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AFA celebrates successful harvest season in southern Alberta

Posted on October 1, 2026

By Kristine Jean Southern Alberta Newspapers For those in the south, this year’s harvest and crop prospects are encouraging.  That’s according to Aaron Stein, executive… Read More »

Future potential growing for the Highway 3 region, says CPFC

Posted on October 1, 2026

By Trevor Busch Commentator/Courier editor@tabertimes.com Touted as Canada’s Premier Food Corridor (CPFC), the Highway 3 area of Southern Alberta is one of the nation’s prime… Read More »

Highway 3 Twinning Project is ‘actively underway’

Posted on October 1, 2026

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tenille Miller, director of advancement for the Highway 3 Twinning Development Association, states that the… Read More »

How Lantic’s Taber sugar factory sweetens the local economy

Posted on October 1, 2026

By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Drive along the highway by Taber, and you cannot miss it. The sugar factory has been a fixture on… Read More »

Above seasonal temperatures and precipitation expected across southern Alberta this fall

Posted on October 1, 2026

By Kristine Jean Southern Alberta Newspapers Mother Nature appears to be cooperating for the most part across the region as farmers continue with the fall… Read More »

Regional harvest positive for area, says Hunter

Posted on October 1, 2026

By Trevor Busch Commentator/Courier editor@tabertimes.com Taber-Warner MLA Grant Hunter says crops throughout his riding were in good shape up for the harvest season in 2026.… Read More »

ACCIONA’s wind farm in Forty Mile is creating an impact

Posted on October 1, 2026

By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Take a drive about six kilometres east of Bow Island into the County of Forty Mile No. 8, and you’ll be “blown away” by… Read More »

2026 SouthGrow Agri-food Futures Scholarship now open

Posted on September 24, 2026

SouthGrow Regional Initiative  The SouthGrow Regional Initiative, in partnership with MNP LLP, D-Com Energy Solutions and Community Futures Lethbridge Region, is pleased to announce that… Read More »

SMRID breaks ground on Phase 1 of Chin Reservoir expansion

Posted on September 11, 2026

St. Mary River Irrigation District SMRID has announced that construction is underway on Phase 1 (Chin West Dam Rehabilitation) of the Chin Reservoir Expansion Project,… Read More »

Sugar beet growers show what a century of practice looks like

Posted on August 6, 2026

By Carl Rodrigo Southern Alberta Newspapers The Alberta Sugar Beet Growers held its annual Plot Hop and Luncheon on July 22 in Taber, Alta. A… Read More »

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