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Victim Assistance Association donates to HALO
Posted on July 28, 2015By Jamie Rieger The HALO rescue helicopter is often called to Code Red situations in remote areas of southeast Alberta when ground ambulance may not… Read More »
Province working with ranchers to lessen impact of drought on rangeland
Posted on July 28, 2015By Alex McCuaig Southern Alberta Newspapers After several years of flooding or wet conditions in southeastern Alberta left green fields in their wake, today's parched… Read More »
No state of emergency for County of Forty Mile…yet
Posted on July 28, 2015By Jamie Rieger The County of Forty Mile will not be putting in place a state of agricultural disaster as other municipalities have done in… Read More »
A little recognition for nostalgic column
Posted on July 28, 2015By Jamie Rieger Readers of the Commentator have come to look forward to the weekly “Down Memory Lane” columns and appreciate the nostalgia as they… Read More »
Contaminated water advisory in place for Milk River at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Posted on July 24, 2015AHS - Due to elevated levels of fecal coliforms currently present in the waters of Milk River, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is advising the public… Read More »
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 »
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 »