Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

  • 25th Anniversary Badlands Passion Play Features New Music and a Live Band

    25th Anniversary Badlands Passion Play Features New Music and a Live Band

    Drumheller, Alberta – Alberta-based music has always been an integral part of the Canadian Badlands Passion Play. The performances began in 1994 as a choral-based presentation with a custom-built, 300-seat choir loft, at the rear of the Badlands Amphitheatre. Executive Director Vance Neudorf refers to the music of the play as an emotional language that…

  • Education Improvements in 2017-18: Minister Eggen

    Education Improvements in 2017-18: Minister Eggen

    Education Minister David Eggen issued the following statement highlighting several accomplishments made by government throughout the year: “I’m very proud of the work we did to continue to improve the education system during the 2017-18 school year. By reducing school fees for the beginning of the school year, parents of nearly 600,000 students across the…

  • Turning the Corner: Signs of Optimism Abound in Calgary

    Turning the Corner: Signs of Optimism Abound in Calgary

    Investors are slowly showing restored confidence. And there are plenty of other positive economic and social signs to be found By Brett Wilson Contributor Troy Media Considering Canadian pipeline politics over the past year, a thought struck: If the people who built the trans-Canada railway in the late 1800s had operated with the same level…

  • Faith Forum ~ All of Life Really Begins and Ends With God

    Faith Forum ~ All of Life Really Begins and Ends With God

    By Gloria Wessner ‘We’re all like sheep who’ve wandered off and gotten lost. We’ve all done our own thing, gone our own way. And God has piled all our sins, everything we’ve done wrong, on him, on him (Jesus).’ (Isaiah 53:6 MSG) Right from the first story of the Bible, Adam and Eve decided they…

  • On the Job: Trevor Smith, Production Designer and Chris Smith, Set Decorator for Heartland

    On the Job: Trevor Smith, Production Designer and Chris Smith, Set Decorator for Heartland

    SAIT Alumni Production Designer Trevor Smith (TSR ’99, left) and Set Decorator Chris Smith (CTSF, TSR ’95, right) work almost as one to deliver the iconic aesthetic of Canada’s longest running drama, Heartland. Chris joined the show in season three and Trevor in season 10 and, although not related, the two have developed a synchronicity…

  • Donald Trump’s Space Force: the Dangerous Militarization of Outer Space

    Donald Trump’s Space Force: the Dangerous Militarization of Outer Space

    By Gbenga Oduntan In a recent speech, President Donald Trump announced a new policy for the American space programme. It is time, he argued, for America to create a “Space Force”. As ever, the policy announcement was full of glittering ideas but short on detail, largely unspecific and even inaccurate. What we do know is that this…

  • From My Bookshelf: Laurie Frankel

    From My Bookshelf: Laurie Frankel

    By Lynn Willoughby This is How it Always Is ~ Laurie Frankel This novel was recommended to me and I loved it.  Much like “The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion, it deals with a difficult subject yet has moments that are hysterically funny. Claude is the youngest son of Rosie and Penn.  The older four…

  • High River RCMP Had a Busy Canada Day Weekend

    High River RCMP Had a Busy Canada Day Weekend

    High River RCMP Seek Public Assistance to Recover Stolen Propery High River, Alberta –  On Sunday July 1st, 2018 High River experienced a number of property related offences. Sometime around 11:00 p.m. on Sunday July 1st, a white Dodge Ram pickup truck entered a rural property on 104 St just south of High River. The truck…

  • Calgary Police Service Launching Patrol Less Lethal Program

    Calgary Police Service Launching Patrol Less Lethal Program

    The Calgary Police Service will be launching a Patrol Less Lethal program in order to provide frontline officers with an additional tool to help safely resolve high-risk, critical incidents. The Patrol Less Lethal program helps address a gap in the tools currently available to frontline officers. The Service will adopt the single-shot 37mm ARWEN ACE-T…

  • Government Confirms SuperNet Service Continuity

    Government Confirms SuperNet Service Continuity

    The province has finalized a contract with Canadian telecommunications company Bell to operate the SuperNet. With this new contract, government completes a procurement process that began in 2016 to ensure SuperNet services continue for more than 3,300 public sector, Indigenous and municipal facilities in 429 communities province wide, while maintaining support for internet service providers…

  • Removing Barriers for Refugees Settling in Alberta

    Removing Barriers for Refugees Settling in Alberta

    The province is making it easier for newcomers to get a driver’s licence so they can support their families and build a new life in Alberta. Refugee claimants can now apply and test for a driver’s licence for a one-year term while they wait for the federal government to process their claim. “Newcomers and immigrants…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Burn Smells Linger in Microwave

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Burn Smells Linger in Microwave

    By Reena Nerbas Built-up Hairspray Dear Reena, Can you please tell me how to remove built-up hairspray from my hair? Thanks, Ingrid Dear Ingrid, Typically, shampoo is the best solution for removing hairspray from hair. For a deep cleaning treatment, add 2 tbsp. baking soda to the amount of shampoo that you are using. Scrub…

  • Black Diamond Enjoyed Musical Canada Day

    Black Diamond Enjoyed Musical Canada Day

    Mayor Ruth Goodwin pictured with The Heat Drummers and Dancers post performance. Thanks to Dallas Dixon and his crew for a great performance and sharing history and culture.

  • ASIRT Concludes Investigation of RCMP and EPS Use of Force

    ASIRT Concludes Investigation of RCMP and EPS Use of Force

    On July 28, 2017, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding an arrest on July 25, 2017 by both a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) member and members of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS). During the arrest, a 21-year-old man sustained multiple facial fractures to his right orbital/nasal…

  • Alberta RCMP Provides Counter-Terrorism Information Officer Training

    Alberta RCMP Provides Counter-Terrorism Information Officer Training

    Airdrie, Alta. – The Alberta RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) conducted a three-day Counter-Terrorism Information Officer (CTIO) training in Airdrie from June 27 to 29. The CTIO program enhances public safety by augmenting national security resources on the ground, involving all interested communities and strengthening intelligence-led policing throughout Alberta. The goal of the workshop…