Dutch memorial trip marks 80th Liberation anniversary
Julia Linke of Picture Butte and her daughter Abigayle Rozendaal of Taber visited the Netherlands to mark 80 years since liberation, meeting 20 Canadian WWII veterans, attending the Holten memorial service, and holding a Rijssen book signing after sending copies to the Dutch royal family. They described overwhelming gratitude from Dutch residents and a revived torch of remembrance for Canadian veterans and school-aged children.
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Picture Butte
Abigayle Rozendaal
Taber
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Linke
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Mary Simon
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Rijssen
Julia
Booksby Juliasinke
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Butte
Julie Sinke
Tabor
Southeast Alberta chamber named provincial Chamber of the Year
The Southeast Alberta Chamber of Commerce expanded to eight municipalities and 160 new members, earning the 2024 Chamber of the Year award for groups over 500 members. It hosted 100 plus events including new Brooks trade show launches, 26 advocacy efforts, 27 policy resolutions, and 70 plus meetings with officials.
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Alberta Chamber of Commerce
Alberta Chambers
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Southeast
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Prairie Rose public schools push South Alberta School of Agriculture forward
South Alberta School of Agriculture gains momentum through Prairie Rose Public Schools in partnership with Medicine Hat College and Cypress County with backing from 25 regional businesses. Cypress County council signaled in principle to partner at the May 6 meeting. Medicine Hat College proposes post secondary agribusiness certificates and diplomas to support SASA. If approved, dual enrollment would let high school students earn college credits. Weeks emphasizes blending traditional farming with modern business, housing crops livestock and classrooms on a leased site. Neubauer Farms cited as an early leader. construction tentatively planned for 2025-26 with SASA students by 2026-27.
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Reagan Weeks
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MHC
Brown
Neubauer Farms
Irvine
Weeks
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On This Day July 2 Through World Events
July 2 entries span 1921 to 2024, including Harding ending WWI with Germany, Earhart disappearance, Bose detention, Walmart’s first store, Vietnam unification, Chilean burnings, Mecca tunnel tragedy, USAir 1016 crash, Vicente Fox election, DR Congo explosion, Pluto moons named Kerberos and Styx, and a stampede in Uttar Pradesh with many fatalities and injuries.
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