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Southern Alberta Rumble
Posted on February 29, 2024By David Clyde Walters You may have felt a rumble this weekend as 29 high school wrestling teams from all over rural Alberta gathered in… Read More »
Assumptions about irrigation-agriculture expansion called into question
Posted on February 29, 2024A recent article in the Lethbridge Herald (Feb. 14) regarding designation of an AgriFood Processing Zone contains assertions by UCP MLA Grant Hunter to Lethbridge… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on February 29, 2024By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers February 27, 1886 – Calgary Weekly Herald Seventeen policemen in Edmonton received sentences between nine and twelve months… Read More »
Proposed beer tax hike brews trouble for barley and brewing industry
Posted on February 29, 2024As one of the earliest, widely grown grains in Canada, barley shares a long and trusted history with the brewing industry that it supplies. Renowned… Read More »
‘Moving the needle’ for victims of small-town and rural crime
Posted on February 29, 2024By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter If you spend enough time in an Alberta courtroom, you’ll see all kinds of outcomes.… Read More »
Town councillor charged in Coutts border blockade resigns
Posted on February 29, 2024Southern Alberta Newspapers A man charged with mischief for organizing the Coutts border blockade in 2022 has resigned as a town councillor in Fort Macleod.… Read More »
Schow announces additional funding for sports hall of fame
Posted on February 29, 2024By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On Feb. 22, Joseph Schow, Alberta’s minister of tourism and sport, announced a $302,500 boost… Read More »
Avalanche claims life of Magrath man
Posted on February 29, 2024Southern Alberta Newspapers Crowsnest Pass RCMP have reported an avalanche in southeastern Alberta has resulted in the death of a Magrath man. Detachment members, along… Read More »
Magrath and Raymond teams compete for CAHL playoff glory
Posted on February 29, 2024By Garrett Simmons Westwind Weekly News Playoffs are underway for local teams in the Central Alberta Hockey League. Raymond’s U11 squad opened playoff action Saturday… Read More »
Magrath celebrating 125th anniversary in 2024
Posted on February 29, 2024By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News The Town of Magrath is turning 125 years old this year. According to Mayor Byrne Cook, Magrath is known… Read More »