Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

Fishing is an easy and enjoyable way for family and friends to connect with some of Alberta’s greatest natural resources – our lakes, rivers, streams and the fish that live in them. During Alberta’s twice-yearly Family Fishing Weekends, no fishing is licence required. Albertans and visitors are invited to give fishing a try on waterbodies…

By Abe Oudshoorn, Western University I had the opportunity recently to attend the Beyond Housing Conference organized by the Institute for Child Poverty and Homelessness. One of the most insightful aspects was hearing presentations from the host city of New York about both their past and present challenges. As a city of 8 million people in a metropolitan region…

Set out on an affordable, fun-filled adventure this Family Day weekend at Alberta’s parks and heritage facilities. Take the whole family to a provincial historic site or museum to take advantage of free admission on Family Day, and enjoy special programming over the weekend. Explore the great outdoors with free winter activities in provincial parks.…

Black Canadians have a long history of service in uniform. Often having to overcome great challenges just to enlist in the military in earlier eras when our society was less inclusive, they persevered to make their mark. From the days before Canada was even a country of its own to the current efforts in Afghanistan,…

Health Minister Tyler Shandro has asked Calgary-Fish Creek MLA Richard Gotfried to lead a stakeholder engagement committee in a review of the province’s continuing care legislation. Feedback from the review will help inform Alberta’s first comprehensive continuing care legislation. Current continuing care legislation dates back to 1985 and includes six acts, six regulations and three…

February 11, 2020 OTTAWA, ON – John Barlow, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food, and Richard Lehoux, Deputy Shadow Minister, today released the following statement to celebrate Canada’s Agriculture Day: “Agriculture is intricately woven into communities large and small across Canada. As a nation, we come together today to celebrate the contributions of our farmers, ranchers…

The governments of Alberta and Canada are developing new affordable seniors housing for Albertans in Oyen, Spirit River and Manning. The governments will provide a $37-million capital investment to build 173 new seniors lodge and continuing care spaces. These projects will create about 267 jobs. The lodge partnership projects are a collaboration between Alberta Seniors and Housing…

Patient and Family Advisory Group celebrates 10 years Story by Colin Zak When Marian George talks about her role as a Patient and Family Advisor, her passion comes through in her voice. “For a lot of clinicians and leaders, it can be hard to understand care from the perspective of a patient or family member,”…

Leela Sharon Aheer, Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women, issued the following statement on International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation: “Female genital mutilation is the ritual of cutting, piercing or removing the clitoris, and/or the sewing closed of the external genitals of women. There are no medical or health benefits.…