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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 »
Build, baby, build? Not without more workers
Posted on August 15, 2025Mark Carney’s “build, baby, build” agenda is facing early headwinds. Indigenous groups are bringing legal challenges against efforts to sidestep their rights. Environmentalists are sounding… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on August 15, 2025By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers August 12, 1886 – Qu’Appelle Progress In response to a petition for protection on the Prince Albert trail… Read More »
Free speech has limits – especially on a public stage
Posted on August 15, 2025Let’s be honest—Canadians aren’t intrinsically nice. But we do pride ourselves on being polite. Here in the Great White North, rudeness is a serious character… Read More »