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Get ready for the SASG – registration is now open

Posted on May 23, 2024

By Nerissa McNaughton For the Advance Since their inception in the 1970s, the Southern Alberta Summer Games have remained a grassroots sports competition, connecting communities… Read More »

WHO overreach in upcoming pandemic treaty

Posted on May 23, 2024

Dear Editor: The World Health Organization is meeting beginning May 27 until June 2 to initiate new regulations for Public Health Emergencies of International Concern,… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on May 23, 2024

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers May 17, 1893 – The Saskatchewan Times The members of the IOF will have their first excursion on… Read More »

Four years after COVID-19, women are still struggling to recover

Posted on May 23, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic that swept the globe in 2020 not only threatened people’s health but exposed and exacerbated entrenched inequalities. Women bore the brunt. Millions… Read More »

Milk River and District Ag Society collectables, antiques, and vintage items sale next weekend

Posted on May 23, 2024

By Heather Cemeron Westwind Weekly News The first-ever Milk River and District Ag Society Collectables, Antiques, and Vintage Items Sale will take place on June… Read More »

Taste of Waterton Festival May 24 – 26

Posted on May 23, 2024

By Heather Cemeron Westwind Weekly News The 2024 Taste of Waterton Event will be from May 24 to 26. “The Taste of Waterton is a… Read More »

Spring’s first crop report shows southern Alberta seeding at 40 per cent

Posted on May 23, 2024

By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers Seeding in southern Alberta was about 40 per cent complete when heavy rain set in over the region last… Read More »

Village of Stirling celebrating 125th anniversary

Posted on May 23, 2024

By Delon Shurtz Southern Alberta Newspapers The Village of Stirling isn’t a big community, but after more than a century since its inception, it’s made… Read More »

NewCold to build $222 million food storage warehouse in Coaldale

Posted on May 9, 2024

Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta’s agriculture sector is growing with a $222-million investment from NewCold to develop its first Canadian facility in southern Alberta. “We’re thrilled… Read More »

Is youth baseball in rural Alberta getting shortchanged?

Posted on May 9, 2024

By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Young baseball players in rural Alberta are being relegated to the bullpen, warming up for… Read More »

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