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Fall session of legislature kicked off last week; long ballot controls, challenges to gender-affirming care on the agenda
Posted on October 30, 2025Southern Alberta Newspapers The fall session of the legislature opened Oct. 23. Government House Leader and Minister of Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration Joseph Schow… Read More »
Province appointing Class Size and Complexity Task Force
Posted on October 30, 2025By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly News editor@tabertimes.com As schools reopen, Alberta’s government will be appointing a Class Size and Complexity Task Force to meet the… Read More »
Potential cuts to foreign aid ill-advised
Posted on October 30, 2025In his address to the nation on October 22, Prime Minister Carney said he would cut wasteful spending and make unprecedented investments in Canada. We… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on October 30, 2025By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers October 31, 1888 – Calgary Weekly Herald and Alberta Livestock Journal Axworthy, the absconding treasurer from Cleveland, Ohio… Read More »
Nuclear is the only real way to keep the lights on in Alberta
Posted on October 30, 2025Alberta needs nuclear power—and fast. While much of the world, including provinces like Ontario, has spent decades building reactors, Alberta remains stuck in neutral, still… Read More »
Smith defends controversial Back to School Act
Posted on October 30, 2025By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Premier Danielle Smith recently held a news conference to announce Bill 1, the International Agreements… Read More »
Comets and Zeniths set to battle Saturday for bantam football championship
Posted on October 30, 2025By Garrett Simmons Westwind Weekly News This one, as they say, is for all the marbles. On Saturday, at 4:30 p.m. in Raymond at Victoria… Read More »
Struck down: teachers ordered back to work
Posted on October 30, 2025By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The premier and her ministers were under heavy fire from the NDP in the Alberta… Read More »
Evanson selected to be part of Team Canada’s U17 Girls Team
Posted on October 30, 2025By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 15-year-old southern Alberta athlete Elise Evanson was recently selected to be part of Team Canada’s… Read More »
Cravings: Take-Out and Catering
Posted on October 23, 2025By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Carma Leishman, Office and Media Specialist for SASH Disability Support, says that Cravings: Take-Out and… Read More »