By Rob Vogt Claresholm town council has taken the first step in re-zoning land on the northeast side of town to pave the way for a housing development.At its Aug. 11 meeting, council approved first reading of a bylaw re-zoning land adjacent to Second Street East and south of Patterson Heights Boulevard.A report from administration explained the Town of Claresholm … Read more…
By Rob Vogt The provincial government is offering quite a few funding opportunities for non-profit organizations and businesses.Funding opportunities for non-profits and municipalities• Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program, closes Sept. 15, for municipalities and non-profit funding for projects that enhance watershed resiliency to floods and droughts.• Rangeland Sustainability Program, closes Sept. 17, promoting the conservation and long-term sustainability of Alberta’s … Read more…
(NC) When it comes to lawn care, most people focus all their efforts during the spring and summer. However, if you want to keep your lawn looking healthy and beautiful, caring for your lawn as winter approaches is equally important. Try these fall lawn tips to keep your lawn in tip-top shape when spring rolls around.Feed your lawnFall is the … Read more…
By Somya Lohia, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Originally Published on Aug 20, 2025 at 09:24 With just weeks until the first school bell of the year, Alberta parents and students face an uncertain back-to-school season as labour tensions between the province’s teachers and their employers edge closer to a possible disruption to classes. The Alberta Teachers’ Association and the Teachers’ Employer … Read more…
Originally Published on Aug 26, 2025 at 09:30 By George Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter About 1.8 million kilometres of crisscrossing seismic lines, some dating from the 1940s, act as convenient corridors in Alberta for predator and prey alike. Too convenient, really. Especially for the province’s 2,000 or so woodland caribou, a threatened population whose ranges are exposed to the increased … Read more…
By George Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Originally Published on Aug 23, 2025 at 12:17 Editor’s Note: Re-edited and repurposed into a single story, the following first appeared earlier this summer as a four-part series. A former Alberta cabinet minister and deputy premier, Thomas Lukaszuk regularly comments online — sometimes bitingly — about the news and politics of our times. But … Read more…
By George Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Editor’s Note: Following is the third in a series of stories on social media roles, effects and strategies in politics and public life, especially at the provincial level in Alberta. Trolls, bullies, robots and other bad actors regularly flood social media with abusive comments and content. In fact some days it seems that cyberspace … Read more…