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Dreeshen promotes economic corridors in recent Washington trip

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly News editor@tabertimes.com Transportation and Economic Corridors Minister Devin Dreeshen travelled to Washington, D.C., recently to promote the importance of expanding… Read More »

Blackfoot filmmaker spreading importance of solidarity

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Samantha Johnson Southern Alberta Newspaperss Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Award-winning Blackfoot filmmaker Cowboy Smithx of southern Alberta’s Piikani and Kainai tribes, has been making… Read More »

Anti-smoking campaign launched to get Canadians off tobacco

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Southern Alberta Newspapers The Canadian Cancer Society, in partnership with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Lung Association and the Canadian… Read More »

Horizon School Board Oct. 23 briefs

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The following are selected briefs from the Horizon School Board meeting that took place on… Read More »

Stirling Oct. 4 organizational meeting briefs

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Kenyon Stronski Westwind Weekly News The following are selected briefs from the Oct. 4 Village of Stirling organizational meeting.  Items for Discussion: The Village… Read More »

MLA Hunter tasks Albertans to analyze APP report

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly News editor@tabertimes.com As Alberta’s UCP government toys with the idea of an Alberta Pension Plan, the battle lines are being… Read More »

Raymond U11 team lights up scoreboard in two weekend contests

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Garrett Simmons Westwind Weekly News It was another busy weekend on the ice for Magrath and Raymond minor hockey teams. In U9 play, the… Read More »

Feds and province offering $165M in drought relief for livestock producers

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Cal Braid Westwind Weekly News Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta’s Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) hosted a virtual media roundtable on Oct. 30 to… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Samantha Johnson Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter October 25, 1900 – The Qu’Appelle Progress In Brandon, a horse belonging to T.L. Orchard… Read More »

Urban containment policies driving up land values and housing costs

Posted on November 2, 2023

Canada has a severe and intractable housing crisis that could become existential for the middle class, eroding the standard of living. Our new Demographia Housing… Read More »

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