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New critical border zone bisects Taber-Warner riding
Posted on January 9, 2025By Trevor Busch Commentator/Courier editor@tabertimes.com With tariff threats looming, Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP government moved quickly last month to try to placate president-elect Donald Trump’s… Read More »
RCMP investigate theft from helium recovery facility
Posted on January 9, 2025Brooks RCMP On Dec. 24, 2024 Brooks RCMP received a report of a large theft from the Royal Helium Production facility in Newell County. Unknown… Read More »
Province commits $150K to program that helps newcomers in Brooks adapt
Posted on January 9, 2025By Alexandra Noad Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter To help support the City of Brooks and its growing population of newcomers, the province… Read More »
Alberta’s year-end economic highlights
Posted on January 9, 2025“Over the course of the year, Alberta has continued to cement its position as the economic engine of Canada due to our highly skilled workforce,… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on January 9, 2025By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers January 3, 1881 – The Edmonton Bulletin Meetings are being held at various places in which the terms… Read More »
Why unions are dividing Canada and wrecking the economy
Posted on January 9, 2025In an era of constrained budgets and competitive challenges, Canada’s beleaguered economy has become beset with strikes called by unions demanding double-digit wage hikes. The… Read More »
Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta distributes over $487,000 in grants
Posted on December 31, 2024CFSEA The Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta (CFSEA) distributed over $487,000 through all their granting initiatives this fall. Of that amount, over $200,000 was given… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on December 31, 2024By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers December 27, 1883 – The Brandon Mail A New York correspondent states the publisher of the New York… Read More »
How Trudeau’s GST/HST tax break turned into a holiday turkey
Posted on December 31, 2024T’was the week before Christmas, and all through the malls, many creatures were stirring … Consumers and retailers are scrambling to understand the GST/HST holiday… Read More »
Province stepping in to cover RCMP contract increases: MLA Hunter
Posted on December 31, 2024By Trevor Busch Commentator/Courier editor@tabertimes.com Alberta’s UCP government is temporarily freezing the amount rural municipalities are responsible for paying for front-line policing services in Alberta.… Read More »