Two Willow Creek Gospel Jamboree performers will be featured Friday, Oct. 21 in a fund-raising concert in Fort Macleod. The Singing Hills and Pete and the Re-Petes will perform in the jamboree’s annual fall fund-raiser at 7 p.m. at the Empress Theatre. Proceeds from the concert will help fund the 2017 gospel jamboree at Granum.…Continue Reading

The end of a successful hunt thousands of years ago was cause for celebration by the Blackfoot people at the base of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. As people laboured to process the meat, children laughed and played and the women prepared a feast. For one family 1,600 years ago, dinner was interrupted. Archeologists last week excavated…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod marked an important day Thursday with the grand opening of three facilities linked to education. Ceremonies were held to mark the completion of the $18-million renovation of W.A. Day and F.P. Walshe schools, as well as the opening of the new $1.56-million Fort Macleod Kids First Family Centre. “It’s a great day,” Livingstone…Continue Reading

FORT MACLEOD — Like so many people, Donny Edwards grew up a fan of the music of Elvis Presley. From the time he was a boy Edwards fostered his appreciation for the King by listening to his parents’ records. “Ever since I can remember, I was always drawn to him,” Edwards said. “There was always something…Continue Reading

LAWRENCE GLEASON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR After 13 years of service with the MD of Willow Creek the agricultural fieldman is going back to his family farm west of Claresholm. MacKay attended his last Agricultural Service Board meeting on Sept. 14. “I won’t be bored,” Ron MacKay said. “My son is moving in next door and…Continue Reading

A Fort Macleod singer-songwriter is one of the headliners at the sixth annual Love and Records Festival in Lethbridge on Saturday, Sept. 17. Ryland Moranz, who released his debut solo album earlier this year, is part of the free festival’s lineup. Moranz, who also performs with Leeroy Stagger’s band, returned to his musical roots with…Continue Reading

A group of Fort Macleod adults will board a school bus this month for a different sort of education. Fort Macleod Family and Community Support Services will co-ordinate an adult field trip on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Up to 32 people will board the bus at 9:30 a.m. for a tour that will showcase some interesting…Continue Reading

For the first time in decades, G.R. Davis school in Fort Macleod sat empty when the bell rang to start a new school term. G.R. Davis school was declared surplus in planning for the modernization of Fort Macleod schools, with Kindergarten to Grade 5 students at W.A. Day school and Grade 6-12 at F.P. Walshe…Continue Reading

Close to 600 people are better prepared for school and more connected to Fort Macleod following an annual event at the arena. Fort Macleod Kids First Family Centre distributed free school supplies and introduced the large crowd to agencies and organizations at Back to School Connect. “We were all just really pleased with the event,”…Continue Reading