A resilient group of 38 students filled with strong resolve walked the red carpet Saturday evening at F.P. Walshe school to receive their diplomas. The Class of 2021 dealt with numerous challenges thrown at them by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the loss of sports and other extracurricular activities and transitioning from in-class learning to home,…Continue Reading

Members of Fort Macleod’s Filipino community gathered Saturday to celebrate its culture and the anniversary of their home country’s independence. The gathering at Centennial Park included a prayer, the raising of the Philippines’ flag and playing of the national anthem. “We are proud to be in Canada and in this town,” said Bernadette Mariano, one…Continue Reading

Veterans Memorial Park in Granum became more scenic Friday with the planting of 10 trees. A crew from Ladybug Arborists was on hand Friday to plant the 10 trees from Green Haven Garden Centre in Lethbridge. The Granum Museum and Historical Society bought the trees with a $4,150 grant from the MD of Willow Creek.…Continue Reading

Morgan McNab showed the grand champion steer last week at the Fort Macleod 4-H Beef Club’s annual achievement day. Taylor McNab showed the club’s reserve champion steer. In the club’s lamb class, the grand champion lamb was shown by Natalie Donahue, with Taylor McNab showing the reserve champion lamb. Due to public health restrictions for…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod mixed martial arts fighter Tom (Big Nasty) O’Connor continues his quest this week for an Xtreme Fighting Championships (XFC) title. O’Connor takes on Damonte Robinson on Friday, May 28 in Des Moines, Iowa in the lightweight semifinals of the XFC tournament. “I know he is a very skilled opponent,” O’Connor, 28, said in…Continue Reading

Blood Tribe Chief Roy Fox is leading his people by example during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fox received his first dose of vaccine Friday during a clinic at the Blood Tribe Department of Health. “I think it’s important that everyone takes responsibility not only for themselves but for all of us,” Fox said in a news…Continue Reading

A pair of southern Alberta Indigenous artists are featured in a travelling exhibit at the Fort Macleod Library. The work of photographers Star Crop Eared Wolf and Marjie Crop Eared Wolf make up the exhibit Aakii isskska’takssin (Woman — thought). The exhibit is on loan from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program.…Continue Reading

Crystal Olive completed a marathon run Thursday that pales in comparison to the tough daily challenges facing young people with the rare genetic disease ataxia-telangiectasia, or A-T. Breaking for A-T had raised just over $17,000 to fund research into treatment and a cure. That amount will be matched by a family in the U.S. whose…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod has rallied around a young boy challenged by a rare genetic and neurological disorder. Friends, family and complete strangers responded to the family’s desire to buy a $6,000 activity chair for Rhett Duce, who was born with Angelman Syndrome. The community not only donated $6,000 for the activity chair, it chipped in another…Continue Reading