Business

By Stu Salkeld, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Stettler County council declared an agricultural disaster in the municipality after hearing a stark, sobering report on regional farming conditions at their regular meeting Aug. 11. Director of Municipal Services Andrew Brysiuk submitted councillors a report from Quentin Beaumont, director of agricultural operations, that illustrated perfectly the summer of 2021: very hot and very dry…

Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader “Every woman is worthy to feel beautiful on the outside and the inside, and one of those foundations is a good fitting bra,” says Janice Nowochin, co-owner of B Worthy Bra Boutique. “Only women can understand that.” Nowochin and Michelle O’Neill recently opened B Worthy in Slave Lake. It’s their first business. “We’re learning as we go,” says…

By Serena Lapointe, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Sandra Bilau has been the proud owner of Whitecourt Workwear and Ladies Boutique for roughly eight years. She previously worked at the store for fifteen years before buying it. “I wanted to buy my job because I loved it,” smiled Bilau. Located in downtown Whitecourt, at 5107 50 Street beside CIBC, the long-time store has…

By Jacob Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Last month, a joint panel made up of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) denied the provincial applications for the Grassy Mountain project in the Rocky Mountains. The AER and the IAAC determined that the open-pit coal mining project was “not in the public interest” due…