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Ponoka Hospitals emergency department has faced four closures in the last two weeks, with possibly more to come. (Emily Jaycox/Ponoka News)

Ponoka Docs under pressure as ER closed four times in last two weeks

‘Doctors don’t see Alberta as a good place to work right now,’: Sawisky

 

The Ponoka hospital emergency department will once again be closed for the day on Tue, March 28, 2023. (Emily Jaycox/Ponoka News)

UPDATE: Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre emergency department to be closed Tuesday

The closure will run from 6:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.

 

Midge is one of 27 cats currently in care by Animal Haven Rescue League. (Animal Haven Rescue League photo)

Regional animal rescues paint ‘dire’ picture

Animal rescues in the region are sounding the alarm over a “perfect…

 

Council received a pair of delegates during March 14 meeting. (File photo)

RCMP, Legion present as delegates at latest Ponoka council meeting

By Carson Ellis Sgt St.Cyr presented to Ponoka council during its March…

  • Mar 23, 2023
Council received a pair of delegates during March 14 meeting. (File photo)
There Churchill hosted a meet-and-greet at the Thrive 360 gym, one of many stops on March 21. (Carson Ellis photo)

Homegrown Stettler talent Theren Churchill brings Grey Cup home

By Carson Ellis The 2022-2023 season has been one that former Wm…

  • Mar 23, 2023
There Churchill hosted a meet-and-greet at the Thrive 360 gym, one of many stops on March 21. (Carson Ellis photo)
(Josh Berson photo)

AHS announces temporary closure of Ponoka emergency department

The provincial health authority announced the temporary closure of the Ponoka Hospital…

(Josh Berson photo)
Swimming lesson registration at the Ponoka Aquaplex will open soon. (File photo)

Ponoka swimming lesson registration to open soon

The Town of Ponoka has announced when registration will open for the…

Swimming lesson registration at the Ponoka Aquaplex will open soon. (File photo)
(County of Stettler photo)

Stettler, Paintearth Counties pleased with announced oil and gas change

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

(County of Stettler photo)
Traffic flow in Millet will be soon changing. (File photo)

Millet council signs traffic light-construction agreement with province

The flow of traffic on Highway 2A through Millet will be changing…

Traffic flow in Millet will be soon changing. (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 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
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)
Minister of Justice David Lametti prepares to appear before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in Ottawa, Monday, March 6, 2023. Justice Minister David Lametti is preparing to face off with his provincial counterparts in Ottawa Friday on whether to reform Canada’s bail system, as premiers, federal Conservatives and law enforcement leaders demand more restrictions. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Federal and provincial justice ministers meeting to discuss bail reform

Justice Minister David Lametti is preparing to face off with his provincial…

Minister of Justice David Lametti prepares to appear before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in Ottawa, Monday, March 6, 2023. Justice Minister David Lametti is preparing to face off with his provincial counterparts in Ottawa Friday on whether to reform Canada’s bail system, as premiers, federal Conservatives and law enforcement leaders demand more restrictions. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
In this March 24, 2020 file photo, a Chase bank employee, right, cleans the branches ATMs as a customer uses another in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. Shares of some banks are falling in premarket trading on Friday, March 10, 2023, following SVB Financial Group’s announcement that it plans to raise up to $1.75 billion in order to strengthen its position amid concerns about higher interest rates and the economy. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Silicon Valley Bank is seized by US after historic failure

U.S. regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank on…

In this March 24, 2020 file photo, a Chase bank employee, right, cleans the branches ATMs as a customer uses another in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. Shares of some banks are falling in premarket trading on Friday, March 10, 2023, following SVB Financial Group’s announcement that it plans to raise up to $1.75 billion in order to strengthen its position amid concerns about higher interest rates and the economy. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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