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Remembrance Day The Claresholm Community Centre was packed for Remembrance Day ceremonies on Nov. 11. Here, Brian Thibeau, the sergeant-at-arms for the Claresholm Branch No. 41 of the Royal Canadian Legion salutes after laying a wreath. Photo by Rob Vogt
By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer By a margin of almost three to one the residents of Granum have voted 188 to 66 in favour of dissolving as a town and becoming part of the Municipal District of Willow Creek. Residents voted on Nov. 6 and 7 on the question, “Based on the findings of the Town of Granum Viability … Read more…
Immigration open house By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer The population in Canada, and Claresholm in particular, is aging and one solution to a shrinking workforce may be immigration. The Town of Claresholm held an open house at the Claresholm Community Centre on Saturday, Nov. 9, to discuss immigration and the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot the town is embarking … Read more…
Immigration Open House By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer Claresholm is one of just 11 communities across Canada, and the only one in Alberta, selected for a Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot. Brady Schnell, the town’s economic development officer, is heading up the program and he explained it to those gathered at the Claresholm Community Centre for an open house … Read more…
Before he was the MLA for Livingstone-Macleod, Roger Reid and his wife Darleen owned the Tim Horton’s in Claresholm where they employed a lot of foreign workers. Reid shared that experience, and much more, as part of an open house on immigration hosted by the Town of Claresholm at the Claresholm Community Centre on Nov. 9. Reid described Claresholm as a … Read more…
Honouring service Claresholm Branch No. 41 of the Royal Canadian Legion held their annual Veterans Banquet on Sunday, Nov. 3, where they honoured veterans. Here in back from left are veterans Werner Dressler; John Pinkerton; Alfred Hansen; Noel Burles; Ed Garrett; Bud Stewart; Duane Southgate; Nigel Edmunds; and Brian Thibeau; while in front from left are Dana Butler; Jeanne Balleny; … Read more…
By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer The Claresholm Local Press family has lost one of its patriarchs. Roy Pachal, who was a pressman with the newspaper for more than 45 years, passed away on the weekend at the age of 87. His association with the Local Press goes back to 1953 when Pachal and his friend George Taylor had quit … Read more…