Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 13 – 20, 2020

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 13 – 20, 2020

    By Eric Francis ARIES — Telling the truth makes many people uncomfortable most of the time, and some people uncomfortable all of the time. Is that a reason to lie? Is it a reason to couch your truth in a press release, so as not to “offend” anyone? Let’s repeat two of those words: your…

  • Longstock Music Festival Cancelled

    Longstock Music Festival Cancelled

    After careful consideration to the events globally and locally regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Longstock Music Association has made the incredibly difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Longstock Music and Arts Festival. We did not come to this decision lightly. Due to many factors such as the uncertain timeline as to when community events will…

  • Journeys to Hope & Healing Podcast

    Journeys to Hope & Healing Podcast

    Rowan House Women’s Emergency Shelter We might not be able to welcome you into the shelter, but we can absolutely bring you closer to our stories, programs and operations. We are so excited to announce our new Journeys to Hope & Healing Podcast that will offer a behind the scenes look at the issue of…

  • Update 30: COVID-19 Pandemic in Alberta

    Update 30: COVID-19 Pandemic in Alberta

    April 12 at 4 p.m. There are now 823 confirmed recovered cases of COVID-19 in the province. With 82 new cases reported, the total number of cases in Alberta is 1,651. Four Albertans have died since the last report, bringing the total deaths in the province to 44. Latest updates Cases have been identified in…

  • Healthy Together: Learn & Explore Together

    Healthy Together: Learn & Explore Together

    Put up your hand if you’ve cleaned everything you possibly can. Or if you can’t face watching Wreck It Ralph, Frozen or The Good Place one more time. Or you’ve exhausted the games and puzzles in your home. You’re looking for something, anything new to do. We have just the things — all enlightening and…

  • Supplies Headed to Provinces in Need

    Supplies Headed to Provinces in Need

    Alberta is sending supplies to British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec to help address unprecedented demand in those provinces for personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators. Alberta can safely send N95 masks, procedural masks, gloves, goggles and ventilators to these provinces, while maintaining supply for Alberta’s health care system. “Albertans should be very proud that we…

  • Easter Colouring Pages for All Ages

    Easter Colouring Pages for All Ages

  • Bill 8: Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act

    Bill 8: Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act

    Bill 8, the Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act will introduce tough new measures to help address human trafficking and better protect and empower survivors. If passed, the proposed legislation will extend the definition of sexual exploitation to persons of all ages, make it easier for survivors to get protection orders, enable police to take quicker action…

  • Faith Forum: The Good News…3 Days Later

    Faith Forum: The Good News…3 Days Later

    By Gloria Wessner Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb,…

  • Relief for Forest Companies Affected by COVID-19

    Relief for Forest Companies Affected by COVID-19

    In response to COVID-19 and the economic effects to our forestry industry, the Alberta government will defer timber dues for six months. This will help forest companies continue operating and retain staff during this pandemic. Alberta is one of the first provinces to utilize existing legislation to defer timber dues in response to the extreme…

  • Faith Forum: Keep the Faith – Find the Faith

    Faith Forum: Keep the Faith – Find the Faith

    ‘Where are you God?’ is one of the most common questions for people, particularly when we go through a very difficult time like covid-19 that is completely out of our control. Between loss of jobs, learning to cope with one another 24/7, suddenly becoming teachers, children being cooped up and not being allowed to play with…

  • From My Bookshelf: One Brother Shy

    From My Bookshelf: One Brother Shy

    By Lynn Willoughby One Brother Shy ~Terry Fallis This beloved Canadian author was speaking at the Turner Valley library in the fall and I was lucky enough to hear him.  Mush like his books, he is witty, warm and very candid.  While none of his books is autobiographical, all have elements of his life story in…

  • Day of Pink: Statement from Minister Aheer

    Day of Pink: Statement from Minister Aheer

    April 8, 2020 Leela Sharon Aheer, Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women, issued the following statement on Day of Pink: “We are only strong when we stand together. All Albertans must stand united against discrimination and hatred. “On Day of Pink, we wear pink to raise awareness of the discrimination against LGBTQ2S+ Albertans.…

  • Alberta Bits and Pieces Program Highlights Albertan Ingenuity, Generosity

    Alberta Bits and Pieces Program Highlights Albertan Ingenuity, Generosity

    Over the past week, more than 1,100 offers of support have poured in from private and non-profit organizations through the Government of Alberta’s Bits and Pieces program. The offers include passenger and commercial vehicles, hotel rooms and mobile trailers, food and water services, hospital gowns, face masks, ventilators and other personal protective equipment. They also…

  • Break the Cycle of Violence – Birdies for Kids

    Break the Cycle of Violence – Birdies for Kids

    March 31st marks the end of our 2019-2020 Fiscal Year, and the month was on par to be our busiest month for school presentations ever. Despite the school cancellations, we still completed a total of 183 classroom presentations to 4,173 students across the Foothills! (This is up from 164 presentations to 3,624 students in 2018-2019.) Rowan…