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Issues separatists do not want to discuss – part three

Posted on May 7, 2026

Issue Six: Canadian Assets Canada’s real estate assets in Alberta include federal buildings, five national parks, the Suffield Defense Research Station, and the Onefour lands… Read More »

A government-directed lesson in critical thinking

Posted on May 7, 2026

Jason Schilling ATA President  Children need to be taught how to think, not what to think.  This is how Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides justified Bill… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on May 7, 2026

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers May 6, 1882 – Edmonton Bulletin A number of Edmonton people are thinking of going to settle at… Read More »

The Middle East stranglehold on oil is dead and it isn’t coming back

Posted on May 7, 2026

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is pushing prices higher and cutting demand but, more importantly, forcing the global energy system to find alternative… Read More »

Blues at the Bow wraps 32nd season

Posted on April 30, 2026

• Passes for season 33 are available now By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Blues At The Bow (BATBOW) closed its 32nd season on a high note. “Our season ended with a… Read More »

Province slammed for electoral boundaries plans

Posted on April 30, 2026

By Zoe Mason Southern Alberta Newspapers The UCP government is throwing out the electoral boundaries commission report and starting again from scratch. The bipartisan commission… Read More »

Oil spike set to brighten Alberta’s financial outlook

Posted on April 30, 2026

By Trevor Busch Commentator/Courier editor@tabertimes.com While storm clouds were gathering on the fiscal horizon earlier this year when the UCP government tabled Budget 2026 with… Read More »

Millions in provincial funding to boost flood and drought protection in Southern Alberta 

Posted on April 30, 2026

By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta is investing more than $28 million to protect local communities and the economy from future floods and droughts,… Read More »

Town of Bow Island reminds residents of spring cleanup

Posted on April 30, 2026

Town of Bow Island With the arrival of warmer weather, the Town of Bow Island would like to remind residents that compost will only be… Read More »

Canada’s Nature Strategy: Minister Hunter

Posted on April 30, 2026

Alberta supports protecting nature and biodiversity, but Canada’s Nature Strategy must reflect the constitutional reality of land management, and the work provinces are already doing.… Read More »

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