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Digital sources not always reliable
Posted on April 24, 2025An editorial in your April 1 issue cited the unfortunate decline in local journalism. One factor in this is the rise of online media, resulting… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on April 24, 2025By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers April 21, 1879 – Saskatchewan Herald The Herald today shows to what expedients it is sometimes necessary to… Read More »
Anti-vax conspiracies fuel Canada’s measles crisis
Posted on April 24, 2025Falling vaccination rates and political silence are fuelling Canada’s growing measles outbreak. Measles, declared eradicated in Canada in 1998, is making a big comeback in… Read More »
Bow Island Council addresses key regional and financial matters
Posted on April 24, 2025By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Bow Island town council met on April 14, to tackle a series of pivotal issues affecting the community. Council… Read More »
Confirmed cases of measles prompt renewed public alert for South Zone
Posted on April 24, 2025- Potential exposures in Calgary, Taber, Coaldale and Lethbridge Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta Health Services (AHS) has been notified of additional confirmed cases of measles… Read More »
Former MP unfazed by independence criticism
Posted on April 10, 2025By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers LaVar Payne says he feels independence is the best and only option for Alberta, but that assertion – made… Read More »
Growing Cypress: April 1 council meeting highlights
Posted on April 10, 2025By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Cypress County Council met on April 1 to discuss several significant matters, including the proposed removal of a Municipal… Read More »
Relief at the pumps; consumer carbon tax axed
Posted on April 10, 2025By Brendan Miller Southern Alberta Newspapers The end of the federal consumer carbon tax was reflected at the pumps on April 1, with the average… Read More »
Liberal Party candidate says new representation needed in SE Alberta
Posted on April 10, 2025By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers Tom Rooke will represent the Liberal Party in the federal election, the party’s electoral district association for Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner… Read More »
Bow Island Chamber of Commerce Spring Market and Trade Show: April 11 & 12
Posted on April 10, 2025By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers The Bow Island Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its highly anticipated spring market and tradeshow, taking place… Read More »