Tag: Good News

  • Snowmobiles for Public Avalanche Safety

    Snowmobiles for Public Avalanche Safety

    Avalanche Canada thanks the four snowmobile manufacturers for lending new mountain sleds to our operations team.These sleds will be used by our field teams, forecasters and the coordinator of our snowmobile programs. It is important to note that the dealers listed provide Avalanche Canada with excellent service and they provide these loaner snowmobiles directly out…

  • Tips for Indoor Cats this Winter

    Tips for Indoor Cats this Winter

    We hope you have been enjoying our relatively warm winter so far, but it appears the mercury is starting to drop. Burr! Time to curl up with a great book, a warm blanket and the family pet for some warm indoor evenings. In some of our previous entries, we talked about animal safety in winter…

  • Young SAIT Chef Takes the Heat in Competition

    Young SAIT Chef Takes the Heat in Competition

      As a boy, Ian MacDougall (PCK ’11) remembers standing on a stool, his chin barely grazing the top of the counter, so he could help his grandmother make homemade pasta or roll out dough for gnocchi. Now 23 years old and working as the chef de partie of the meat section at Calgary restaurant,…

  • Foothills School Division Students Engaged in Learning

    Foothills School Division Students Engaged in Learning

      FSD Students’ Matter Committee Junior and senior high school student representatives serving on this year’s committee participated in their first session of the school year on November 13th. Their discussion and feedback focused on: How to improve school Education Plans: Prior to the session, student reps met with their school administrators regarding school goals…

  • Creative Logic ~ December 19th, 2015 Puzzle – Week 233

    Creative Logic ~ December 19th, 2015 Puzzle – Week 233

    All of our puzzles now include their solutions – click the link at the bottom of the page Click here to see the solution to this puzzle

  • Alberta’s Forest Industry Stable in First Half of 2015…

    Alberta’s Forest Industry Stable in First Half of 2015…

    Industry faces challenges and embraces opportunities  Edmonton – In the first half of 2015 Alberta’s forest sector began to slow, but remains stable. Values of lumber, pulp and paper, and panelboard manufactured by Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) members totaled $750 million in the 1st quarter of 2015 and $718 million in the 2nd quarter.…

  • Development Workshop Provides Opportunity for Positive Collaboration

    Development Workshop Provides Opportunity for Positive Collaboration

      High River, AB: Local stakeholders in the private development sector provided their feedback on the Town’s development review and approval processes at a recent workshop hosted by the Planning and Development Services department. “Town Council and staff are committed to fostering a ‘people-first’ community that is investment-ready for development and will serve the public…

  • Senior Owners and their Pets

    Senior Owners and their Pets

      Pets can be a WONDERFUL addition to an older adult’s life. Pets provide companionship, exercise, routine and, in some cases, social connections. Older adults with pets often report a greater quality of life due to these benefits and at Calgary Humane Society we LOVE hearing about amazing relationships between senior pets and senior owners.…

  • Christmas Message from MLA Pat Stier

    Christmas Message from MLA Pat Stier

    2015 Christmas Greeting, As the MLA for the provincial constituency of Livingstone Macleod, it is my sincere pleasure to have this opportunity to once again say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone in Southern Alberta. Christmas time is for me normally where I reflect back on how I have celebrated this wonderful occasion…

  • 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…

  • Santa’s Visit Brings Smiles to Sick Kids

    Santa’s Visit Brings Smiles to Sick Kids

      Each year Santa Claus visits the Pediatrics Unit at Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge. He comes a few days before Christmas Eve so he can spend a little more time with the kids who are in hospital and help them with their healing.

  • Art Gallery of Alberta Presents Canada’s Two Groups of Seven

    Art Gallery of Alberta Presents Canada’s Two Groups of Seven

    Out of the Woods: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven February 12, 2016–April 17, 2016 7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. March 5, 2016–July 3, 2016   Works by both the Group of Seven and Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporated will show concurrently, with exhibitions opening February 12 and March 5 respectively. Formed in…

  • Planet Waves Weekly Horoscope, December 18 – 24

    Planet Waves Weekly Horoscope, December 18 – 24

    Posted by Len Wallick Aries (March 20-April 19) — If you keep two words in mind, you will be present with many of your most important issues. The first word is ‘means’. The second word is ‘ends’. Knowing what means you have available is very much like knowing how much money you have in your…

  • Alberta Giving Grants to Raise Awareness of Dangers of Fentanyl and Other Drugs

    Proceeds of Crime grants will be available to police and their community partners to raise drug awareness and prevention. Proceeds of Crime grants are supported with funds forfeited to the province following federally-prosecuted Criminal Code offences. They are available to police agencies throughout the province and helps fund police drug prevention and awareness programming with…

  • Foothills MP encouraged United States prepared to repeal Country of Origin Labelling

    Foothills MP encouraged United States prepared to repeal Country of Origin Labelling

      Foothills MP John Barlow announced Thursday he is optimistic the United States Senate appears prepared to finally repeal the anti-trade provisions of Country of Origin Labelling (COOL), which have cost Canadian beef and pork producers more than $1 billion a year. Earlier this month the World Trade Organization, for a fourth time, supported Canada and Mexico’s…