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

Dave Carlson has had a difficult journey since he contracted lyme disease four years ago. Lyme disease has affected every…Continue Reading

MICHAEL MCTIGHE, MACLEOD GAZETTE STAFF Fort Macleod residents are invited to learn more this week about the opioid epidemic. The…Continue Reading

Alberta’s annual influenza immunization program got under way on Monday. The first free clinic in Fort Macleod is Monday, Oct.…Continue Reading

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

Starting Monday, Aug. 21, Alberta Health Services will offer a booster dose of immunization that protects against pertussis, or whooping…Continue Reading

Alberta Health Services has declared an outbreak of whooping cough, or pertussis, in the west part of the south zone.…Continue Reading

Women aged 50 to 74 years — the group most at risk of developing breast cancer — will have access…Continue Reading

Local residents living with chronic disease are invited to join a free program in January designed to help them take…Continue Reading