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The “Reset” Canada actually needs
Posted on December 17, 2020Canada's Conservative leader Erin O'Toole says it's hard to believe that anyone would look at the carnage caused by COVID-19 and see an opportunity. It's… Read More »
Step up and lead, that’s your job
Posted on December 17, 2020"I don't believe that anybody should tell me what the hell I have to do," Joe Miller told the CBC in 1987. The fine for… Read More »
Magrath approves interim 2021 budget
Posted on December 17, 2020By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News Magrath town council has passed it's interim budget for 2021. The interim budget, passed during council's regular Dec. 8… Read More »
COVID vaccines going to most vulnerable first: Schweitzer
Posted on December 17, 2020By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News With the first COVID-19 vaccine approved, the most vulnerable populations and front-line workers will get access to it first.… Read More »
Unwrapping red tape on Christmas
Posted on December 10, 2020Albertans can now get their own Christmas trees and firewood from Crown land for free! The holiday season is here and families across Alberta are… Read More »
Mask bylaws do nothing but help
Posted on December 10, 2020While COVID-19 cases continue to soar in Alberta, many municipalities in the region have carried mandatory mask bylaws. The Town of Taber and M.D. of… Read More »
PM, deputy talk pandemic at recent town hall
Posted on December 10, 2020Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News Issues on the current COVID-19 pandemic dominated a recent virtual town hall with the prime minister. On Dec.2, Prime Minister… Read More »
New health restrictions go into effect
Posted on December 10, 2020By 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 »
Canada needs a government built on certainty and stability
Posted on December 3, 2020While Canada's Conservative Opposition continues to responsibly flex its parliamentary muscle holding the federal government to account on its questionable decisionmaking, the Trudeau Liberals persist… Read More »
Tackling web giants should be a federal priority
Posted on December 3, 2020Weekly newspapers in communities from coast to coast dot the nation’s landscape like a media mosaic. From the Bay of Fundy to the Strait of… Read More »