Tag: Southern Alberta

  • MCS Principal’s Message for December

    MCS Principal’s Message for December

      The winter season is upon us and we are preparing the first formal report cards this year. Time does fly when you are in the flow zone. Congratulations to both of our volleyball teams this year! Two weeks ago both teams participated in the league championships and demonstrated all of the growth that has…

  • Wildrose MLAs Stand with Farmers and Ranchers Against Bill 6

    Wildrose MLAs Stand with Farmers and Ranchers Against Bill 6

      EDMONTON, AB: Wildrose Leader Brian Jean and members of the Wildrose Official Opposition caucus joined together (Thursday) with more than 1,500 Alberta farmers and ranchers to rally against Bill 6 at the Alberta legislature.

  • Wildrose Derek Fildebrandt to Host Town Hall Meeting on Bill 6 in Bassano

    Wildrose Derek Fildebrandt to Host Town Hall Meeting on Bill 6 in Bassano

      EDMONTON, AB (December 4, 2015): Wildrose Strathmore-Brooks MLA Derek Fildebrandt will be hosting a local town hall meeting in Bassano for an urgent discussion on Bill 6. The discussion will largely focus on how Bill 6 will directly affect family farms and ranches. Attendees include Wildrose MLAs Rick Strankman, Dave Schneider, Drew Barnes, the…

  • Think Before You Flush

    Think Before You Flush

    PRODUCTS THAT ARE BAD FOR YOUR SEWER PIPES: Flushed dental floss can get wrapped around the backflow valve in the sanitary sewer pipe resulting in raw sewage backing up into your home. “Flushable” baby wipes, cleaning wipes, disposable diapers and cotton swabs can quickly clog up a sewer pipe. Cooking fats, oils and grease will clog…

  • 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…

  • Wildrose Puts Forward Amendments to Strengthen Accountability and Protect Taxpayers

      EDMONTON, AB: Wildrose is introducing strong fiscal accountability measures to protect taxpayers under Bill 4, An Act to Implement Various Tax Measures and to Enact the Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act, at committee of the whole, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today.  The amendments, if passed, would:  Lower the debt limit to 7 per…

  • Alberta REALTORS® Committed to Work on Complex Issue of Property Measurements

    Alberta REALTORS® Committed to Work on Complex Issue of Property Measurements

      Calgary AB – The Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA) is aware of an article in the November 30th issue of the Edmonton Journal speaking to fines levied by the Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA) for misrepresenting the size of condominiums in real estate listings, and is taking steps, along with its ten member…

  • Pincher Creek RCMP Request to Locate a Person – UPDATE

    Pincher Creek RCMP Request to Locate a Person – UPDATE

      **This person has been found, thank you for your assistance in  locating her. Pincher Creek RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing person. Sixty one year old Heather BIRKMANN was last seen on November 30that approximately 11:00 am in Pincher Creek.  She departed her home with an unknown destination in…

  • While Unemployment Rises, NDP Tell Jobless Albertans to Head to BC

    While Unemployment Rises, NDP Tell Jobless Albertans to Head to BC

        EDMONTON, AB (December 4, 2015): After Alberta lost 15,000 jobs in November, the NDP should back down from their risky economic policies instead of telling Albertans out-of-work to take a hike out-of-province, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. In a speech to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Land Administration, NDP Energy Minister Marg…

  • High River: Enforcement to Commence with “no parking” Signs Installed on 4 Avenue S.W.

    HIGH RIVER, AB: The Town of High River has installed “no parking” signage along 4 Avenue S.W. between Macleod Trail and 1 Street S.W. This new signage will help to ensure drivers are not impeding traffic and parking only in the legally designated areas. Fourth Avenue was designed with a pedestrian focus and is not…

  • FSD Celebrates School Bus Drivers

    FSD Celebrates School Bus Drivers

      Hero Bus Driver: Driver Lisa Willis had dropped off her last student in the Millarville area and was heading to pick up Oilfields School students when she noticed what she initially thought was mist coming from the ditch along 214 Avenue West. Thankfully she investigated and discovered fire and sparks coming off a power…

  • Okotoks Charity Checkstop

    Okotoks Charity Checkstop

    The 9th Annual Charity Checkstop was held in Okotoks on December 3, 2015. Members of Okotoks RCMP, Okotoks Municipal Enforcement, Okotoks Fire,  EMS, MD Foothills Patrol  and volunteers from the Okotoks Food Bank, Rowan House Emergency Shelter, Foothills Regional Victim Services, and Alberta Treasury Branch  were on Milligan Drive for two hours collecting donations for local charities.…

  • Child and Youth Advocate releases Annual Report

    Child and Youth Advocate releases Annual Report

    Advocate pushes for improved services for young people in care “My Office continues to advocate for young people, so the systems in place to serve them are more effective.  Young people involved with child intervention need to be assured that the Government is making its very best effort to provide effective services.” ~ Del Graff,…

  • CheckStop Blitz throughout Alberta Today

    CheckStop Blitz throughout Alberta Today

      Edmonton, AB – On Friday, December 4th, the RCMP marks its seventh National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day with a Canada-wide CheckStop blitz aimed at keeping impaired drivers off the roads. Here in Alberta, RCMP officers will be out on the roads in 112 local detachment areas and on highways throughout the province. At some locations,…

  • RCMP Cochrane: Public Assistance sought in identifying theft suspect

    RCMP Cochrane: Public Assistance sought in identifying theft suspect

      Cochrane RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance to identify a male suspect.  On November 25th 2015, between 6:30pm and 7:30pm, a vehicle was stolen from the parking lot at the Big Hill Leisure Pool on 5th Ave in Cochrane AB.  It is believed that the suspect gained access to the victim’s locker at the pool…