Tag: Good News

  • Today, Parents Get Child Care Payments from Harper Government

      Lump sum child care benefit of about $500 per child hits parents’ bank accounts and mailboxes, totalling $3 billion in a single day July 20, 2015 – High River – John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Macleod, celebrated the first installment of the Harper Government’s boosted Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) today. The newly…

  • The City of Calgary Public Art Program installs new public art piece for the Tuscany LRT Station

    The City of Calgary Public Art Program installs new public art piece for the Tuscany LRT Station

      Calgary’s newest public art piece roger that, will begin installation at the Tuscany LRT Station. Canadian artist, Bill Pechet, will be onsite to help oversee the installation, which will take approximately three weeks. “Until recently, the neighbourhoods of Tuscany and Rocky Ridge were separated by Crowchild Trail. But now, thanks to the new LRT…

  • High River: 2 Avenue S.E. and 20 Street Connector to Open to Traffic

    High River: 2 Avenue S.E. and 20 Street Connector to Open to Traffic

      HIGH RIVER, AB: An important connector route is set to open the week of July 20 in the east side of town. The newly completed road will connect 2 Avenue S.E. to 20 Street and will help to improve traffic flow through the neighbourhood. Once the road opens, the below intersections will be open…

  • New Website Helps Calgary-Area Patients Find a Doctor

    New Website Helps Calgary-Area Patients Find a Doctor

    More than 239 family doctors taking patients in Calgary area CALGARY – Patients looking for a family doctor in the Calgary area can now find one at the click of a mouse, thanks to the launch of an interactive new website. Developed by seven local Primary Care Networks and doctors in partnership with Alberta Health…

  • Premiers Commit to Apprentice Mobility

    Premiers Commit to Apprentice Mobility

    ST. JOHN’S – Canada’s Premiers today signed a Protocol that will facilitate the mobility of apprentices across Canada. The Protocol will enable mutual recognition of technical training, work experience, and examination results for apprentices moving between provinces and territories in Canada. By 2016, the training and hours successfully completed by apprentices in one jurisdiction will…

  • Air Canada Foundation Golf Tournament nets over $1,000,000 in Support of Children’s Charities Across Canada

    Air Canada Foundation Golf Tournament nets over $1,000,000 in Support of Children’s Charities Across Canada

      MONTREAL /CNW Telbec/ – This year’s Air Canada Foundation golf tournament netted $1,072,000 in support of organizations focused on health and wellbeing of children in Canada.  Now in its fourth year, the tournament was held Monday, July 13th, at the Saint Raphaël Golf Club, Québec. The event featured 73 teams totaling 292 golfers from across…

  • Artist Chosen for Centennial Stage Redesign in High River’s George Lane Park

    Artist Chosen for Centennial Stage Redesign in High River’s George Lane Park

      High River, AB: John Greg Ball has been selected as the artist who will redesign the Centennial Stage in George Lane Memorial Park and has been awarded the $2,500 prize. The winning design was selected from two finalists through a public voting process and final approval by an advisory panel consisting of representatives from…

  • Harper Government Announces New Investments in Banff National Park Highway Infrastructure

    Harper Government Announces New Investments in Banff National Park Highway Infrastructure

    Banff, AB – Blake Richards, Member of Parliament for Wild Rose and Dr. Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment and MP for Oshawa, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced infrastructure investments totalling more than $117 million in Banff…

  • Crossword Puzzle ~ July 18th, 2015

    Crossword Puzzle ~ July 18th, 2015

    All of our puzzles now include their solutions – click the link at the bottom of the page Click the image below for a printable pdf version of this week’s puzzle Click here for the solution to this week’s crossword puzzle

  • Pop-up Farmers Markets Return to Your Local Co-op

    Pop-up Farmers Markets Return to Your Local Co-op

      Supporting local producers and sustainable shopping choices CALGARY /CNW/ – Calgary Co-operative Association Limited (“Calgary Co-op”) is proud to support local growers and producers, and is committed to providing members greater access to locally-sourced products. Following the successful launch of their Pop-up Farmers Markets in 2014, Calgary Co-op has announced their return with a schedule…

  • Thank You Safeway, for helping us fund raise $272,281 to #HelpFeedAbility!

    Thank You Safeway, for helping us fund raise $272,281 to #HelpFeedAbility!

      Easter Seals Canada Easter Seals Canada would like to extend a huge thank you to all those who participated in this year’s Help Feed Ability campaign at Safeway stores from June 12 -28, 2015 in support of our Easter Seals kids. As a result of the incredible effort from Easter Seals’ volunteers and Safeway…

  • Be a Part of Choosing a New App for Alberta

    Be a Part of Choosing a New App for Alberta

    Voting is open to pick a new app that uses Government of Alberta information in a way that helps you. Service Alberta, in partnership with Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures, has launched an online competition to see how the government’s open data can be used to create applications that provide social and economic value to…

  • Documentary “An Alberta Farm” wins $10,000 prize at The Eddies Short Film Festival for Big Rock Brewery

    Documentary “An Alberta Farm” wins $10,000 prize at The Eddies Short Film Festival for Big Rock Brewery

      CALGARY/CNW/ – Top prize for the inaugural Eddies Short Film festival has been awarded to Red Deer producer, Brendan O’Brien and his “An Alberta Farm” documentary. O’Brien’s documentary about the changing landscape of the family farm picked up the $10,000 cash prize at the inaugural Big Rock Eddies Short Film Festival at Theatre Junction Grand…

  • 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 July 17 – 24, 2015

      By Eric Francis Aries (March 20-April 19) — Stand your ground. I don’t mean fight, and I don’t mean in a defensive way. I mean define your boundaries, your territory, your state of mind, and claim these things as a kind of basic entitlement to existence. There seems to be the shadow or specter…