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Blood Tribe soldier’s story to be featured on BBC war history series

Posted on August 22, 2024

By Brendan Miller Southern Alberta Newspapers Prior to enlisting in the Great War in 1916, Mike Mountain Horse served as a scout with the North-West… Read More »

Bantam Comets prepare for 2024 season

Posted on August 22, 2024

By Garrett Simmons Westwind Weekly News As the days on the calendar fall further into August one thing is a certainty every year – it’s… Read More »

Airdrie SummerFest 2024

Posted on August 15, 2024

By Jonn Baysa Pinoy Hour Established during the late 2000’s, people of the Filipino community in Airdrie gathered and volunteered their time to organize cultural… Read More »

Piikani RCMP charge multiple people during drug trafficking investigation

Posted on August 15, 2024

Piikani RCMP On Aug. 9, Piikani Nation RCMP conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle leaving a residence in Brocket that was subject to an… Read More »

Get Lost! (In the Lethbridge Corn Maze)

Posted on August 15, 2024

By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers The Lethbridge Corn Maze is back and better than ever for its 25th anniversary season! From July 26 to… Read More »

Community Foundation highlights relief funds available to support Jasper victims

Posted on August 15, 2024

By Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter As fire season stretches on, the Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta has highlighted some of… Read More »

Province launches invasive mussels awareness campaign as fines spike

Posted on August 15, 2024

By Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Province of Alberta is cracking down on the threat of invasive zebra and quagga… Read More »

Trudeau’s Immigration and Public Safety Ministers must answer how ISIS member was granted citizenship

Posted on August 15, 2024

Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner Constituency Conservative Party of Canada After nine years of Justin Trudeau, Canada has become unsafe. The deteriorating state of our national security was… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on August 15, 2024

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers August 11, 1883 – Edmonton Bulletin It is estimated that 4,000 men are employed on the CPR between… Read More »

Trudeau’s EV mandate will break the bank

Posted on August 15, 2024

Alberta’s energy regulator recently warned people to stop using kitchen appliances because the electricity grid was at risk of blacking out. Albertans were told to… Read More »

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