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Posted on October 30, 2025By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers October 31, 1888 – Calgary Weekly Herald and Alberta Livestock Journal Axworthy, the absconding treasurer from Cleveland, Ohio… Read More »
Nuclear is the only real way to keep the lights on in Alberta
Posted on October 30, 2025Alberta needs nuclear power—and fast. While much of the world, including provinces like Ontario, has spent decades building reactors, Alberta remains stuck in neutral, still… Read More »
Smith defends controversial Back to School Act
Posted on October 30, 2025By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Premier Danielle Smith recently held a news conference to announce Bill 1, the International Agreements… Read More »
Comets and Zeniths set to battle Saturday for bantam football championship
Posted on October 30, 2025By Garrett Simmons Westwind Weekly News This one, as they say, is for all the marbles. On Saturday, at 4:30 p.m. in Raymond at Victoria… Read More »
Struck down: teachers ordered back to work
Posted on October 30, 2025By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The premier and her ministers were under heavy fire from the NDP in the Alberta… Read More »
Evanson selected to be part of Team Canada’s U17 Girls Team
Posted on October 30, 2025By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 15-year-old southern Alberta athlete Elise Evanson was recently selected to be part of Team Canada’s… Read More »
Cravings: Take-Out and Catering
Posted on October 23, 2025By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Carma Leishman, Office and Media Specialist for SASH Disability Support, says that Cravings: Take-Out and… Read More »
Voting opens for Field Law Community Fund; 100-plus projects competing for southern Alberta prize
Posted on October 23, 2025Southern Alberta Newspapers The voting period opened last week for the 2025 Field Law Community Fund Program. The annual contest provides funding to community-led projects… Read More »
Provincial supports for children with disabilities during teacher strike shines light on backlogged FSCD program
Posted on October 23, 2025Southern Alberta Newspapers The Alberta government announced additional supports for families of children with complex care needs following widespread criticism earlier this month that children… Read More »
Private school funding petition needs 177K signatures
Posted on October 23, 2025By Zoe Mason Southern Alberta Newspapers A Calgary high school teacher launched a citizen initiative earlier this month that would ask if the province should… Read More »