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Fort Macleod Chamber calls for award nominations

Posted on 30 January 2025 by Editor

The search is on for Fort Macleod’s leading citizens, organizations and businesses. Nominations are open for the annual Chamber of…Continue Reading

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Repeat offenders may wear electronic monitors

Posted on 23 January 2025 by Editor

Repeat offenders who are a threat to public safety are subject to electronic monitoring in Alberta. The government last week…Continue Reading

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Kyle McKearney brings alt-country to Empress

Posted on 23 January 2025 by staff

Alberta alternative country singer-songwriter Kyle McKearney is headed to Fort Macleod’s Empress Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 25 as part of…Continue Reading

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Indigenous consultation on AI data centres missing

Posted on 23 January 2025 by George Lee

An early glitch in Alberta’s plan to reach the global stage in the artificial intelligence industry has the NDP again…Continue Reading

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Alberta’s calling — but is AI listening?

Posted on 23 January 2025 by George Lee

Artificial intelligence and Alberta fit together like prairies and barley, the province has suggested in its push to make data…Continue Reading

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Government commits province to AI data centres — and rural Alberta stands to benefit

Posted on 23 January 2025 by George Lee

Alberta enters 2025 amid government assertions it can attract billions of bucks in high-tech investment in artificial intelligence data centres. But does that translate into a future of buzzing AI buildings along country roads, busily spinning dollars into rural pockets, municipal tax rolls and Indigenous communities? Along with a new government strategy, two announcements –…Continue Reading

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Blackfoot Guardianship of the Eastern Slopes project launched

Posted on 16 January 2025 by staff

Parks Canada and the Blackfoot Confederacy Tribal Council have launched the Blackfoot Guardianship of the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies project. This program will be Siksikaitsitapi-led, with support from Parks Canada staff in Waterton Lakes National Park. “As stewards of these ancestral lands, the Blackfoot Confederacy takes great pride in this opportunity to ensure the…Continue Reading

Community foundation accepting grant applications

Posted on 16 January 2025 by staff

The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta is now accepting grant applications for the Community Priorities, Henry S. Varley…Continue Reading

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Tracy Millar’s roots will be showing at the Empress

Posted on 16 January 2025 by staff

Nurse-turned-musician Tracy Millar, considered one of Alberta’s most talented disciples of traditional country music, is kicking off a new season…Continue Reading