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Bow Island purchases new vehicle for fire department, renews dispatch agreement

Posted on January 18, 2024

By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier Bow Island Town Council returned for 2024, starting the year off strong with their January 8 meeting. Council passed a motion… Read More »

Forty Mile reeve looks back on 2023, forward to new year

Posted on January 18, 2024

By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier 2023 was a year of perseverance and progress within the County of Forty Mile No. 8, said Reeve Stacey Barrows, as… Read More »

Prairie Rose hits a home run with new baseball academy

Posted on January 18, 2024

By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier Two Prairie Rose schools will be welcoming a step up to the plate with a fresh new Prairie Rose possibility in… Read More »

Scott Moe plans to break federal emissions law

Posted on January 11, 2024

  About four weeks ago Saskatchewan Cabinet Minister Dustin Duncan was interviewed on television about Saskatchewan’s intention to break federal law, on and after January… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on January 11, 2024

By Samantha Johnson Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter January 8, 1885 - The Calgary Weekly Herald There are 850,000 men out of work… Read More »

The alarming reality of Trudeau’s immigration policy

Posted on January 11, 2024

Statistics Canada reported record population growth of 1,050,000 in 2022, with 96 percent coming from international migration. Permanent residents accounted for 437,000 of those immigrants,… Read More »

Major projects moved forward for Taber-Warner in 2023: Hunter

Posted on January 11, 2024

By 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, 2024

By 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, 2024

By 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, 2024

Dear 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 »

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