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Spies, Smoke and tons of TNT: Suffield’s role in Cold War research remembered 60 years later

Posted on July 25, 2024

By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers Sixty years ago this month, the order was given, and 500 tons of dynamite was touched off on the… Read More »

Affordability – Alberta’s Top Priority

Posted on July 9, 2024

By Nathan Neudorf Minister of Affordability and Utilities It should come as no surprise that addressing the cost of living is a top priority for… Read More »

Alberta deserves a summer gas tax cut

Posted on July 9, 2024

Thousands of people are hoping to hit the open road this summer and head to Drumheller to see the dinosaurs or to the Western Development… Read More »

St. Michael’s Scholarship Fund

Posted on July 9, 2024

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers The St. Michael’s Scholarship Fund helps students graduating from St. Michael’s School in Bow Island pursue post-secondary education. Stephanie… Read More »

Redcliff man will serve five years in prison for child porn offences

Posted on July 9, 2024

Southern Alberta Newspapers A Redcliff man has been sent to federal prison for five years for possessing and distributing child pornography. Robin Mark Kiemele, 59,… Read More »

Region talks continue out of view

Posted on July 9, 2024

By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers The three municipalities around Medicine Hat are progressing talks toward changes into a long-standing joint plan to guide development… Read More »

Alberta needs to ditch the CPP

Posted on July 6, 2024

Dear Editor: The Alberta Pension Plan (APP) is good for Albertans! It is constitutionally guaranteed that a province may withdraw from the Canadian Pension Plan… Read More »

Time to end taxpayer-funded bonuses for failure

Posted on July 6, 2024

Welcome to Ottawa, A.K.A the land of limitless bonuses, where taxpayer cash is plentiful and no failure is left unrewarded. The feds dished out $406… Read More »

Community organizations in Forty Mile Region receive grants from Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta

Posted on July 6, 2024

By Heather Cameron Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Different community organizations in the County of Forty Mile region recently received grants from Community Foundation of Southeastern… Read More »

2024 Foremost School Valedictorian

Posted on July 6, 2024

By Samantha Johnson Prairie Rose Public Schools Content Writer Daina Dixson, who has spent all her school years from K to 12 at Foremost School,… Read More »

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