Tag: Good News

  • RCMP and Sport Central help kids through sport

    RCMP and Sport Central help kids through sport

      Summer got a little bit brighter for the kids in Little Red River Cree Nation. Thanks to an ongoing community partnership with the RCMP and Sport Central, the remote community of Fox Lake recently welcomed over $10,000 in new and refurbished sports equipment for local children and youth — with everything from balls and nets,…

  • Sabal Homes Has Become Hopewell Residential

    Sabal Homes Has Become Hopewell Residential

      Under A Unified Banner, One of Alberta’s Most Popular New Home Builders and Community Developers is Creating the Spaces and Places Where People Love to Live CALGARY /CNW/ –  Award-winning home builder Sabal Homes has retired its name, and has officially become Hopewell Residential. The name change for the Hopewell Group of Companies’ multi-…

  • Two-year-olds with Larger Oral Vocabularies enter Kindergarten Better Prepared

    Two-year-olds with Larger Oral Vocabularies enter Kindergarten Better Prepared

    Society for Research in Child Development Children with better academic and behavioral functioning when they start kindergarten often have better educational and societal opportunities as they grow up. For instance, children entering kindergarten with higher reading and math achievement are more likely to go to college, own homes, be married, and live in higher-income neighborhoods…

  • Delicious Berries Up For Grabs!

    Delicious Berries Up For Grabs!

    Annual Huckleberry Festival August 29, 2015 Castle Mountain Resort, AB – If it’s fun you are after then the Annual Huckleberry Festival is the place to be on 29th August, 2015. The recent warm sunny weather has produced the sweetest berries so grab your berry bucket and visit Castle Mountain Resort for a fantastic family…

  • 7 Ways to Green Your Summer Road Trip Experience

    7 Ways to Green Your Summer Road Trip Experience

    Summer is definitely the time to hit the open road and do some exploring of those places beyond what we know. We don’t doubt you’re already environmentally conscious, but we also know sometimes it can be difficult to continue being green outside a normal routine. That’s why we’re here to offer some ways you can…

  • Millarville Horticultural Club: First Meeting of Season

    Millarville Horticultural Club: First Meeting of Season

      Every second Tuesday of the month (Sept to May) at 7:30pm a speaker is arranged to talk and share their knowledge with the club. We meet at the Millarville church house. September 8th is our first meeting of the fall. It is a potluck so it starts at 6:30pm. This meeting is so we…

  • Sudoku Puzzle ~ August 22nd, 2015

    Sudoku Puzzle ~ August 22nd, 2015

    Our Sudoku puzzles now include their solutions – click the link at the bottom of the page Click the image below to open a printable pdf version Click here to see the solution to today’s Sudoku puzzle.

  • Researcher Creates Preterm Growth Charts that are Used Globally

    Researcher Creates Preterm Growth Charts that are Used Globally

    Two new apps give clinicians and parents an easy way to monitor the health of premature babies By Laura Herperger When you weigh less than five pounds, as preterm infants do, every growth spurt counts. So knowing what normal growth (weight, length, and head circumference) is for a preterm infant is really important. Tanis Fenton…

  • CFIB Announces New Alberta Director

      Calgary – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) announces Amber Ruddy as the new Director of Provincial Affairs for Alberta. Ruddy will represent the interests of CFIB’s 10,000 members in the province by leading the organization’s legislative, research, and communication activities on issues affecting small and medium-sized businesses. “Over the course of Amber’s…

  • The City of Calgary ‘Ramps’ Up Construction for Three New Skateparks

    The City of Calgary ‘Ramps’ Up Construction for Three New Skateparks

    Construction is now underway on three community skateboard parks in support of an overall strategy that aims to make skateparks more accessible to Calgarians. The new skateparks are being built in the communities of Chinook Park, Kelvin Grove and Eagle Ridge (CKE); Southwood; and Huntington Hills. They are expected to be completed this fall. “‘Wheeled…

  • Rosebud hosts 10th Annual 15 Minutes of Fame Outdoor Music Festival

    Rosebud hosts 10th Annual 15 Minutes of Fame Outdoor Music Festival

    Sunday August 30th Noon-Dusk Family friendly event has free parking and music ranging from rock to folk to bluegrass & country and big band to jazz. Rosebud, AB – “We love giving local people the opportunity to create, listen, and experience live music,” says 15 Minutes of Fame Manager, Carmen Paterson. “2015 marks our 10th…

  • More articles from other sections

    More articles from other sections

    Don’t forget, the Gateway Gazette is part of a larger, publication network called Panoptic News. Be sure to check out other articles posted in the other sections too! While some of these sections may seem more logical at specific times of year, they are available year round for those who have a desire to access…

  • Planet Waves: Weekly Horoscope for August 21 – 28, 2015

    Planet Waves: Weekly Horoscope for August 21 – 28, 2015

    By Eric Francis Aries (March 20-April 19) — Your desire seems to be pulling you in two directions. The way it looks astrologically is that being passive is not working as well as it usually does. By this I mean you know you have to assert what you want, though you often end up just allowing…

  • Cooler water temperatures lead to fisheries reopening

    Cooler water temperatures lead to fisheries reopening

      All previously closed streams are now open to angling except for the St. Mary River downstream of the St. Mary Reservoir and its tributaries. Given the cooler weather and rain throughout Southern Alberta, water temperatures have decreased and the threat to fish mortality has diminished such that angling may resume in most areas. While…

  • Lancaster FM159’s 70th Birthday Celebration in Nanton

    Lancaster FM159’s 70th Birthday Celebration in Nanton

    Saturday, Aug 22: 11am to 2:30pm This year marks two very special anniversaries. Our Lancaster, FM159, is seventy years old  and is the center of our August event. What better way to enjoy a visit to the museum than to share with us some “Lancaster” Birthday cake? We’ll be blowing out the candles on August…