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Fair trade products gain recognition despite price premiums
Posted on October 26, 2023October is Fair Trade Month, a period dedicated to spotlighting fair-trade products, even amid the backdrop of escalating food costs. This naturally raises the question:… Read More »
ASBG’s annual sugar beet harvest tour highlights industry’s triumphs and challenges
Posted on October 26, 2023By Erika Mathieu Commentator/Courier The annual sugar beet harvest is officially underway, with piling grounds near Picture Butte and Coaldale seeing truckload after truckload of… Read More »
Bow Island gains historic Edlund house
Posted on October 26, 2023By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier A piece of 40 Mile history made its way into the town of Bow Island last week, as one of the… Read More »
Rolling Pin sees large luncheon for Small Business Week
Posted on October 26, 2023By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier Thursday, Oct. 19 saw nearly thirty business owners pile into the Rolling Pin Bakery in Bow Island. Hosted by the Bow… Read More »
McLeodTop floor of Irvine Hotel to aiming to become wellness hub
Posted on October 19, 2023By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier Angie Brace-McLeod has been in the business of beauty for over two decades, and is finally getting started on her own… Read More »
Bow Island cafe moving up in the world
Posted on October 19, 2023By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier From the first time that she came through Bow Island, Priciosa Becinio knew she wanted to open something there. “Every time… Read More »
Seven Persons ice cream shop reflects on first season
Posted on October 19, 2023By Anna Smith Commentator/Courier The end of summer closes the doors of the technicolour treat shop along Highway three, but Crowsnest Cones is already looking… Read More »
Turf to Tarmac charity gala tops $98,000 for HALO
Posted on October 19, 2023By Samantha Johnson Commentator/Courier Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Organizers added 10 extra tables for the second annual Turf to Tarmac, a HALO charity gala, bring… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on October 19, 2023By Samantha Johnson Commentator/Courier Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Wednesday, October 21, 1885 - The Calgary Weekly Herald In Winnipeg, Knox, who disappeared a few days… Read More »
Alberta’s pension plan proposal has a BREXIT-like stink to it
Posted on October 19, 2023Few things in this world are more tempting to a politician than $334 billion. And it seems that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is going for… Read More »