Former UCP MLA Barnes wants to lead Medicine Hat

By Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Former three-term Member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta Drew Barnes has announced his intent to… Read More »

Producers not getting rich off high food prices, says union

By Nathan Reiter Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter While the prices of groceries have gone up, the National Farmers Union (NFU) is pointing… Read More »

Three children, two adults transported to hospital following highway collision

Southern Alberta Newspapers Three children were transported to hospital for precautionary reasons after they were in a two-vehicle collision, which involved multiple vehicles in the… Read More »

Build, baby, build? Not without more workers

Mark Carney’s “build, baby, build” agenda is facing early headwinds. Indigenous groups are bringing legal challenges against efforts to sidestep their rights. Environmentalists are sounding… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers August 12, 1886 – Qu’Appelle Progress In response to a petition for protection on the Prince Albert trail… Read More »

Free speech has limits – especially on a public stage 

Let’s be honest—Canadians aren’t intrinsically nice. But we do pride ourselves on being polite. Here in the Great White North, rudeness is a serious character… Read More »

Cowboy of the skies: HALO honours passing of original air ambulance pilot

Southern Alberta Newspapers Grant Fletcher, who piloted HALO’s very first life-saving mission in 2007 and continued his career until his retirement in 2023, has passed… Read More »

Province looking for feedback on implementing annual paid passes for watercraft

By Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta’s government is looking for ideas on how to best continue to fight the threat… Read More »

CFSEA rural report highlights regional development success in southeastern Alberta 

By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers The Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta (CFSEA) has successfully concluded its Regional Development Initiative, a project spanning from January… Read More »

By Brendan Miller Southern Alberta Newspapers More than 50 protestors wearing red and waving Canadian flags stood across the street from MLA Justin Wright’s constituency… Read More »