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Fair trade products gain recognition despite price premiums
Posted on October 19, 2023October is Fair Trade Month, a period dedicated to spotlighting fair-trade products, even amid the backdrop of escalating food costs. This naturally raises the question:… Read More »
Conditional sentence for woman in impaired driving case
Posted on October 19, 2023By Delon Shurtz Southern Alberta Newspapers An elderly woman is lucky to be alive after surviving a head-on collision last year while driving along a… Read More »
Hockey season begins for local teams in CAHL
Posted on October 19, 2023By Garrett Simmons Westwind Weekly News Hockey is back on the ice in rinks throughout southern Alberta. Central Alberta Hockey League action has kicked off… Read More »
ASBG’s annual sugar beet harvest tour highlights industry’s triumphs and challenges
Posted on October 19, 2023By Erika Mathieu Westwind Weekly News The annual sugar beet harvest is officially underway, with piling grounds near Picture Butte and Coaldale seeing truckload after… Read More »
Harambee Grandmas in stitches for upcoming fabric and yarn sale
Posted on October 12, 2023By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The 6th Annual Harambee Grandmas Fabric and Yarn Sale will take place on October 20-21… Read More »
AFCA promoting value of core competency framework
Posted on October 12, 2023By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Alberta Fire Services Core Competency Framework was developed and implemented by the Alberta Fire… Read More »
Volunteers lend a helping hand to northern neighbours during 2023 wildland fires
Posted on October 12, 2023By Erika Mathieu Westwind Weekly News Beginning in the spring of 2023, Albertans watched in horror as hundreds of thousands of hectares burnt across several… Read More »
County straps in for the intensity of fall fire season
Posted on October 12, 2023By Erika Mathieu Westwind Weekly News Despite cooler temperatures, the most intense period of the fire season has just begun. Manager of Fire Services… Read More »
Canada failing on TB front
Posted on October 12, 2023It was very disappointing that Canada did not attend the high level meeting on TB in New York last month. It was an opportunity to… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on October 12, 2023By Samantha Johnson Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Friday, October 11, 1889 – Qu-Appelle Progress Offensive partisanship is the charge brought against Dr.… Read More »