What Is the Strathmore Times Website?

The Strathmore Times (strathmoretimes.com) is a locally owned and operated community news website serving Strathmore, Alberta, and the surrounding Wheatland County area. It publishes local news, sports, features, obituaries, and community events, and offers a full online edition of the paper along with a calendar of events. It is the site to check if you want day-to-day coverage of town council, local business, schools, and regional happenings rather than provincial or national news.

What the site covers

The homepage is organized around a small set of sections, each with a clear purpose:

Recent headlines show the scope in practice: a Chamber of Commerce "State of the Region" event bringing business owners and elected officials together, a council update on Valley Medical Clinic doctors preparing to retire, restored water pressure after Westmount water main failures, and a Wheatland County wastewater plan for Lakes of Muirfield. Sports coverage in the same period included minor ringette season preparations and a local barrel racer heading to the Canadian Finals Rodeo.

Who it's for

• Residents of Strathmore and Wheatland County who want local news that larger outlets don't cover.
• Local businesses and organizations looking for a place to follow community and business developments, or to reach residents.
• Anyone researching the area — newcomers, prospective residents, or journalists — who needs a sense of local issues and institutions.

If you need international, national, or provincial coverage, this site is not the right source; its focus is deliberately local.

How to use it

1. Start on the homepage to scan the latest news and sports headlines, which are dated and ordered by recency.
2. Open "Read Edition Online" if you want the full paper as published, rather than individual web stories.
3. Check the Calendar of Events for dated community activities before planning around them.
4. Use the contact details on the site for submissions, questions, or advertising: phone 403.934.5589, fax 403.934.5546, email [email protected], or visit 125 2nd Avenue, Strathmore. Mailing address: P.O. Box 2005, Station Main, Strathmore AB T1P 1K1.

A practical example: if you're deciding whether to attend a town event, the calendar and the latest news posts together tell you both when it happens and what background issues — such as water main repairs or clinic staffing — might affect it.

Things to keep in mind

• Print pickup: the site lists pickup locations for the physical Strathmore Times, useful if you prefer the paper copy.
• Funding: the publication acknowledges financial support from the Government of Canada through the Local Journalism Initiative, which is relevant context for how local coverage is sustained.
• Freshness: stories are dated, so check the posting date before relying on an item — a water main update from one week may be superseded the next.
• No paywall information is stated on the page, so don't assume either free access or a subscription requirement beyond what the site itself shows when you visit.