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Canada needs to step up on the world stage
Posted on June 5, 2025As Alberta prepares to host the G7 this month, the focus is likely to be on increased cooperation on trade. At the same time, these… Read More »
Bow Island ED to remain closed this weekend
Posted on May 30, 2025The Bow Island Health Centre emergency department (ED) will be closed this weekend due to lack of clinical coverage starting at 7 a.m., Friday, May… Read More »
National drone competition descends on Medicine Hat
Posted on May 29, 2025By Samantha Johnson Prairie Rose Public Schools Content Writer Prairie Rose Public Schools was a hosting partner for the Aerial Evolution Association of Canada’s (AEAC)… Read More »
Highlights from the recent Bow Island Committee of the whole meeting
Posted on May 29, 2025By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers The Bow Island Committee of the Whole gathered on May 20 to review ongoing projects, deliberate on community requests,… Read More »
Mail delivery to continue, delays may occur
Posted on May 29, 2025The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) will continue to operate as it initiates strike action with a national overtime ban. Canada Post employees in… Read More »
Province edging closer to hospital privatization with Bill 55: AUPE
Posted on May 29, 2025By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On May 8, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) warned that the Province is… Read More »
High grocery bills? Blame Ottawa, not Washington
Posted on May 29, 2025It was expected, but still jarring. In April, food inflation in Canada surged to 3.8 per cent—a full 2.1 percentage points above the national inflation… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on May 29, 2025By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers May 22, 1884 – The Daily Nor-Wester (Winnipeg) The legislative member for South Victoria underwent an experience yesterday… Read More »
Smith’s sovereignty dance could shatter the nation
Posted on May 29, 2025Even to some of us die-hard conservatives, it appears that Danielle Smith is just another sub-par, self-serving, self-centered, pontificating little politician catering to her own… Read More »
Seeding well ahead of schedule in southern Alberta
Posted on May 22, 2025Southern Alberta Newspapers Seeding in southern Alberta was halfway complete according to the first Alberta crop report of the year, well ahead of long-term average… Read More »