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Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah Beatty makes Coaldale debut Oct. 19
By Kristine Jean Sunny South News Canadian singer/ songwriter Sarah Beatty is making her Coaldale debut as part of the Home Routes/Chemin Chez Nous concert series. The Coaldale concert on Oct. 19 is the fourth of 10 stops for Beatty across southern Alberta and southeast British Columbia this month, as the 2025-2026 Home Routes season gets underway this fall. The Home Routes/Chemin Chez Nous concert… Read More »
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From the Archives of Western Newspapers
By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers October 12, 1892 – The Saskatchewan Times In 1800, 88 million coins of 25 denominations were struck in… Read More »
Holy Spirit Catholic School Division election questions
As part of our ongoing municipal election coverage, the News provided all municipal and school board candidates with the opportunity to answer a series of… Read More »
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Copperheads keep pace in South Division with weekend split
By Garrett Simmons Sunny South News The Coaldale Copperheads started off a new month in Heritage Junior Hockey League play with a weekend split. Friday… Read More »
Copperheads offence in high gear throughout two-game weekend homestand
By Garrett Simmons Sunny South News It was a high-scoring weekend of Heritage Junior Hockey League action for the Coaldale Copperheads, as the team skated… Read More »
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By Samantha Johnson Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter November 9, 1883 - The Calgary Weekly Herald A petition and subscription list is in… Read More »
From the Archives of Western Newspapers
By Samantha Johnson Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter November 10, 1910 – The Blairmore Enterprise The namby-pamby actions of the Coleman Miner in… Read More »
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Pipeline politics won’t save us from Trump’s economic threats
The federal and provincial governments are scrambling to shield Canada’s economy from U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest trade tantrum. But that effort is being hijacked… Read More »
Canadians need fact-based, fact-checked information
In their 2018 book Truth Decay, Jennifer Kavanagh and Michael D. Rich of the RAND Corporation, wrote about the role news publishers and broadcasters play… Read More »
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MD of Taber Grazing Lands at a Crossroads
By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In the vast scope of Alberta’s prairies lies a small swath of land, which finds itself at the… Read More »