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SMRID allocates eight inches per acre to district farmers

Posted on April 11, 2024

By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) held its Annual General Meeting on April 4… Read More »

Comets rugby program set to kick off 2024 season

Posted on April 11, 2024

By Garrett Simmons For The News  Mother Nature hasn't been very co-operative in terms of spring sports, but that hasn't stopped the Raymond Comets girls rugby program. As the weather has flipped from tropical to polar, and… Read More »

Viterra seeking to fill critical roles in industry

Posted on April 4, 2024

By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News During the 2024 Ag Expo there was an event called ‘thinkAg: Career Fair hosted by Ag for Life on… Read More »

Exhibit focuses on work of Lethbridge Herald photographers

Posted on April 4, 2024

By Delon Shurtz Southern Alberta Newspapers On a wall in the Galt Museum hangs a photo of former Lethbridge mayor A. W. Shackleford. He’s holding… Read More »

Provincial budget highlights identified: MLA Hunter

Posted on April 4, 2024

By Trevor Busch Southern Alberta Newspapers editor@tabertimes.com With a stronger emphasis on fiscal responsibility, Taber-Warner MLA Grant Hunter outlined some highlights identified in the UCP’s… Read More »

Upgrades complete on local national weather radar system

Posted on April 4, 2024

Southern Alberta Newspapers Upgrades to the national weather radar system, including a station near Medicine Hat, are complete, the federal Environment and Climate Change ministry… Read More »

Schow developing bidding policy and labour stream

Posted on April 4, 2024

By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta’s Minister of Tourism and Sport, Joseph Schow, has been mandated by Premier Danielle Smith… Read More »

Taking action to protect lakes and waterways from aquatic invasive species

Posted on April 4, 2024

Government of Alberta Currently, Alberta is 100 per cent free of zebra and quagga mussels. However, increased detections in Idaho and Manitoba last year are… Read More »

Keeping Alberta invasive mussel free

Posted on April 4, 2024

Zebra mussels are one of the world’s most invasive aquatic species. These fingernail-sized, freshwater invertebrates have a hardshell and look a bit like a clam. … Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on April 4, 2024

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers March 31, 1888 – Edmonton Bulletin In Ottawa today, the debate on unrestricted reciprocity continued in the House.… Read More »

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