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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 »
Kodiaks women’s basketball signs Cardston’s Brooklyn Hardy
Posted on October 12, 2023Lethbridge College The Lethbridge College Kodiaks Women’s Basketball team is excited to welcome the versatile and multi-talented Brooklyn Hardy to the squad. Hardy recently graduated… Read More »
Municipalities ask UCP for more infrastructure money
Posted on October 12, 2023By Al Beeber Southern Alberta Newspapers The Alberta Municipalities organization has passed a resolution calling on more provincial funding for local infrastructure. The resolution passed… Read More »
Challenging growing season in Alberta in 2023: Jacobson
Posted on October 12, 2023By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The 2023 harvest season in southern Alberta involved numerous challenges. According to Lynn Jacobson, President… Read More »
Town of Raymond council meeting minutes and agenda
Posted on October 12, 2023By Kenyon Stronski Westwind Weekly News The following are selected briefs from the Sept. 19 regular meeting of Raymond town council (Sept. 19 minutes and… Read More »