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Major projects moved forward for Taber-Warner in 2023: Hunter
Posted on January 11, 2024By Trevor Busch Southern Alberta Newspapers editor@tabertimes.com Another year has come and gone in southern Alberta and Taber-Warner MLA Grant Hunter has flipped the calendar,… Read More »
2024 shaping up to be big year for Bow Island
Posted on January 11, 2024By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier While 2023 was a full year for the town, Mayor Gordon Reynolds predicts that the coming year will be just as… Read More »
Island Vitality Group meets goals for new ice plant with skate-a-thon
Posted on January 11, 2024By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier Thanks to the efforts of Bow Island’s skaters during their December 30 Skate-A-Thon, the arena will be getting a new ice… Read More »
Alternative medicine deserves more respect
Posted on January 4, 2024Dear Editor: A recent letter in your paper criticized Preston Manning’s review of Alberta’s pandemic response. I don’t know how valid is Mr. Manning’s Review… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on January 4, 2024By Samantha Johnson Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter January 2, 1883 - The Brandon Daily Mail A slight earthquake was felt in the… Read More »
Canada’s Premiers have failed the basic needs test
Posted on January 4, 2024In days of old, kings and queens were often judged by some pretty basic criteria: Did the people have enough to eat? Did they have… Read More »
The year it was in Bow Island and the County of Forty Mile
Posted on January 4, 2024January According to Statistics Canada, this year Canadian honey producers harvested 74.4 million pounds of honey, the lowest level since 2009 and lower by 15.6%… Read More »
Forty Mile Fire enters mutual aid agreement with Medicine Hat
Posted on January 4, 2024By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier The County of Forty Mile No. 8 entered a mutual aid agreement with the City of Medicine Hat for fire and… Read More »
Council oversees family assistance program for staff, sets additional coffee dates
Posted on January 4, 2024By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier Unlike many of their neighbouring towns and counties, the County of Forty Mile No. 8 chose to have their final meeting… Read More »
Chiefs concerned over access to clean water
Posted on December 27, 2023By Theodora MacLeod Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Bill introduced in Parliament on Dec. 11 has Treaty Chiefs in Alberta concerned about… Read More »