LAWRENCE GLEASON, GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Hangar 6 at the Claresholm Industrial Airport is now home to Candeo, a company whose board of directors includes Charlie Mayer, former minister of agriculture of Canada in the government of Brian Mulroney, during the 1980s. The company could be up and running by the end of this year, producing an…Continue Reading

A Fort Macleod couple has created an annual gift for the Town of Fort Macleod Library. Ray and Maxiene Bodgener left a designated bequest to the Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta. The community foundation works endowments, which means the initial gift is invested in perpetuity, while the investment income earned goes back into…Continue Reading

A Fort Macleod music tradition continues this weekend with the 33rd annual South Country Fair. The fair offers three days of music, entertainment and fellowship at Fort Macleod Fish and Game Park. South Country Fair offers something for everyone, with music on two stages, spoken word performances, and health and wellness activities. Master of ceremonies…Continue Reading

Chelsie Harris is a young woman whose presence is felt in many corners of the community. The graduating Grade 12 student’s willingness to get involved, help out and take leadership roles earned her F.P. Walshe school’s nomination for the 2019 Dr. Lloyd Cavers Student Leadership Scholarship. The Cavers scholarship recognizes students for leadership, citizenship, service,…Continue Reading

The Fort Macleod Triathlon will take place about a month earlier than it has the past 16 years. The popular swim, bike, run event was moved to Saturday, July 13 from its traditional August date to avoid problems caused by late summer forest fires. “The last two years the air quality has been horrible,” organizer…Continue Reading

A sacred Blackfoot tradition was carried out at F.P. Walshe school with an eagle feather blessing ceremony. Blackfoot elder Peter Strikes With A Gun blessed the eagle feathers for 13 graduating First Nations and Metis students. “This blessing is a preparation of responsibility,” Strikes With A Gun said. “The eagle feather has been used within…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod women return to their roots next week with a pink tea at the library. In the early 1900s pink teas — so named to throw men off the scent — were a forum for women to organize and strategize about women’s rights. Fort Macleod Library is hosting the pink tea at 1:30 p.m.…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod is ready to host one of its biggest weekends of the year. The town will come alive Friday and Saturday, June 14-15 with a series of major events. An antique and art sale, high school grad cap and gown ceremony, the A-T Walk for a Cure and the car show coincide over two…Continue Reading

ANDREW WALMSLEY, GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR On Monday night the F.P. Walshe Flyers girls rugby team travelled to Lethbridge to take on Winston Churchill Griffins in the Tier 2 zone championship game. The Flyers had earned the first seed going into the game based on their 5-1 record in league play, while Churchill had upset second-place Chinook…Continue Reading