 19,000-acre cattle ranch operation, J.C. (Jack) Anderson and his daughter Wynne Chisholm are transforming veterinary education and research at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM). Today the university announced this transformational gift…

  • Alberta Culture Days is Here

    Alberta Culture Days is Here

    Alberta Culture Days is part of National Culture Days, which includes more than 800 communities from coast to coast and helps increase Canadians’ awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement in the arts and cultural life of their communities.

  • CPAWS Welcomes Canada’s First Marine National Wildlife Area for BC’s Scott Islands

    CPAWS Welcomes Canada’s First Marine National Wildlife Area for BC’s Scott Islands

    Vancouver, BC – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) welcomes today’s announcement regarding the establishment of Scott Islands marine National Wildlife Area (mNWA). This announcement comes after nearly 17 years of consultation with federal, provincial, and First Nations governments, as well as various stakeholder groups, including CPAWS. As Canada’s first marine National Wildlife Area,…