Fort Macleod Mavericks overcame the adversity of an opening game loss to win four straight games to claim the Midget D hockey provincial championship Sunday on home ice. The Mavericks capped an impressive run with a 7-1 win over Horse Lake Thunder, the team that beat the Mavericks on Friday to push them to the…Continue Reading

Forty-two co-ed teams return to the court next month for the 17th annual STARS Charity Volleyball Tournament at Fort Macleod. Twelve competitive, 12 intermediate and 18 recreation teams are registered for the April 5-7 tournament at Fort Macleod and District Sports Centre. The tournament’s goal, as it is every year, is to raise at least…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod and district residents will be challenged this weekend at the sixth annual Justice Film Festival at the Empress Theatre. In co-operation with Calgary’s Marda Loop Justice Film Festival, the Fort Macleod festival will feature seven documentaries, followed by discussions led by community members who have an interest in or academic knowledge of each…Continue Reading

F.P. Walshe Flyers mined silver in the Chinook Basketball League playoffs. The Flyers won two games in the senior high school girls tournament before falling to Kainai Lady Warriors in the championship game. The second-ranked Flyers opened the tournament Thursday with a 56-39 win over J.T. Foster Raiders from Nanton. The Flyers had the advantage…Continue Reading

A volunteer group promoting development of a community aquaponic greenhouse in Fort Macleod now has a firm vision for the finished product. Now the Fort Macleod Community Aquaponic Greenhouse Society needs volunteers with specific skills to make it happen. Fifteen people turned out Wednesday at an open house hosted by the greenhouse society at the…Continue Reading

The last Fort Macleod Minor Hockey team to host provincials has been challenged to play the Midget Mavericks. The Mavericks are organizing the exhibition game with the 1996 Atom Hawks alumni as a fund-raiser for the Midget D provincial tournament they will host March 22-24. The exhibition game gets under way at 7 p.m. Thursday,…Continue Reading

MARY-ANN DOYLE, GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR It was a fun weekend of curling and socializing at the Fort Macleod Curling Club where they hosted the annual Farmers and Friends Bonspiel with 12 teams competing. In the ‘A’ Event, the Doug Van Hierden rink comprised of Doug, Katie Lemire, Lindsay and Brendan Grant came out on top. Second…Continue Reading

Vayda James Ann Ducharme was seven days late, but she still made Fort Macleod history. Vayda was born at 2:51 p.m. Jan. 7 weighing nine pounds two ounces and 22 inches in length to become Fort Macleod’s 2019 New Year’s Baby. It was an honour Vayda’s parents Brett and Cassie Ducharme thought had passed the…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod council has a new strategic plan. Council last week approved the document updated earlier this month during a retreat. “It’s an extensive document,” Mayor Brent Feyter said. “There has been some additional goals that have been set.” The strategic plan was on the agenda of council’s Jan. 14 meeting at the G.R. Davis…Continue Reading