A Fort Macleod company is part of the COVID-19 response efforts in New York. Delcan Building Materials Ltd. is shipping interlocking PVC panels for use in temporary hospitals in White Plains, NY. This was no ordinary order for the Fort Macleod company. “Everybody got involved,” Delcan president Patrick De Leeuw said. “We tried to rush…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod residents are urged to contribute their personal pandemic experience to a collective community history of the event. The Fort — Museum of the North West Mounted Police wants people to write their experiences for inclusion in a pandemic history that will be preserved. Fort Macleod is following the example of the Lacombe and…Continue Reading

The COVID-19 pandemic will likely peak in Alberta in mid May, with 800,000 people infected and 400 to 3,100 deaths. That’s the probable forecast released last week by Premier Jason Kenney in a televised address. The elevated scenario predicts the pandemic will peak at the beginning of May with one million people infected and 500…Continue Reading

The Granum White Sox, who won the provincial senior baseball championship five times in the 1950s, are commemorated in a special cancellation stamp at the post office. Granum post master Lynn Barrie had the cancellation stamp made to promote awareness of the town’s colourful history. “Lynn had toured the museum with me and I had…Continue Reading

Extraordinary times create extraordinary actions. The COVID-19 pandemic drove Fort Macleod council last week to live-stream its regular meeting on YouTube. “These are unprecedented times,” Mayor Brent Feyter said. As a precaution against the spread of COVID-19, council conducted its meeting via Zoom, an on-line communication service. That allowed councillors Jim Monteith, Marco Van Huigenbos,…Continue Reading

The Alberta government on Thursday made it mandatory for travellers returning from outside of Canada to self-isolate. Community peace officers, in addition to police, can now issue tickets to enforce COVID-19 public health orders. “We must do everything we can to protect Albertans through this pandemic,” Premier Jason Kenney said during a news conference. “While…Continue Reading

Lindi Shade brings plenty of wellness experience to her new role as manager of the University of Lethbridge’s Indigenous Student Services and she’s eager to help students succeed and build cross-cultural connections. Originally from the Kainai First Nation, Shade completed a bachelor of arts with a major in psychology at the U of L. Shade…Continue Reading

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday morning announced efforts to bring Canadians home from abroad. The government of Canada is working with Canadian airlines and foreign governments to provide access to commercial flights for Canadian travellers who want to return home. “COVID-19 is a rapidly evolving global issue,” Trudeau said. “That is why we are…Continue Reading

The G.R. Davis Administration Building will close to the public Monday morning. The building on 20th Street houses the offices of both the Town of Fort Macleod, Livingstone Range School Division and Family and Community Support Services. The provincial declaration of a state of public health emergency due to COVID-19 and the safety and well-being…Continue Reading