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Stirling, Magrath mayors want more stable funding for municipalities
Posted on April 12, 2018Jeremy Appel Westwind Weekly News The mayors of Stirling and Magrath weighed in on the March 22 provincial budget, with both highlighting the relative instability… Read More »
Locals participate in Medicine Hat rodeo
Posted on April 12, 2018Jeremy Appel Westwind Weekly News Residents of Del Bonita, Cardston, Magrath and Raymond flocked to Medicine Hat over the weekend to participate in the Broncs… Read More »
Ten-year-old presents to Stirling council about birthday fundraiser
Posted on April 12, 2018Jeremy Appel Westwind Weekly News Sterling Bohn, a 10-year-old Stirling resident, presented to village council at its April 4 meeting about his Go Fund Me… Read More »
Sakamoto wins CBC Canada Reads
Posted on April 5, 2018Mo Cranker Southern Alberta Newspapers Mark Sakamoto can now add the words ‘national award winning author’ to his resume. The Japanese-Canadian author from southern Alberta… Read More »
Appel: Tory arguments against pot legalization don’t add up
Posted on April 5, 2018With the legalization of recreational marijuana approaching across the land, the debate over its merits will no doubt resurface. The federal Conservatives remain staunchly opposed… Read More »
Carway drug smuggling suspect granted bail
Posted on April 5, 2018Delon Shurtz Southern Alberta Newspapers A Fort McMurray man accused of trying to smuggle a record-amount of cocaine through the Carway border crossing has been… Read More »
Winter weather persists in southern Alberta
Posted on April 5, 2018Peggy Revell Southern Alberta Newspapers It definitely wasn’t an early spring, and the so-called “six more weeks of winter” is getting long in the tooth… Read More »
Rural MPs call on feds to act on rural crime
Posted on April 5, 2018Jeremy Appel Westwind Weekly News Three Conservative MPs — Shannon Stubbs (Lakeland), Blaine Calkins (Red Deer-Lacombe) and Pierre Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg-Haute St. Charles) — are calling… Read More »
Magrath holds forum on road improvement tax, future of library building
Posted on April 5, 2018Jeremy Appel Westwind Weekly News The Town of Magrath held a public forum on March 28 to solicit community input on a potential $12 a… Read More »
Magrath council discusses Alberta CARES grant
Posted on April 5, 2018Westwind Weekly News Magrath town council discussed the Economic Developers of Alberta CARES Grant at its March 27 meeting. The grant is part of the… Read More »