Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

  • Healthy Together: Family Meals Offer More than Food

    Healthy Together: Family Meals Offer More than Food

    A family meal nourishes both body and soul. When your family sits down together for a meal, your kids can build important skills. Everyone tends to eat healthier and be more connected. You can make mealtime fun and engaging for the whole family. That’s especially important during COVID-19. Research shows family meals also help: Build…

  • Call to Action for COVID-19 Volunteers

    Call to Action for COVID-19 Volunteers

    Albertans have always risen to the call of duty when our province has been challenged, and the COVID-19 pandemic is no different. Today, the Government of Alberta is launching a new tool to connect Albertans with volunteer opportunities during this unprecedented global crisis, and launching the Northern Lights program to recognize Albertans who volunteer to…

  • Helping Teens Succeed at School

    Helping Teens Succeed at School

    Homework can be tough to deal with at any age, but once your kids hit high school, the assignments get more complex, and you find yourself wondering how you ever graduated when you can’t remember Grade 10 fractions. Fortunately, the internet has plenty of resources to help. Here are some of the best ones for…

  • How a Construction Company Works

    How a Construction Company Works

    While these two sectors are separate and independent from each other, there are still some construction job functions that exist in both residential and commercial construction.

  • Diamond Valley Parade Cancelled

    Diamond Valley Parade Cancelled

    The Town of Black Diamond has made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Diamond Valley Parade in light of the COVID-19 situation. Thank you all for your patience and understanding, and we hope to see everyone for the parade in 2021.

  • Coronavirus Explained: What it does to your body that makes it so deadly

    Coronavirus Explained: What it does to your body that makes it so deadly

    How the coronavirus infects and how it makes people sick. By Benjamin Neuman, Texas A&M University-Texarkana COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Coronaviruses belong to a group of viruses that infect animals, from peacocks to whales. They’re named for the bulb-tipped spikes that project from the virus’s surface and give the appearance of a corona…

  • How Telehealth and Senior Care Apps can be Advantageous for Mental Healthcare at LTC Homes in COVID-19

    How Telehealth and Senior Care Apps can be Advantageous for Mental Healthcare at LTC Homes in COVID-19

    Mental healthcare is a burning issue in the LTC homes in Canada. Read how COVID-19 has affected the seniors and the importance of Telemedicine and senior care apps to deal with these issues easily.

  • TELUS Health Enables 26,000 Canadian Family Doctors to Conduct Virtual Visits with their Patients

    TELUS Health Enables 26,000 Canadian Family Doctors to Conduct Virtual Visits with their Patients

    Canada’s leading health IT company adds patient videoconferencing to its electronic medical records in Ontario Toronto — Today, TELUS Health announced it is enabling 26,000 Canadian family doctors to conduct virtual visits with their patients by seamlessly integrating this functionality into its electronic medical records (EMRs) offering. TELUS Health has accelerated the development of this virtual video…

  • 5 Essential Tips for Working from Home

    5 Essential Tips for Working from Home

    With remote work on the rise, it comes with unexpected challenges. Stop them from standing between you and your best work-self by following these simple tips: 1. Keep to a schedule. Try to keep your work day routine to the schedule it’s used to — wake up at your regular time and keep to your morning…

  • From My Bookshelf: Olive Again

    From My Bookshelf: Olive Again

    By  Lynn Willoughby Olive Again ~ Elizabeth Strout Olive is getting old.  She is lonely.  She is not any more likable than when she was married to Henry and teaching high school math.  She has a big personality, is judgmental, acerbic and short tempered.  And I really like her. This book is a series of stories…

  • High River Council Awards Tender for Southwest Dike and 12th Ave Work

    High River Council Awards Tender for Southwest Dike and 12th Ave Work

    Work to upgrade and repair 12th Avenue will also occur; construction begins this spring HIGH RIVER AB – At a Special Meeting of Council today, Council voted to award construction of the Southwest Dike and the 12th Avenue Project to Kidco Construction Ltd. Kidco Construction was the lowest bidder from a shortlist of 11 contractors who pre-qualified to submit a tender on both projects.…

  • Canada Needs Playbook for Restarting Economy

    Canada Needs Playbook for Restarting Economy

    April 17, 2020 – Canada needs firm principles and timelines for a graduated return to work, according to a new report from a C.D. Howe Institute Crisis Working Group. At its latest meeting on Tuesday, April 14, the Working Group on Business Continuity and Trade discussed the need for a “playbook” to restart Canada’s economy,…

  • How Much Do I Need To Clean At Home?

    How Much Do I Need To Clean At Home?

    COVID-19 spreads easily, but some simple housekeeping habits can help you keep it from invading your home, according to U of A virologist. By BEV BETKOWSKI It’s a big ask to wipe down everything in sight to avoid bringing COVID-19 home, but having a strategy will keep it manageable, says a University of Alberta expert.…

  • Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Guidelines for Democracy During COVID-19: How Does Canada Measure Up?

    Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Guidelines for Democracy During COVID-19: How Does Canada Measure Up?

    This week the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association released its Toolkit for Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and delivering parliamentary democracy. The CPA includes all 180 Parliaments across the Commonwealth. Canadian MP and Speaker of the House Anthony Rota is its President. The next annual meeting will be in Nova Scotia.  The COVID-19 Toolkit highlights best practices…

  • Yom HaShoah: Statement from Premier Kenney

    Yom HaShoah: Statement from Premier Kenney

    April 20, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney issued this statement, joining Jewish Albertans in mourning: “On this sombre day, we remember the six million Jewish people murdered in the Holocaust by the Nazis and their collaborators. This is a wound that will not heal. This is a crime that cannot be forgotten. The memory of the…