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A new program will take flight next year that offers Grade 6-8 students the chance for concentrated skill development in…Continue Reading

Haze Sharratt is Fort Macleod Minor Hockey’s 2022 Clint Jordan Award recipient. Presented in memory of a Fort Macleod Minor Hockey player who died suddenly in 1990, the award recognizes commitment, hard work, sportsmanship and team play. “This is one of the most important awards that Fort Macleod Minor Hockey gives out,” Minor Hockey president…Continue Reading

F.P. Walshe Flyer Carson Smith was named most valuable player in the Chinook Basketball League. Flyers coach Amiee Sandham said Smith brings a positive attitude to practices and games, and is welcoming of other players. “She has an amazing work ethic,” Sandham said of Smith, who is in Grade 12. “She is very athletic and…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod’s Christine Atkins last month added an Olympic gold medal to her collection. Atkins was athletic therapist for the Canadian women’s hockey team that defeated the United States 3-2 in the gold medal game in Beijing, China. “It hasn’t fully sunk in yet,” Atkins said in an interview. “This year was pretty amazing. We…Continue Reading

The Fort Macleod Mavericks are the Central Alberta Tier 4 U11 Hockey League’s green division champions. The Mavericks beat Okotoks…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod’s Jamie Brown was named last week to the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference south division all-conference team. Brown joined…Continue Reading

A group of hockey players has skated to the aid of health care in Fort Macleod. Organizers of the third…Continue Reading

F.P. Walshe Flyers are the Chinook Basketball League playoff champions. The Flyers won three straight games in the two-day tournament…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod Mavericks are the champions of the Central Alberta Tier 4 U13 Hockey League’s blue division. The Mavericks swept…Continue Reading