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Trudeau blinks, suspends carbon tax on home heating in Atlantic Canada

Posted on November 9, 2023

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just gave Western Canada another punch in the face. The good news is that Trudeau is suspending his carbon tax on… Read More »

Raymond U13 hockey team has big weekend to improve to 5-1-1

Posted on November 9, 2023

By Garrett Simmons Westwind Weekly News Tiering play continued this weekend for local teams in the Central Alberta Hockey League. Raymond’s U 11 squad picked… Read More »

Ottawa’s bail reform bill long overdue: MLA Hunter

Posted on November 9, 2023

By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly News editor@tabertimes.com Law enforcement agencies along with provincial governments have long sounded a warning about the critical need for bail… Read More »

Hot, dry summer leads to suffering crop yields

Posted on November 9, 2023

Southern Alberta Newspapers As the snow flies, crop and hay yields paint a poor picture in the region. Farm yields in drought-stricken southern Alberta are… Read More »

Dreeshen promotes economic corridors in recent Washington trip

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly News editor@tabertimes.com Transportation and Economic Corridors Minister Devin Dreeshen travelled to Washington, D.C., recently to promote the importance of expanding… Read More »

Blackfoot filmmaker spreading importance of solidarity

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Samantha Johnson Southern Alberta Newspaperss Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Award-winning Blackfoot filmmaker Cowboy Smithx of southern Alberta’s Piikani and Kainai tribes, has been making… Read More »

Anti-smoking campaign launched to get Canadians off tobacco

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Southern Alberta Newspapers The Canadian Cancer Society, in partnership with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Lung Association and the Canadian… Read More »

Horizon School Board Oct. 23 briefs

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The following are selected briefs from the Horizon School Board meeting that took place on… Read More »

Stirling Oct. 4 organizational meeting briefs

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Kenyon Stronski Westwind Weekly News The following are selected briefs from the Oct. 4 Village of Stirling organizational meeting.  Items for Discussion: The Village… Read More »

MLA Hunter tasks Albertans to analyze APP report

Posted on November 2, 2023

By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly News editor@tabertimes.com As Alberta’s UCP government toys with the idea of an Alberta Pension Plan, the battle lines are being… Read More »

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