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Taber Winter Festival encouraging residents to shop local

By Trevor Busch Taber Times editor@tabertimes.com The Taber and District Chamber of Commerce and Town of Taber are hosting the annual Taber Winter Festival this Friday with a lineup of traditional events to kick off the holiday season. Originally known as Midnight Madness, Friday’s event was rebranded as the Taber Winter Festival several years ago. “Midnight Madness goes back to the 1980s or earlier but… Read More »

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Proposed electoral boundaries to reshape the Taber and MD district

By Cal Braid Taber Times Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The provincial government’s Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC) has released a map of its proposed boundary lines… Read More »

“Always a Bridesmaid” takes centre stage soon at the Foremost Community Hall 

By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Foremost Theatrical Society is excited about its latest production, Always a Bridesmaid. Taking place at the Foremost Community… Read More »

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Local Sports

CAHL wraps up tiering round

By Cole Parkinson Taber Times This weekend saw the Taber Oil Kings wrap up the Central Alberta Hockey League’s (CAHL) tiering round as the teams… Read More »

Suns look to reverse early-season slumps

By Cole Parkinson Taber Times With the Alberta Elite Hockey League (AEHL) in full swing, several Taber Golden Suns teams are looking to reverse slow… Read More »

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From the Archives of Western Newspapers

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers November 11, 1897 – The Weekly Herald Still another town has arisen in the Kootenays. The last issue… Read More »

From the Archives of Western Newspapers

By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers October 31, 1888 – Calgary Weekly Herald and Alberta Livestock Journal Axworthy, the absconding treasurer from Cleveland, Ohio… Read More »

Editorial

Canada holds the upper hand in any canola deal with China

• China is desperate for our canola, and Canada has more leverage than we think  Canada appears to be closing in on a trade détente with… Read More »

Ottawa’s civil service needs a Chrétien-style reset

They say bureaucracy grows to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. That certainly seems to be Ottawa’s motto these days, with the number of… Read More »

Agricultural

Two local ag students among 15 to receive SMRID scholarships

By Cal Braid Taber Times Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On Oct 14, the St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) announced $30,000 in funding to recipients… Read More »

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