No end in sight for Standard water ban
Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor The village of Standard experienced a surge of phone calls from residents last week, after severe demands for water placed extreme pressures on the waterRead More »
Hidden Valley invisible for compensation
Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor Two years after the 2013 catastrophic floods ripped through Alberta, devastated former resort community Hidden Valley residents remain in the lurch with little assistance orRead More »
Original Joe’s patrons urged to get vaccinated against Hepatitis A
Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor Numerous local residents are protecting themselves against a dreadful infectious disease, after a food handler at the Strathmore Original Joe’s restaurant tested positive for HepatitisRead More »
Increase to the Langdon Peace
Andrea RobertsTimes Contributor In accordance with Landgon’s ever growing population, a demand by the community has lead to a greater police presence in the area.Community members approached their councilRead More »
Small businesses fearful of minimum wage hike
Andrea RobertsTimes Contributor One of the NDP’s election platforms, to increase the minimum wage to $15 by 2018, is raising concern among many Alberta businesses including many small, localRead More »
Canadian Tire leaps to first place in Jumpstart Campaign
Andrea RobertsTimes Contributor Every year Canadian Tires across the country take part in the Jumpstart Campaign, which helps to keep children active and fund disadvantaged children to fulfill theirRead More »
Mutual aid agreement settled
Justin SewardTimes Reporter Wheatland County verbally agreed to sign a mutual aid agreement with Environmental and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD).The agreement just has to be signed by the countyRead More »
Blue-Green Algae recurrence in Wheatland County
Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor Alberta Health Services (AHS) once again issued a blue-green algae advisory in Wheatland County, after the toxin-producing bloom was spotted in Eagle Lake and SevernRead More »
Barricaded man surrenders to RCMP
Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor Following a three-hour evacuation and an equipped and on-guard RCMP presence in one of Strathmore’s neighbourhoods, authorities were able to convince a man to leaveRead More »
Dear days of the week
Pat FuleFule for Thought Dear Monday … to say I hate you would be an understatement. In the words of the younger generation … you suck! Oh yeah, youRead More »
Carseland Fire Association waiting on County’s decision
Justin SewardTimes Reporter The Carseland Fire Fighter Association (C.F.F.A) is looking to Wheatland County to cover the costs for their new fire hall, after a 40/60 split has theRead More »