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Enrollment increases at F.P. Walshe, W.A. Day schools in Fort Macleod

Posted on 26 October 2016 by robvogt

Student enrollment in Livingstone Range School Division for 2016-’17 has increased for the first time since 1997. Associate superintendent for…Continue Reading

Influenza immunization program under way in south zone

Posted on 26 October 2016 by staff

Alberta’s annual influenza immunization program got under way Monday. The first clinic in Fort Macleod is 10 a.m. to 3…Continue Reading

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Willow Creek Gospel Jamboree hosts fund-raising concert

Posted on 20 October 2016 by staff

Two Willow Creek Gospel Jamboree performers will be featured Friday, Oct. 21 in a fund-raising concert in Fort Macleod. The Singing Hills and Pete and the Re-Petes will perform in the jamboree’s annual fall fund-raiser at 7 p.m. at the Empress Theatre. Proceeds from the concert will help fund the 2017 gospel jamboree at Granum.…Continue Reading

Tribute artist Jason Scott knows Neil Diamond is forever

Posted on 20 October 2016 by staff

Jason Scott brings the music of Neil Diamond to Fort Macleod on Friday, Oct. 21. Scott presents his show Diamond…Continue Reading

Alberta Rural Development Network proposes using shipping containers for affordable housing

Posted on 20 October 2016 by staff

Fort Macleod is one of five rural communities working with the Alberta Rural Development Network as part of a strategy…Continue Reading

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Boots and the Hoots right at home in historic Fort Macleod

Posted on 12 October 2016 by Editor

Boots Graham and his band are a good fit for Fort Macleod. Boots and the Hoots play music that harkens…Continue Reading

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Unopened roasting pit from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump forms new museum display

Posted on 12 October 2016 by staff

The end of a successful hunt thousands of years ago was cause for celebration by the Blackfoot people at the base of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. As people laboured to process the meat, children laughed and played and the women prepared a feast. For one family 1,600 years ago, dinner was interrupted. Archeologists last week excavated…Continue Reading

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Fort Macleod Art Club honors Lucy Bedingfield-Wehrfritz at annual show

Posted on 12 October 2016 by Editor

An accomplished artist who dedicated much of her life to inspiring creativity in others will be the focus this weekend…Continue Reading

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Program helps residents live well with chronic disease

Posted on 12 October 2016 by staff

Local residents living with chronic disease are invited to join a free program designed to help them take control of…Continue Reading