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A non-profit organization is teaching students financial literacy, entrepreneurial skills and preparing them for the workplace. Junior Achievement regional co-ordinator…Continue Reading

The launch of RAPID Response on April 1 puts 140 more peace officers on guard for rural Albertans when they…Continue Reading

Wednesday, April 7 marks the third anniversary of Green Shirt Day, which honours the victims and families of the April 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash, while also spreading awareness about organ donation registration. “We are proud to support Green Shirt Day and the Boulet family with this initiative,” Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta…Continue Reading

The COVID-19 pandemic has grounded Fort Macleod’s volleyball tournament in support of STARS air ambulance for the second year in…Continue Reading

F.P. Walshe school student Ellie Orr advanced to the Skills Canada provincial competition. Ellie earned gold in junior hairstyling and…Continue Reading

An ownership transition is under way at long-time Fort Macleod business, Fort Pharmacy. Pharmacists Zak Murakami and Dustin Reimer bought Fort Pharmacy from Ken and Cathie Harris, continuing a tradition of customer service that spans eight decades in Fort Macleod. Zak Murakami earned a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy in 2012 and has owned…Continue Reading

The Town of Fort Macleod will ask residents for input on a new location for the skateboard park. Council voted…Continue Reading

In reaffirming its commitment to making Indigenous education a priority, Lethbridge College launched its newly-developed institutional Niitsitapi strategy. The strategy…Continue Reading

Police seized $120,000 in stolen property and charged two people following an eight-hour standoff March 16 at Granum. Lethbridge Police Service priority crimes unit and crime suppression team, with assistance from the Blood Tribe Police and Fort Macleod RCMP, were investigating people involved with multiple motor vehicle thefts and break-and-enters in southern Alberta. Lethbridge Police…Continue Reading