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Confirmed cases of measles prompt renewed public alert for South Zone

Posted on May 1, 2025

Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta Health Services (AHS) has been notified of additional confirmed cases of measles within the South Zone. These cases have also been… Read More »

Candidates share thoughts following Monday’s defeat

Posted on May 1, 2025

By Brendan Miller Southern Alberta Newspapers Although local polls did not favour Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner candidate Tom Rooke – the Liberal received approximately 17 per cent… Read More »

Cardston’s Pilling scores big at KODI Awards

Posted on May 1, 2025

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter First-year Lethbridge Polytechnic student Hannah Pilling was recently the recipient of five KODI Awards. “The… Read More »

Motz secures victory in Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner

Posted on May 1, 2025

By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers Glen Motz won his fourth election in nine years on Monday night in Medicine Hat, but the country and… Read More »

Piikani group Alberta’s first-ever Citizens on Patrol on First Nation

Posted on April 24, 2025

By Alexandra Noad Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Piikani Nation has made history by being Alberta’s first-ever Citizens on Patrol on a… Read More »

Confirmed cases of measles prompt renewed public alert for South Zone

Posted on April 24, 2025

- Potential exposures in Calgary, Taber, Coaldale and Lethbridge Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta Health Services (AHS) has been notified of additional confirmed cases of measles… Read More »

Rooke says Hatters, region need voice in Ottawa

Posted on April 24, 2025

By Brendan Miller Southern Alberta Newspapers During an campaign open house April 10, Tom Rooke, Liberal candidate for Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner, told supporters he is running… Read More »

Digital sources not always reliable

Posted on April 24, 2025

An editorial in your April 3 issue cited the unfortunate decline in local journalism. One factor in this is the rise of online media, resulting… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on April 24, 2025

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers April 21, 1879 – Saskatchewan Herald The Herald today shows to what expedients it is sometimes necessary to… Read More »

Anti-vax conspiracies fuel Canada’s measles crisis

Posted on April 24, 2025

Falling vaccination rates and political silence are fuelling Canada’s growing measles outbreak. Measles, declared eradicated in Canada in 1998, is making a big comeback in… Read More »

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