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Provincial healthcare engagement sessions upcoming

Posted on January 16, 2025

By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  In November 2023, the provincial government announced plans to refocus the healthcare system to improve… Read More »

Pair sentenced for involvement in Coutts border blockade

Posted on January 16, 2025

Southern Alberta Newspapers Two men convicted of mischief over $5,000 for their involvement in the illegal Coutts border blockade in 2022 were sentenced on Jan.… Read More »

MP Rachael Thomas looks back on past year

Posted on January 16, 2025

By Al Beeber Southern Alberta Newspapers It was a year of positives, negatives and now 2024 has come and gone. For Lethbridge Member of Parliament… Read More »

Year in Review

Posted on January 16, 2025

January The Village of Coutts has received a grant of $6,900 from the Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta. According to CFLSA, the funding… Read More »

Be a good citizen – get involved

Posted on January 16, 2025

I remember recent calm, warm feelings over Christmas as I attended several community events. It helped me feel, at least in our local world, that… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on January 16, 2025

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers January 15, 1885 – The Calgary Weekly Herald A man named Christie is in the guardroom at the… Read More »

Both Trudeaus lingered too long

Posted on January 16, 2025

Beyond the obvious biological relationship of father and son, you can find commonalities between Pierre and Justin Trudeau. They were both charismatic to the point… Read More »

Stirling CAO looks back to the year that was

Posted on January 16, 2025

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Scott Donselaar, Chief Administrative Officer for the Village of Stirling, describes 2024 as being ‘an… Read More »

MP Motz reflects on a rocky 2024

Posted on January 16, 2025

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Glen Motz, Conservative MP for Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner riding, describes 2024 as being ‘a very tough… Read More »

Magrath and Raymond teams full speed ahead in CAHL play

Posted on January 16, 2025

By Garrett Simmons Westwind Weekly News Central Alberta Hockey League action is heating up as the schedule continues into mid-January. For the Raymond U11 squad,… Read More »

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