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

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 F.P. Walshe Flyers went undefeated on the weekend to win the championship of their own Blue and White high school girls basketball tournament. The Flyers beat Picture Butte Queens, Winston Churchill JV Griffins and Coaldale Christian Titans on their way to the championship of the two-day tournament. Flyers 57 Queens 28 The Flyers had…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod Mavericks battled to a second-place finish in their own weekend U9 hockey tournament. The Mavericks hosted seven other teams in the three-day Southern Showdown. The Mavericks were in Pool A with Raymond Knights, Cochrane Hawks and Foothills Flyers. Pool B was made up of Okotoks Roughnecks, Cardston Thunder, Airdrie Lightning and Kainai Chiefs.…Continue Reading

You start your quest up Mount Kilimanjaro as one person, and you finish it as someone else. A similar refrain leaves the lips of many who’ve trekked through four climatic zones and thinning oxygen to reach the summit of one of Earth’s most sacred and storied mountains. But the calling goes beyond personal growth for…Continue Reading

A program that allows more children to experience Canada’s favourite sport in Fort Macleod has expanded. Thanks to additional funding from Hockey Alberta, the home school children program has added ice time for children aged four to five years. “It’s really nice that Hockey Alberta does this,” organizer Amanda Van Hierden said. “I’m really grateful.”…Continue Reading

The F.P. Walshe Flyers went undefeated to claim the championship of a junior high A boys basketball tournament at Pincher Creek on Dec. 19-20. The Flyers beat St. Joseph’s Saints, Matthew Halton Hawks and Livingstone Sabres to claim the title of the tournament hosted by the Hawks. The Flyers are Ryder Peterson, Gabe Traspe, McKye…Continue Reading

The recent government headline blared “Deerfoot Trail drives booming construction season” as the province talked up 2025 progress on roads, bridges and other linear infrastructure. But Albertans in less populated areas also navigated plenty of flag persons, earth movers, exposed culverts and fresh black asphalt through the spring, summer and fall. And many of those…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod Mavericks drive to win their own U18 hockey tournament ended early Sunday morning with a 4-2 loss to Creston Valley Attack. The loss put a damper on a strong weekend of play by the Mavericks in the Southern Showdown that saw them go undefeated in round-robin. The Mavericks were in the Red Division…Continue Reading