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Saskatchewan's new $134-million Weyburn General Hospital had its ribbon-cutting Thursday. Patients are set to be… https://www.palliserpost.news/new-weyburn-general-hospital-opens-to-patients-nov-1-after-134-million-build/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Alberta becomes the first province in Canada to let qualified optometrists perform minor surgical and laser eye procedures… https://www.palliserpost.news/alberta-optometrists-to-perform-minor-eye-procedures-starting-nov-1/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Alberta has permanently opened 221+ hospital spaces and has 194 temporary beds on standby for respiratory virus season. The… https://www.palliserpost.news/alberta-opens-more-hospital-spaces-ahead-of-respiratory-virus-season/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Canada and eight allies will sign the founding treaty for the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank on Nov… https://www.palliserpost.news/canada-to-sign-defence-bank-treaty-in-luxembourg-as-uk-opts-for-separate-institution/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Alberta's tobacco tax revenue fell to $364 million in 2025-26, less than half its 2019-20 peak of $797 million… https://www.palliserpost.news/alberta-tobacco-tax-revenue-falls-to-364-million-less-than-half-its-2019-20-peak/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Ovintiv is buying Calgary-based Logan Energy for ~$890 million US, picking up 266,000 Montney net acres and 20,000 BOE/d. The… https://www.palliserpost.news/ovintiv-agrees-to-buy-montney-producer-logan-energy-for-890-million/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Nineteen years after Bernie Carlson was shot dead in his Thompson home during a break-in, Manitoba RCMP have opened a dedicated tip… https://www.palliserpost.news/manitoba-rcmp-open-tip-line-on-19-year-old-thompson-homicide/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Medicine Hat Tigers visit Calgary tonight for game one of a home-and-home — the first matchup since the Tigers swept the Hitmen… https://www.palliserpost.news/tigers-open-home-and-home-series-against-hitmen-tonight-in-calgary/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

The share of food bank users reporting employment income as their main source is up six per cent since 2019, says… https://www.palliserpost.news/medicine-hat-mp-cites-food-bank-data-to-attack-liberal-cost-of-living-record/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

First-year SAFR students at Eagle Butte High School practised hydrant operations and water supply this week… https://www.palliserpost.news/eagle-butte-safr-students-practise-hydrant-operations-in-wildland-firefighting-course/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Brooks ends regular yard waste pickup Oct. 30. A fall cleanup week follows Nov. 2–6, but the rules are a bit different — no… https://www.palliserpost.news/brooks-wraps-regular-yard-waste-pickup-oct-30-cleanup-week-follows/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Four southern Alberta organizations are among 36 sharing $2.5 million in provincial grants to help gender-based… https://www.palliserpost.news/alberta-funds-36-groups-to-help-gender-based-violence-victims-access-justice/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Canada's first national strategy on environmental racism is out — a five-year federal plan to address disproportionate… https://www.palliserpost.news/federal-government-releases-first-national-strategy-on-environmental-racism/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Alberta's independent police oversight agency has charged a Gleichen RCMP constable with assault causing bodily harm over an… https://www.palliserpost.news/gleichen-rcmp-constable-charged-with-assault-causing-bodily-harm/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Alberta's new school flag rules permit the Vatican City flag year-round on school property. First Nations and Métis flags are limited… https://www.palliserpost.news/albertas-new-school-flag-rules-allow-vatican-flag-year-round/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Calgary Police and Alberta Sheriffs arrested 19 people and executed 87 outstanding warrants across 62… https://www.palliserpost.news/calgary-police-and-alberta-sheriffs-arrest-19-execute-87-warrants-in-two-day-operation/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

The Wall Street Journal reports Trump could lift tariffs on some Canadian farm and forestry goods as soon as… https://www.palliserpost.news/trump-expected-to-lift-some-tariffs-on-canadian-farm-and-forestry-goods-report-says/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Health Minister Adriana LaGrange reached out to Alberta Municipalities and the Rural Municipalities of Alberta to… https://www.palliserpost.news/alberta-municipalities-urged-to-apply-for-regional-health-advisory-councils/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Strathcona Resources wants Ottawa to carve out an exemption from the federal north coast tanker ban for a crude-by-rail… https://www.palliserpost.news/strathcona-seeks-tanker-ban-exemption-for-prince-rupert-crude-by-rail-plan/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Ten Prairie storms caused $1.8 billion in insured losses this summer — with flooding, not hail or wind, doing most of… https://www.palliserpost.news/ten-prairie-storms-caused-1-8-billion-in-insured-losses-this-summer-ibc-says/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Cypress County has closed the Redcliff Cypress Regional Landfill on Friday due to high winds. No reopening time has been… https://www.palliserpost.news/redcliff-cypress-regional-landfill-closes-friday-due-to-high-winds/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Ex-UCP minister Peter Guthrie says Smith alienated both federalists and separatists with Monday's referendum… https://www.palliserpost.news/guthrie-says-smith-has-no-path-to-election-after-alienating-both-sides-of-referendum/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Alberta's harvest hit 88% complete as of Oct. 13, with above-average yields reported in southern and central Alberta. Soil… https://www.palliserpost.news/alberta-harvest-88-per-cent-done-as-yields-come-in-above-average/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Yellow wind warnings are in effect for Medicine Hat, Redcliff, Irvine, Bow Island, Elkwater and Brooks. Northwest gusts to 90… https://www.palliserpost.news/rain-snow-and-strong-winds-moving-into-southeastern-alberta-friday/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Bow Island Emergency Services spent Monday night at their training compound running heavy extrication drills — vehicle… https://www.palliserpost.news/bow-island-firefighters-practise-heavy-extrication-at-training-compound/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

