Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

Baked goods (e.g., cookies), beverages, and candies, including chocolates, soft-chews and mints, are the latest cannabis products to arrive in Alberta cannabis stores. What do you need to be aware of if you’re planning to use them? If you are using cannabis, edible products provide an alternative to smoking. Edible cannabis may affect you differently…

Funding awarded to tackle rural homelessness and housing instability in 11 Albertan communities  Edmonton – The Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) announced today more than $3.7 million of funding for 12 projects in 11 rural Albertan communities. Through the Government of Canada’s Reaching Home program, the new five-year federal homelessness prevention and reduction strategy, this funding…

A new way to fund Alberta’s K-12 education system will drive more dollars to the classroom where they can deliver the best outcomes for students. The new model streamlines operations and directs more dollars to each school division. In the 2020-21 school year, every single division will see an increase in operational funding. The model…

It comes with great heartbreak to announce the hiatus of the Waterton Wildflower Festival and the Waterton Wildlife Weekend for the 2020 season. It has been a challenging few years after the Kenow Fire with declining participation and revenues. The Waterton Community Joint Venture Board (JV) would like to take the year to investigating the…

The governments of Canada and Alberta are helping Jacek Chocolate Couture expand production and reduce environmental impact through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. Jacek Chocolate Couture is an award-winning company based in Sherwood Park that creates artisan and craft chocolate. Jacek will use the funding to upgrade its operations, increase exports and create new jobs under…

Rocky View County, AB – Sixty-one Canadian Angus youth gathered in Calgary, Alberta over the weekend for the fifteenth annual Guiding Outstanding Angus Leaders (GOAL) Conference. $11,000 was awarded to the five finalists in the Canadian Angus Foundation Legacy Scholarship program and a $2,000 heifer voucher prize was awarded to one lucky attendee. Morgan Davey of…

An exciting weekend of multi-sport action wrapped up in Airdrie with medal presentations to the athletes on Monday afternoon. The four-day biennial event saw 1,700 competitors from across the province participate in 19 sports in and around Airdrie. Alberta’s Winter Games showcase a wide variety of sports including ringette, speed skating, figure skating, curling, futsal,…

The next phase in the emergency department expansion at the Misericordia Community Hospital gets underway Monday with the start of demolition. The demolition and remediation phase of the project should take four months to complete with the Misericordia re-development project creating approximately 445 jobs during the construction phase. “Hundreds of skilled tradespeople and professionals in…

OTTAWA, ON – Today, John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Foothills and Conservative Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food, introduced Bill C-205, An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act. This Bill will make it an offence under the Health of Animals Act to enter, without lawful authority or excuse, a place in which animals are kept if…

The governments of Alberta and Canada are providing $8 million to help Hope Mission rebuild the Herb Jamieson Centre, which provides shelter for homeless men in Edmonton.  The new emergency shelter will be more accessible to those with special needs, have improved safety measures and offer better support for people affected by homelessness. The centre…