Fort Macleod Minor Hockey honoured Lochlan Vandervalk on Wednesday with its most prestigious award. Minor Hockey awarded the U18 Mavericks forward with the Clint Jordan Memorial Award during the year-end awards night at the Empress Theatre. “Lochlan is the kind of player every coach wants, and every team needs,” Mavericks coach Jadon Sharratt said. The…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod Elks Club was celebrated for a century of outstanding service to the community and beyond. A sold-out crowd turned out for the 100th anniversary celebration at the Fort Macleod and District Community Hall. “A handful of dedicated individuals came together with the vision to create a lodge that would not only bring people…Continue Reading

ANDREW WALMSLEY, GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR The F.P. Walshe Flyers girls’ rugby team played their first home 15-aside game since 2019 on Wednesday against the Matthew Halton Hawks from Pincher Creek.  COVID-19 shut down high school rugby for two seasons and numbers issues since have limited the Flyers to playing the seven-aside variation. A strong growth in…Continue Reading

A renovation that ensures the Empress Theatre’s place as a cultural and community hub in Fort Macleod was celebrated Friday night. Fort Macleod residents, council members, MLA Chelsae Petrovic and Empress Theatre Society members turned out to mark the venue’s reopening after a half million dollar renovation. “Tonight is more than just reopening doors,” Empress…Continue Reading

A half million dollar renovation project has the Empress Theatre in shape to serve patrons for another century. And that’s a good thing, given the theatre’s place of prominence in Fort Macleod and southern Alberta. “The Empress is a place where everyone can come together,” Empress Theatre Society president Jackie Nelson said. “We are a…Continue Reading

A Hollywood director is coming home to Fort Macleod this month to hold the Canadian premiere of his latest big budget film at the Empress Theatre. Francesco Lucente, along with cast and crew members, will host the premiere of Starbright at the historic theatre on Saturday, March 21. “I remember as a kid going to…Continue Reading

A woman who hs dedicated her life to young people and agriculture is the inaugural recipient of a new Fort Macleod Chamber of Commerce Award. Cecilie Fleming was cited as “a true pillar of the community” Thursday in receiving the new Becky Housenga Rural Roots and Community Spirit Award. “Cecilie Fleming has dedicated her life…Continue Reading

The Fort Macleod Mustangs and Nanton Palominos will go the distance to decide who plays for the Ranchland Hockey League championship. The Mustangs and Palominos split a pair of weekend games in Fort Macleod to even the best-of-five series at two games piece. The deciding game is at 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 6 at the Tom…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