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Breast cancer screening clinic in Fort Macleod

Posted on 30 November 2023 by staff

Is it time for your mammogram? Screen Test is coming to Fort Macleod from Dec. 4-6. A mammogram is an…Continue Reading

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Santa Claus Parade tradition continues

Posted on 30 November 2023 by Editor

What some are calling the best Santa Claus Parade ever delighted thousands of people in Fort Macleod on Saturday. The nearly 60-minute long parade, highlighted by the arrival of Santa Claus, continued a Fort Macleod tradition that started more than four decades ago. “Forty years ago we had no idea that what we started would…Continue Reading

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Juno Award winner Serena Ryder brings Merry Myths Tour to Empress

Posted on 30 November 2023 by staff

Juno Award winning singer-songwriter Serena Ryder is giving herself an early Christmas present this year. Ryder is sharing the spirit…Continue Reading

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Santa Claus Parade weekend offers plenty of fun

Posted on 23 November 2023 by Editor

The 40th Fort Macleod Santa Claus Parade weekend promises to deliver plenty of fun for the entire family. The parade committee and Chamber of Commerce have laboured hard to provide two days of activity on Friday, Nov. 24 and Saturday, Nov. 25. “Ultimately we want the community come out and have fun and enjoy the…Continue Reading

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Santa Claus Parade line-up is taking shape

Posted on 23 November 2023 by Editor

Joel Lybbert and his buffalo Indie return to lead the 40th Fort Macleod Santa Claus Parade. Lybbert and Indie will…Continue Reading

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Flyers win bronze medal in 2A girls zone playoff

Posted on 23 November 2023 by Editor

F.P. Walshe Flyers mined bronze Saturday at the 2A south zone high school girls’ volleyball tournament. The Flyers upset tournament host Willow Creek Composite Cobras in the bronze medal match. The Flyers are Kacee Larson, Sierra Perry, Zeynep Turktas, Allisa Ross, Jamae Boot, Jessica Robertson, Maddie Meech, Maddy DeGinnus, Greta Jacob and Lexi Schaffer. Flyers…Continue Reading

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Flyers win bronze in 2A high school boys’ playoffs

Posted on 23 November 2023 by Editor

It was a bronze medal finish Saturday for the F.P. Walshe Flyers at the 2A south zone high school boys’…Continue Reading

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Fort Macleod Mavericks host U13 hockey tournament

Posted on 15 November 2023 by Editor

Fort Macleod Mavericks hosted seven other teams in the weekend Southern Showdown U13 hockey tournament. The Mavericks opened round-robin in Pool B with Lethbridge Bisons, Pincher Creek Chinooks and Ponoka Stampeders. Pool A had Okotoks Oilers, Calgary Inferno, Duchess Storm and Lethbridge Golden Eagles. Ponoka 11 Mavericks 9 The Mavericks played their first game Friday…Continue Reading

Author draws on small town upbringing for first book

Posted on 15 November 2023 by Editor

Carter Bluebottle the Dragonfly! has taken flight, thanks to a writer raised in Fort Macleod. RJ Friesen drew from his…Continue Reading