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Raymond Stampede applies for COVID funding
Posted on February 25, 2021By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News Raymond town council is supporting a COVID funding request for the Raymond Stampede. Raymond Stampede and Race Meet Society… Read More »
Same ignorance, different argument
Posted on December 24, 2020It’s a choice: plain and simple. It bares repeating: do not drive while you are impaired. Doing so will increase the chance of harming yourself… Read More »
Motz takes aim at Liberal COVID response
Posted on December 24, 2020By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers Local MP Glen Motz says a thorough review and potentially a Royal Commission into the pandemic response should be launched, but the result shouldn’t… Read More »
Step up and lead, that’s your job
Posted on December 17, 2020"I don't believe that anybody should tell me what the hell I have to do," Joe Miller told the CBC in 1987. The fine for… Read More »
Mask bylaws do nothing but help
Posted on December 10, 2020While COVID-19 cases continue to soar in Alberta, many municipalities in the region have carried mandatory mask bylaws. The Town of Taber and M.D. of… Read More »
PM, deputy talk pandemic at recent town hall
Posted on December 10, 2020Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News Issues on the current COVID-19 pandemic dominated a recent virtual town hall with the prime minister. On Dec.2, Prime Minister… Read More »
New health restrictions go into effect
Posted on December 10, 2020By Nikki Jamieson Westwind Weekly News Effective immediately, all social gatherings are banned and masks are mandatory as the province moves to flatten the curve.… Read More »
Public safety remains priority in pandemic; Hunter
Posted on December 3, 2020Justin Seward Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta Premier Jason Kenney declared the province's second state of public health emergency on Nov. 24 due the significant uptick… Read More »
Kenney announces new pandemic restrictions, stops short of provincial lockdown
Posted on November 26, 2020By Ian Croft Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta's government is declaring a state of public health emergency and putting aggressive measures in place to protect the… Read More »
Stop the spread of COVID by taking personal responsibility
Posted on November 19, 2020After weeks of soaring COVID-19 cases, the province was left with little choice when last Thursday when it announced new restrictions for several jurisdictions in… Read More »