Literacy Day event highlights effort and empathy in Taber
The Taber Times covers a Literacy Day event at St Mary’s School featuring the Club of Enthusiastic and Creative Readers and coordinator Valentina Titova. Teams from the Tabor Arts Council and community tutors competed in word finds, definitions, tongue twisters, rhymes, and a skit on life without reading.
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Tabor Times
Garrett Simmons
Jennifer Elwes
Tabor Arts Council
Valentina Titova
St. Mary’s School
Alberta notices and tributes across communities
Smoky Lake reports a somber farewell for Set. Shane Stachnik killed in Afghanistan on Sept. 3 with 400 people and a large military presence at the Waskatonau Community Centre. Claresholm discusses a youth curfew for 16 and under as other towns consider nighttime limits. Strathmore alerts Rosebud residents to a water advisory issued Sept. 14 by the Calgary Health Region due to the water treatment plant failing to maintain low levels of bromodichloromethyl, a disinfectant byproduct.
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Smoky Lake
Waskatonau
Set
Shane Stachnik
Afghanistan
Claresholm
Council
Strathmore
Rosebud
Calgary Health Region
Taber Takes A Weekly Look Through Readers Cameras
Taber curates a weekly world view from reader camera submissions. The column highlights diverse perspectives captured by locals, showcasing street scenes, landscapes, and moments of daily life across cities and regions.
The Proposition reviews seven and a half stars
A Western set in rural Australia shows brutal violence without dwelling on it. Captain Stanley manipulates brothers Charlie and Arthur Burns while Michael stays caught between loyalty and morality. John Hurt has a memorable cameo as Jellon Lamb.
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Australia
Captain Stanley
Ray Winstone
Burns
Stanley
Charlie Burns
Guy Pearce
Arthur
Danny Huston
Michael
Richard Wilson
Charlie
Martha
Emily Watson
John Hurt
Jellon Lamb
Price
T & T Video
Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre in Calgary
Taber reader Grace Dyck endorses AARC Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre in Calgary as a model for youth addiction rehabilitation. She notes its services for ages 12 to 21 and invites readers to visit the centre's site www.aarc.ab.ca and view the media section.
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Calgary
AARC
Alberta
Aarc.ab.ca
Card games and credit cards blur the line between need and want
A humorous reflection on aging and excess plastic cards. A doctor misreads a hip pain as bursitis caused by a fat wallet. The narrator laments endless card offers and loyalty programs, noting how wallets swell with rewards while actual needs shrink. Gary Allred.
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Alberta
Air Miles
Costco
Zellers
HBC
Hudson Bay Company
Smith’s
United States
Taber Times Voices: Readers Share Opinions
The Taber Times invites letters to the editor on topics of interest. Columns on this page express writers opinions and do not necessarily reflect the newspaper views.
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