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Budget 2024 – More Spending, More Debt, More Taxes

Posted on April 25, 2024

By Glen Motz, MP After nine years, Trudeau’s budget is just more of the same deficit spending that got us into this mess. Budget 2024… Read More »

SACI opening doors for regional youth: Tymensen

Posted on April 25, 2024

By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News During a recent Horizon School Board meeting, Blair Lowry, Ward 3 (Taber), spoke briefly about the Southern Alberta Collegiate… Read More »

Dry year: Uncertainty abides, hope grows

Posted on April 25, 2024

By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The growing season is at hand, and for months the forecast has been bleak. Heat… Read More »

Holden by-election campaign hinges on fiscal prudence and preservation

Posted on April 25, 2024

By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News Stirling local Micah Holden is one of three who will be running in the Stirling by-election that will take… Read More »

Coutts trio found guilty of mischief for pandemic border blockade

Posted on April 25, 2024

Southern Alberta Newspapers A trio of men that were accused of helping lead and facilitate the COVID-19 protest blockade at Coutts, Alta., in 2022 have… Read More »

AWARE group sounds warning about water issues

Posted on April 25, 2024

We all need water. But will it be available for everyone this summer?  Last year in Alberta, several agricultural states of emergency were declared across… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on April 25, 2024

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers April 25, 1888 – The Calgary Weekly Herald In Winnipeg, the sensational Union Bank robbery will be ventilated… Read More »

Say it ain’t so! Politician reports faltering trust in the media

Posted on April 25, 2024

In his most recent newsletter, Martin Shields, MP for southern Alberta’s Bow River riding, delivered a blunt assessment of the deteriorating quality of life in… Read More »

McIntyre Ranch conservation project meets campaign goal

Posted on April 25, 2024

Southern Alberta Newspapers The Nature Conservancy of Canada has successfully completed its fundraising campaign to conserve the McIntyre Ranch. This conservation agreement project, located on… Read More »

Raymond Chamber of Commerce Trade Show to be held on April 27

Posted on April 25, 2024

By Heather Cemeron Westwind Weekly News The 11th Annual Raymond Chamber of Commerce Trade Show will be held on April 27 from 9 a.m. to… Read More »

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