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Digital sources not always reliable
Posted on April 24, 2025An editorial in your April 1 issue cited the unfortunate decline in local journalism. One factor in this is the rise of online media, resulting… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on April 24, 2025By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers April 21, 1879 – Saskatchewan Herald The Herald today shows to what expedients it is sometimes necessary to… Read More »
Anti-vax conspiracies fuel Canada’s measles crisis
Posted on April 24, 2025Falling vaccination rates and political silence are fuelling Canada’s growing measles outbreak. Measles, declared eradicated in Canada in 1998, is making a big comeback in… Read More »
Bow Island Council addresses key regional and financial matters
Posted on April 24, 2025By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Bow Island town council met on April 14, to tackle a series of pivotal issues affecting the community. Council… Read More »
Confirmed cases of measles prompt renewed public alert for South Zone
Posted on April 24, 2025- Potential exposures in Calgary, Taber, Coaldale and Lethbridge Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta Health Services (AHS) has been notified of additional confirmed cases of measles… Read More »
Bow Island Chamber of Commerce Spring Market and Trade Show: April 11 & 12
Posted on April 10, 2025By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers The Bow Island Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its highly anticipated spring market and tradeshow, taking place… Read More »
Voting is now open for SiriusXM Canada’s Top of the Country competition
Posted on April 10, 2025• Bow Island’s Hofmann competes for top honours SiriusXM Canada SiriusXM Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA), officially opened public voting… Read More »
Confirmed case of measles in Foremost
Posted on April 10, 2025• AHS issues renewed public alert to potential exposures Alberta Health Services (AHS) has been notified of a confirmed case of measles in the Foremost… Read More »
Vote in support of the CBC
Posted on April 10, 2025The effectiveness of controlling media can well be illustrated by studying recent well-researched publications. One such: Anne Applebaum’s “Red Famine - Stalin’s War on Ukraine”, reveals how much… Read More »
Canada’s different reality
Posted on April 10, 2025The malignant American felon-in-chief and his self-satisfiedly ignorant sycophants have, during the last two months, proven for the short and medium term that few Americans… Read More »