Province forces tax hike on municipality

Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor   An increase in the education portion of the property tax recently released in the Alberta government’s 2016 budget is railroading town council to collect hundreds… Read More »

Provincial budget plunges Alberta into debt

Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor   Amid unfaltering job losses and a fiscal roller-coaster of fluctuating oil prices, the provincial government went steadfastly into the red to combat Alberta’s economic downturn… Read More »

Longtime CAO retires after two decades

Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor   It was a testament to Dwight Stanford’s leadership, work ethic, and his 24-year reign as chief administrative officer for the Town of Strathmore when over… Read More »

Women on a mission

Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor   A year after its conception, a new initiative is finally taking shape, encouraging women to become financially involved with a local charity, have fun, and… Read More »

Guess who’s back?

Andrea RobertsTimes Intern   Wow, what a year! Since I was here last, the summer of 2015, a lot has happened both personally and in the world around us. Personally,… Read More »

E-mails I need to send …

Pat FuleFule for Thought   So, once again “Spring has sprung” … I know there’s an old poem by Ogden Nash about that, but Spring being sprung also means that… Read More »

Remembering our roots ~ Bryce Dougan

John GodsmanTimes Contributor   Bryce Dougan’s great-grandfather Arthur Dougan was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the early 1800’s, and family history shows he married Margaret Elizabeth Stanley, who had… Read More »