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Biathlon expert shares experience at Barrhead school

Barrhead Biathlon athlete shares skills with high school students

Oct 21, 2024 6:29 AM Read more >

OCTOBER 21 ROAD REPORT: Town and Country road conditions and cams

Get a look at your commute - click for up-to-date conditions map and road cameras

Oct 21, 2024 5:00 AM Read more >

Caveat lector: the need for media literacy

There’s a Latin phrase you may have heard of: caveat emptor – meaning literally, “let the buyer beware.

Oct 21, 2024 12:01 AM Read more >

Jarvie residents win fight to save postal service

Oct 20, 2024 5:27 PM Read more >

Doug Drozd selected as reeve for seventh year

County of Barrhead Division 1 councillor named reeve for seventh consecutive year

Oct 20, 2024 1:27 PM Read more >

One injured in a fire that destroys garage

Fire started in garage, spreading to another outbuilding, damaging two homes

Oct 20, 2024 11:35 AM Read more >

Swan Hills man waits to learn fate

Crown and defence agree fate of Swan Hills man comes down to whether a release order was active

Oct 20, 2024 11:26 AM Read more >

Council changes mind on Fort Assiniboine intersection request

Signage to remain as-is; speeding a concern for residents

Oct 20, 2024 9:26 AM Read more >

Eighteen young Albertans died while receiving intervention services since April. Sixteen were Indigenous.

Indigenous children are 17 times more likely to be removed from their families and put in the child welfare system than non-Indigenous youth in Canada, according to a 2019 Canadian Incidence Study on Reported Child Abuse and Neglect.

Oct 20, 2024 7:45 AM Read more >

Westlock County has sufficient cemetery capacity for 30 years

Expansion alternatives include land purchases, more above-ground columbariums

Oct 20, 2024 6:25 AM Read more >

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