Alberta Health Services has developed a simple on-line assessment tool to help people decide whether they need to be tested for COVID-19. Available at ahs.ca/covid, the tool asks questions about symptoms and takes users through steps to help determine whether they should call Health Link at 811 for testing. “AHS teams have come together to…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod Mustangs gave regular season champion Nanton all it could handle, but the Palominos won the horse race to the Ranchland Hockey League championship series. The Palominos won the fifth and deciding game of their semifinal series 5-1 Sunday in Nanton. The Palominos advance to the championship best-of-five against Lethbridge Lightning, who beat Siksika…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod residents will have an open discussion about stray and feral cats in the town. The Town of Fort Macleod is hosting a community cat public engagement session at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 at the G.R. Davis Administration Building. R.J. Bailout, executive director and co-founder of the Canadian Animal Task Force will be in…Continue Reading

Last fall, the Fort Macleod Chamber of Commerce kickstarted a new program, the Junior Chamber Program, to involve students from Grades 10-12 in their community by placing them in volunteer work placements throughout the town. In exchange for their volunteer services, students were set up to gain vital life skills such as communication, leadership, planning,…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod will host a Canadian premiere of the new Ghostbusters Afterlife 2020 movie. Plans are under way for a gala event early next July, shortly after the movie’s New York and Los Angeles premieres. “It will be a ‘Hooray for Hollywood’ kind of night,” Town of Fort Macleod chief administrative officer Sue Keenan said.…Continue Reading

Granum is no longer a town. Alberta’s Lieutenant Governor last month made an order dissolving the town as of Saturday to become a hamlet in the MD of Willow Creek. People will learn more later this month once an open house is scheduled by MD of Willow Creek council and administration. Granum residents voted nearly…Continue Reading

The Peigan Board of Education launched its poster campaign last week. The campaign is to recognize people from the Piikani Nation who have served the community with distinction. “We wanted to honour individuals who have made their mark in the world,” committee member Maurice Many Fingers said. The event took place at the traditional Pow…Continue Reading

Peter Morton is a true auteur, wearing many hats as writer, producer, director and actor for a film debuting at the Empress Theatre in Fort Macleod this weekend. Never There, a full length feature film, locally produced and filmed in southern Alberta, will play at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1. It uses local actors,…Continue Reading

Canadian Pacific (CP) is joining the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) in support of a critical wildlife corridor through the Crowsnest Pass.  The Jim Prentice Wildlife Corridor is located between Crowsnest Lake and the town of Coleman. It will connect Crown forest reserve lands in the north to the Castle parks network (consisting of Castle…Continue Reading