Posted on 08 March 2018 by staff |
Fort Macleod residents joined other Albertans who showed their support and took a stand against bullying on Wednesday by participating in Pink Shirt Day. Ten years ago, two Nova Scotia teens started a movement when they wore pink to support a fellow student who was being bullied. Now people all over the world wear pink…Continue Reading
Posted on 08 March 2018 by Editor |
Dave Carlson has had a difficult journey since he contracted lyme disease four years ago. Lyme disease has affected every…Continue Reading
Posted on 31 January 2018 by staff |
MICHAEL MCTIGHE, MACLEOD GAZETTE STAFF Fort Macleod residents are invited to learn more this week about the opioid epidemic. The…Continue Reading
Posted on 25 October 2017 by staff |
Alberta’s annual influenza immunization program got under way on Monday. The first free clinic in Fort Macleod is Monday, Oct.…Continue Reading
Posted on 30 August 2017 by staff |
Don’t worry men, it’s a blood test, not a glove test. The Man Van will be at Fort Macleod’s Main Street Market on Thursday, Aug. 31 between 5-8 p.m., offering free baseline PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) blood tests to men over the age of 40. The PSA test is a simple blood test that helps…Continue Reading
Posted on 16 August 2017 by staff |
Starting Monday, Aug. 21, Alberta Health Services will offer a booster dose of immunization that protects against pertussis, or whooping…Continue Reading
Posted on 14 June 2017 by staff |
Alberta Health Services has declared an outbreak of whooping cough, or pertussis, in the west part of the south zone.…Continue Reading
Posted on 14 March 2017 by staff |
Women aged 50 to 74 years — the group most at risk of developing breast cancer — will have access…Continue Reading
Posted on 05 January 2017 by staff |
Local residents living with chronic disease are invited to join a free program in January designed to help them take…Continue Reading