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Alberta won’t risk watershed contamination for coal development: MLA Hunter

Posted on April 24, 2025

By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly News editor@tabertimes.com Water users and irrigators in southern Alberta have started expressing concerns about the potential for watershed contamination should… Read More »

Motz seeks fourth decisive election win

Posted on April 24, 2025

By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers Medicine Hat’s Conservative Party candidate says he’s motivated to solve Canada’s problems during another term in office. Glen Motz… Read More »

Cardston Health Centre targeted for replacement

Posted on April 24, 2025

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The office of Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says that Budget 2025 includes $1 million for… Read More »

Comets rugby squad ready for stretch of tough weekend tournaments

Posted on April 24, 2025

By Garrett Simmons Westwind Weekly News After the next few weekends, the Raymond Comets girls rugby team should have a pretty solid idea about where… Read More »

Coaldale’s NewCold facility to open in June

Posted on April 24, 2025

By Kristine Jean Southern Alberta Newspapers Coaldale’s NewCold facility will be open for business in late June, with a grand opening scheduled for later this… Read More »

Liberal Party candidate says new representation needed in SE Alberta

Posted on April 10, 2025

By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers Tom Rooke will represent the Liberal Party in the federal election, the party’s electoral district association for Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner… Read More »

Keep CBC off the political chopping block

Posted on April 10, 2025

I am writing to draw your readers’ attention to an imminent threat to Canada’s cultural sovereignty – one whose urgency grows by the day, as… Read More »

Hudson’s Bay stores closing their doors

Posted on April 10, 2025

Dear Editor: The Hudson’s Bay company was established in 1670 by a royal decree from King Charles II and was granted monopoly rights over 3.9… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on April 10, 2025

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers April 9, 1884 – The Calgary Weekly Herald The first four-wheeled vehicle in this town is under construction.… Read More »

Plan to label Trump critics as mentally ill echoes authoritarian regimes

Posted on April 10, 2025

In March 2025, New York psychiatrist Dr. Leon Hoffman wrote a letter to The Guardian reporting that the Minnesota legislature had requested the psychiatric community recognize a… Read More »

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