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Clearview Public Schools. (File photo)

2023 winner of Clearview Star Award announced

Highlights from the March 20 board meeting

 

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Stettler, Paintearth Counties pleased with announced oil and gas change

The province has announced a fix for an issue long plaguing Stettler…

 

The Stettler Food Bank's shelves are full, thanks to community donations. (Kevin Sabo/Stettler Independent)

Stettler Food Bank is looking for some volunteers

The Stettler Food Bank is grateful for the support in the community.…

  • Mar 21, 2023

 

Clearview board chair Guy Neitz and Superintendent Scot Leys give a presentation during the community engagement session held in Stettler on March 14. (Clearview Public Schools photo)

Clearview Public Schools continues public engagement sessions

Clearview Public Schools is continuing its ongoing public engagement sessions. After hosting…

Clearview board chair Guy Neitz and Superintendent Scot Leys give a presentation during the community engagement session held in Stettler on March 14. (Clearview Public Schools photo)
Julie Siemens has been appointed as the new Donalda School Principal beginning in the 2023-24 school year. (Clearview Public Schools photo)

Clearview Public Schools appoints new Donalda principal

Clearview Public Schools has announced that there will be someone new leading…

Julie Siemens has been appointed as the new Donalda School Principal beginning in the 2023-24 school year. (Clearview Public Schools photo)
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Trio of Stettler community groups receive Vision Credit Union Grant

A trio of community organizations are receiving funds from the Vision Credit…

(Vision Credit Union file photo)
An Edmonton Police Service logo is shown at a press conference in Edmonton, Oct. 2, 2017. The Edmonton Police Service says in a news release that two patrol officers were killed while responding to a call Thursday. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)

Police say suspect in deadly shooting of 2 Edmonton officers killed himself

Edmonton police say two officers were shot and killed while responding to…

An Edmonton Police Service logo is shown at a press conference in Edmonton, Oct. 2, 2017. The Edmonton Police Service says in a news release that two patrol officers were killed while responding to a call Thursday. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
A view of Buffalo Lake from Paradise Shores. (File photo)

Buffalo Lake Nature Club celebrating a half-century in Stettler area

A Stettler-based nature group is celebrating a half-century of operation in 2023.…

A view of Buffalo Lake from Paradise Shores. (File photo)
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UPDATE: Stettler RCMP to host Town Hall public engagement session

Editor’s note: The initial time provided in the press release was incorrect.…

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Ducky Sung, Roxy Locke, and Jin Sung (right to left) present the prize winnings to Castor’s 50-second shopping spree winner, Doreen Peterson (in blue) and husband Fred Hemm. (Kevin Sabo/Castor Advance)

Western Canadian grocery chain names pair of Castor winners in recent contest

A grocery-store chain with a business in Castor announced a pair of…

Ducky Sung, Roxy Locke, and Jin Sung (right to left) present the prize winnings to Castor’s 50-second shopping spree winner, Doreen Peterson (in blue) and husband Fred Hemm. (Kevin Sabo/Castor Advance)
A Sunwing aircraft is parked at Montreal Trudeau airport in Montreal on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

Ottawa greenlights WestJet’s takeover of Sunwing

The federal government gave the thumbs up Friday to WestJet Airlines’ takeover…

A Sunwing aircraft is parked at Montreal Trudeau airport in Montreal on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
In this photo taken by a drone, cleanup continues in the area where the ruptured Keystone pipeline dumped oil into a creek in Washington County, Kan., on Dec. 9, 2022. A faulty weld at a bend in an oil pipeline contributed to a spill that dumped nearly 13,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek, the pipeline’s operator said Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, estimating the cost of cleaning it up at $480 million. (DroneBase via AP, File)

Regulators cut pressure on pipeline after Kansas oil spill

U.S. government regulators have stopped allowing a large part of the Keystone…

In this photo taken by a drone, cleanup continues in the area where the ruptured Keystone pipeline dumped oil into a creek in Washington County, Kan., on Dec. 9, 2022. A faulty weld at a bend in an oil pipeline contributed to a spill that dumped nearly 13,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek, the pipeline’s operator said Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, estimating the cost of cleaning it up at $480 million. (DroneBase via AP, File)
A currency trader passes by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street steadied following a plunge on worries about more U.S. interest rate hikes. (Ahn Young-joon/The Canadian Press-AP)

S&P/TSX composite falls more than 1.5 per cent, U.S. markets also slip

Canada’s main stock index lost more than 1.5 per cent Friday on…

A currency trader passes by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street steadied following a plunge on worries about more U.S. interest rate hikes. (Ahn Young-joon/The Canadian Press-AP)
The estimated cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has increased once again, this time to $30.9 billion. That’s an increase from the $21.4 billion price tag placed on the project a year ago, and more than double an earlier estimate of $12.6 billion. Construction of the pipeline is pictured near Hope, B.C., Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Trans Mountain pipeline construction costs balloon again, this time to $30.9B

The estimated cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has increased…

The estimated cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has increased once again, this time to $30.9 billion. That’s an increase from the $21.4 billion price tag placed on the project a year ago, and more than double an earlier estimate of $12.6 billion. Construction of the pipeline is pictured near Hope, B.C., Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Google Canada’s Sabrina Geremia, Vice President and Country Manager, appears via videoconference as a witness at a Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 6, 2023. Geremia is set to return to a parliamentary committee following the tech giant’s decision to run a five week test that is blocking news access to some of its users. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Google says it will stop blocking Canadian news links next week following test

Google will stop blocking news links next week following a five-week test…

Google Canada’s Sabrina Geremia, Vice President and Country Manager, appears via videoconference as a witness at a Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 6, 2023. Geremia is set to return to a parliamentary committee following the tech giant’s decision to run a five week test that is blocking news access to some of its users. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Stettler town hall.(File photo)

Town of Stettler to see slight increase in transfer from province

By Carson Ellis Town of Stettler Council started it’s March 7 meeting…

  • Mar 10, 2023
Stettler town hall.(File photo)
Stettler County (File photo)

County of Stettler council hears multiple water connection requests during latest meeting

Stettler County council received four applications to connect to the municipally owned…

Stettler County (File photo)
A worker prepares for documents for Chinese President Xi Jinping during a session of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Xi awarded 3rd term as China’s president, extending rule

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as the…

A worker prepares for documents for Chinese President Xi Jinping during a session of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Police officers in special equipment walk through a Jehovah’s Witness building in Hamburg, Germany, Thursday, March 9, 2023. German police say shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded. (Jonas Walzberg/dpa via AP)

German gunman kills 6 at Hamburg Jehovah’s Witnesses hall

A gunman stormed a service at his former Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation in…

Police officers in special equipment walk through a Jehovah’s Witness building in Hamburg, Germany, Thursday, March 9, 2023. German police say shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded. (Jonas Walzberg/dpa via AP)
A woman types on a laptop on a train in New Jersey on May 18, 2021. A panicked 14-year-old from British Columbia and his family paid $1,500 to a company that claimed it would recover intimate images that were being used to extort him. It didn’t. (Jenny Kane/The Canadian Press)

‘Recovery scams’ targeting sextortion victims are on the rise, experts warn

A panicked 14-year-old from British Columbia and his family paid $1,500 to…

A woman types on a laptop on a train in New Jersey on May 18, 2021. A panicked 14-year-old from British Columbia and his family paid $1,500 to a company that claimed it would recover intimate images that were being used to extort him. It didn’t. (Jenny Kane/The Canadian Press)