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Tome Barrie and Derek Davis, participants of the 2025 Vanity Cup Courtesy Circle L Branding...
Tome Barrie and Derek Davis, participants of the 2025 Vanity Cup Courtesy Circle L Branding...
The Village of Carbon council decided it will gather more quotes for a damaged church roof after debating an insurance company’s offer. The resolution was passed at the Sept. 21 regular meeting of council. Chief Administrative...
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Correction about the cost of this course in paragraph 5: The online course module 1 for “Indigenous Engagement and Partnership Development” is free, and then there is a $68 fee to take the other 11 modules. It is not completely...
A lack of provincial legislation in e-bike use means it’s up to municipalities to create their own rules for it. During their regular Sept. 21 meeting, Vauxhall council were presented with the Taber-Vauxhall RCMP detachment’s...
The Municipal District of Opportunity council has approved a major $300,000 capital budget increase to salvage a stalled tennis court upgrade in Wabasca and finish long-standing park amenities, after learning that contractors...
Smith Water Treatment Plant shortfall The Municipal District of Lesser Slave River will spend an additional $545,130.43 to complete the final phase of the Smith Water Treatment Plant upgrades. The total estimated cost for the...
The Municipal District of Lesser Slave River council has approved an unbudgeted $62,510 to fix a broken diesel fire pump at the Canyon Creek water treatment plant. The decision comes as the unexpected equipment failure leaves...
During a Rural Media Roundtable on September 10, Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides emphasized that with a new school year comes new supports from the Government of Alberta. Within the last four years,...
Wheatland County has approved changes to its artificial intelligence policy, adding stronger privacy restrictions and an explicit safeguard against using AI to broadly monitor or profile residents online. Council approved...
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Strathmore might look very different today if the Canadian Pacific Railway had taken another route across Western Canada. That history and the railway, irrigation projects and demonstration farm that helped put Strathmore on the...
The Municipal District of Lesser Slave River is digging deeper into its capital reserves to finish the Smith Water Treatment Plant upgrades, approving an extra $545,130.43 for the project. The additional funding brings the total...
The Municipal District of Lesser Slave River council rejected an administrative proposal to spend up to $60,000 on an outside legal consultant to overhaul the municipality’s core governance bylaws. Instead of outsourcing the...
Strathmore residents had a chance to pick up the tools and get a firsthand look at careers ranging from electrical and plumbing to welding, health care and emergency services when Try-A-Trade Day returned Sept. 22. The event is...
Early in 2026, the Town of Taber and Expedition Consulting began the process of a feasibility study for a new sports and recreation facility. Since then, Expedition, along with Town staff, carried out Phases 1 to 3 of the study,...
Strathmore council is looking at whether the town should take a new approach to how much recreation users contribute toward the cost of operating local facilities. The discussion came during council’s Sept. 9 Committee of the...
Read MoreA native-plant restoration program at coal mines west of Crowsnest Pass has received provincial recognition for its approach to reclaiming disturbed land. Elk Valley Resources and Nupqu Resource Limited Partnership received the...
Read More(ANNews) – A consultancy firm founded by the former CEO of Willow Lake Métis Nation has taken home the 2026 Indigenous Business Award of Distinction at the Alberta Business Awards of Distinction. Justin Bourque founded Âsokan...
Read More(ANNews) – “I think it’s identity, responsibility, family, future,” actor Nathaniel Arcand said, reflecting on what Treaty 6 means 150 years after it was signed. For Arcand, the anniversary is not simply an opportunity to look...
Read MoreWhen a string of pack horses travelled through Coleman, children stopped to watch as though a parade were passing through town. For Eric Muff, it was one memorable moment during a six-year horseback journey covering...
Read MoreTrue North Society’s new affordable housing and wellness development in Strathmore is being designed to fill a gap the organization has seen for years – what happens after someone leaves emergency shelter? The project recently...
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Peel Region Headquarters, at 10 Peel Centre Dr., is where the new Brampton HART hub is located. Bryon Johnson/Metroland file photo Following Ontario’s Big City Mayors’ renewed calls for involuntary treatment for people experiencing severe [...Read More]
A free online teaching resource called canadianlanguages.org launched Sept. 21 with Nakoda lessons taught by Theresa O’Watch of Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation. With Cree, Dakota, Dene and Michif lessons already in production, the new [...Read More]
Hundred of ducks go tumbling into the Nith River during the Rotary Satellite Club of Paris’ second annual Duck Derby on Saturday, September 26, 2026. Kimberly De Jong, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Hundreds of residents [...Read More]
Zach Muma offers a tour of the unique bare-root stock tree nursery. Meg Deak, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Wife-and-husband team Steph and Zach Muma own Silver Creek Nursery in Wellesley, where they do things a [...Read More]
Superwake, a Canadian company, utilizes a “launcher” twith an electric fixed-wing remotely piloted aircraft system platform out at the Foremost UAS Test Range.–Supplied Photo Anna Smith, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter After going to ground for [...Read More]
Plans for an accessible trail were missing from Niagara-on-the-Lake’s new five-year accessibility plan approved unanimously by council last week, and Coun. Sandra O’Connor wanted to know why. The plan is required under provincial accessibility legislation [...Read More]
Vandals broke stakes, uprooted plants, and destroyed the carefully laid-out gardens created by Elmira’s Junior Garden Program kids. Meg Deak, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Young green thumbs in the Township of Woolwich are dealing with [...Read More]
Chief administrative officer Nick Ruller puts a number on the town’s progress in his Sept. 22 end-of-term report: 80.3 per cent of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s strategic plan is complete or on target. Paige Seburn, Local Journalism Initiative [...Read More]
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Walter Gross, retired owner of Husky Farm Equipment in Alma and an active proponent for farm safety, talks about the importance of farmers being aware of silo gas. Meg Deak, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It [...Read More]
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