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Several workplace safety charges laid against irrigation district over 2022 drowning

Posted on July 25, 2024

Southern Alberta Newspapers The Eastern Irrigation District faces 10 workplace safety charges after a diver drowned while working on irrigation works in 2022. The charges,… Read More »

New surveillance teams to help fight rural crime

Posted on July 25, 2024

By Al Beeber Southern Alberta Newspapers Two surveillance teams have been launched to help the RCMP fight rural crime in Alberta. The teams - one… Read More »

Spies, Smoke and tons of TNT: Suffield’s role in Cold War research remembered 60 years later

Posted on July 25, 2024

By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers Sixty years ago this month, the order was given, and 500 tons of dynamite was touched off on the… Read More »

Affordability – Alberta’s Top Priority

Posted on July 9, 2024

By Nathan Neudorf Minister of Affordability and Utilities It should come as no surprise that addressing the cost of living is a top priority for… Read More »

Alberta deserves a summer gas tax cut

Posted on July 9, 2024

Thousands of people are hoping to hit the open road this summer and head to Drumheller to see the dinosaurs or to the Western Development… Read More »

St. Michael’s Scholarship Fund

Posted on July 9, 2024

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers The St. Michael’s Scholarship Fund helps students graduating from St. Michael’s School in Bow Island pursue post-secondary education. Stephanie… Read More »

Redcliff man will serve five years in prison for child porn offences

Posted on July 9, 2024

Southern Alberta Newspapers A Redcliff man has been sent to federal prison for five years for possessing and distributing child pornography. Robin Mark Kiemele, 59,… Read More »

Region talks continue out of view

Posted on July 9, 2024

By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers The three municipalities around Medicine Hat are progressing talks toward changes into a long-standing joint plan to guide development… Read More »

Alberta needs to ditch the CPP

Posted on July 6, 2024

Dear Editor: The Alberta Pension Plan (APP) is good for Albertans! It is constitutionally guaranteed that a province may withdraw from the Canadian Pension Plan… Read More »

Time to end taxpayer-funded bonuses for failure

Posted on July 6, 2024

Welcome to Ottawa, A.K.A the land of limitless bonuses, where taxpayer cash is plentiful and no failure is left unrewarded. The feds dished out $406… Read More »

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