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Raymond and District Seniors Club receive grant money
Posted on January 11, 2024By 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, 2024Her (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, 2024By 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, 2024Statistics 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, 2024By 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, 2024By 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 »
Looking back at the year that was
Posted on January 4, 2024January Bylaws: A new bylaw was sworn into place at the Dec. 21 regular meeting of Stirling council concerning dog control. After a public hearing… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on January 4, 2024By Samantha Johnson Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter January 2, 1883 - The Brandon Daily Mail A slight earthquake was felt in the… Read More »
Canada’s Premiers have failed the basic needs test
Posted on January 4, 2024In days of old, kings and queens were often judged by some pretty basic criteria: Did the people have enough to eat? Did they have… Read More »
Province expecting higher budget surplus
Posted on January 4, 2024By Al Beeber Southern Alberta Newspapers The Alberta government is projecting a surplus of $5.5 billion in the 2023-24 fiscal year, an increase from $3.2… Read More »