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State of local agricultural disaster declared for Cypress County
Posted on July 21, 2015By Tim Kalinowski Cypress County voted to declare a state of local agricultural disaster due to drought conditions at Tuesday’s meeting. The vote was unanimous… Read More »
A muddy good time in Hilda
Posted on July 21, 2015By Tim Kalinowski A good crowd came out to Hilda on Saturday to support the hamlet’s annual Mud Bog event. This year saw 32 drivers… Read More »
Local athletes medal up at Summer Games
Posted on July 21, 2015Submitted by Natasha Bunn The Southern Alberta Summer Games began in 1970 as a grass-roots sport and culture festival with an emphasis on participation, fair… Read More »
Stromsmoe part of gold medal team
Posted on July 21, 2015By Jamie Rieger With files from the Medicine Hat News It took extra innings for Canada’s men’s baseball team to beat Team U.S. and capture… Read More »
Quonset Days a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll
Posted on July 21, 2015By Tim Kalinowski Quonset Days was loud, it was fun and one big party from beginning to end. There were initially concerns the weekend might… Read More »
Parks Day celebrates beauty, nature
Posted on July 21, 2015By Tim Kalinowski The community of Elkwater and Cypress Hills Park celebrated Parks Day all day on July 18. Not only were the park’s regular… Read More »
UPDATE: Highway Three reopens after fatal MVC
Posted on July 18, 2015RCMP announced just after 10:00 p.m. that Highway Three has reopened to traffic following a fatal two-vehicle motor vehicle collision that occurred west of the… Read More »
Fatal MVC near Bow Island
Posted on July 18, 2015Bow Island RCMP are investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway Three, near Bow Island on Saturday afternoon. RCMP were dispatched at… Read More »
Fuel Booster Poker Run raises money for HALO
Posted on July 14, 2015By Tim Kalinowski The sounds of motorcycle engines roaring filled Irvine’s streets on Saturday as the Irvine Hotel hosted the second annual Fuel Booster Poker… Read More »
Drought grips region
Posted on July 14, 2015By Jamie Rieger Without a doubt, conditions are dry out there for dryland farmers and cattle producers. Over the past several weeks only sporadic rainfall… Read More »