Canada Post Strike Affects Newspaper Subscriptions
Canada Post employees are on strike, delaying weekly newspaper delivery. Readers are asked to visit the local newspaper office during business hours Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to pick up the current weekly copy. We apologize for the disruption.
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Taber RCMP Respond to Serious Highway 36 Collision
Taber RCMP responded to a serious head on motor vehicle collision on Highway 36 north of Township Road 102 yesterday at about 8:30 a.m. Traffic was backed up and motorists were asked to avoid the area. No further details were available at press deadline.
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Chief outlines 2025 TPS policing budget and recruitment needs
Police Commission Chair John MacDonald and Chief Graham Abela briefed town council on the 2025 Tabor Police Service operating and capital budget and the annual policing plan. They cited officer resignations, need for senior recruits, and a new digital management evidence clerk position, with tuition and stipends totaled at about 49 500 plus uniform costs and helmet equipment estimated at 6 000 per car.
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Ernest Meyer Park Faces Removal From Reserve Designation
Local residents voiced objections at a November public hearing as Taber council considers removing the reserve designation on Ernest Meyer Memorial Park at 53 Street and 40 Avenue. Administration backs reclassifying the 2.14 acre parcel to allow recreation and beautification funds from any sale, though no sale is pending. The designation, placed in 1978, ties park land to a subdivision plan and the Municipal Government Act allows developers to allocate or purchase reserve land for recreation. Continued on MEYER, A3.
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Shields presses for Canadian sugar beet refineries
Bow River MP Martin Shields champions sugar beet refining in Canada during a Nov. 19 House debate. He and MP Brian Masse discussed imports, environmental standards, and trade, noting Canada’s eight percent decline and refining shifts from Ontario to neighboring regions.
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