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Canada is falling apart and our leaders don’t seem to care
Posted on June 5, 2025Canada is coming apart—not with a bang, but with a shrug. The signs are everywhere: sluggish growth, rising crime, fractured provinces and governments too paralyzed… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on June 5, 2025By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers May 31, 1893 – Calgary Weekly Herald The new bridge across the Bow River at Morley was opened… Read More »
Moving forward with purpose
Posted on June 5, 2025By Glen Motz, MP A sincere thank you to the residents of the Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner constituency for once again placing your trust in me to… Read More »
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 »