The City of Medicine Hat is recruiting volunteers for its Combative Sports Commission, which oversees the safety and integrity of… https://www.palliserpost.news/medicine-hat-seeks-volunteers-for-combative-sports-commission/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to reduce immigration levels in the upcoming federal levels… https://www.palliserpost.news/conservatives-demand-immigration-levels-drop-before-liberals-table-annual-plan/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Two Russia-linked hacking groups breached a Ukrainian grain logistics company in July 2025 and wiped its… https://www.palliserpost.news/russian-hacker-groups-used-decentralized-mesh-network-to-wipe-ukrainian-grain-firms-data/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Two Russian hacking groups breached a Ukrainian grain logistics firm, then destroyed its data using a… https://www.palliserpost.news/russian-hacker-groups-used-decentralized-mesh-network-to-wipe-ukrainian-grain-firms-data/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Eagle Butte High School students averaged 95% on Green Certificate agriculture exams Thursday. Twenty-six students were… https://www.palliserpost.news/eagle-butte-students-average-95-on-green-certificate-agriculture-exams/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation ranked 13 Saskatchewan small and midsize cities by 2024 per-person… https://www.palliserpost.news/canadian-taxpayers-federation-ranks-warman-lowest-in-per-person-municipal-spending-for-2024/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Texas elk and a New Mexico beef cow. The CFIA says screwworm… https://www.palliserpost.news/new-world-screwworm-found-in-texas-elk-and-new-mexico-cattle-as-cfia-monitors-situation/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

A Bowden, Alta. company is selling mechanical diesel tractors — no computer controls, parts anyone can source — starting at… https://www.palliserpost.news/bowden-company-builds-mechanical-tractors-farmers-can-fix-themselves/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Bell AI Fabric, SaskTel, Siemens, two MLAs and George Gordon First Nation convened in Regina Wednesday for… https://www.palliserpost.news/aisk-holds-data-centre-conference-in-regina-with-bell-sasktel-and-government-speakers/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Canadian racehorse owners are capped at $17,500 in annual loss deductions under a 1950s tax rule. U.S. owners can… https://www.palliserpost.news/canadian-tax-rule-puts-horse-racing-industry-at-disadvantage-against-u-s-owners/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

The Québec Remparts will host the 2028 Memorial Cup at Vidéotron Centre — the first time the CHL championship has been held… https://www.palliserpost.news/quebec-remparts-chosen-to-host-2028-memorial-cup-at-videotron-centre/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Hockey Canada has set a 12-game pre-tournament schedule across six Alberta communities ahead of the 2027 World… https://www.palliserpost.news/six-alberta-communities-to-host-12-pre-tournament-games-ahead-of-2027-world-juniors/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Ottawa is threatening to take Cleveland-Cliffs to court over alleged breaches of job commitments tied to its… https://www.palliserpost.news/ottawa-threatens-court-action-if-cleveland-cliffs-does-not-honour-stelco-commitments/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for Medicine Hat, Bow Island, Elkwater and nearby communities. Gusts up to 90 km/h are expected Friday… https://www.palliserpost.news/wind-warning-issued-for-southeastern-alberta/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Medicine Hat's planning commission recommended against the Mustard Seed rezoning at 514 South Railway… https://www.palliserpost.news/mustard-seed-rezoning-application-goes-to-council-nov-2-after-planning-commission-rejects-it/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Alberta has extended the $100 Alberta Energy Rebate application deadline to Oct. 31. Eligible residents who missed the original… https://www.palliserpost.news/alberta-extends-energy-rebate-application-deadline-to-oct-31/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto

Sunny and mild across southeastern Alberta today, highs 20–22 C. Friday flips the script: rain mixed with snow, near-zero… https://www.palliserpost.news/sunny-and-warm-thursday-before-rain-snow-and-strong-winds-arrive-friday/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palliser_auto