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Reservoirs in better shape this spring despite low river level

Posted on May 29, 2025

By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers The river is low, but reservoirs that fill it all summer long are in better shape than last spring… Read More »

Cypress County Municipal Planning Committee reviews key development proposals 

Posted on May 29, 2025

By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Cypress County’ Municipal Planning Committee recently convened to address several significant development applications that will shape the region’s landscape… Read More »

Energy company set to build in Cypress commissions largest battery storage facility in Canada

Posted on May 29, 2025

Southern Alberta Newspapers The company building the largest battery system in Alberta next year in Cypress County says it has commissioned the largest battery storage… Read More »

Cypress County following suit with regional partners on emergency management

Posted on May 29, 2025

By Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Cypress County looks to continue to improve its regional emergency management plan, alongside Redcliff and… Read More »

National drone competition descends on Medicine Hat

Posted on May 29, 2025

By Samantha Johnson Prairie Rose Public Schools Content Writer Prairie Rose Public Schools was a hosting partner for the Aerial Evolution Association of Canada’s (AEAC)… Read More »

Highlights from the recent Bow Island Committee of the whole meeting

Posted on May 29, 2025

By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers The Bow Island Committee of the Whole gathered on May 20 to review ongoing projects, deliberate on community requests,… Read More »

Mail delivery to continue, delays may occur

Posted on May 29, 2025

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) will continue to operate as it initiates strike action with a national overtime ban. Canada Post employees in… Read More »

Province edging closer to hospital privatization with Bill 55: AUPE

Posted on May 29, 2025

By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On May 8, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) warned that the Province is… Read More »

High grocery bills? Blame Ottawa, not Washington

Posted on May 29, 2025

It was expected, but still jarring. In April, food inflation in Canada surged to 3.8 per cent—a full 2.1 percentage points above the national inflation… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on May 29, 2025

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers May 22, 1884 – The Daily Nor-Wester (Winnipeg) The legislative member for South Victoria underwent an experience yesterday… Read More »

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