Although 2024 has just begun, Special Areas is already busy getting key pieces moving for the year ahead. First up in the new year is the updating of appointments to the Special Areas Board.

Sharp Hills Wind Farm represents an estimated capital investment of over $600M CAD and contributes to the local economy through job creation and funding to the community.

Twitter, or X, as owner Elon Musk has renamed it, can be wonderful, or it can be an annoyance. A plethora of crap is displayed on the social media site…

I’m talking to one of the aides on the rehab ward where my father is recovering from a stroke. She’s telling me about another aide who has infinite patience and tenderness…

It was bedtime, and a young mom was reading the story “Sleeping Beauty” to her daughter. The little girl interrupted her mom and asked, “Did they try frying bacon to get her to wake up?”

Sturling Curling, a two-person team version of curling, has been present in Canada for a quarter of a century, and is gaining popularity.

Snow day. Slow day. Slide day. Stride day.

Enjoy this week’s comic strips and have a laugh!

Hanna Hawks player, Taylor Mason (#11) shows his great vertical as he goes for the bucket against Three Hills last week.

Ladies from Oyen, New Brigden and Acadia Valley gathered at the Oyen and District Curling club for a day of curling and socializing on Saturday, January 20.

Four rural municipalities met at the Byemoor Community Hall on January 17 for a supper meeting to discuss business of mutual interest.

Hello Hand Hills! Well, we made it through that terrible cold spell. It's still cold here today (Friday), but we will take -26 over that -40.

CBC is coming to Delia! The Alberta Library and CBC partnered for a project to visit rural Alberta communities, and the Delia Library was chosen…

Hello everyone! I hope everybody kept warm during the cold spell; let’s pray that was the only one we see this winter! We are happy about the temperature change…

Scapa Athletic Association will celebrate the 100th anniversary of incorporating the Hamlet of Scapa on August 15 – 16, 2025.

A new line of plot equipment has made a world of difference for the Chinook Applied Research Association (CARA) in Oyen, Alberta.

As part of the government’s ongoing efforts to refocus the health care system, Albertans are encouraged to register for one of the upcoming in-person engagement sessions…

The Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta will launch their Spring 2024 Community Grants on February 6th after their Grant Writing Workshop.

Watersheds are areas of land that drain rainfall and melted snow into streams, rivers and lakes. Healthy and resilient watersheds play an important role in preventing drought…

The last three years have brought droughts and water shortages to various parts of Alberta, including most of southern Alberta last summer.