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Horizon School Board meeting briefs from March 25

Posted on May 2, 2024

By Heather Cemeron Westwind Weekly News The following are select briefs from the Horizon School Board meeting that took place on March 25, 2024. Milk… Read More »

Volunteers make the difference for FCSS

Posted on May 2, 2024

By Garrett Simmons Family and Community Support Services Volunteering can be an incredibly-rewarding experience. Across Alberta, volunteers give so much of themselves each and every… Read More »

Calvin Christian School Graduate named Lethbridge College’s valedictorian

Posted on May 2, 2024

By Erika Mathieu Southern Alberta Newspapers Annette Kampert, a Business Administration -accounting student raised in Lethbridge County has been named valedictorian for Lethbridge College’s Spring… Read More »

Schow optimistic about tourism industry’s growth in Alberta

Posted on May 2, 2024

By Erika Mathieu Southern Alberta Newspapers Lethbridge County producers are having a significant impact on Lethbridge Tourism. Minister of Tourism and Sport and MLA for… Read More »

Feds nosing into provincial powers with Pharmacare

Posted on May 2, 2024

Once again the Liberal/NDP government pushes into a jurisdiction that does not belong to it. Health is provincially controlled, but now the federal government is… Read More »

UCP failing to preserve Alberta democracy

Posted on May 2, 2024

More and more, we see paternalistic policy from the UCP. I know many who would benefit from the national pharmacare program: diabetics who cannot afford medications… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on May 2, 2024

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers April  27, 1894 – Moose Jaw Times A young man, who shall not be named, went east to… Read More »

Food insecurity in Canada at a crisis stage

Posted on May 2, 2024

There are various metrics to assess a nation’s wealth, and one telling indicator is the proportion of disposable income that its citizens spend on food.… Read More »

Province hikes funding for irrigation rehab program

Posted on May 2, 2024

By Al Beeber Southern Alberta Newspapers The provincial government is boosting funding for its irrigation rehabilitation program . The province is providing in Budget 2024… Read More »

Mother’s Day Paint n’ Pour hosted in Warner

Posted on May 2, 2024

By Heather Cemeron Westwind Weekly News Warner Bar and Hotel, located at 102 4th Ave in Warner, Alta., is hosting a Mother’s Day Paint n’… Read More »

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