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A help hotline for struggling farmers

Posted on February 20, 2025

By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Farming puts the bread in our baskets, but farmers often go unrecognized and underappreciated for… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on February 20, 2025

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers February 16, 1894 – The Brandon Daily Mail The CPR are having steamers built in England to travel… Read More »

Canada must resist the lure of protectionism, even as U.S. tariffs loom

Posted on February 20, 2025

The United States has delayed its 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods for 30 days, giving Ottawa a brief window to assess its economic… Read More »

Brooks RCMP respond to serious injury collision

Posted on February 20, 2025

Southern Alberta Newspapers Shortly after noon on Feb. 6 first responders attended a collision on Highway 1 and Range Road 150 between a SUV and… Read More »

Parent and child struck by vehicle in Brooks, police report no injuries

Posted on February 20, 2025

Southern Alberta Newspapers On Feb. 10 shortly after 8 a.m., Brooks RCMP received a report of two pedestrians struck by a vehicle while crossing the… Read More »

Big push underway for pipeline capacity: MLA Hunter

Posted on February 20, 2025

By Trevor Busch Commentator/Courier editor@tabertimes.com Last month, the province announced plans to double Alberta’s oil production and preserve and increase pipeline capacity. With Alberta currently… Read More »

Successful 2024 transitions into unpredictable 2025: MLA Hunter

Posted on February 6, 2025

By Trevor Busch Commentator/Courier editor@tabertimes.com As part of the State of the Region address on Jan. 25, Taber-Warner MLA Grant Hunter talked about many of… Read More »

3D groundwater mapping will help Alberta plan for uncertain future

Posted on February 6, 2025

By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers New mapping of aquifers in southern Alberta could be complete by 2027 – updating 40-year-old information – after new… Read More »

Alberta natural gas company lands quarter-century contract with unnamed private firm

Posted on February 6, 2025

Southern Alberta Newspapers A natural gas producer has inked a 25-year deal to directly supply an off-the-grid power plant that will feed a proposed data… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on February 6, 2025

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers February 6, 1884 – The Calgary Weekly Herald Col. McLeod only received one tender for building the bridge… Read More »

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