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Nearly 400 Albertans have died by medical assistance since legalization
Posted on June 28, 2018Gillian Slade Southern Alberta Newspapers In the two years since Medical Assistance In Dying became legal, close to 400 have chosen that option in Alberta,… Read More »
Alberta government ready for weed legalization: Ganley
Posted on June 28, 2018Jeremy Appel Westwind Weekly News Alberta’s justice minister says the province is prepared for the impending legalization of recreational marijuana, after the federal government announced… Read More »
Raymond council considers pop-up roundabout for downtown
Posted on June 28, 2018Jeremy Appel Westwind Weekly News Raymond town council is considering bringing a temporary pop-up roundabout to Broadway to test its effectiveness, as part of its… Read More »
Stirling welcomes new fire chief
Posted on June 28, 2018Westwind Weekly News Robin Fisher is Stirling’s new fire chief after Thomas Potter’s resignation two weeks ago. The Stirling Fire Department is an all-volunteer force.… Read More »
Province promises ‘no outages’ as new SuperNet contract is negotiated
Posted on June 28, 2018Jeremy Appel Westwind Weekly News The Ministry of Service Alberta says the government will ensure that rural Albertans remain connected to the internet as they… Read More »
Raymond town Coun. Greg Robinson resigns
Posted on June 28, 2018Jeremy Appel Westwind Weekly News Raymonites will have a chance to go to the polls on Sept. 10 to elect a new town councillor after… Read More »
Riding breakdown: Taber-Warner
Posted on June 21, 2018Gillian Slade Southern Alberta Newspapers New provincial election boundaries have left three ridings in the southeastern region of the province: Brooks-Medicine Hat, Cypress-Medicine Hat and… Read More »
Riding breakdown: Cardston-Siksika
Posted on June 21, 2018Jeremy Appel Westwind Weekly News New provincial election boundaries have eliminated the current Little Bow riding and split Cardston-Taber-Warner in two. Voters in Magrath and… Read More »
Why Doug Ford’s majority win is good news for the UCP
Posted on June 21, 2018Doug Ford’s resounding victory in the June 7 Ontario provincial election sent shockwaves through Canadian politics. Canada’s largest province has elected a brash Diet Trump,… Read More »
Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner’s child poverty rate sits above national average
Posted on June 21, 2018Peggy Revell Southern Alberta Newspapers Two out of 10 children in the Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner federal riding live in poverty, according to statistics compiled by the… Read More »