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Local teams return to the ice after holiday break

Posted on January 11, 2024

By Garrett Simmons Westwind Weekly News Hockey teams throughout southern Alberta shook off the holiday doldrums and took to the ice last weekend as the… Read More »

Village of Coutts receives CFLSA grant

Posted on January 11, 2024

By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News The Village of Coutts has received a grant of $6,900 from the Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta.… Read More »

Major projects moved forward for Taber-Warner in 2023: Hunter

Posted on January 11, 2024

By Trevor Busch Southern Alberta Newspapers editor@tabertimes.com Another year has come and gone in southern Alberta and Taber-Warner MLA Grant Hunter has flipped the calendar,… Read More »

Belyea second-degree murder trial opened Monday

Posted on January 11, 2024

Southern Alberta Newspapers The first local murder trial in southeastern Alberta in nearly three years was scheduled to begin Jan. 8 where Deborah Murril Belyea,… Read More »

Raymond and District Seniors Club receive grant money

Posted on January 11, 2024

By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News The Raymond and District Seniors Club received a grant of $5,000 last month from the Community Foundation of Lethbridge… Read More »

Do not be fooled

Posted on January 11, 2024

Her (Premier Danielle Smith) latest act of manipulation is to mess with our pension. I am a senior who has paid into the pension plan… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on January 11, 2024

By Samantha Johnson Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter January 8, 1885 - The Calgary Weekly Herald There are 850,000 men out of work… Read More »

The alarming reality of Trudeau’s immigration policy

Posted on January 11, 2024

Statistics Canada reported record population growth of 1,050,000 in 2022, with 96 percent coming from international migration. Permanent residents accounted for 437,000 of those immigrants,… Read More »

U of L professors receive nearly $700,000 to continue agriculture research

Posted on January 4, 2024

By Theodora MacLeod Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Three professors at the University of Lethbridge in the Department of Biological Sciences have secured… Read More »

Resiliency key to success in global ag context

Posted on January 4, 2024

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter During Farming Smarter’s Global Crop Production Virtual Conference on Zoom last month, Ken Coles from… Read More »

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