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Raymond-Magrath RCMP respond to fatal collision involving a pedestrian

Posted on July 8, 2021

On July 5, 2021 at midnight, Raymond-Magrath RCMP, along with the Stirling Fire Department, Lethbridge Emergency Medical Services and neighbouring RCMP officers from Coaldale and… Read More »

Canada Day celebrated in Raymond

Posted on July 8, 2021

By Al Beeber Westwind Weekly News It was the first day without social distancing or mask requirements and Raymond was ready to let loose. Throngs… Read More »

Live music’s return will be therapeutic — while fans rejoice

Posted on July 6, 2021

Like a kid in a candy store, music lovers rejoice, as the live music scene opens up from a terrible hiatus due to the COVID-19… Read More »

Updates to camp kitchen, visitor kiosk discussed in Stirling

Posted on July 6, 2021

By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News Options are being explored to upgrade the Village of Stirling's camp kitchen. During a regular June 16 meeting, Stirling… Read More »

Poppy funding for Stirling cenotaph project

Posted on July 6, 2021

By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News The Village of Stirling has received funding for its Cenotaph Project from the Legion Poppy Fund. Through Glenn Miller,… Read More »

What a wild ride it will be!

Posted on June 24, 2021

Being a full-time caregiver of two teenagers with driving ambitions and Alberta learner’s licences can be nervewracking, anxiety-causing, downright stressful – but, also a proud… Read More »

Redistribution of money, ‘unfair’

Posted on June 24, 2021

Dear Editor: For decades, Albertans have watched as their hard-earned tax dollars were sent to Ottawa and redistributed among other provinces under a system of… Read More »

Doctors not immune to virus

Posted on June 24, 2021

Dear Editor: Staffing challenges are not new to rural Albertans, who are familiar with the longstanding challenge of recruiting doctors to their communities.Unfortunately, COVID-19 has… Read More »

Tourism industry calling for border re-opening plan

Posted on June 24, 2021

By Tim Kalinowski Southern Alberta Newspapers The Tourism Industry Association of Canada is calling on the Trudeau government to commit to border re-opening on a… Read More »

Redman presents a ‘Hot Topics’ pandemic-related webinar

Posted on June 24, 2021

By Trevor Busch Southern Alberta Newspapers Lockdowns were the wrong approach to tackling the global pandemic in Canada, argues David Redman, a retired lieutenant colonel… Read More »

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