What's Happening in Southwest Alberta?
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 10:40PM The province is doling out almost $9 million among several non-profit groups devoted to protecting Alberta ranchlands and watersheds.
The funding from the Alberta Land Trust Grant Program will go toward six projects in southern Alberta, the province announced Monday.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 12:32PM A University of Regina researcher and his team will spend the next five years in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan learning about the extreme weather that has become a norm in these parts of the country. The research will also look at whether global warming is potentially to blame for the droughts and floods that have destroyed farmers' crops over the years.
Read more in this Calgary Herald article from August 13, 2011.
Friday, August 5, 2011 at 04:37PM Nicole Rosen, an associate professor of modern languages at the University of Lethbridge, is seeking 150 southern Alberta speakers in a bid to study the West's raised vowels and other linguistic quirks. She hopes to glean insight into a heretofore little-studied accent — western Canadian.
Study participants will be offered a $15 honorarium in exchange for an hour of their time. They'll be asked to read a list of words and a block of text before engaging in an interview.
Read more in this article from the Ottawa Citizen (August 3, 2011).
Here's a link to the University of Lethbridge's Directory, where you can get Ms. Rosen's contact information.
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