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Budget 2026: Health spending breakdown
Posted on March 12, 2026By Zoe Mason Southern Alberta Newspapers Health-care spending is set to reach record highs in 2026-27, including more than $2 billion in costs related to… Read More »
MLAs Wright, Smith clarify stance on separation at constituency town hall
Posted on March 12, 2026By Zoe Mason Southern Alberta Newspapers At a constituency town hall event on Feb. 21, the region’s two MLAs expressed their views on separation after… Read More »
Budget 2026 to have a $9.4 billion deficit
Posted on March 12, 2026By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Southern Alberta Newspapers President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance, Nate Horner spoke to media on Feb. 26 and said Budget… Read More »
Lethbridge County welcomes Benchmark Assessment Consultants Inc. as new property assessment service provider
Posted on March 12, 2026Lethbridge County Lethbridge County is currently transitioning from an in-house assessor to an external service provider for property assessment services. As the County’s longtime Assessor… Read More »
Coalhurst Town Council adopts Strategic Plan for 2026–2029
Posted on March 12, 2026Town of Coalhurst Coalhurst Town Council has adopted its 2026–2029 Strategic Plan, setting clear priorities and desired outcomes to guide decisions throughout the current term.… Read More »
Government commits to $10.8B education budget
Posted on March 5, 2026By Zoe Mason Southern Alberta Newspapers The Government of Alberta announced Feb. 25 that education funding in the budget would total $10.8 billion, a seven… Read More »
Province to move all sheriff staff under Alberta Sheriffs Police Service
Posted on March 5, 2026By Zoe Mason Southern Alberta Newspapers A bill tabled Feb. 24 proposes moving all staff from the Alberta Sheriffs to the new Alberta Sheriffs Police… Read More »
Recall legislation “weaponized” by labour movement: Hunter
Posted on March 5, 2026By Trevor Busch Sunny South News editor@tabertimes.com With more than two dozen Alberta MLAs recently facing recall petitions in their respective ridings, Taber-Warner MLA Grant… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on March 5, 2026By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers March 6, 1897 – The Boundary Creek Times We confess we have not much sympathy for investors who… Read More »
Immigration, medical assistance in dying on agenda as legislature resumes
Posted on March 5, 2026By Zoe Mason Southern Alberta Newspapers Ahead of the start of the first sitting of 2026, government house leader Joseph Schow outlined UCP government priorities… Read More »