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Province lifts pause on renewable energy projects

Posted on March 7, 2024

By Al Beeber Southern Alberta Newspapers The provincial government has lifted its pause on the final approval of renewable energy projects. Any projects moving forward… Read More »

New Zealand agronomist has insight on research challenges

Posted on February 29, 2024

By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News During Farming Smarter’s recent Global Crop Production Conference, John Foley, Senior Seed Production Agronomist at PGG Wrightson Seeds in… Read More »

Southern Alberta Rumble

Posted on February 29, 2024

By 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, 2024

A 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, 2024

By 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, 2024

As 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, 2024

By 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, 2024

Southern 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, 2024

By 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, 2024

Southern 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 »

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