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Fort Macleod will name its new Citizen of the Year and hand out other awards of excellence on Thursday, Feb.…Continue Reading

A nine-question referendum announced by the premier Thursday charts new territory for direct democracy, as the government looks to define and entrench an Alberta approach for dealing with immigration and Ottawa. The UCP initiative appears to feature the most — and most complex — federal or provincial questions ever asked on a single referendum ballot…Continue Reading

F.P. Walshe Flyers came home with two medals from a weekend junior high A boys basketball tournament in Claresholm. The Flyers earned one medal as reward for a first-place finish in regular season standings. The F.P. Walshe squad got the second medal after winning the playoff title Saturday afternoon at Willow Creek Composite. The Flyers…Continue Reading

Officials in rural Alberta need to do their homework and advocate now to help get their aging infrastructure back on…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod council last week paused to remember a man who served Fort Macleod well in a variety of roles.…Continue Reading

Alberta and the federal government remain on course to reach a carbon pricing agreement pledged within their Nov. 27 memorandum…Continue Reading

A new report from the Oldman Watershed Council demonstrates that environmental restoration funded by a provincial program generated an estimated…Continue Reading

TRAVIS DOYLE, GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR The annual Farmers and Friends Bonspiel was held this past weekend with 16 teams competing at the Fort Macleod Curling Club.  Teams from Calgary, Coaldale, Lethbridge, Taber, Pincher Creek and Fort Macleod competed in a regular bonspiel format with games Friday evening, Saturday and event finals on Sunday. Coming out on…Continue Reading

The contention that poor municipal planning is the key factor undermining infrastructure carries no weight with the leader of an…Continue Reading