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Successful MCC hearing in Bow Island leads to positive next steps
Posted on August 21, 2025By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers August 11 saw the Town of Bow Island complete a highly successful public hearing regrading the creation of a… Read More »
Province takes aim at ‘red tape’ issues in agriculture
Posted on August 21, 2025By Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspaper Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta’s government is looking to help agriculture organizations focus on putting food on tables across… Read More »
Alberta Beef Producers withdrawing membership from Canadian Cattle Association
Posted on August 21, 2025Southern Alberta Newspapers The Alberta Beef Producers is withdrawing its membership from the Canadian Cattle Association. The provincial beef commission announced Aug. 12 that effective… Read More »
Canada’s chance to shine is slipping away
Posted on August 21, 2025Canada Day felt different this year. With wars raging in Europe and the Middle East, shifting geopolitical fault lines, and unstable leadership in the West,… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on August 21, 2025By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers August 17, 1892 – The Saskatchewan Times The passage made through the curling rink by the latest windstorm… Read More »
Vaccination efforts making a difference in battle against measles
Posted on August 21, 2025By Dr. Sunil Sookram Alberta Interim Chief Medical Officer of Health Measles remains one of the most contagious illnesses in the world, spreading through the… Read More »
Fresh off the stalk, certified Taber cob season arrives
Posted on August 15, 2025By Brendan Miller Southern Alberta Newspapers The summer days start early for Dave Johnson and his team from Johnson Fresh Farms as they beat the… Read More »
Former UCP MLA Barnes wants to lead Medicine Hat
Posted on August 15, 2025By Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Former three-term Member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta Drew Barnes has announced his intent to… Read More »
Producers not getting rich off high food prices, says union
Posted on August 15, 2025By Nathan Reiter Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter While the prices of groceries have gone up, the National Farmers Union (NFU) is pointing… Read More »
Three children, two adults transported to hospital following highway collision
Posted on August 15, 2025Southern Alberta Newspapers Three children were transported to hospital for precautionary reasons after they were in a two-vehicle collision, which involved multiple vehicles in the… Read More »