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Coaldale Councillor Jordan Sailer seeks re-election in October 20 municipal election
Posted on September 11, 2025Town of Coaldale Town Councillor Jordan Sailer has officially announced his candidacy for re-election in the upcoming municipal election on Oct. 20. First elected to… Read More »
Final flight for Birds of Prey as season comes to a close
Posted on September 11, 2025By Joe Manio Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Grace the bald eagle made a series of flights in front of visitors at Coaldale’s… Read More »
Picture Butte Centennial Book will celebrate town’s 100-year history
Posted on September 11, 2025By Kristine Jean Sunny South News The Town of Picture Butte is celebrating its 100th anniversary in August 2026 and to help mark the milestone,… Read More »
Town of Coaldale workers hit the picket line on Saturday
Posted on September 11, 2025By Kristine Jean Sunny South News Locked-out AUPE members with the Town of Coaldale were on the picket line Saturday at the Shift Community Recreation… Read More »
Town rebukes AUPE, workers locked out
Posted on September 11, 2025By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With both sides digging their heels in, Coaldale’s unionized employees were locked out effective Sept.… Read More »
Danielle Smith: unbelievable explanations of grossly bad ideas
Posted on September 4, 2025On August 1, with minimal announcement, the Alberta government enacted new rules ending public disclosure requirements for the Premier, for Cabinet ministers, for deputy ministers,… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on September 4, 2025By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers September 7, 1883 – The Calgary Herald This week two of our young merchants, who sleep in the… Read More »
Trump’s plan to revive U.S. factories is doomed to fail
Posted on September 4, 2025U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs won’t deliver the jobs he promised. The factories needed to replace imports will take years to build and America lacks… Read More »
Miyashiro questions Neudorf’s boundary change proposal
Posted on September 4, 2025By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Southern Alberta Newspapers Lethbridge-West MLA Rob Miyashiro has expressed concern about the electoral boundaries proposed by Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf and city… Read More »
NDP’s unity message welcomed at town hall
Posted on September 4, 2025By Al Beeber Southern Alberta Newspapers Can Albertans work “better together” as part of Canada? A huge audience in the community room of Casa in Lethbridge on Aug. 18 apparently felt so. A standing room only crowd turned out for the first Better Together town hall… Read More »