Tag: Good News

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Tips for Organizing Your Fridge

      By Reena Nerbas Laminate Floor Cleaner Dear Reena, Some time ago, I used your solution for laminate flooring. It did a wonderful job but I have misplaced the instructions. Hope to hear from you. Leslie Dear Leslie, My favorite laminate floor cleaner recipe is super because it requires no rinsing. In order to prevent…

  • Tree Canada Planting Programs

    Tree Canada Planting Programs

      Tree Canada, a charitable not-for-profit organization, is committed to working with its corporate, government, and individual partners on tree-planting programs, including providing “ReLeaf” to areas suffering damage from natural disasters, offering funding to communities for fruit-bearing trees, greening school grounds, and more. The trees we plant are a living legacy that benefits communities for decades to come. Tree Canada has several…

  • Literacy for Life Taking Another Jump in the Show Ring

    Literacy for Life Taking Another Jump in the Show Ring

    Literacy for Life has an entry, for a second year, in the Spruce Meadows Horses Jump to Give a Leg Up Initiative sponsored by the Calgary Sun and Conoco Phillips! Come out and cheer us on at Spruce Meadows! Our horse is fantastic. Prizes awarded June 6th. We hope to win 1st Prize and $10,000.00…

  • Hope & Healing Gala Surpasses Committee’s Goals

    Hope & Healing Gala Surpasses Committee’s Goals

      Rowan House’s Gala Planning Committee is excited to shut the book on another successful event! After months of hard work and tremendous community support, we are thrilled to announce the event greatly exceeded expectations—selling out to a crowd of 320 people and raising over $100,000 after expenses. We can not thank you enough for…

  • Supporting Publishing in Alberta

    Themes & Variations receives Government of Canada funding Ottawa – Educational book publisher Themes & Variations will receive $22,500 through the Canada Book Fund for a publishing internship project. Earl Dreeshen, Member of Parliament (Red Deer), made this announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. The…

  • Sheep River Health Trust – Golf 4 Wellness

    Sheep River Health Trust – Golf 4 Wellness

    The 12th Annual Golf 4 Wellness Charity Golf Classic will take place on July 9th, 2015 at the Turner Valley Golf Club. Check out this ad for all the details.

  • ATB Finishes Year With Record Results

    ATB Finishes Year With Record Results

    Edmonton – “When you read a news release about a financial institution’s fiscal year, it can come off pretty dry. It’s number after number and tends to be just about profits,” says Dave Mowat, President & CEO of ATB Financial. “Customers aren’t very impressed with increased profits if they see them coming on the backs of…

  • Work Underway to Move Lancaster KB882 to Edmonton

    Work Underway to Move Lancaster KB882 to Edmonton

      Assessment complete,  preservation work to be done this summer, dismantling and shipment scheduled for next spring Since announcing in late March that Avro Lancaster KB882, now located in Edmundston, NB, will be moving to the Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton, AB, our team has been busy preparing for the re-location. The museum has hired…

  • Piece of Manitoba Tundra in Wisconsin Zoo

    Piece of Manitoba Tundra in Wisconsin Zoo

    Retired Tundra Buggy becomes essential part of new Arctic Passage polar bear exhibit Winnipeg, May 28, 2015 – For decades, people have been coming to Northern Manitoba to experience wild polar bears, and now a piece of the province’s history has been set in place to begin a new life in Madison, Wisconsin. Frontiers North…

  • Foothills Lions Family Spray Park in Turner Valley Open!

    Foothills Lions Family Spray Park in Turner Valley Open!

    As of noon today, Saturday, May 30th, 2015 the new spray park in Turner Valley is officially open. Despite the temperature being under 30 degrees there were some very eager children ready to try it out. As parents and grandparents stood and watched dressed in jackets and hoodies the kids were oblivious to the cooler…

  • Oilfields Food Bank Votes in New Executive

    Oilfields Food Bank Votes in New Executive

      The AGM was held and a new Board of Directors was elected. We have been familiarizing ourselves with the systems in place and streamlining them wherever possible to save time, as well as building more efficiencies into what we’ve been doing. We asked if anyone had a laptop and printer to donate and were…

  • Lions Club Donates To Strathmore Games

    Lions Club Donates To Strathmore Games

    The Alberta 55+ Summer Games Committee received a donation of $20,000 to help cover the costs of the games from the Strathmore Lions Club at a wine and cheese event last November. The local organizations on hand for the presentation were Alberta 55+ Summer Games committee members (l-r) Chair of the Board Donalda Ledene, Director…

  • Founders’ Plaza at Spruce Meadows for the 40th Anniversary

    Founders’ Plaza at Spruce Meadows for the 40th Anniversary

      2015 is a very special year for Spruce Meadows.  It marks the 40th Anniversary for Spruce Meadows and the entire team is excitedly celebrating this important milestone. Part of this celebration is the redevelopment of the Plaza Terraces into Founders’ Plaza.  The new plaza will be located in the heart of Spruce Meadows –…

  • Nomination deadline for the Légion d’honneur medal has been extended to July 31, 2015

    Nomination deadline for the Légion d’honneur medal has been extended to July 31, 2015

    Veterans Affairs Canada was pleased to inform the Legion that the Government of France has extended the nomination deadline for the Légion d’honneur to July 31, 2015. The Embassy of France is looking for candidates who took part in the battles and military operations surrounding the landings in Normandy and Provence during the liberation of…

  • 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…