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New health restrictions go into effect

Posted on December 10, 2020

By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News Effective immediately, all social gatherings are banned and masks are mandatory as the province moves to flatten the curve.… Read More »

Power outage scheduled Friday for Stirling area

Posted on December 3, 2020

By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News There will be a scheduled power outage for the Village of Stirling this Friday. The outage, which is scheduled… Read More »

Public safety remains priority in pandemic; Hunter

Posted on December 3, 2020

Justin Seward Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta Premier Jason Kenney declared the province's second state of public health emergency on Nov. 24 due the significant uptick… Read More »

Holiday Light competition in Magrath

Posted on December 3, 2020

By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News While the Hometown Christmas event cannot proceed as usual this year, people in Magrath will still get to enjoy… Read More »

UCP members endorse MLA recall

Posted on November 26, 2020

By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly News MLA recall legislation could soon become a reality for Alberta voters if the UCP moves on a policy resolution… Read More »

Raymond supports SouthGrow’s zero emission infrastructure application

Posted on November 26, 2020

By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News The Town of Raymond is supporting a SouthGrow application for a federal vehicle charging station program. During their regular… Read More »

Kenney announces new pandemic restrictions, stops short of provincial lockdown

Posted on November 26, 2020

By Ian Croft Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta's government is declaring a state of public health emergency and putting aggressive measures in place to protect the… Read More »

Spike in COVID-19 infection impacting region

Posted on November 19, 2020

By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News With more than 10,000 active cases across the province, Albertans are being urged to take public health measures more… Read More »

Blue-Green algae bloom advisory lifted

Posted on November 19, 2020

By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News Alberta Health Services has lifted a Blue-green algae bloom advisory in southern Alberta. The advisory, which affected the Milk… Read More »

H1N2 detected in central Alberta

Posted on November 13, 2020

Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News Alberta’s chief medical officer of health stressed that there is no evidence of risk to humans after the discovery of… Read More »

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