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Hockey season begins for local teams in CAHL
Posted on October 19, 2023By Garrett Simmons Westwind Weekly News Hockey is back on the ice in rinks throughout southern Alberta. Central Alberta Hockey League action has kicked off… Read More »
ASBG’s annual sugar beet harvest tour highlights industry’s triumphs and challenges
Posted on October 19, 2023By Erika Mathieu Westwind Weekly News The annual sugar beet harvest is officially underway, with piling grounds near Picture Butte and Coaldale seeing truckload after… Read More »
Harambee Grandmas in stitches for upcoming fabric and yarn sale
Posted on October 12, 2023By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The 6th Annual Harambee Grandmas Fabric and Yarn Sale will take place on October 20-21… Read More »
AFCA promoting value of core competency framework
Posted on October 12, 2023By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Alberta Fire Services Core Competency Framework was developed and implemented by the Alberta Fire… Read More »
Volunteers lend a helping hand to northern neighbours during 2023 wildland fires
Posted on October 12, 2023By Erika Mathieu Westwind Weekly News Beginning in the spring of 2023, Albertans watched in horror as hundreds of thousands of hectares burnt across several… Read More »
County straps in for the intensity of fall fire season
Posted on October 12, 2023By Erika Mathieu Westwind Weekly News Despite cooler temperatures, the most intense period of the fire season has just begun. Manager of Fire Services… Read More »
Canada failing on TB front
Posted on October 12, 2023It was very disappointing that Canada did not attend the high level meeting on TB in New York last month. It was an opportunity to… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on October 12, 2023By Samantha Johnson Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Friday, October 11, 1889 – Qu-Appelle Progress Offensive partisanship is the charge brought against Dr.… Read More »
Alberta’s pension plan proposal has a BREXIT-like stink to it
Posted on October 12, 2023Few things in this world are more tempting to a politician than $334 billion. And it seems that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is going for… Read More »
Can’t Stop Alberta Tour reaches Cardston
Posted on October 12, 2023By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly Newss Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Cardston will serve as a stop on the ‘Can’t Stop Alberta Tour’ tonight hosted by… Read More »