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Prairie Post publishes community-oriented special sections and features alongside its regular Alberta and Saskatchewan news. Based on the site's navigation and current headlines, these include a dedicated Special Sections entry, a Tourism entry, and recurring coverage of local events, funding wins, and community programs across the Prairies. If you are looking for something beyond daily news — local festivals, rural health programs, recreation funding, or tourism development — these sections and beats are where that content lives.
Special sections and topic entries in the navigation
The site's navigation lists Special Sections and Tourism as distinct entries, separate from the main news, sports, agriculture, entertainment, and editorial categories. That structure signals two things:
- Special Sections is a container for themed, non-daily packages rather than breaking news.
- Tourism is treated as its own standing topic, which fits a publication covering Prairie communities that rely on visitors and regional events.
The main content categories sit alongside these: Alberta News, Sports, Agriculture, Entertainment, Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and the equivalent Saskatchewan sections.
What the community features actually cover
The current Alberta and Saskatchewan headlines show the range of community-focused stories Prairie Post runs:
| Story | Community angle |
|---|---|
| Canada's first dip tank takes on aquatic invaders (Walsh/Dunmore) | Provincial investment in a watercraft treatment system to stop aquatic invasive species |
| VEP program expands to Oyen, Milk River, Fort Macleod | Rural emergency care supported by remote physicians |
| Bow Island secures scoreboard funding for Bert Knibbs | Local recreation facility funding through a corporate initiative |
| Dead Prairies Horror Movie Festival (Gull Lake) | Regional arts and film event |
| Highway 3 Tourism Corridor advances next phase | Southern Alberta tourism development |
| LSCO Opens Doors for 'Senior Discovery Days' | Community programming for seniors |
| Ombudsman complaints hit record high in Alberta | Provincial accountability reporting |
Two patterns stand out. First, many items are contributed pieces rather than staff-written news, which is typical of community submissions and local announcements. Second, the subject matter skews toward rural facilities, health access, recreation, and regional events — the day-to-day concerns of smaller Prairie communities rather than metro news.
How to find these features
- Start from the Special Sections entry in the navigation for themed packages.
- Use the Tourism entry for travel- and visitor-related coverage.
- Browse Alberta News and Saskatchewan News for community items like the ones above; many appear under the provincial headings rather than in a separate "community" bucket.
- The site also lists e-Edition and Log In in its navigation, so some content may sit behind an account or a digital replica edition — check those entries directly rather than assuming everything is open.
What this means for readers
If your interest is local Prairie life — a ball diamond scoreboard, a rural ER program, a horror film festival in Gull Lake — Prairie Post's special sections and community beats are the right place to look. If you need hard provincial politics or business news, the Alberta and Saskatchewan news headings carry that instead. The publication's identity, per its own tagline, is "Your news from the Prairies," and the community features reflect exactly that scope.