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The MD of Willow Creek Municipal Planning Commission approved a new Hutterite colony east of Claresholm. At its Sept. 8 meeting,…Continue Reading

Premier Jason Kenney declared a public health emergency Wednesday and restored measures — including masks and limits on gatherings —…Continue Reading

More than 700,000 students across the country — including those at F.P. Walshe school in Fort Macleod — participated in Student Vote Canada, coinciding with Monday’s federal election. F.P. Walshe students cast their ballots for the official candidates running in the Foothills riding in voting held in the main foyer. The Fort Macleod students cast…Continue Reading

Conservative John Barlow will return to Ottawa as the Member of Parliament for the Foothills riding. Barlow will be part…Continue Reading

Two new workshop series designed for older adults will be offered this fall.  The first is the six-part series Living…Continue Reading

A feature documentary by a Kainai Nation filmmaker is one of four National Film Board of Canada works featured at…Continue Reading

As the number of COVID-19 cases soared in southwestern Alberta and with an outbreak at Pioneer Lodge, the NDP called…Continue Reading

With a cool north wind blowing across the prairie Saturday afternoon, a solemn ceremony paid tribute to two veterans almost lost to time. Private Robert John Emmit and Trooper Alroy Vernon MacLeod were remembered in a service at the Granum Cemetery. The graves of both veterans from Granum are now marked with a distinctive military…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod residents and other Albertans must wear masks in all indoor public places as the province implements temporary measures to slow the fourth wave of COVID-19. Premier Jason Kenney on Friday also urged Albertans to limit person-to-person contact and restricted indoor social gatherings to close contacts of just two families up to a maximum…Continue Reading