Town council is investigating the advantages of further enrolment in a province-wide municipal energy aggregation program designed to save costs on electricity and natural gas.

There were only a few surprises in Ottawa last week as Finance Minister Jim Flaherty handed down the 2013-2014 federal budget, which despite a still-hefty deficit, took some important pointers from old school conservatism.

It’s the 15th Annual Easter Egg Hunt Charlie Brown! But instead of Snoopy prancing around town with basket in paw the Easter Bunny and friends will be joining Taber kids in search of chocolatey goodness in egg shape and rabbit form. On March 30 at Taber Confederation Park at 10 a.m. children will gather to share two goals and objectives. One, to have fun and secondly to collect chocolate treats and prizes thanks to the Taber Times, Safeway, the Taber Kinsmen Club and the Heritage Inn.

While the four-year tentative agreement struck between the Progressive Conservative provincial government and the Alberta Teacher’s Association has given some answers to the question of education labour peace, local questions still linger on at a school board level.